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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 17 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 348 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 684 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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.
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,849 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,760 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by an Airbus A320. The pre-takeoff taxiing from the parking to the runway took around 11 minutes, covering approximately 2 nautical miles. Departing from runway 14L at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (LFBO), the aircraft completed its departure roll and took off. The takeoff distance was 4,029 feet, representing 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was recorded at 153 knots.
Local weather conditions at liftoff included a temperature of 61 degrees Fahrenheit, along with a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 200 degrees (true), comprising a 3-knot crosswind and a 2-knot headwind.
Upon reaching an altitude of 1,541 feet above sea level (asl), the enroute climb began overhead the RB40 Toulouse Garonne Toulouse landmark. In 13 minutes, the aircraft ascended to 30,949 feet asl, an increase of 29,408 feet, covering a distance of 69 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute level cruise started overhead the LFMB Castillon De La Laquette Airport in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, lasting 17 minutes and covering 114 nautical miles. The next phase of the flight involved a gradual descent from 31,152 feet asl to 3,558 feet asl over a distance of 109 nautical miles, which started 3 miles north of Codos, Aragon, Spain. This descent took 26 minutes.
Before landing, the aircraft conducted a brief level cruise for 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles, overhead Campo Real in the Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.
The final approach involved heading towards runway 32R at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD) from the southeast. Local weather conditions at landing consisted of a temperature of 61 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 49 degrees (true), with a 4-knot crosswind and a 0-knot headwind.
Landing on runway 32R, the aircraft reported an initial landing speed slightly above target at 139 knots. The touchdown point was 412 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 130 knots, slightly higher than desired. Additionally, the touchdown rate was quite hard at -459 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centerline.
Upon landing, the total landing distance covered was 4,053 feet, accounting for 41% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was deemed excellent. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took approximately 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile.
Throughout the flight, the aircraft consumed a total of 5,861 pounds of fuel, covering a distance of 308 nautical miles and utilizing a total flight time of 73 minutes.
The Airbus A320 landed at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport with an overall performance score of 91.8%. The airplane began its final approach from the south east, heading directly towards the runway in a northeasterly direction. As the aircraft descended towards the runway, it was at an altitude of 4 nautical miles (nm) and 1,181 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was made on runway 32R, a relatively long runway measuring 9,849 feet. The threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the pilot had sufficient clearance to make a safe landing. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed, with a recorded value of 139 knots. Despite this, the touchdown was relatively smooth, with a speed of 130 knots, albeit a little higher than ideal.
The touchdown point was located 412 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, resulting in a slightly longer than average landing distance. This, combined with the hard touchdown rate of -459 feet per minute, contributed to a relatively challenging landing experience for the pilot. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned, deviating by 13 feet from the centerline.
The weather conditions during the approach were favorable, with a temperature of 61 °F and winds of 4 knots from a direction of 49 °. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component and no headwind, allowing the pilot to focus on making a safe landing. The total landing distance of 4,053 feet was 41% of the available runway, demonstrating the pilot's ability to handle the aircraft safely despite the slightly challenging conditions.
Finally, the rollout alignment was reported as very good, indicating that the pilot was able to smoothly transition the aircraft from touchdown to taxi speeds. Overall, the landing performance of the Airbus A320 was satisfactory, with room for improvement in terms of speed and alignment.
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