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Maintain the centreline
Not the biggest loss in points — the one thing on this flight a check pilot would raise first, and the guide passage for it.
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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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 1,322 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,322 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took less than a minute, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then began its departure roll on runway 02R, utilizing 74% of the 1,317-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 147 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 17°C, with a negligible wind of 1 knot from a direction of 270°.
As the aircraft climbed out of Santos Dumont Airport, it transitioned into an enroute climb, ascending from an initial altitude of 399 feet above sea level to 1,939 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,540 feet in just one minute. This climb phase covered a distance of approximately three nautical miles. Later, the aircraft began its enroute descent, reducing its altitude from 1,936 feet above sea level to 281 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,654 feet in two minutes, while covering a distance of four nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 02R at Santos Dumont Airport was conducted from the south, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 357.0° at an altitude of 269 feet above ground level, approximately one nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was executed with good threshold height, threshold speed, touchdown distance, and touchdown speed, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 109 knots and a rate of -160 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 8.4 meters. The total landing distance was 807 meters, accounting for 61% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft underwent a rollout, which was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 8.4 meters. The total flight distance was eight nautical miles, with a total fuel consumption of 247 kilograms, and the flight duration was four minutes.
The final approach to runway 02R at SBRJ Santos Dumont Airport from the south was executed with precision, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 357.0° at 1 nm and 269 ft above ground level. The approach quality was excellent, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 120 kt, indicating a well-controlled descent. The aircraft touched down at a speed of 109 kt, which was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -160 fpm was also good, indicating a smooth and controlled touchdown.
The touchdown distance of 413 m was good, and the aircraft remained aligned with the runway centreline until the moment of touchdown, where it was slightly misaligned by 8.4 m. However, this misalignment was not significant enough to affect the overall performance of the landing. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 16 °C and a wind of 1 kt at 270°, were favorable for the landing, with a negligible crosswind and headwind.
The total landing distance of 807 m was 61% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.4 m from the centreline, but this was not significant enough to affect the overall performance of the landing. Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of precision and control, resulting in a score of 96.9%.
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