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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,677 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,677 m of the 3,651 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 350 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 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 20R at KSNA John Wayne Orange County International Airport. The takeoff distance was 877 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 138 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 180 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead KSNA John Wayne Orange County International Airport in Santa Ana, California. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,049 feet above sea level to 37,048 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,000 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 2 miles north of KNII Niland Airport in Niland, California. This phase of the flight lasted for 22 minutes and covered a distance of 506 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile southeast of Crested Butte, Colorado. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 37,510 feet above sea level to 6,640 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,870 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 117 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 07 at KDEN Denver International Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 90 degrees at an altitude of 1,279 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 07, which had a length of 3,651 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots, and the touchdown rate was hard at -486 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.3 meters. The total landing distance was 1,602 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 9.1 meters. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 751 nautical miles and took 68 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 4,586 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at KDEN Denver International Airport, achieving a score of 94.3%. The final approach to runway 07 was initiated from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,279 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the pilots maintained a suitable altitude prior to touchdown.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 136 knots, which was within the acceptable threshold speed range. However, the touchdown speed of 133 knots was slightly faster than desired, suggesting that the pilots may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown distance of 351 meters was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the final stages of the approach.
Despite the good touchdown speed and distance, the touchdown rate was hard at -486 feet per minute (fpm), which may have resulted in a slightly bumpy ride for passengers. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.3 meters from the centerline, which may have required the pilots to make adjustments during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from 150°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. These conditions were relatively calm, and the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the approach and landing.
The total landing distance of 1,602 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.1 meters from the centerline, which may have required the pilots to make adjustments during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and decision-making skills during the approach and landing.
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