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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 3,045 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 635 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As it rolled down runway 25R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 159 knots, clearing the ground at 2,099 meters, which represented 67% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, with a gentle headwind of 5 knots and a crosswind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute altitude, it began its ascent from 2,088 feet above sea level, gradually increasing to 35,010 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 145 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a 29-minute level cruise, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude of 35,010 feet, covering a distance of 859 nautical miles. The descent phase commenced 2 miles south of Balaton, Minnesota, and the aircraft gradually lost altitude, descending from 35,002 feet to 4,026 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 138 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 30L at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was executed from the south east, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 137 knots, slightly above the target speed.
The landing was completed on a runway length of 3,040 meters, with the touchdown point located 215 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned, but the rollout alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,411 meters, representing 46% of the runway's length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,161 nautical miles, and the aircraft consumed 7,325 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which lasted 73 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 30L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, a 3,040-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the south east. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 145 knots. The aircraft maintained a steady descent, touching down at a speed of 137 knots, which was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -191 feet per minute was good.
The touchdown point was 215 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centreline, which could have been a result of the crosswind component of 3 knots. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius and a headwind of 21 knots, may have also contributed to the slight deviation from the centreline.
The total landing distance of 1,411 meters was 46% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well under control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 95.4%.
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