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Improve the rollout
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 1,903 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,903 m of the 3,138 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 720 m past the threshold — beyond 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 Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, taking 6 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 13, with a takeoff distance of 1,712 meters, which was 53% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started at an altitude of 1,068 feet above sea level and reached a maximum altitude of 34,839 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,771 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 134 nautical miles. The climb began 1 mile south east of the airport.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles south east of Valdepenas, Spain, and lasted for 91 minutes, covering a distance of 722 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from an altitude of 34,224 feet above sea level to 6,886 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,338 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles. This descent started overhead Thalheim, Switzerland.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, this time starting 1 mile north west of Holderbank, Switzerland, and lasting for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles. The descent from 6,548 feet above sea level to 2,588 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,960 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles, started overhead Klingnau, Switzerland.
The final approach to runway 14 at Zürich Airport was made from the north west, heading 137.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,180 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 14, which was 3,138 meters long. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 140 knots.
The touchdown point was 308 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 129 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was fair at -245 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the tailwind was 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,827 meters, which was 58% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 919 nautical miles, taking a total of 139 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,610 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Zürich Airport (LSZH) on runway 14, achieving a score of 93.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 137.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,180 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft landed smoothly on the runway.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 140 knots. The touchdown point was 308 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 129 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a good control of the aircraft during the landing phase. However, the touchdown rate of -245 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft could have been brought down more smoothly.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 11°C and a light wind of 5 knots from 240°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, and the tailwind component was 1 knot, which did not significantly affect the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,827 meters was 58% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft could have been brought to a stop more smoothly and aligned with the runway centerline.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft was brought to a stop safely on the runway. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and runway rollout alignment.
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