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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 482 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 261 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,621 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,621 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,478 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport, taking approximately 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 35, with the takeoff distance covering 66% of the runway's length at 1,999 meters. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 170 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 15°C temperature and winds of 5 knots at 20°. The enroute climb started 1 mile north of the airport and reached an altitude of 29,159 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,979 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 108 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 5 miles southeast of Sobrado, Galicia, Spain, and lasted for 86 minutes, covering a distance of 642 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 3 miles west of Monthois, Grand Est, France, descending from 27,446 feet to 2,515 feet above sea level in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 70 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport was made from the northeast, heading 240.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,301 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 3,989 meters, with the threshold height above the target at 69 feet above ground level and the threshold speed slightly above target at 147 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,062 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 135 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -292 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 17.3 meters from the centerline. Local weather conditions at the time of landing were 12°C temperature and winds of 20 knots at 260°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 19 knots.
The total landing distance was 2,540 meters, covering 64% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took approximately 6 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 828 nautical miles, taking 133 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,957 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 240.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,301 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 24, which has a length of 3,989 meters.
The threshold height at 69 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 147 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was not perfectly aligned with the runway or that the pilots may have been slightly too aggressive in their approach.
The touchdown point was 1,062 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the ideal landing spot. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 135 knots was a little fast, indicating that the pilots may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent before touching down. The touchdown rate of -292 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the aircraft was able to slow down relatively quickly after touchdown.
One of the most notable issues with this landing was the significant misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-centerline by 17.3 meters. This misalignment was also evident during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was off-centerline by 16.5 meters. This suggests that the pilots may have had difficulty aligning the aircraft with the runway during the approach and landing phases.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 12°C and winds of 20 knots at 260°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 19 knots. These conditions were not particularly challenging, and the pilots should have been able to handle them with ease.
Overall, while the Airbus A320 aircraft was able to land safely at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The deviations from the ideal landing parameters, including the misaligned touchdown and rollout, suggest that the pilots may have needed to work on their approach and landing techniques.
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