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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 5.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,576 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,576 m of the 3,006 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 05, the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 16 °C and a gentle headwind of 11 knots at 40 degrees. With a crosswind of just 1 knot, the aircraft was able to depart smoothly, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 158 knots in 1,961 meters, which was 63% of the runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from Bordeaux, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 33,977 feet in just 19 minutes, covering a distance of 125 nautical miles. The climb was characterized by a steady increase in altitude, with the aircraft reaching a maximum altitude of 34,021 feet before beginning its level cruise. This phase of the flight lasted 36 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 256 nautical miles. The crew then initiated a second climb, this time from 34,021 feet to 36,009 feet, an increase of 1,988 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 25 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered its final level cruise phase, which lasted 56 minutes and covered a distance of 401 nautical miles.
As the aircraft began its descent into Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, it started from an altitude of 35,743 feet and descended to 1,791 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 102 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 13R was made from the north-west, with the aircraft aligning itself with the runway at 4 nautical miles and 1,325 feet above ground level. The landing was smooth, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 135 knots and a distance of 421 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The total landing distance was 1,497 meters, and the runway rollout alignment was very good. After taxiing to the parking area, the aircraft had completed a total flight distance of 918 nautical miles, using 5,958 kilograms of fuel in the process, and taking a total of 154 minutes to complete the journey.
The aircraft touched down on runway 13R at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport with a good threshold height, allowing for a smooth transition from the approach to the touchdown phase. The threshold speed of 138 kt was within the acceptable range, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance of 421 m was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent and speed.
However, the touchdown speed of 135 kt was slightly above the ideal range, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -396 fpm. This may have been due to the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed to ensure a stable approach. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 m from the centreline, which may have been a result of the crosswind component of 0 kt and headwind of 5 kt. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 16 °C and a wind speed of 5 kt at 130 °, did not appear to significantly impact the approach or touchdown.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by very good alignment, indicating a high level of control and precision from the pilot. The total landing distance of 1,497 m, which accounted for 50% of the runway length, was within the acceptable range. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with a score of 96.7% reflecting the minor deviations from ideal performance.
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