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Work on the flare
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.
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 2,434 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 637 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 began with a 7-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, Portugal. The aircraft then completed a departure roll on runway 02, with a takeoff distance of 1,830 meters, covering 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 182 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 13°C with a 4 knot wind coming at 39°, resulting in a 1 knot crosswind and a 4 knot headwind.
During the enroute climb, which started over Camarate in the Lisbon District, the aircraft climbed from 1,375 feet above sea level to 35,401 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,026 feet in 28 minutes, covering a distance of 178 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase began over Ponte de Lima in the Viana do Castelo District and lasted 99 minutes, covering 643 nautical miles.
The descent phase commenced 3 miles south of Brecon in Powys, Wales, with the aircraft descending from 36,591 feet above sea level to 4,017 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,574 feet in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles. A brief enroute level cruise segment followed, starting 1 mile south of Diggle in the Borough of Oldham, England, lasting 6 minutes and covering 10 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 23R at EGCC Manchester Airport, with a runway length of 2,434 meters. The height at the threshold was 58 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 144 knots. The touchdown occurred 637 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 138 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -191 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 11°C with a 2 knot wind coming at 320°, resulting in a 2 knot crosswind and a 0 knot headwind. The total landing distance was 1,377 meters, covering 57% of the runway.
After landing, a 6-minute taxi from the runway to the parking area was completed, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance for the journey was 952 nautical miles, taking 186 minutes to complete and utilizing 8,391 kilograms of fuel.
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