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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 6.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 6.7 ft, and this flight then touched down at 234 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,762 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,762 m of the 3,202 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 574 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 28 at Zürich Airport (LSZH), with a takeoff distance of 2,237 meters, which was 90% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 171 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 4°C temperature and winds of 5 knots at 130 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb began overhead Hofstetten, a town in the Kanton Zurich region of Switzerland, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 2,642 feet above sea level to 35,010 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,367 feet in 30 minutes, covering a distance of 203 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Vas, a town in the Veneto region of Italy, and lasted for 89 minutes, covering a distance of 692 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent from 35,025 feet above sea level to 2,148 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,878 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 100 nautical miles. The descent started 2 miles northeast of Lekhaio, a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece.
Following the descent, the aircraft entered a brief level cruise, lasting only 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles, and starting 3 miles northeast of Rafina, a town in the Attica region of Greece. The final approach to runway 21R at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV) was made from the northeast, heading 217.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,298 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 21R was successful, with a runway length of 3,202 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 149 knots. The touchdown point was 160 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 143 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -252 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and winds of 14 knots at 190 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 12 knots. The total landing distance was 1,683 meters, which was 53% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.4 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 1,009 nautical miles, taking 152 minutes, and the aircraft used 7,800 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed on runway 21R at LGAV Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, achieving a score of 95.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 217.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,298 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed with a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 149 knots. This may have been due to the aircraft's speed not being adequately managed during the final approach. The touchdown point was 160 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which indicates that the aircraft touched down slightly further down the runway than intended.
The touchdown speed of 143 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the slightly higher than desired touchdown rate of -252 feet per minute. However, the touchdown rate was still considered fair, indicating that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the aircraft's alignment not being perfectly on track during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 190°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,683 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.4 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the aircraft's alignment not being perfectly on track during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score of 95.8%. However, there were some minor issues with the aircraft's speed, alignment, and touchdown rate, which may have been due to a combination of factors including the weather conditions and the pilot's management of the aircraft during the final approach and rollout phases.
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