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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 589 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 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA), with a takeoff distance of 1,580 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 27 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 139 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile south east of Miami Springs, Florida, and involved a significant ascent from 1,048 feet above sea level to 36,131 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,082 feet in just 12 minutes, covering a distance of 122 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 13 miles west of Walkers Cay Airport in the Bahamas. This phase lasted for 24 minutes and covered a distance of 660 nautical miles. The enroute descent began overhead Piney Point, Maryland, and involved a descent from 36,212 feet above sea level to 1,366 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,846 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 195 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) was made from the south west, with a heading of 32.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,344 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 04 was successful, with a total landing distance of 1,261 meters, accounting for 59% of the runway. The touchdown point was 173 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 130 knots, which was slightly faster than desired. The touchdown rate was firm at -326 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 2 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 70 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots.
The flight concluded with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 986 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 67 minutes and a fuel consumption of 5,480 kilograms.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, but with some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 32.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,344 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold speed of 138 knots, but the touchdown point was 173 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone.
The touchdown speed of 130 knots was slightly faster than the ideal speed, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -326 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, which could have been a result of the pilot's judgment or the aircraft's navigation system. The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 2°C, a wind speed of 4 knots at 70°, and a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,261 meters was 59% of the runway length, which is a relatively normal distance for an Airbus A320. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.4 meters from the centerline, which could have been a result of the pilot's difficulty in aligning the aircraft with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but with some minor deviations from the ideal parameters. The pilots' skills and experience were likely sufficient to handle the deviations, but the landing could have been improved with more precise control and navigation.
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