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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.
Side view — the last 1,822 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,822 m of the 2,993 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 513 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Airbus A320 began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway at LOWG Graz Airport. The departure took place on runway 34C, with a takeoff distance of 1,801 meters, covering 66% of the runway. The liftoff speed reached 159 knots.
As the aircraft climbed enroute, it passed overhead Feldkirchen bei Graz in Austria. The climb took the plane from 2,141 feet above sea level to 34,900 feet, covering a total distance of 110 nautical miles in 20 minutes.
After reaching cruising altitude, the aircraft traveled over Weitersfeld in Lower Austria for 16 minutes, covering 122 nautical miles. The descent began over Jablonne v Podjestedi in the Czech Republic, bringing the plane from 34,921 feet back down to 3,303 feet in 18 minutes, covering 101 nautical miles.
Another short cruise portion started over Spreenhagen in Brandenburg, Germany, for 4 minutes and 6 miles. The final descent occurred over Gruenheide, also in Brandenburg, decreasing from 3,298 feet to 1,920 feet in just 2 minutes and covering 8 miles.
The landing took place on runway 25R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, with the height at threshold measuring 58 feet above ground level. The speed at threshold was 148 knots, with a touchdown occurring 516 meters from the threshold at a speed of 145 knots and a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) of -379 feet per minute.
The total landing distance used 1,743 meters of the 2,993 meter runway, covering 58% of the length. After landing, another short taxi was required to return to the parking area, taking 8 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 358 nautical miles, lasting a total of 86 minutes and consuming 3,046 kilograms of fuel. The weather conditions varied throughout the flight, with temperatures ranging from 6°C at the departure to 1°C at the destination, and winds ranging from calm to 4 knots at various angles.
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