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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 4.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
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 1,559 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,559 m of the 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 487 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Saarbrücken Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 27, it was cleared for departure, and the takeoff roll commenced. The aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 146 knots, covering a distance of 915 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 260°, resulting in a headwind component of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Saarbrücken Airport, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 11,799 feet above sea level in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles. The climb was followed by a brief level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes and covering 9 nautical miles, before the aircraft began another climb phase, this time reaching an altitude of 30,500 feet above sea level in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles. The aircraft continued to climb and cruise, with several level cruise phases, before beginning its descent into Vienna International Airport. The descent phase was characterized by a significant decrease in altitude, from 37,029 feet above sea level to 1,960 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 45 nautical miles in 11 minutes.
The final approach to runway 16 at Vienna International Airport was conducted from the north, with the aircraft aligning with the runway at a height of 1,340 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the threshold. The landing was completed with a touchdown speed of 136 knots, which was slightly above the target speed, and a touchdown rate of -207 feet per minute. The aircraft touched down 66 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a runway touchdown position that was slightly misaligned from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,473 meters, which was 41% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 6 minutes and covered 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 461 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 85 minutes and a fuel consumption of 4,043 kilograms.
The aircraft touched down on runway 16 at LOWW Vienna International Airport, a 3,602-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the north. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height, although the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 142 knots. The aircraft maintained a steady descent, touching down 66 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 knots, which was a little fast.
The touchdown rate of -207 feet per minute was fair, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centreline. However, the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a headwind of 16 knots, contributed to the slightly higher than ideal touchdown speed. The crosswind component of 4 knots was minimal, and the aircraft's handling was not significantly affected.
The aircraft's rollout was smooth, with very good alignment on the runway centreline. The total landing distance of 1,473 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with a score of 99.2%. The slight deviations from ideal touchdown speed and position were minor and did not significantly impact the overall performance of the landing.
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