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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 1,663 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,663 m of the 2,910 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 545 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by Vueling, with the aircraft registration EC-MGZ. The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
As the aircraft departed from Paris-Orly Airport, it rolled down runway 07, with a takeoff distance of 1,689 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 14 knots coming from a direction of 359 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The enroute climb phase began overhead Villeneuve-le-Roi, in the Ile-de-France region of France. During this phase, the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,282 feet above sea level to 36,793 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,511 feet, in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 119 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northwest of Le Poinconnet, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. This phase lasted for 44 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 334 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 2 miles north of Flix, in the Catalunya region of Spain. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,835 feet above sea level to 22,457 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,377 feet, in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 51 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles northeast of Tirig, in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. This phase lasted for 2 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 4 miles southeast of Benassal, in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 22,172 feet above sea level to 1,524 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,648 feet, in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 54 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 12 at Valencia Airport, coming from the west and heading 116.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,305 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 12 at Valencia Airport was successful, with a touchdown point located 122 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 127 knots, which was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate was also good at -177 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.0 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,576 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.4 meters from the centerline.
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 577 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 104 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,739 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft, Vueling EC-MGZ, successfully landed at LEVC Valencia Airport, achieving a score of 91.8%. The final approach to runway 12 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 116.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,305 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed with good threshold height and threshold speed, reaching 136 knots. The touchdown point was 122 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 127 knots, which was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -177 feet per minute was considered good, indicating a controlled descent.
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to slight deviations in the aircraft's approach path. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.4 meters from the centerline, which could have been caused by the aircraft's wheels not being perfectly aligned with the runway's centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 21°C and a gentle wind of 8 knots at 30°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was only 1 knot. These conditions did not appear to have significantly impacted the landing, and the aircraft was able to maintain control throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft touching down safely and coming to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the minor misalignments during the touchdown and rollout phases may indicate a need for further refinement in the aircraft's approach and landing procedures.
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