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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Use small rudder inputs against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during rollout.
What happened: During the rollout the aircraft drifted 8.1 m off the centreline.
Watch for: Runway centreline marks: hold the aircraft tracking straight down the centreline through rollout
See Arrival Rollout
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 305 m and 152 m above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 360 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Christchurch International Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 02, the crew initiated the departure roll, and the aircraft lifted off the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,953 meters, which represented 59% of the available runway length. The liftoff speed was 162 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 10°C, with a gentle headwind of 3 knots and a crosswind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Christchurch, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile northeast of the airport and continued for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 142 nautical miles. The aircraft climbed from an initial altitude of 340 meters above sea level to a cruising altitude of 11,757 meters, an increase of 11,416.6 meters. Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 18 minutes and covered a distance of 136 nautical miles. The cruise phase was initiated 5 miles northwest of Havelock, New Zealand. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 9 miles east of Urenui, New Zealand, and continued for 22 minutes, covering a distance of 126 nautical miles. The descent phase saw the aircraft decrease its altitude from 11,887 meters to 398 meters above sea level.
As the aircraft approached Auckland International Airport, it initiated its final approach to runway 05R, which was aligned with a heading of 71.0°. The aircraft touched down on the runway after a touchdown distance of 362 meters, which represented 37% of the available runway length. The touchdown speed was 131 knots, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -0.7 meters per second. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 meters from the centerline. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 413 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 2,523 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which lasted for 72 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport with a smooth touchdown rate of -0.7 m/s, indicating a well-executed landing. The threshold speed of 135 kt was achieved, and the touchdown speed of 131 kt was within acceptable limits. The touchdown distance of 362 m was also satisfactory, considering the runway length of 3,285 m. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation during the final approach.
The approach quality was good, with the aircraft maintaining a steady heading of 71.0° at 4 nm and 388.4 m above ground level. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 12 °C and a light wind of 1 kt at 116°, did not pose any significant challenges to the landing. The crosswind and headwind components were minimal, at 1 kt each, which further contributed to a smooth landing.
The rollout phase was also satisfactory, with the aircraft maintaining a steady alignment on the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.8 m from the centreline, which was a slight deviation from the desired path. Despite this, the total landing distance of 1,200 m, which accounted for 37% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was scored 96.8%, indicating a high level of proficiency and adherence to standard operating procedures.
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