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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.1 ft, and this flight then touched down at 163 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,067 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 371 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A321 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport, also known as Lisbon Portela Airport. This process took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 02, with a takeoff distance of 1,684 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 166 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 26 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 19 knots at 330 degrees. The crosswind was 15 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots. After departing from Lisbon, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead Camarate, a location in the Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. The climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 102 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from an altitude of 1,373 feet above sea level to 30,962 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,589 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 9 miles northeast of Herrera de Alcantara, a location in Extremadura, Spain. This phase lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 95 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 1 mile south of Torralba de Oropesa, a location in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The descent took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 82 nautical miles, with the aircraft decreasing its altitude from 30,937 feet above sea level to 3,236 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,700 feet.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 32L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. The approach was from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 323.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on runway 32L, which had a length of 3,067 meters. The threshold height was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 136 knots.
The touchdown point was 378 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 134 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 28 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 14 knots at 279 degrees. The crosswind was 9 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,426 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 289 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 63 minutes. The aircraft used 2,902 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 32L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, achieving a score of 92.6%. The final approach was initiated from the south east, heading 323.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being above the target at 68 feet agl. However, the threshold speed was satisfactory at 136 knots, indicating a good approach speed. The touchdown point was located 378 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 134 knots was slightly faster than the desired speed, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm). Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the deviation from the intended landing spot.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 28°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from 279°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots. These conditions may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing performance.
The total landing distance was 1,426 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, indicating a slight deviation from the intended path during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the desired performance. The aircraft's score of 92.6% reflects a good overall performance, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and alignment during the rollout phase.
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