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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 7.7 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 59 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 59 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 510 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,746 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,746 m of the 3,637 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 510 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 30L at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 30L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 130 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,136 m, which represented 37 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 33 °C with wind 9 kt from 249°, a cross-wind component of 7 kt and a head-wind component of 5 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-east of Richfield, Minnesota, with the airplane climbing from 1,750 ft asl to 37,002 ft asl, an altitude gain of 35,252 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 147 nm.
Cruise began about 2 miles north of WI80 Kaukauna Community Hospital in Wisconsin and continued for 81 minutes, during which the flight logged 648 nm at level altitude.
Descent was initiated overhead West Fairview, Pennsylvania, descending from 37,018 ft asl to 1,290 ft asl, a loss of 35,729 ft in 21 minutes and a distance of 117 nm.
The final approach to runway 09R at KPHL Philadelphia International Airport was flown from the west on a heading of 75.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl.
Landing on runway 09R, which is 3,627 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 58 ft agl and a threshold speed of 131 kt; touchdown was recorded 85 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 126 kt, a vertical rate of minus 154 fpm, and perfect alignment; local weather reported a temperature of 28 °C, wind 6 kt from 10°, a cross-wind of 5 kt and a head-wind of 2 kt, and the total landing distance measured 1,656 m, representing 46 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was judged very good as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, traveling 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 923 nm, required 135 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 4,964 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 conducted a final approach to runway 09R at KPHL Philadelphia International Airport from the west, maintaining a heading of 75.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl. Local weather was 28 °C with wind 6 kt at 10 °, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
At the threshold the aircraft was at 58 ft agl, which was slightly above target, and the threshold speed was good at 131 kt.
Touchdown occurred 85 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 126 kt, which was a little fast, while the vertical rate was good at minus 154 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance measured 1,656 m, representing 46 % of the 3,627 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Minor refinements should focus on reducing the touchdown point offset and moderating the touchdown speed to bring both within the optimal envelope, which will further improve the already high 98.7% score.
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