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Improve the rollout
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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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 1,966 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,966 m of the 3,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 514 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 32R at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (LFBO), located in Toulouse, France. The takeoff distance was 1,516 meters, which is 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from a direction of 290°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 12 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to a height of 34,714 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 126 nautical miles and took 19 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended by 33,219 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 100 minutes and covered a distance of 306 nautical miles. The cruise phase started overhead the town of Saint-Haon in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile north of the town of Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo in the Veneto region of Italy. The descent took the aircraft down from a height of 34,763 feet to 1,304 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,458 feet, in 24 minutes and covered a distance of 57 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04R at Venice Marco Polo Airport (LIPZ) was made from the southwest, heading 42.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level. The landing was made on a runway length of 3,312 meters, with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above the target speed at 145 knots. The touchdown point was 105 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 143 knots, which was slightly fast. However, the touchdown rate was good at -177 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.7 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 27°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 170°. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The total landing distance was 1,892 meters, which is 57% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 497 nautical miles, and the flight took 99 minutes. The aircraft used 3,749 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LIPZ Venice Marco Polo Airport, achieving a score of 97.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 42.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,274 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft landed on runway 04R, which has a length of 3,312 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 145 knots. This may indicate a slight overcorrection by the pilots, but it did not significantly impact the overall landing performance. The touchdown point was 105 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 143 knots was faster than desired, but the touchdown rate of -177 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating a controlled descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight drift or a minor deviation in the approach path. However, the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 27°C and a light wind of 5 knots at 170°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, and the tailwind component was 3 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,892 meters, which is 57% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilots executed a good flare and touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was very good, showing that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and decision-making skills. However, there were some minor deviations from the desired performance, which may indicate areas for improvement in future training or operations.
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