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Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 67 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 67 ft, 22 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,638 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,638 m of the 3,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 400 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321 taxied from the parking area to runway 29 at EPWA Warsaw Chopin Airport, a movement that lasted 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 29, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 158 kt and left the ground after traveling a takeoff distance of 1,204 m, which represented 52 % of the runway; ambient conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 280°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced overhead Wlochy in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, climbing from 1,308 ft asl to 32,010 ft asl - an altitude gain of 30,701 ft - in 28 minutes while covering 192 nm.
Cruise began 1 mile east of Radkov in the Moravskoslezsky kraj, Czech Republic, and was maintained for 170 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 1,300 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated 4 miles north of LPAO Aerodromo de Monforte Arronches, Portugal, descending from 31,986 ft asl to 1,644 ft asl - a loss of 30,342 ft - in 23 minutes and traversing 115 nm.
The final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela) was conducted from the south, on a heading of 23.0° at 4 nm and 1,284 ft agl.
Landing on runway 02, which is 3,716 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 143 kt; touchdown was recorded 405 m down the runway at a speed of 140 kt, a vertical rate of minus 30 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 5.3 m from the centreline; local weather was 31 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 0°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind; the total landing distance was 1,568 m, representing 42 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was described as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline after touchdown.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,616 nm, required 233 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 12,286 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321 approached runway 02 at LPPT from the south on a heading of 23.0° at 4 nm and 1,284 ft agl; at the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 143 kt as the aircraft entered the flare.
Touchdown occurred 405 m down the runway at a speed of 140 kt, which was noted as a little fast; the vertical speed was perfect at minus 30 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,568 m, representing 42 % of the 3,716 m runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft taxied off the runway safely.
Refine flare timing to reduce touchdown speed marginally and adjust the final alignment to bring the touchdown point closer to the centreline, which will further optimise runway usage.
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