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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,566 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,566 m of the 4,265 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 378 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 a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 12L at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP), with a takeoff distance of 1,590 meters, which was 65% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius and winds of 10 knots at 199 degrees. The crosswind was 10 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. After departing from KMSP, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of the airport and climbing from an altitude of 1,729 feet above sea level to 36,931 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,202 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 124 nautical miles.
The enroute climb continued until the aircraft reached a point 5 miles north of the Minglewood Airport (8MY9) in Alexandria, Minnesota, where it began its level cruise. This phase of the flight lasted for 28 minutes and covered a distance of 679 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, beginning 11 miles northwest of Bow Island, Alberta, Canada, and descending from 36,625 feet above sea level to 4,832 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,793 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 111 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 35R at the Calgary International Airport (CYYC) was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 0.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,266 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 35R, which had a length of 4,265 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 377 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 134 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -293 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and winds of 18 knots at 300 degrees. The crosswind was 16 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The total landing distance was 1,487 meters, which was 35% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 922 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 66 minutes. The aircraft used 6,081 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Calgary International Airport, achieving a score of 96.1%. The aircraft was approaching runway 35R from the south, maintaining a heading of 0.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 134 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 377 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast, which may have contributed to a fair touchdown rate of -293 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.3 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°C, with a wind speed of 18 knots from a direction of 300°. This resulted in a crosswind of 16 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,487 meters was 35% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.3 meters, which may have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown position misalignment.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score of 96.1%. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and alignment, which may be addressed in future training or operations to further improve the landing performance.
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