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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 22 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 278 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 463 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,623 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,623 m of the 2,104 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 714 m past the threshold — beyond 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 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 28L at Dublin Airport, EIDW, with a takeoff distance of 1,542 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 157 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 12 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Dublin Airport and reached an altitude of 35,320 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,058 feet from the initial altitude of 1,262 feet. This climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 137 nautical miles.
After reaching its cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead High Legh in Cheshire East, England. This phase lasted for 31 minutes and covered a distance of 263 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 2 miles south east of Hofgeest in the Netherlands. The descent from 35,938 feet to 10,145 feet took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 91 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise phase, this time starting 2 miles south of Heiden in Germany. However, this phase was short-lived, lasting only 2 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent again, starting 3 miles south west of Haltern am See in Germany. The descent from 10,054 feet to 2,947 feet took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile south of Herten in Germany. This phase lasted for 6 minutes and covered a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile south of Essen-Mülheim Airport in Germany. The descent from 2,722 feet to 1,449 feet took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23R at Düsseldorf Airport, EDDL, was made from the north east, with the aircraft heading 232.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down 294 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 124 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was firm at -383 feet per minute.
The total landing distance was 1,538 meters, which accounted for 73% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 17.9 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 8 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 533 nautical miles, taking 95 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,856 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 23R at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport, achieving a score of 84.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 232.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold speed of 136 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 294 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 124 knots, which is also within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was firm at -383 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained a stable and aligned approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 19°C and a headwind of 13 knots at 240°. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, which did not pose a significant challenge to the pilot. The total landing distance was 1,538 meters, which is 73% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft landed within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
However, there was a slight deviation in the runway rollout alignment, with the aircraft being misaligned by 17.9 meters from the centerline. This may be attributed to the pilot's response to the landing or the aircraft's response to the runway surface. Despite this minor deviation, the overall landing performance of the Airbus A320 was satisfactory, with a score of 84.7%.
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