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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 5.8 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 4.6° of bank in the first climb segment and 5.3° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Carry more power on approach to hold 141 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay into the flare.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 23 ft while already below the speed target, and the aircraft settled as the remaining energy ran out, usually carrying a firm touchdown with it at 441 fpm.
Watch for: Watch airspeed on short final against 141 kt, keeping it there through the flare.
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 1,766 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,766 m of the 3,986 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 707 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 24 at Václav Havel Airport Prague, with a takeoff distance of 1,570 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 165 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of -4°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 159°.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb from 2,323 feet above sea level to 19,008 feet above sea level, an increase of 16,685 feet in just 8 minutes, covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The climb started overhead Dobroviz, a town in the Stredocesky kraj region of the Czech Republic. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 56 nautical miles, starting overhead Zitenice, a town in the Ustecky kraj region of the Czech Republic.
The aircraft then began its descent from 18,572 feet above sea level to 12,007 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,565 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 34 nautical miles. This descent started 1 mile north-west of Schraden, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles, starting 5 miles north of Kasel-Golzig, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
The aircraft continued its descent from 11,557 feet above sea level to 7,153 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,405 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. This descent started 2 miles south-west of Teupitz, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 20 nautical miles, starting 2 miles south of Trebbin, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
The aircraft then began its descent from 7,016 feet above sea level to 4,444 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,571 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. This descent started 1 mile north-west of Niemegk, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles, starting 1 mile south-west of Beelitz, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
The aircraft then began its final descent from 4,057 feet above sea level to 1,589 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,468 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. This descent started 2 miles south of EDCS Saarmund Airfield Nuthetal, a town in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 06R at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, flying from the south-west at a heading of 69.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,425 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 06R at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which had a length of 3,986 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 141 knots. However, the touchdown point was 294 meters beyond the touchdown zone,
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 06R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, achieving a score of 90.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 69.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,425 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a crucial aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was recorded at 141 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 140 knots was slightly faster than desired, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -377 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft touched down with a moderate amount of force.
The landing distance of 1,688 meters was 42% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's weight and the runway's length of 3,986 meters. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of -6°C and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 90°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilot, but they did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
Overall, the Airbus A320's landing on runway 06R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport was successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases. However, there were some minor areas for improvement, such as the slightly fast touchdown speed and the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position.
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