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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 220 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 477 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,618 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,618 m of the 2,914 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 564 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 Frankfurt Airport, taking approximately 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 18, with a takeoff distance of 1,620 meters, which is 41% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 158 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 16°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 349 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind was 6 knots. The enroute climb started 2 miles west of Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany, and reached an altitude of 35,321 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,003 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 153 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Dornach, Switzerland, and lasting 46 minutes, covering a distance of 340 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 32 miles east of Cadaques, Spain, and descended from 35,190 feet to 5,019 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,171 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting overhead Subirats, Spain, and lasting only 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 2 miles south east of Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain, and descended from 5,024 feet to 4,021 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,002 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile north west of Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain, and lasting 5 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 2 miles east of Sitges, Spain, and descended from 3,377 feet to 1,290 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,086 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 06L at Barcelona-El Prat Airport was made from the south west, heading 65.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,274 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway length of 2,914 meters, with a threshold height of 61 feet above ground level, which was above the target. The threshold speed was well above the target at 149 knots.
The touchdown point was 148 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 134 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -377 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions were 23°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 70 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 15 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,537 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took approximately 9 minutes to cover 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 641 nautical miles, taking 115 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,456 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, achieving a score of 94.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 65.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon final approach, the aircraft touched down on runway 06L, which has a length of 2,914 meters. However, the threshold height at 61 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. The threshold speed was also well above the target at 149 knots, suggesting that the aircraft may have been descending too quickly or that the pilots may have been trying to maintain a higher speed to compensate for the wind conditions.
The touchdown point was 148 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 134 knots was a little fast, but not excessively so. The touchdown rate of -377 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 15 knots at 70°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 15 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more manageable.
The total landing distance was 1,537 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilots were able to control the aircraft's descent and touchdown smoothly. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft was able to touch down safely on the runway. However, there were some minor deviations from the target, including a slightly high threshold height and a touchdown speed that was a little fast.
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