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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 5.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 149 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 410 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,397 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,397 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 439 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 13L at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (LHBP). The takeoff distance was 1,576 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 10°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 120°. The crosswind was negligible, while the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile north of Vecses, Hungary, and involved a significant ascent from 1,444 feet above sea level to 34,851 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,406 feet in 20 minutes and covering 110 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles northeast of Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha, Austria. This phase lasted for 45 minutes and covered a distance of 327 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 4 miles southwest of Alheim, Germany. The descent from 34,287 feet above sea level to 2,914 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,373 feet in 17 minutes and covering 80 nautical miles, was a significant portion of the flight.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile west of Unna, Germany, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 2 miles east of Bonen, Germany, and involved a descent from 2,923 feet above sea level to 1,695 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,228 feet in 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at Dortmund Airport (EDLW) was made from the northeast, with a heading of 241.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,276 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 438 meters and a touchdown speed of 120 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -332 feet per minute.
However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 7°C temperature and a wind speed of 23 knots at 190°. The crosswind was 18 knots, while the headwind was 15 knots. The total landing distance was 990 meters, accounting for 71% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.8 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 540 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 110 minutes. The aircraft used 4,553 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at EDLW Dortmund Airport, achieving a score of 91.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 241.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on runway 24, which has a length of 1,397 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. This indicates that the aircraft may have been slightly faster than desired during the final approach. However, the touchdown distance of 438 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 120 knots was also within acceptable limits.
The touchdown rate of -332 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft touched down with a moderate amount of force. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to factors such as crosswind or pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 23 knots from 190°. This resulted in a crosswind of 18 knots and a headwind of 15 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the misaligned touchdown position.
The total landing distance of 990 meters was 71% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.8 meters from the centerline, which may indicate that the aircraft was not properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, particularly with regards to the alignment of the touchdown position and the runway rollout.
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