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Monitor your taxi speed
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,548 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,548 m of the 2,432 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 453 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A320, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Calgary International Airport, taking 17 minutes to cover a distance of 5 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 35R, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 152 knots after covering 1,567 meters, which was 37% of the runway length.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of -8°C and a wind speed of 3 knots at 16°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb began 2 miles north of Calgary International Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 5,228 feet above sea level to 34,711 feet, an increase of 29,483 feet, in 14 minutes and covering 119 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 5 miles west of Jaques Farms Airport in Buffalo, Alberta, and lasted for 35 minutes, covering a distance of 670 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 4 miles southeast of Henning, Minnesota, and descended from 34,303 feet to 2,137 feet in 14 minutes and covering 119 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12L at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading at 121.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,295 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 2,432 meters, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was also good at 136 knots, while the touchdown distance was 451 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed of 130 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -131 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 19°C and a wind speed of 6 knots at 150°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,464 meters, which was 60% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 919 nautical miles, taking 77 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,628 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 12L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, achieving a high score of 99.5%. The aircraft approached the runway from the northwest, heading 121.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,295 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range at 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 130 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have been due to the pilot's decision to flare the aircraft slightly earlier than necessary. Despite this, the touchdown rate was smooth at -131 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent.
The aircraft landed on the runway with a touchdown distance of 451 meters, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centerline. This minor deviation may have been due to the pilot's attempt to compensate for the crosswind, which was 3 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 19°C and a wind speed of 6 knots at 150°. The crosswind component was minimal, and the headwind component was 6 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,464 meters was 60% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, demonstrating the pilot's skill and control during the landing phase. Overall, the Airbus A320's landing on runway 12L at KMSP was a successful operation, with the pilot achieving a high score and demonstrating good flying skills.
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