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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 5.4 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 21 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and 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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
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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 2,444 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 72 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (LDZA), the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 04, it was cleared for departure, and with a liftoff speed of 169 knots, it successfully took off, utilizing 1,528 meters, or 47% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 18°C, with a gentle headwind of 8 knots at 50 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it began its enroute climb from 1,223 feet above sea level to 37,017 feet, an increase of 35,794 feet in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 191 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a brief level cruise, lasting 3 minutes and covering 29 nautical miles, before the aircraft began its descent towards its destination. The descent phase was characterized by a significant decrease in altitude, from 36,602 feet to 6,011 feet, in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 92 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off for a short period, cruising at an altitude of 6,008 feet, before beginning its final descent.
Upon approaching Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (LIBD), the aircraft encountered challenging wind conditions, with a crosswind of 28 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. Despite these conditions, the aircraft successfully executed a go-around at an altitude of 137 feet above ground level before landing on runway 07. The landing was characterized by a touchdown speed of 121 knots and a touchdown distance of 71 meters, with a total landing distance of 860 meters, or 35% of the runway's length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 424 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 1 hour and 26 minutes, and the aircraft utilized 3,685 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The final approach to runway 07 at LIBD Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport from the south west was executed with a heading of 69.0° at 4 nm and 1,256 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 127 kt, which was within the acceptable range. The aircraft maintained a steady descent, touching down at a speed of 121 kt, which was also within the desired parameters.
However, the touchdown characteristics were not entirely optimal, with a hard touchdown rate of -418 fpm. The touchdown distance of 71 m was good, but the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 m from the centreline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 20 °C and a wind of 28 kt at 159°, contributed to a moderate crosswind component of 28 kt. The aircraft's performance was not significantly affected by the headwind, which was negligible at 0 kt.
The total landing distance of 860 m was 35% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 20.5 m from the centreline, which may have been a result of the aircraft's initial touchdown position. Overall, the landing performance scored 89.4%, reflecting a good but not exceptional execution of the landing.
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