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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 3,357 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 426 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR), taking 13 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 26L, with a takeoff distance of 1,267 meters, which was 39% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 151 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of CYVR, it encountered local weather conditions of 15°C temperature and a 5-knot headwind from a direction of 280°. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,026 feet above sea level to 38,667 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,640 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 136 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 5 miles west of Oliver, British Columbia, and lasted for 95 minutes, covering a distance of 775 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 9 miles east of Brandon, Manitoba, descending from 37,656 feet above sea level to 1,965 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,691 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 96 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise was restarted 6 miles southeast of Stonewall, Manitoba, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 18 at Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG) was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 192.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,186 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 18, which had a length of 3,357 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 0°C temperature and a 25-knot headwind from a direction of 169°. The aircraft touched down at a speed of 124 knots, which was slightly fast, and had a touchdown rate of -245 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,405 meters, which was 42% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.7 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking 6 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 1,020 nautical miles, taking 157 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,256 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG) with a score of 97.1%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 192.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,186 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 18, which has a length of 3,357 meters.
The landing was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it touched down on the runway. The threshold speed of 127 knots was also within the acceptable range, suggesting that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft's speed during the approach. The touchdown distance of 426 meters was also good, indicating that the pilot had managed to slow the aircraft down effectively before touchdown.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly faster than the recommended speed, which may have resulted in a slightly higher touchdown rate. The touchdown rate of -245 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, but could be improved upon. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline, which may have required the pilot to make some adjustments during the rollout.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 25 knots from 169°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 24 knots, which the pilot would have needed to take into account during the approach and landing. The total landing distance of 1,405 meters was 42% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.7 meters from the centerline, which may have required some adjustments from the pilot. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were a few areas for improvement that the pilot could work on to achieve an even higher score.
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