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Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 7.5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 1.8°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,051 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,051 m of the 2,553 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 951 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departure from Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport, TFFR, commenced with a roll on runway 12. The Airbus A320 accelerated down the 1,544-meter runway, covering 60% of its length, before lifting off at a speed of 159 knots. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a wind of 12 knots at 70 degrees, presented a moderate headwind component of 11 knots.
As the aircraft transitioned to the enroute climb phase, it began ascending from 1,068 feet above sea level to 1,719 feet, a gain of 651 feet in just one minute. This climb phase was completed in a short distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and entered a cruise phase, maintaining a steady altitude for 7 minutes while covering 21 nautical miles. The final approach phase commenced 4 nautical miles from the airport, with the aircraft descending from 1,006 feet above ground level to prepare for landing on runway 12.
The landing was executed on the 2,553-meter runway, but the threshold speed was slightly higher than optimal at 164 knots. The touchdown point was 535 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 140 knots, which was faster than recommended. However, the touchdown rate of -169 feet per minute was satisfactory. The aircraft's alignment with the runway centerline was slightly off during both the landing and rollout phases, with deviations of 7.5 meters and 13.5 meters, respectively. Following a taxiing period of 8 minutes, the aircraft came to a stop at the parking area, having covered a total distance of 31 nautical miles and consumed 498 kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 12 at TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport was initiated from the west, heading 102.0° at 4 nm and 1,006 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was too high at 164 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing speed.
As the aircraft touched down 535 m beyond the touchdown zone, the touchdown speed of 140 kt was found to be fast, resulting in a touchdown rate of -169 fpm, which was still within acceptable limits. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the desired alignment. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 29 °C and wind at 20 kt from 60°, contributed to a crosswind of 13 kt and a headwind of 15 kt.
The total landing distance of 1,970 m was 77% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.5 m from the centreline, similar to the touchdown position. Overall, the landing performance scored 81.2%, reflecting a good but not exceptional landing.
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