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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 6.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,043 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 269 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 32R at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (LFBO) in Toulouse, France. The takeoff distance was 1,463 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 348 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to an altitude of 35,440 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 163 nautical miles and took 23 minutes to complete.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south of Sausset-les-Pins in France. This cruise phase lasted for 32 minutes and covered a distance of 344 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 12 miles southwest of Anzio in Italy. This descent phase took the aircraft down from an altitude of 35,608 feet to 11,304 feet above sea level, a decrease of 24,305 feet in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 93 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Sant'Agata de'Goti in Italy and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent phase, which started overhead Vitulano in Italy. This descent phase took the aircraft down from an altitude of 11,303 feet to 1,642 feet above sea level, a decrease of 9,661 feet in 8 minutes and covering a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at Naples International Airport (LIRN) was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 238.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,333 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 24, which had a length of 2,043 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 137 knots. The touchdown distance was 271 meters, and the touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -533 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 159 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,142 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.6 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 634 nautical miles, and the flight took 86 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 4,529 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LIRN Naples International Airport, achieving a score of 90.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 238.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,333 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft landed safely on runway 24, which has a length of 2,043 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 137 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 271 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly higher than the desired speed, which may have contributed to a harder-than-ideal touchdown rate of -533 feet per minute (fpm).
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well-controlled during the final stages of the approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and a gentle wind of 3 knots at 159°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, and the headwind component was 1 knot, which did not significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,142 meters was within 56% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 16.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's control during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft was well-controlled throughout the approach and touchdown phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rollout alignment to achieve a higher score.
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