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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,087 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,087 m of the 2,590 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 659 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, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 26R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The takeoff distance was 1,829 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 163 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Las Vegas, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a 5-knot wind at 189°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead the airport and continued for 19 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 3,192 feet above sea level to 35,618 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,426 feet. The climb covered a distance of 125 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 13 miles west of KBTY Beatty Airport in Beatty, Nevada. This phase lasted for 83 minutes and covered a distance of 589 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile southwest of Brush Prairie in Washington. The descent took 22 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 35,771 feet above sea level to 1,608 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,163 feet. The descent covered a distance of 125 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16R at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport was made from the north, heading 182.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,191 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which was 2,590 meters long. The threshold height was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was also slightly above the target at 141 knots.
The touchdown point was 243 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -305 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at Seattle were 9°C temperature and a 5-knot wind at 110°, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 849 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 134 minutes. The aircraft used 5,273 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 16R at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, achieving a score of 91.8%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 182.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,191 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted in a relatively calm environment, with a temperature of 9°C and a gentle wind of 5 knots at 110°.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 243 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the target area. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to bring the aircraft to a stop. However, the touchdown rate of -305 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots were able to align the aircraft with the runway centerline during the final approach. The local weather conditions, including a slight headwind of 2 knots, did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance of 2,005 meters was 77% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the pilots' efforts to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the target parameters. The pilots' ability to maintain control of the aircraft and bring it to a stop within a reasonable distance was demonstrated, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and runway rollout alignment.
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