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Improve the rollout
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,954 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 546 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 27R at KATL, covering 6 nm in 25 minutes.
During the departure roll the aircraft used 2,367 m of runway, representing 65 % of the available length, and lifted off at 167 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 37 °C, wind 11 kt from 300°, with a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced one mile south-west of College Park, Georgia, with the airplane ascending from 1,972 ft asl to 35,005 ft asl, an increase of 33,033 ft achieved in 23 minutes while covering 156 nm.
The first cruise segment began one mile west of Aiken, South Carolina, and persisted for 96 minutes, during which 792 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent phase one started at latitude 32.2506417, longitude -66.9680463, with the aircraft descending from 35,033 ft asl to 24,127 ft asl, a loss of 10,907 ft in 5 minutes over a distance of 42 nm.
A brief cruise followed, initiating 68 miles west of Hamilton, Bermuda, lasting 2 minutes and covering 13 nm.
Descent phase two began 54 miles west of Hamilton, Bermuda, with a reduction from 24,009 ft asl to 1,242 ft asl, a decrease of 22,767 ft completed in 14 minutes across 81 nm.
The final approach to runway 30 at TXKF L.F. Wade International Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 282.0°, at 4 nm and 1,214 ft agl.
Landing occurred on runway 30, whose length is 2,954 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 138 kt, slightly above target, and touchdown was made 130 m beyond the touchdown zone at 127 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 224 fpm. Alignment at touchdown was perfect. Weather at the time was 26 °C, wind 17 kt from 211°, with a 16 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 1,254 m, representing 42 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted to be offset by 8.8 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 1,098 nm, took 156, and used -2,774 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 entered the final approach to runway 30 at TXKF from the east on a heading of 282.0° at 4 NM and 1,214 ft agl, with ambient temperature 26 °C, wind 17 kt from 211° (cross-wind component 16 kt, head-wind component 6 kt). The aircraft maintained a threshold speed of 138 kt, noted as slightly above target, and the approach presented a good threshold height.
During the threshold and flare segment the crew kept the aircraft on the established glide path, preserving the slightly high threshold speed while preparing for touchdown. The flare produced a touchdown rate of minus 224 fpm, described as fair, and the aircraft remained aligned with the runway centreline.
Touchdown occurred 130 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 127 kt, recorded as a little fast, yet the touchdown alignment was perfect. The aircraft’s vertical speed of minus 224 fpm indicated a controlled descent through the flare.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,254 m, representing 42 % of the 2,954 m runway, and the aircraft’s path was slightly misaligned by 8.8 m from the centreline. The distance used was well within runway limits.
Refine the touchdown point to land nearer the aim point, approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway, to keep the touchdown within the zone and reduce overshoot. Maintain precise centreline tracking during rollout to eliminate the small 8.8 m deviation observed.
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