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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 264 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,569 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,569 m of the 3,142 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 194 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 15 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 09R at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) in Paris, France. The takeoff distance was 1,740 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 23°C temperature and a wind speed of 13 knots at 20°. The crosswind was 12 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Mauregard in the Ile-de-France region of France, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,372 feet above sea level to 33,672 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,300 feet in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 127 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began overhead Saint-Thiebault in the Grand Est region of France and lasted for 75 minutes, covering a distance of 569 nautical miles. The descent started 5 miles southwest of Igrane in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia, where the aircraft descended from 34,023 feet above sea level to 1,805 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,219 feet in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 59 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 11 at Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (LDDU) was made from the northwest, heading 118.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,286 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 11 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 194 meters, which was 48% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 139 knots, which was a little fast, while the touchdown rate was hard at -488 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 33°C temperature and a wind speed of 7 knots at 230°. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the tailwind was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 1,494 meters, which was 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 767 nautical miles, which was covered in 131 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,199 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LDDU Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport, achieving a score of 96.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 118.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,286 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed on runway 11, which has a length of 3,142 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 140 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance of 194 meters was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 139 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, which may have contributed to a harder touchdown rate of -488 feet per minute (fpm). Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, demonstrating the pilot's skill and control.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 33°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from 230°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots. These conditions presented a moderate challenge to the pilot, but the aircraft's performance was satisfactory.
The total landing distance of 1,494 meters was 48% of the runway length, which is a reasonable figure. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control and alignment throughout the landing roll. Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of precision and skill, earning the Airbus A320 a score of 96.4%.
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