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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.7 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 2,279 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 352 m touchdown sits inside 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 30L at KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,495 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 168 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 28 knots blowing from a direction of 320 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 26 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,557 feet above sea level to 30,359 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,802 feet, in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 97 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 3 miles southeast of Goofy Ridge, Illinois, United States. This cruise phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 42 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles southwest of Lacon, Illinois, United States. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 28,942 feet above sea level to 10,451 feet above sea level, a decrease of 18,491 feet, in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 49 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile west of 53IS Franklin Hospital Heliport, Benton, Illinois, United States. This cruise phase lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 52 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 5 miles northeast of South Chicago, Illinois, United States. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 9,900 feet above sea level to 1,976 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,924 feet, in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 21 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport was made from the east, with a heading of 270.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,294 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 27R, which had a length of 2,279 meters. The threshold height at 59 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 137 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 353 meters, but the touchdown speed at 136 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -467 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 23 knots blowing from a direction of 350 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 22 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,378 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 272 nautical miles, which was covered in 62 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,478 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 27R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport, achieving a score of 91.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,294 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold speed of 137 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
However, the touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly above the target, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit too much power during the flare. This resulted in a hard touchdown rate of -467 feet per minute (fpm), which is higher than the desired rate. Despite this, the touchdown distance of 353 meters was within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -6°C and a wind speed of 23 knots from 350°. This resulted in a crosswind component of 22 knots and a headwind component of 4 knots. The pilot successfully managed the crosswind, maintaining a very good runway touchdown alignment.
The total landing distance of 1,378 meters was 60% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit too much brake during the rollout. Overall, the landing was successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rollout alignment.
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