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Work on 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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,285 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 432 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 05R at Auckland International Airport (NZAA). The takeoff distance was 1,701 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 168 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 17 knots at a direction of 70 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,019 feet above sea level to 5,882 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,863 feet in just 2 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles east of East Tamaki and lasted for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 32 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 8 miles northwest of Limestone Downs Airport and saw the aircraft descend from 6,007 feet above sea level to 3,066 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,941 feet in just 2 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 9 miles west of Waiuku and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 11 miles southwest of Titirangi and saw the aircraft descend from 2,995 feet above sea level to 1,305 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,690 feet in 4 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 05R at Auckland International Airport, flying from the southwest at a heading of 71.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 05R was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a distance of 431 meters from the threshold. However, the touchdown speed was slightly above target at 143 knots, and the touchdown rate was hard at -459 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.4 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 17 knots at a direction of 80 degrees.
The total landing distance was 1,057 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 75 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 39 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 1,677 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05R at Auckland International Airport (NZAA) with a score of 92.8%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 71.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 431 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 143 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -459 feet per minute (fpm) was also considered hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to a higher-than-desired deceleration force upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.4 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 80°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 17 knots, which would have helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more manageable.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to rest on the runway within a reasonable distance of 1,057 meters, which is approximately 32% of the runway length. However, there were some areas for improvement, including the touchdown speed and rate, which the pilot may be able to address through further training and practice.
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