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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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,790 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 472 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A321 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, taking 10 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 24, with a takeoff distance of 1,187 meters, which was 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 13°C, with a wind speed of 23 knots at 249°.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile northwest of Aalsmeerderbrug, in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. The climb took 16 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 980 feet above sea level to 33,035 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,055 feet. The enroute climb covered a distance of 92 nautical miles.
After the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles northeast of Ravenswoud, in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. This level cruise lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 30 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile south of Bunde, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The descent took 11 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 33,017 feet above sea level to 10,144 feet above sea level, a decrease of 22,873 feet. The enroute descent covered a distance of 81 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles southwest of Wischhafen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. This level cruise lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 18 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead Osterhorn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The descent took 5 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 9,812 feet above sea level to 4,004 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,808 feet. The enroute descent covered a distance of 23 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Klein Gladebrugge, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This level cruise lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 17 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead Neritz, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The descent took 4 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 4,001 feet above sea level to 1,377 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,624 feet. The enroute descent covered a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23 at Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport was made from the northeast, with a heading of 230.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,324 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 23, which had a length of 2,790 meters. The threshold speed was slightly above the target speed at 140 knots, and the touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -313 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.6 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 260°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the headwind was 11 knots. The total landing distance was 1,369 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, achieving a score of 97.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 230.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,324 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 23, which has a length of 2,790 meters.
The landing was executed with a threshold height that was considered good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 140 knots. The touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -313 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.6 meters, which may have been due to the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 10°C, a wind speed of 13 knots at 260°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,369 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the intended landing parameters.
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