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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,987 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,987 m of the 3,837 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 461 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 23L at Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL), with a takeoff distance of 1,132 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 19°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 189°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was also 4 knots. The enroute climb began overhead Düsseldorf Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,135 feet above sea level to 31,000 feet above sea level, a total increase of 29,864 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 81 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Michelbach Airfield (EDEZ), and lasted for 19 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent overhead Lahr, Germany, descending from 31,001 feet above sea level to 2,151 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 28,849 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 43 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at Mulhouse Airport (LFH2) was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading 155.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,276 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 15, which had a length of 3,837 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 135 knots.
The touchdown point was 47 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 132 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -240 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 16°C temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 250°, with a crosswind of 14 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,909 meters, which accounted for 50% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.6 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 247 nautical miles, taking 57 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,081 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at LFH2 Bale Mulhouse, achieving a score of 97.7%. The final approach to runway 15 was initiated from the north-west, heading 155.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 47 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit more braking than necessary. The touchdown rate of -240 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft's descent was relatively smooth.
The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from a direction of 250°. This resulted in a crosswind component of 14 knots and a tailwind component of 1 knot.
The total landing distance of 1,909 meters was 50% of the available runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop safely within the designated area. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 7.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft stopping safely within the designated area. However, there were some minor deviations in the pilot's alignment and speed control, which may have been due to a combination of factors including wind conditions and pilot experience.
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