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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 25 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3.7° of bank in the first climb segment and 6.4° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the 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 19 m off the centreline.
Watch for: Runway centreline marks: hold the aircraft tracking straight down the centreline through rollout
See Arrival Rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,684 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,684 m of the 3,330 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 201 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 21R at LGAV Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, a movement that lasted 47 minutes and covered 6 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 21R, the aircraft accelerated over a distance of 2,245 m, representing 64 % of the runway, and lifted off at 158 kt; local conditions were 27 °C temperature, wind 22 kt from 350°, a 16 kt cross-wind component and a 15 kt tail-wind component.
The first en-route climb began 2 mi north-east of Koropi, Greece, where the A320 rose from 1,220 ft asl to 2,994 ft asl, an increase of 1,774 ft in 1 minutes while covering 5 nm.
A short cruise segment commenced 1 mi north-east of Vari, Greece, lasting 5 minutes and extending the flight by 19 nm.
A second climb was initiated 7 mi south-west of Saronida, Greece; the aircraft ascended from 3,012 ft asl to 37,014 ft asl, gaining 34,003 ft in 21 minutes and traversing 148 nm.
The next cruise phase started 4 mi west of Urla, Turkey, and persisted for 45 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 380 nm.
Descent began 1 mi south-west of Politiko, Cyprus, with the A320 descending from 37,020 ft asl to 1,295 ft asl, a loss of 35,725 ft in 21 minutes while traveling 133 nm.
The final approach to runway 16 at OLBA Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport was flown from the north, on a heading of 167.0° at 4 nm and 1,239 ft agl.
Landing on runway 16 was executed on a runway 3,330 m long; the threshold speed was recorded at 136 kt, touchdown occurred 201 m down the runway at 135 kt with a firm rate of minus 381 fpm, and alignment at touchdown was perfect. Weather at the time was 29 °C, wind 23 kt from 230°, a 21 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
The rollout distance measured 1,604 m, equivalent to 48 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s centre-line alignment deviated by 19.3 m.
After exiting the runway, the A320 taxied to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 699 nm, required 110 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 210 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 16 at OLBA Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport from the north on a heading of 167.0° at 4 nm and 1,239 ft agl, with ambient temperature 29 °C, wind 23 kt from 230°, a 21 kt cross-component and a 10 kt headwind component.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and a threshold speed of 136 kt, noted as slightly above the target value, before commencing the flare.
Touchdown occurred 201 m down the runway at a speed of 135 kt, described as a little fast, with a firm vertical rate of minus 381 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance measured 1,604 m, representing 48 % of the 3,330 m runway, and the rollout was misaligned by 19.3 m from the centreline.
Refine the approach speed to match the target threshold value and adjust the touchdown speed accordingly, while applying consistent directional control to keep the aircraft centred during rollout.
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