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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 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 660 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 began with a 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at Lisbon Portela Airport. The departure roll on runway 02 covered 1,590 meters, with the aircraft reaching a liftoff speed of 172 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 20°C with a 4 knot wind coming from 70°, resulting in a 3 knot crosswind and headwind.
The enroute climb started over Camarate in Portugal, with the aircraft climbing from 1,306 feet above sea level to 36,568 feet, covering a distance of 148 nautical miles in 25 minutes. The enroute level cruise began at Latitude: 37.2051109, Longitude: -11.5359208, lasting 35 minutes and covering 247 nautical miles.
The enroute descent commenced 95 miles northeast of Porto Santo Airport in Madeira, with the aircraft descending from 37,117 feet to 1,818 feet, covering a distance of 121 nautical miles in 20 minutes. The landing took place on runway 23 at Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, with the aircraft touching down 659 meters from the threshold at a speed of 130 knots. The total landing distance was 1,408 meters, utilizing 57% of the runway length.
After landing, the Airbus A321 taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The entire flight covered a distance of 523 nautical miles and lasted 97 minutes, consuming 4,247 kg of fuel. The landing speed was 139 knots, with a 4 knot crosswind from 290° and a 2 knot headwind. The vertical speed at touchdown was -208 feet per minute.
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