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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 28 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,174 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,072 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by an Airbus A319 aircraft, departing from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD) on runway 36L. The taxiing process from the parking to the runway took approximately 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its departure roll, taking off with a takeoff distance of 4,112 feet, which was 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 68°F, with a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 350°. The crosswind component was negligible, while the headwind component was 2 knots. The aircraft climbed to an altitude of 27,292 feet above sea level (asl) in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 50 nautical miles. This climb phase started approximately 2 miles northwest of Paracuellos de Jarama, a town in the Community of Madrid, Spain.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 11 minutes and covered a distance of 70 nautical miles. This phase took place overhead Nieva, a town in the province of Castilla y Leon, Spain. The aircraft then began its descent, reducing its altitude from 27,282 feet asl to 15,289 feet asl in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 49 nautical miles. This descent phase started approximately 1 mile southwest of Montamarta, another town in Castilla y Leon.
The aircraft continued to alternate between level cruise and descent phases, with several enroute level cruise phases taking place over various locations in Castilla y Leon and Galicia, Spain. These phases lasted for varying durations, ranging from 2 minutes to 11 minutes, and covered distances of up to 70 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 at A Coruña Airport (LECO) was initiated from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 211.0° at an altitude of 1,211 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 7,174 feet, and the threshold height was slightly above the target value. The threshold speed was well above the target value at 146 knots.
The touchdown point was located 705 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was faster than the target value. The touchdown rate was fair at -222 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also excellent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 55°F, with a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 180°. The crosswind component was 1 knot, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 4,218 feet, which was 59% of the runway length.
The taxiing process from the runway to the parking took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 294 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,507 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at LECO A Coruña Airport, achieving a score of 93.8%. The final approach to runway 21 was initiated from the north east, heading 211.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,211 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 705 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the target area. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to reduce the speed further during the approach. The touchdown rate of -222 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 55°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 180°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and headwind component, making the landing conditions relatively straightforward. The runway length of 7,174 feet was more than sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 4,218 feet, which accounted for 59% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and aligned approach to the runway. Similarly, the runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the target parameters.
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