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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 7.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 7.2 ft, 4.1 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 2,998 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 631 m past the threshold — beyond 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 20 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 17 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,482 meters, which is 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and winds of 6 knots at 299 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southwest of Biny Selo, a suburb of Baku City, Azerbaijan. The climb from 994 feet above sea level to 2,096 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,103 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile southwest of Hovsan, another suburb of Baku City, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 2,567 feet above sea level to 28,995 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,428 feet, in 15 minutes and covering a distance of 47 nautical miles. The climb started 3 miles south of Hovsan.
The enroute level cruise then started 9 miles northeast of Qobustan, a town in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan, and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 42 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 11 miles west of Aghsu, a town in the Aghsu Rayon of Azerbaijan. The descent from 29,029 feet above sea level to 26,993 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,036 feet, took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 20 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 2 miles west of Goycay, a town in the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan, and lasted for 12 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 13 miles northwest of Qirmizi Samux, a town in the Samukh Rayon of Azerbaijan. The descent from 26,394 feet above sea level to 3,055 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,339 feet, took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 69 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13R at UGTB Tbilisi International Airport was made from the northwest, heading 137.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,452 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 13R, which has a length of 2,998 meters, was successful, with a touchdown point 209 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 117 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was firm at -371 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and winds of 16 knots at 149 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 16 knots. The total landing distance was 1,265 meters, which is 42% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 269 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 74 minutes. The aircraft used 3,279 kilograms of fuel during the flight
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Tbilisi International Airport, achieving a score of 92.5%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 137.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,452 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft landed on runway 13R, which has a length of 2,998 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 124 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown point was 209 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the recommended area but still within a safe distance. The touchdown speed of 117 knots was also within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -371 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, indicating a controlled descent.
However, there was a slight deviation in the runway touchdown position, with the aircraft being 5.4 meters off-centerline. This may be attributed to the crosswind component, which was 4 knots, and the headwind, which was 16 knots. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 33°C and a wind speed of 16 knots at 149°, may have also contributed to this deviation.
Despite the slight misalignment, the total landing distance of 1,265 meters was only 42% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively, and the pilot maintained control throughout the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was executed with good control and precision, despite some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown point and runway alignment.
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