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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,790 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 455 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by an Airbus A321 aircraft. The pre-flight taxiing process from the parking area to the runway took approximately 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft departed from runway 01R at ENGM Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, with a takeoff distance of 369 meters, which accounted for 13% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 148 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots blowing from a direction of 230 degrees. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the tailwind component was 4 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb approximately 1 mile south east of Gardermoen, rising from an initial altitude of 1,609 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 35,226 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 125 nautical miles and took 22 minutes to complete.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 25 miles north of Skagen in the North Denmark Region, Denmark. This cruise phase lasted for 18 minutes and covered a distance of 132 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 35,174 feet above sea level to 28,288 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,887 feet, in just 7 minutes and covering 52 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise phase, this time starting 7 miles north east of Augustenborg in the Region Syddanmark, Denmark, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. The subsequent descent from 28,183 feet above sea level to 22,402 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,782 feet, took just 2 minutes and covered 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time overhead Grodersby in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, lasting for 2 minutes and covering 9 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 1 mile north east of Eckernfoerde in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and took the aircraft from 22,083 feet above sea level to 1,338 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,745 feet, in 12 minutes and covering 49 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, flying from the north east and heading 230.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,284 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 23 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 454 meters and a touchdown speed of 127 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -274 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots blowing from a direction of 230 degrees, with a crosswind component of 0 knots and a headwind component of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,082 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The post-landing taxiing process from the runway to the parking area took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 398 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 79 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,797 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (EDDH) on runway 23, achieving a score of 99.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 230.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,284 feet above ground level (agl).
The pilot executed a precise final approach, taking into account the local weather conditions. The temperature was 7°C, and the wind was blowing at 5 knots from the same direction as the aircraft's heading, which was 230°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 0 knots and a headwind of 5 knots, making the landing conditions favorable.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 133 knots. The touchdown distance of 454 meters was also within the expected parameters, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 127 knots was also satisfactory, and the touchdown rate of -274 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, although it could have been improved.
The most notable aspect of this landing was the perfect runway touchdown alignment and rollout alignment. This suggests that the pilot maintained excellent control and coordination throughout the landing process, ensuring a safe and efficient touchdown.
The total landing distance of 1,082 meters was 39% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This indicates that the pilot executed a precise and controlled approach, taking into account the aircraft's performance characteristics and the runway's length.
Overall, this landing was a testament to the pilot's skill and experience, as well as the aircraft's capabilities. The Airbus A321 performed admirably, and the landing was executed with precision and control, resulting in a high score of 99.4%.
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