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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 9.3 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 2.4°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 409 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Düsseldorf Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 23L, the crew initiated the departure roll, and the aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 168 knots, having covered a takeoff distance of 1,595 meters, which represented 67% of the available runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from Düsseldorf, it encountered a local weather pattern characterized by a temperature of 12°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 290°. The crew successfully navigated the enroute climb, which began overhead the airport and terminated at an altitude of 15,816 feet above sea level, a gain of 14,585 feet in just 6 minutes and covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 7 minutes and covered a further 47 nautical miles, before commencing its enroute descent from an altitude of 15,996 feet above sea level to 2,589 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,408 feet in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 62 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, it encountered a local weather pattern characterized by a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 339°. The crew successfully navigated the final approach to runway 06, touching down at a speed of 139 knots and a distance of 407 meters, which represented a good touchdown distance. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 147 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 1,375 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which took a total of 35 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 06 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport with a threshold height that met expectations. The threshold speed of 143 kt was slightly above the target, indicating a slight over-rotation during the flare. Despite this, the touchdown distance of 407 m was within acceptable limits, demonstrating good control and precision during the final stages of the approach.
The touchdown speed of 139 kt was a little fast, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -302 fpm. However, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 7 °C and a wind of 16 kt at 339 °, presented a moderate crosswind component of 15 kt and a headwind of 3 kt. The aircraft's performance in these conditions was satisfactory, with a total landing distance of 1,437 m, which represented 36% of the runway length.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.0 m. Despite this minor deviation, the overall performance of the landing was impressive, with a score of 97.1%. The crew's ability to maintain control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases was evident, and the aircraft's handling characteristics were well-suited to the conditions.
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