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Departure
Steer with small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the runway centreline by 42 m, and the following climb carried a heading deviation of 0.9°. Drift like this during the roll usually carries forward into extra bank held during the second climb segment.
Watch for: Watch the runway centreline visually, keeping drift inside 42 m through the roll.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 84 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 130 kt against a VREF of 84 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 84 kt at the stabilisation gate.
See Arrival Approach
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.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 2,116 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, centreline 16.6° off, against a 1° limit, wings 14° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 76 kt FAST on the reference speed of 84 kt.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,037 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 462 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 07 at EDDS Stuttgart Airport; the taxi-out phase lasted 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07, the takeoff run measured 866 m, representing 28 % of the runway length, and the aircraft lifted off at 93 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 31 °C, wind 9 kt from 349°, with a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced immediately after liftoff, beginning overhead EDDS Stuttgart Airport. The aircraft ascended from 1,642 ft asl to 2,033 ft asl, an increase of 392 ft achieved in less than 1 minute while covering 1 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south of Ostfildern and continued for 2 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 6 nm.
The final approach to runway 07 was executed from the southwest, on a heading of 17.0° at 2 nm distance and an altitude of 1,210 ft agl.
A go-around was initiated on runway 07 at an altitude of 1,269 ft agl.
Subsequent landing on runway 07, whose total length is 3,039 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 130 kt. Touchdown was recorded at 463 m from the threshold, with a speed of 100 kt and a vertical rate of minus 179 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 18.7 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was a temperature of 30 °C, wind 13 kt from 347°, with a 13 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 908 m, equivalent to 30 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was offset 37.3 m from the centreline.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area; the taxi-in phase lasted 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 12 nm, required 7 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 23 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 entered the final approach to runway 06 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport from the south-west on a heading of 60.0° at 4 nm and 1,401 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 26 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 29°, comprising a 12 kt headwind and a 7 kt crosswind.
At threshold the aircraft’s speed was slightly above target at 126 kt. The flare concluded with touchdown occurring 237 m beyond the touchdown zone, and the aircraft crossed the runway at a speed of 120 kt, described as a little fast.
Touchdown was hard, with a vertical rate of minus 438 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.1 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,307 m, representing 33 % of the 3,986 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft remained well centred for the remainder of the ground roll.
To refine the already strong performance reflected by the 95.7 % score, focus on reducing the final approach speed to the target value and moderating the flare to achieve a softer touchdown, which will also lessen the vertical rate and improve alignment precision.
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