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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 7.1 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3.5° of bank in the first climb segment and 3° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 157 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,847 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 356 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A flight on an Airbus A320 commenced with a taxiing phase that lasted 12 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles as it made its way to the runway for departure.
The aircraft took off from runway 09R at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG), located in Paris, France. The takeoff distance covered 36% of the runway, coming in at 1,292 meters. The liftoff speed was 168 knots.
As the aircraft departed, the local weather conditions included a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots blowing at an angle of 119 degrees. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots.
After clearing the airport, the enroute climb phase began, during which the Airbus A320 ascended from 1,395 feet above sea level to 24,053 feet. This climb of 22,657 feet took 12 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 72 nautical miles. The climb culminated over the region of Hauts-de-France, France, as the aircraft transitioned into its enroute level cruise.
The first enroute level cruise lasted for 2 minutes and spanned 14 nautical miles as it covered the region from Bourlon to an unknown point over France. The aircraft then initiated a descent from 24,185 feet to 23,286 feet, losing 899 feet over a distance of 14 nautical miles in just 2 minutes.
The enroute level cruise phase resumed shortly as the aircraft leveled off while situated 1 mile north of Rumillies in Wallonia, Belgium. This leg lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 28 nautical miles.
However, another descent began over the region of Flanders, Belgium, as the aircraft descended from 23,171 feet to 1,276 feet in a decrease of 21,894 feet over a distance of 79 nautical miles, in 15 minutes.
The aircraft then commenced its final approach to runway 36C at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM). Starting from a position one mile south of the intended touchdown spot, the aircraft flew southwards at a heading of 3.0 degrees and at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,270 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 36C, which measures 2,847 meters in length. Despite a threshold speed that was not specified but still good, the touchdown speed came in at 132 knots, slightly above the desired speed.
The aircraft landed successfully with a total landing distance of 945 meters, or 33% of the runway, in line with expectations. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect and the runway rollout alignment was described as very good.
After the landing, the taxiing to the parking area was a short process that took 4 minutes and spanned less than 1 nautical mile as the aircraft made its final descent.
The total flight distance was 216 nautical miles, covering the entire journey from taxiing at the airport to landing back at Amsterdam. Along the way, the Airbus A320 used a total of 2,218 kilograms of fuel in the entire flight time of 52 minutes.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully completed a landing on runway 36C at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, EHAM. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, aligning itself precisely with a heading of 3.0°, at an altitude of 1,270 feet above ground level (agl) and at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The pilot successfully guided the aircraft onto the runway at an appropriate threshold height, with a threshold speed of 134 knots being precisely maintained. The touchdown distance of 358 meters was also satisfactory, indicating effective control and management of the aircraft's descent. However, the touchdown speed of 132 knots was a slight deviation from the optimal touchdown speed, which could have contributed to a slightly higher than ideal rate of descent.
The aircraft's touchdown rate of -323 feet per minute was firm but within acceptable limits, and the runway alignment at touchdown was perfect. The local weather conditions on the day of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a wind speed of 9 knots at 320°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 6 knots.
The total landing distance of 945 meters constituted only 33 percent of the runway length, demonstrating the aircraft's good braking performance and effective rollout alignment. The rollout alignment was very good, showing excellent control and management of the aircraft's rollout phase. Overall, the landing was deemed successful, with a score of 98.7% indicating a high level of proficiency and control displayed by the pilot.
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