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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 11°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 208 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 310 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,889 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,889 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 731 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from LaGuardia Airport's runway 22, the Airbus A321 began its journey with a taxiing period of 11 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. As the aircraft reached the runway threshold, it initiated its departure roll, utilizing 67% of the available runway length to achieve liftoff at a speed of 153 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 25°C, with a 10-knot headwind and a 2-knot crosswind.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute cruise altitude, it passed overhead Jackson Heights, New York, and continued to ascend to 36,009 feet above sea level. The climb phase lasted 23 minutes, covering a distance of 138 nautical miles and an altitude increase of 35,077 feet. Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a 62-minute cruise phase, during which it leveled off at 36,009 feet and covered a distance of 439 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 2 miles northwest of the Oolenoy Valley Airport in South Carolina, where the aircraft descended from 35,980 feet to 2,692 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,288 feet, in 23 minutes and covering 121 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, it initiated its final approach to runway 26R from the east, aligning with a heading of 270.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,663 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold height above target, a threshold speed of 144 knots, and a touchdown speed of 133 knots. However, the touchdown point was 312 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.5 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,805 meters, utilizing 66% of the available runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 5 minutes. The total flight distance was 707 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 2 hours and 3 minutes, and a fuel consumption of 5,293 kilograms.
The aircraft touched down on runway 26R at KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a 2,738-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the east. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold speed of 144 knots, meeting the target. However, the threshold height at 66 feet above ground level was above the desired level, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal approach path.
The touchdown characteristics were generally good, with a touchdown speed of 133 knots, within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate of -230 feet per minute was fair, suggesting a moderate deceleration upon touchdown. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was not perfectly aligned with the centreline, deviating by 11.5 meters. This slight misalignment persisted during the rollout phase, where the aircraft was 12.3 meters off-centreline.
The total landing distance of 1,805 meters was 66% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a headwind of 8 knots, contributed to the successful landing. Overall, the landing performance scored 88.1%, reflecting a good but not exceptional performance.
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