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Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 5.1 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 33 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and 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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,622 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 346 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Kaohsiung International Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Upon reaching runway 09, the aircraft initiated its departure roll, accelerating down the 1,685-meter runway, which represented 66% of its length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 148 knots, clearing the ground with ease.
As the aircraft climbed away from Kaohsiung, it began its enroute climb, ascending from 1,036 feet above sea level to 36,009 feet, a vertical gain of 34,973 feet, in just 20 minutes. The climb phase covered a distance of 124 nautical miles, setting the stage for the aircraft's enroute level cruise. This phase, which lasted 16 minutes, saw the aircraft flying at a steady altitude, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase followed, during which the aircraft descended from 35,550 feet to 1,356 feet, a decrease of 34,194 feet, in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 128 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Hong Kong International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 25C, flying from the east at a heading of 251.0 degrees, 4 nautical miles from the threshold. The landing was executed on the 3,452-meter runway, with the aircraft touching down 233 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 135 knots was slightly above the target, while the touchdown rate of -378 feet per minute was firm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 33.2 meters. The total landing distance was 1,613 meters, representing 47% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 374 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 2,899 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The aircraft touched down on runway 25C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport, a 3,452-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the east. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold speed of 138 knots, which met the target. However, the threshold height at 93 feet above ground level (agl) was significantly above the target, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal approach path.
The touchdown characteristics were notable, with a speed of 135 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -378 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. The touchdown point was 233 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which was a slight deviation from the ideal touchdown position. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the deviation from the ideal touchdown point.
The rollout phase was marked by a significant misalignment from the centerline, with a deviation of 33.2 meters. The total landing distance was 1,613 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway length. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius and a wind of 5 knots at 211 degrees, contributed to a relatively calm approach and landing. Overall, the landing performance scored 71.2%, indicating a satisfactory but not exceptional landing.
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