Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 463 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the proper flare height before you start rotating; let the runway come up to you rather than anticipating it.
What happened: The flare began early, well above the normal flare band, and touchdown followed at 536 m past the threshold, 79 m beyond the 457 m target. Starting the flare early like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, then touchdown distance against 457 m.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,026 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 536 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 04R at LIPZ Venice Marco Polo Airport in four minutes, covering approximately one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 04R, the Airbus A320 used 1,542 m of runway, representing 47 % of the available length, and lifted off at 159 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 34 °C, wind from 090° at 4 kt, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced one mile north-east of LIPZ, with the aircraft ascending from 997 ft asl to 39,001 ft asl, an altitude gain of 38,004 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 146 nm.
Level cruise began one mile south of Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia, and continued for 47 minutes, during which the flight covered 330 nm.
Descent operations started one mile north of Zlota, Poland, with the aircraft descending from 38,422 ft asl to 1,651 ft asl, a loss of 36,771 ft over 25 minutes and a distance of 129 nm.
The final approach to runway 33 at EPWA Warsaw Chopin Airport was executed from the south-east, on a heading of 332.0°, at a distance of four nautical miles and an altitude of 1,286 ft agl.
Landing on runway 33 was performed with a runway length of 3,026 m; the threshold speed was recorded at 148 kt. Touchdown occurred 124 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 144 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 224 fpm and perfect runway-centerline alignment. Local weather at the time was 25 °C, wind from 150° at 4 kt, with a 4 kt tail-wind component and no cross-wind.
The total landing roll measured 1,326 m, equivalent to 44 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 613 nm, required 101 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 3,388 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 on a final approach to runway 33 at EPWA Warsaw Chopin Airport maintained a heading of 332.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl; the approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the runway length of 3,026 m provided a good threshold height, but the threshold speed of 148 kt was well above the target.
Touchdown occurred 124 m beyond the touchdown zone; the aircraft touched down at 144 kt, described as fast, with a fair vertical rate of minus 224 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,326 m, representing 44 % of the runway, and the runway-rollout alignment remained perfect.
To convert the high speed into a higher-scoring landing, the crew should aim to achieve the target threshold speed and reduce touchdown speed by a few knots, ensuring the aircraft remains within the optimal speed envelope while preserving the already excellent alignment and distance usage.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values