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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 7.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 5.3 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 20 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,986 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 533 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey with a smooth taxiing process from the parking area to the runway, taking approximately 5 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. As it rolled down runway 12, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 146 knots, clearing the ground at 1,138 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 19°C, with a gentle wind of 7 knots at 59°, resulting in a 6-knot crosswind and a 3-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, it began its enroute climb, ascending from 1,047 feet above sea level to 31,442 feet, an increase of 30,395 feet in just 13 minutes, covering a distance of 80 nautical miles. The climb was followed by a brief level cruise phase, lasting 7 minutes and covering 52 nautical miles, before the aircraft began another climb phase, this time from 31,731 feet to 37,501 feet, an increase of 5,770 feet in just 5 minutes, covering 40 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a prolonged level cruise phase, lasting 68 minutes and covering 540 nautical miles, before beginning its descent towards Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The descent phase saw the aircraft descend from 37,207 feet to 2,880 feet, a decrease of 34,327 feet in 18 minutes, covering 103 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Berlin Brandenburg Airport, it entered a final approach phase, aligning itself with runway 24L from the east, heading 249.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,261 feet above ground level. The landing was executed smoothly, with the aircraft touching down 111 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 116 knots, resulting in an excellent touchdown rate of -96 feet per minute. The total landing distance was 1,227 meters, accounting for 31% of the runway's length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 3 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 831 nautical miles, taking 2 hours and 4 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,413 kilograms of fuel throughout the journey.
The final approach to runway 24L at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport was conducted from the east, aligning with the heading of 249.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,261 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 128 knots, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing configuration.
The aircraft touched down 111 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 116 knots, which was within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -96 feet per minute was excellent, demonstrating a smooth and controlled descent. Although the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centreline, the deviation was minor. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 9°C and wind at 24 knots from 320°, resulted in a crosswind of 23 knots and a headwind of 8 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,227 meters was 31% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 18.4 meters from the centreline, which may have been a result of the slight deviation during touchdown. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 91.7%.
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