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Reduce your height at the threshold
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Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 66 ft agl, above the 50 ft agl target. Crossing high like this usually reduces your margin before the touchdown zone ends.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against 50 ft at the threshold.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 152 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 158 kt, 6 kt past the 152 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,850 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,850 m of the 2,768 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 445 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 10L at KFLL Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a movement that required 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 10L the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,366 m, representing 53 % of the runway, and lifted off at 158 kt; ambient conditions were 35 °C with a wind of 20 kt from 100°, including a 3 kt crosswind and a 19 kt headwind.
The first en-route climb began overhead KFLL, climbing from 1,014 ft asl to 21,927 ft asl, an altitude gain of 20,913 ft achieved in 9 minutes while traversing 48 nm.
A brief level cruise commenced 2 mi southwest of The Acreage, lasting 3 minutes and covering 24 nm.
The second climb segment started 4 mi southeast of FD24 Southern Fruit Groves Airport, rising from 22,086 ft asl to 38,654 ft asl, a gain of 16,568 ft in 14 minutes and spanning 111 nm.
Subsequent cruise began 3 mi southwest of FA63 Leffler Airport, persisting for 86 minutes and covering 688 nm.
Descent operations were initiated 3 mi northwest of Long Neck, Delaware, with the aircraft descending from 38,222 ft asl to 1,280 ft asl, a loss of 36,942 ft in 25 minutes while covering 155 nm.
The final approach to runway 13L at KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport was flown from the northwest, on a heading of 121.0° at 4 nm and 1,259 ft agl.
Landing on runway 13L, which is 2,768 m long, the aircraft touched down with a threshold height of 66 ft agl (above target) and a threshold speed of 136 kt (slightly above target). Touchdown occurred 448 m down the runway at 133 kt, with a firm rate of -393 fpm; alignment was perfect. Local weather reported 32 °C, wind 12 kt from 290°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 12 kt tailwind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,782 m, representing 64 % of the runway.
Rollout proceeded with perfect runway alignment, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in a further 9 minutes, covering an additional 2 nm.
In total the flight covered 1,035 nm, took 158 (units as given), and consumed 5,923 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 executed the final approach to runway 32 at EDXW Westerland Sylt Airport from the south-east, tracking a heading of 324.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,290 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 19 °C with wind 8 kt from 220 °, a crosswind component of 8 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
At threshold the aircraft established a good threshold speed of 128 kt and a good threshold height. The flare produced a touchdown distance of 223 m and a touchdown speed of 121 kt, both recorded as good.
Touchdown occurred with a hard rate of -459 fpm while runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,245 m, representing 59 % of the 2,116 m runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
Refine flare timing and height to reduce the hard touchdown rate while preserving the excellent speed control and alignment already demonstrated.
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