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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 29 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 10° of bank in the first climb segment and 12° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 116 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 246 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,730 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,730 m of the 3,701 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 700 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the departure roll from runway 31R at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (LHBP). The Airbus A321 took off with a takeoff distance of 2,038 meters, which is 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 194 knots, and the aircraft climbed away from the airport.
As the aircraft climbed, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 9 knots from 240°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 838 feet above sea level (asl) to 4,804 ft asl, an increase of 3,966 ft in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired cruising altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent overhead Kistarcsa, Hungary. The descent from 4,833 ft asl to 2,530 ft asl resulted in a decrease of 2,303 ft in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. Following the descent, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Nagytarcsa and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached the destination airport, it began its final approach to runway 31R from the south east, heading 313.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,238 ft above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on a runway length of 3,701 meters, with the threshold height at 64 ft agl being above the target, and the threshold speed slightly above the target at 138 knots.
The touchdown point was 282 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 127 knots and a touchdown rate of -189 feet per minute (fpm), both of which were considered good. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 242°, with a crosswind component of 9 knots and a headwind component of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,647 meters, which is 44% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 24 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 12 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -8,803 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, achieving a score of 92.3%. The final approach to runway 31R was initiated from the south east, heading 313.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,238 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 31R, which has a length of 3,701 meters. The threshold height at 64 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired at the point of touchdown. The threshold speed was also slightly above the target at 138 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly higher than desired threshold height.
The touchdown point was located 282 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 127 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -189 feet per minute (fpm) was also good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or other factors. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 242°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,647 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well under control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft achieving a good touchdown speed and rate, and a relatively short landing distance. However, there were some minor deviations from the target, including the slightly higher than desired threshold height and the slightly misaligned runway touchdown position.
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