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Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 90 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 90 ft, 45 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 271 fpm. Starting the flare this early usually carries through to a firmer arrival than a flare begun in the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: hold the flare start within the normal flare band
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 139 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 5 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 139 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 449 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 departed London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) from runway 09R, applying a take-off roll of 1,356 m which represented 41 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 154 kt. Ambient temperature was 15 °C with a wind of 24 kt from 073°, providing a 23 kt headwind component and a 7 kt cross-wind component.
Climb commenced one mile north-west of Feltham, Greater London, England. The aircraft ascended from 1,105 ft asl to 25,000 ft asl, a gain of 23,895 ft, in 13 minutes while covering 76 nm.
Cruise began 14 miles south of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. Level flight was maintained for 11 minutes and the aircraft traversed 80 nm before the descent phase was initiated.
Descent was initiated overhead Bourneville, Normandie, France. The aircraft descended from 25,000 ft asl to 1,631 ft asl, a loss of 23,369 ft, over 17 minutes and covered 81 nm.
Final approach to runway 09L at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) was conducted from the west on a heading of 85.0° at 4 nm and 1,277 ft agl. Local conditions were 14 °C with a wind of 24 kt from 073°, yielding a 23 kt headwind and a 5 kt cross-wind component.
Landing was executed on runway 09L, which is 2,700 m long. The threshold height of 59 ft agl was slightly above target, while the threshold speed of 134 kt was achieved. Touchdown occurred 99 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 129 kt; the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 250 fpm and runway alignment was perfect.
Rollout distance measured 977 m, representing 36 % of the runway, and alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
In total, the flight covered 243 nm, required 43 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,051 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 commenced the final approach to runway 09L at LFPG from the west, tracking a heading of 85.0° at 4 NM and 1,277 ft AGL. Ambient temperature was 14 °C with wind 24 kt from 073°, giving a 23 kt head-wind and a 5 kt cross-wind component.
Crossing the runway threshold at 59 ft AGL, the height was slightly above target, and the aircraft reduced speed to the threshold speed of 134 kt, which was rated good.
Touchdown occurred 99 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 129 kt judged good, a vertical rate of minus 250 fpm described as fair, and runway alignment recorded as perfect.
The rollout covered 977 m, representing 36 % of the 2,700 m runway, and alignment during rollout remained perfect.
With a final score of 99.1 %, the landing was excellent; refining the threshold crossing height to meet the target and smoothing the flare to achieve a shallower descent rate will further tighten performance. Maintaining the current speed and alignment will preserve the high overall rating.
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