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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 137 ft off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 1.9° of bank in the first climb segment and 5.5° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,979 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,252 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport, taking approximately 8 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 04L, with a takeoff distance of 7,299 feet, which was 104% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 174 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started at an altitude of 1,080 feet above sea level and reached a maximum altitude of 20,692 feet, an increase of 19,613 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 49 nautical miles. The climb began 1 mile southeast of Newark, New Jersey, and continued until it reached the enroute level cruise phase.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile northwest of Easton, Connecticut, and lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft began its descent from 20,654 feet above sea level to 4,913 feet, a decrease of 15,741 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 67 nautical miles. This descent started 3 miles south of Greene, Rhode Island.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise phase, this time starting 11 miles northeast of Scituate, Massachusetts, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The final descent began 12 miles southeast of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and took the aircraft from 4,536 feet above sea level to 1,249 feet, a decrease of 3,287 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27 at Logan International Airport was made from the east, with a heading of 257.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,219 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 27, which had a length of 6,979 feet. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 156 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 1,256 feet, but the touchdown speed was fast at 152 knots, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -599 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 15 knots from 280 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 14 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,759 feet, which was 54% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 43 feet from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 6 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 218 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 55 minutes. The aircraft used 4,830 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed on runway 27 at KBOS Logan International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the east, heading 257.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,219 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a crosswind of 6 kt and a headwind of 14 kt, which is relatively favorable for landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was 152 kt, which is slightly above the target speed. This resulted in a hard touchdown rate of -599 fpm, indicating that the aircraft touched down with a significant amount of deceleration. The touchdown distance of 1,256 ft was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown speed was faster than desired.
The aircraft landed slightly off-centerline, with a misalignment of 15 ft from the centerline. This deviation was also observed during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was 43 ft off-centerline. The total landing distance of 3,759 ft was 54% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
The threshold height at 62 ft agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when crossing the threshold. The threshold speed was also well above the target at 156 kt, suggesting that the aircraft was descending too quickly during the final approach.
Overall, the landing was successful, but with some notable deviations from the ideal parameters. The aircraft's speed and touchdown rate were higher than desired, and the landing was slightly off-centerline. However, the total landing distance and runway rollout alignment were within acceptable ranges.
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