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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 7.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 23 stages, 21 scored
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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: off the runway's 3.1° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,441 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 232 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from MMMD Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Crescencio Rejón in Ciudad de Mérida, Mexico, the Airbus A321 began its journey with a taxiing period of 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile to reach the runway. The departure roll commenced on runway 10, with a takeoff distance of 1,440 meters, utilizing 50% of the available runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 169 knots, taking advantage of a 17-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it traversed 115 nautical miles in 18 minutes, ascending from 999 feet above sea level to 29,984 feet. The enroute climb phase was followed by a 54-minute level cruise, covering 393 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, reducing altitude from 29,753 feet to 18,284 feet in 10 minutes, while covering 70 nautical miles. The flight continued with multiple level cruise phases, each lasting a few minutes, before initiating the final descent. The aircraft landed on runway 05R at MMMX Benito Juárez International Airport, with a touchdown distance of 235 meters and a speed of 139 knots. The total landing distance was 1,073 meters, accounting for 31% of the available runway.
The flight concluded with a taxiing period of 4 minutes, covering 1 nautical mile to reach the parking area. The total flight distance was 641 nautical miles, completed in 105 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 5,408 kilograms. The aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with good threshold height and touchdown speed, although the touchdown rate was slightly hard and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.4 meters from the centerline.
The approach to runway 05R at MMMX Benito Juárez International Airport from the south west was executed with good quality, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 59.0° at 4 nm and 1,610 ft above ground level. The threshold height was satisfactory, allowing for a smooth transition to the runway. The threshold speed of 142 kt was also within acceptable limits, indicating a well-controlled approach.
However, the touchdown characteristics were not entirely optimal. The aircraft touched down at a speed of 139 kt, which was slightly faster than desired. This resulted in a hard touchdown rate of -492 fpm, which may have caused some discomfort for the passengers. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.4 m from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the intended path. The total landing distance of 1,073 m, which accounted for 31% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft continued to deviate from the centreline, with a misalignment of 22.0 m. Despite this, the overall performance of the landing was satisfactory, with a score of 85.9%. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 25 °C, did not appear to have any significant impact on the landing.
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