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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 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 355 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 29 at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,179 meters, which was 42% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 3°C temperature and a wind speed of 22 knots at 0°. The crosswind was 21 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Rebiechowo, a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland, where the aircraft climbed from 1,468 feet above sea level to 21,595 feet above sea level, an increase of 20,127 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 42 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles northwest of Nowe, a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland, and lasted for 34 minutes, covering a distance of 287 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent from 22,120 feet above sea level to 3,004 feet above sea level, a decrease of 19,116 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 68 nautical miles. The descent started overhead Sitborice, a town in the Jihomoravsky kraj of the Czech Republic.
The enroute level cruise was restarted 2 miles east of Donnerskirchen, a town in the Burgenland region of Austria, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent from 2,908 feet above sea level to 1,865 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,043 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The descent started 1 mile south of Sommerein, a town in the Niederoesterreich region of Austria.
The final approach to runway 34 at Vienna International Airport was made from the south, heading 343.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 34, which had a length of 3,602 meters. The threshold height at 60 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 124 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,114 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -346 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 7°C temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 341°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 14 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,819 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The total flight distance was 414 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 72 minutes. The aircraft used 3,899 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Vienna International Airport (LOWW) on runway 34, achieving a score of 94.8%. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 343.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,275 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 1,114 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. However, the touchdown speed of 128 knots was a bit faster than the desired speed, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to bring the aircraft to a stop. The touchdown rate of -346 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from 341°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 14 knots, which the pilots effectively managed during the landing. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilots maintained the aircraft's alignment with the runway during the final approach.
The total landing distance of 1,819 meters was 50% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and brought it to a stop safely.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the desired parameters. The pilots demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the final approach and landing, and the aircraft was brought to a stop safely.
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