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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 48 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 48 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 48 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,000 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 724 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,736 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 10 knots at 50 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, while the headwind was 6 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started 1 mile north of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,040 feet above sea level to 2,146 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,107 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles southeast of Bilajer, a city in Baku, Azerbaijan, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 360 degrees at an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 35 was successful, with the threshold height being above the target, and the threshold speed being good at 133 knots. The touchdown point was 303 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 127 knots, which was good, and a touchdown rate of -90 feet per minute, which was excellent. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.6 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions during the landing were similar to those during takeoff, with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 10 knots at 60 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,357 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.4 meters from the centerline.
In conclusion, the flight was completed with a total distance of 20 nautical miles, taking 15 minutes, and used 633 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport, achieving an overall score of 87.2%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south, heading 360.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 35, which has a length of 3,284 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 303 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 127 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also excellent, at -90 feet per minute (fpm). However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, by 9.6 meters. This misalignment was also observed during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was 9.4 meters off-centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were hot, with a temperature of 38°C, and a moderate wind of 10 knots from a direction of 60°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. Despite these conditions, the pilot successfully managed the aircraft, achieving a total landing distance of 1,357 meters, which was 41% of the runway length.
One notable aspect of the landing was that the threshold height was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed was good, at 133 knots. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft in challenging weather conditions.
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