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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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,504 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 972 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 began with a 12-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The departure roll took place on runway 18L, with a takeoff distance of 5,747 ft, covering 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 66 °F with a wind of 9 kn at 20 °, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a tailwind of 8 kn.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, climbing from 1,602 ft asl to 26,894 ft asl, covering 59 nm in 11 minutes. The level cruise portion of the flight began over Abbott (Texas, United States) and lasted 14 minutes, covering 85 nm. The descent phase started 4 miles southeast of Hutto (Texas, United States), descending from 26,953 ft asl to 6,110 ft asl in 13 minutes, covering 71 nm. Another brief level cruise occurred over Live Oak (Texas, United States) for 2 minutes, covering 7 nm before the final descent commenced 3 miles south of KRND Randolph Air Force Base Universal City (Texas, United States), descending from 6,109 ft asl to 2,509 ft asl in 4 minutes, covering 7 nm.
The landing took place on runway 31L at KSAT San Antonio International Airport, with a runway length of 8,504 ft. The height at threshold was 39 ft agl, with a speed of 134 kn. The touchdown occurred 973 ft from the threshold, with a speed of 132 kn and a VSI of -439 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 73 °F with a wind of 9 kn at 40 °, resulting in a crosswind of 9 kn and a headwind of 0 kn. The total landing distance was 3,510 ft, covering 41% of the runway.
Overall, the total flight distance was 240 nm, lasting 85 minutes and consuming 4,741 lbs of fuel.
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