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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.
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 2,190 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 334 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, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 35L at the Orlando International Airport (KMCO), with a takeoff distance of 1,539 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 159 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius and winds of 8 knots at 340 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots. After departing from KMCO, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,132 feet above sea level to 37,264 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,132 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 137 nautical miles.
The enroute climb was followed by a level cruise, which started 3 miles south-east of the Stafford Airport (GA20) in Saint Marys, Georgia. This phase of the flight lasted 14 minutes and covered a distance of 403 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 3 miles north of the Brunswick Municipal Airport (KLVL) in Lawrenceville, Virginia. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 37,085 feet above sea level to 1,303 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,782 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 123 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 01 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) was made from the south, with a heading of 356.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,282 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 01, which had a length of 2,190 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 138 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 336 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 131 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -256 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius and winds of 9 knots at 323 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 937 meters, which was 43% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 672 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 53 minutes. The aircraft used 4,112 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) with a score of 96.2%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south, heading 356.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,282 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 01, which has a length of 2,190 meters.
The landing was executed well, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 138 knots. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 336 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly faster than ideal, and the touchdown rate of -256 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair. This indicates that the aircraft may have touched down with a slightly higher rate of descent than desired.
The runway touchdown position was not perfectly aligned with the centerline, being off by 9.3 meters. This misalignment was also observed during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was slightly misaligned by the same distance. Despite these minor issues, the total landing distance of 937 meters was only 43% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 9 knots from 323°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was 8 knots. These conditions were likely taken into account by the pilots during the landing, and they were able to successfully navigate the aircraft to the runway. Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft coming to a stop within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
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