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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 12°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
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.
Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering 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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,655 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,655 m of the 2,393 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 441 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321 taxied from the parking area to runway 14L at SKBO El Dorado International Airport in 6 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 14L, the aircraft used 2,526 m of runway, representing 67 % of the available length, and lifted off at 154 kt; ambient temperature was 22 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 100°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 mi south-east of SKBO, with the airplane ascending from 9,355 ft asl to 36,007 ft asl, a gain of 26,652 ft achieved in 23 minutes while covering 161 nm.
Level cruise began 16 mi south-west of Urrao, lasting 20 minutes and extending over 155 nm.
Descent was initiated 11 mi south of Puerto Indio, with the aircraft descending from 36,034 ft asl to 1,240 ft asl, a loss of 34,794 ft in 19 minutes and traversing 112 nm.
The final approach to runway 21R at MPTO Tocumen International Airport was flown from the north-east, on a heading of 210.0°, at 3 nm and 1,166 ft agl.
Landing on runway 21R, which is 2,393 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 142 kt; touchdown was recorded at 441 m from the threshold, at 134 kt, with a descent rate of minus 258 fpm and a lateral deviation of 6.0 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 30 °C, wind 4 kt from 244°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Runway rollout distance measured 1,574 m, equivalent to 66 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was described as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 436 nm, required 71 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 3,411 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 21R at MPTO Tocumen International Airport was flown from the north-east on a heading of 210.0° at 3 nm and 1,166 ft agl, with ambient temperature 30 °C, wind 4 kt from 244°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 142 kt.
Touchdown occurred 441 m down the runway at a speed of 134 kt, noted as a little fast, with a fair vertical rate of minus 258 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.0 m from the centreline and the total landing distance measured 1,574 m, representing 66 % of the 2,393 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway length.
To refine the already strong performance, a modest reduction in touchdown speed would bring the aircraft closer to the target speed envelope, and tighter lateral control on flare would eliminate the 6.0 m offset from centreline. These adjustments will help maintain the high score while further enhancing precision.
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