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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 1,574 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,574 m of the 2,233 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 258 m 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 LGTS Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport. This process took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 16, with a takeoff distance of 1,704 meters, which is 70% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 84 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of Kardia in Central Macedonia, Greece. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 121 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from an altitude of 1,173 feet above sea level to 32,588 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,416 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 10 miles north of Magoula in Central Greece, Greece. This phase lasted for 16 minutes and covered a distance of 106 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 13 miles northeast of Kimolos in the South Aegean, Greece. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 100 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 32,668 feet above sea level to 1,518 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,150 feet.
The final approach to runway 27 at LGIR Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 275.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,426 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 27, which has a length of 2,233 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 134 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 260 meters, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was also good.
However, the touchdown rate was very hard at -510 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 180 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 13 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,497 meters, which is 67% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 24.3 meters from the centerline.
The flight then ended with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 335 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 70 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,697 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, scoring an overall performance of 87.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 275.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,426 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft achieved a threshold speed of 134 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 260 meters was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent. However, the touchdown speed of 132 knots was slightly below the expected value, which may indicate a slight delay in the touchdown process.
One area of concern was the touchdown rate, which was very hard at -510 feet per minute (fpm). This suggests that the aircraft may have touched down with a higher than ideal rate, potentially leading to a bumpy ride for passengers. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.2 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 13 knots from 180°. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot, which may have affected the aircraft's performance during the landing. Despite these conditions, the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and bring it to a safe stop.
The total landing distance of 1,497 meters was 67% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 24.3 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft may have deviated from the intended path during the rollout phase. Overall, while there were some areas of concern, the pilot's performance during the landing was satisfactory, and the aircraft was brought to a safe stop.
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