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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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,441 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 422 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 25R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,056 meters, which accounted for 35% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 2°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 6 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started 1 mile west of EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, with the aircraft climbing from an altitude of 1,140 feet above sea level to 35,088 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,948 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles northeast of Kogel, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and lasted for 60 minutes, covering a distance of 397 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent overhead Sandeid, Rogaland Fylke, Norway, descending from 34,687 feet above sea level to 1,492 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,195 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 54 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17 at ENBR Bergen Airport, Flesland, was made from the north, heading 170.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,331 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 17, which had a length of 2,441 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 422 meters, but the touchdown speed at 136 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -347 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.9 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 7°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 230 degrees, with a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,013 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway.
After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 571 nautical miles, taking 110 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,083 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at ENBR Bergen Airport, Flesland, with a score of 93.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 170.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,331 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 17, which has a length of 2,441 meters.
The landing was executed with a slightly above-target threshold speed of 141 knots. The touchdown distance was good, measuring 422 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 136 knots was a little fast, indicating that the pilot may have been able to maintain a more controlled descent. The touchdown rate was firm, at -347 feet per minute (fpm), which is typical for a commercial airliner.
Despite the good touchdown distance, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at 230°. The crosswind component was 13 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,013 meters, which is 41% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain a good rate of descent and control the aircraft's speed during the final approach. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of precision and control, despite some minor deviations in the aircraft's alignment. The pilot's ability to maintain a good rate of descent and control the aircraft's speed during the final approach was evident in the good touchdown distance and short landing distance. However, there is room for improvement in terms of maintaining a more precise alignment during the final approach and rollout phases.
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