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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 102 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink is fully arrested before the wheels meet the runway.
What happened: Landing g force ran high at 1.1 g through the flare, and the touchdown followed through firm at 1.1 g.
Watch for: Watch the g meter at touchdown against the normal touchdown rate band.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,060 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,593 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321neo taxied from the parking area to runway 25 at KDEN, a movement that required 14 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25, the aircraft used 7,849 ft of runway (65 % of the available length) and lifted off at 160 kt; ambient conditions were 56 °F with a 1-kt wind from 259°, resulting in a 1-kt headwind and no crosswind.
The initial climb began 3 mi southwest of KDEN, climbing from 6,398 ft asl to 32,013 ft asl-a gain of 25,616 ft-in 17 minutes while traversing 100 nm.
A short level cruise followed 6 mi north of Gypsum, lasting 3 minutes and covering 23 nm.
The next climb segment started 6 mi north of Chacra, raising the aircraft from 32,517 ft asl to 35,821 ft asl (an increase of 3,304 ft) in 3 minutes over 22 nm.
A longer cruise then commenced 9 mi northwest of Rifle, persisting for 79 minutes and encompassing 512 nm.
Descent began 10 mi northwest of Benton, dropping from 35,482 ft asl to 8,158 ft asl-a loss of 27,324 ft-in 26 minutes while covering 108 nm.
A brief cruise over Modesto’s KMOD field lasted 3 minutes and spanned 10 nm.
The subsequent descent over CN44 Flying Bull Airport reduced altitude from 7,984 ft asl to 6,790 ft asl (1,194 ft) in 3 minutes across 10 nm.
Climbing again 5 mi south of CA-54 33 Strip Tracy, the aircraft rose from 6,818 ft asl to 7,314 ft asl (495 ft) in 2 minutes over 5 nm.
A further level segment 7 mi south of KTCY Tracy lasted 7 minutes and covered 20 nm.
The next descent started 3 mi north of Milpitas, descending from 6,789 ft asl to 1,138 ft asl (5,651 ft) in 9 minutes while traveling 21 nm.
On final approach to runway 28L at KSFO, the aircraft descended from 1,165 ft agl to -22 ft agl in 128 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 28L, which is 11,060 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 140 kt; touchdown was 195 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 135 kt, a rate of 13 fpm, and a lateral offset of 10 ft from the centreline. Local weather was 66 °F with calm winds. The total landing roll measured 2,775 ft (25 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 840 nm, lasted 168 minutes, and consumed 12,464 lb of fuel.
The Airbus A321neo conducted a stabilised approach to runway 28L at KSFO, with the stabilisation assessment at the 1,000 ft gate recorded as stabilised. Gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed were all within limits. The final approach was flown in temperature 66 °F with wind 0 kt from 258°, resulting in zero cross-wind and head-wind components.
Descent commenced from 1,165 ft AGL and continued to -22 ft AGL over a period of 128 seconds, achieving a good threshold height. The threshold speed was good at 140 kt.
Touchdown occurred 195 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 135 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was perfect at 13 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 10 ft from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 2,775 ft, representing 25 % of the 11,060 ft runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft remained on the centreline for the remainder of the 11,060 ft runway.
Reduce touchdown speed slightly toward the appropriate reference speed to bring the touchdown point closer to the aim point and minimise the 10 ft lateral offset. Maintaining the current flare timing while fine-tuning speed will help keep the landing within the optimal zone.
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