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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 7.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Start the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested.
What happened: The aircraft was flown onto the runway: the nose was barely raised and little of the sink was taken out, touching down at 300 fpm.
Watch for: Pitch attitude: rising steadily through the flare until the sink is checked.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 2,553 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 321 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport took approximately 10 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then began its departure roll on runway 12, accelerating to liftoff speed of 159 kt. The takeoff distance of 1,388 meters accounted for 54% of the runway length. Local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 31 °C, with a wind speed of 21 kt at 70°.
As the aircraft climbed to a cruising altitude, it passed overhead Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, reaching a height of 3,820 ft asl. The enroute climb phase saw a significant increase in altitude, from 1,094 ft asl to 3,820 ft asl, in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. Following a 12-minute level cruise, the aircraft began its descent, starting 4 miles west of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. The descent phase saw a decrease in altitude from 3,188 ft asl to 1,056 ft asl, in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport was initiated from the west, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 100.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,010 ft agl. The landing was executed on runway 12, which had a length of 2,553 meters. The touchdown distance of 302 meters was within acceptable limits, and the threshold speed of 133 kt was satisfactory. However, the touchdown speed of 127 kt was slightly above the recommended value, resulting in a touchdown rate of -230 fpm. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.2 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance of 1,310 meters accounted for 51% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 68 nautical miles, taking approximately 31 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 1,185 kg of fuel.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320, commenced its final approach to runway 12 at TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport from the west, aligning with the runway heading of 100.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,010 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. The threshold speed was also within acceptable limits at 133 knots, indicating a well-executed approach.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was a little fast at 127 knots, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -230 feet per minute. The touchdown distance of 302 meters was within the acceptable range. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 9.8 meters, which could be attributed to the crosswind component of 9 knots. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 29°C and a wind speed of 17 knots at 69°, may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,310 meters, accounting for 51% of the runway length, was within the acceptable range. During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 10.2 meters. Despite these minor deviations, the overall performance of the aircraft was satisfactory, earning a score of 95.1%.
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