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Maintain the centreline
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.
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 2,887 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 215 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Airbus A321 began with a taxi from the parking area to the runway at CYHZ Halifax International Airport. The taxi took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The departure roll was from runway 14 at CYHZ, with a takeoff distance of 1,497 m, which was 64% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 151 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 8 °C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 240 °, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots.
The enroute climb began 1 mile east of CYHZ and lasted 23 minutes, during which the aircraft climbed from 1,387 ft asl to 36,547 ft asl, covering a distance of 140 nm. The level cruise phase of the flight started 15 miles west of CYYA Brier Island Airstrip in Yarmouth and lasted 58 minutes, covering 415 nm.
The enroute descent phase started 17 miles east of Barnegat Light in New Jersey, with the aircraft descending from 36,743 ft asl to 6,200 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 93 nm. The second level cruise phase started overhead Newark in Delaware and lasted 26 minutes, covering 44 nm. The final descent started overhead KVAY South Jersey Regional Airport in Mt Holly, with the aircraft descending from 4,746 ft asl to 1,826 ft asl in 4 minutes, covering 13 nm.
The landing was on runway 27R at KPHL Philadelphia International Airport, with a runway length of 2,887 m. The height at the threshold was 27 ft agl, with a speed of 139 knots at the threshold. The touchdown occurred 215 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 138 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -394 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 11 °C, with no significant wind.
The total landing distance was 942 m, which was 33% of the runway length. Finally, the taxi from the runway to the parking area took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 713 nm, with a total flight time of 159 minutes. The aircraft used 6,200 kg of fuel for the entire flight.
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