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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 20 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Reduce power sooner on final so you cross the threshold at 134 kt, carrying that speed into the flare.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 144 kt, 10 kt above 134 kt, usually leaves extra energy that lets the sink come back after the flare has arrested it, and that returning sink usually carries through to a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 134 kt at the threshold.
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 above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above 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 3,707 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 709 m past the threshold — beyond 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 26L at London Gatwick Airport (EGKK). The takeoff distance was 1,648 meters, which accounted for 66% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 164 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 13 knots at 280°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 12 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Charlwood in Surrey, England, where the aircraft climbed from 1,248 feet above sea level to 3,842 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,594 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Capel in Surrey, England, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The next climb phase began 1 mile west of Salfords in Surrey, England, where the aircraft climbed from 3,873 feet above sea level to 5,767 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,894 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to climb, starting 2 miles south of Maidstone in Kent, England, where it climbed from 5,765 feet above sea level to 37,574 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,808 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 154 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting 1 mile north of Rixensart in Wallonia, Belgium, and lasting for 30 minutes, covering a distance of 253 nautical miles.
As the aircraft began its descent, it started 1 mile east of Schesslitz in Bavaria, Germany, where it descended from 37,569 feet above sea level to 15,650 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,918 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 86 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile north-east of Mrtnik in the Plzensky kraj region of the Czech Republic, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its descent, starting 1 mile south-west of Kozlany Airport in the Plzensky kraj region of the Czech Republic, where it descended from 15,262 feet above sea level to 3,901 feet above sea level, a decrease of 11,361 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 39 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting overhead Libis in the Stredocesky kraj region of the Czech Republic, and lasting for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began overhead Letnany in the Hlavni mesto Praha region of the Czech Republic, where the aircraft descended from 3,902 feet above sea level to 2,457 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,445 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 24 at Václav Havel Airport Prague (LKPR), approaching from the north-east at a heading of 246.0° and a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft landed on the runway, which was 3,707 meters long, with a threshold height of 69 feet above ground level, above the target height. The threshold speed was also well above the target speed
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at LKPR Václav Havel Airport Prague, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 246.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,256 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 24, which has a length of 3,707 meters.
However, the threshold height at 69 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was well above the target at 145 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was descending at a faster rate than intended. The touchdown point was 287 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the ideal landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 129 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -646 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a steeper-than-desired descent. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.4 meters from the centerline, which could have implications for the aircraft's braking performance and overall safety.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 24 knots from 200°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 17 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's misalignment during the landing. The total landing distance was 1,355 meters, which is 37% of the runway length.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.9 meters from the centerline, which is a relatively minor deviation. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including better control of the descent rate, touchdown speed, and runway alignment.
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