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See Arrival Landing
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 10,023 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 564 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking to the runway at Salt Lake City International Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 34L, with a takeoff distance of 8,104 feet, which was 67% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 165 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to 35,000 feet, it started 2 miles northwest of the airport and covered 109 nautical miles in 20 minutes, increasing its altitude by 29,777 feet. The local weather conditions at the time were a temperature of 65°F and a wind speed of 0 knots at 180°.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 5 miles west of the Pelican Lake Airport in Utah. This phase of the flight lasted 55 minutes and covered 407 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 13 miles east of the Estancia Airport in New Mexico, and descended from 34,482 feet to 7,598 feet in 7 minutes, covering 45 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 17 miles west of the El Paso Natural Gas Co Roswell Airport in New Mexico, and lasted only 2 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles. It then climbed from 7,835 feet to 8,360 feet in 2 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles, before entering another level cruise, starting 9 miles west of Roswell, and lasting 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent, starting 4 miles west of the Roswell Air Center Airport, and descended from 8,150 feet to 7,251 feet in 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. It then entered another level cruise, starting 5 miles southwest of the Jenkins Airport in Roswell, and lasted 5 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 4 miles north of the Champion Ranch Airport in Lake Arthur, and descended from 7,237 feet to 4,868 feet in 3 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 35 at the Roswell Air Center Airport was from the south, with a heading of 1.0° and an altitude of 1,182 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 35, with a touchdown point 201 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 147 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was very hard at -573 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time were a temperature of 65°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 340°.
The total landing distance was 5,451 feet, which was 54% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft took 7 minutes to taxi to the parking, covering 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 618 nautical miles, taking 114 minutes, and the aircraft used 11,545 pounds of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at KROW Roswell Air Center Airport, achieving a score of 95.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 1.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,182 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 35, which has a length of 10,023 feet.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 201 feet beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal touchdown point. The touchdown speed of 147 knots was slightly above the target speed, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate. The touchdown rate of -573 feet per minute (fpm) was particularly high, suggesting that the aircraft may have been experiencing a hard landing.
Despite the hard touchdown, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 65°F and a gentle headwind of 4 knots at 340°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 2 knots.
The total landing distance of 5,451 feet was 54% of the runway length, which is within a reasonable range. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase. Overall, while there were some minor issues with the landing, the Airbus A321 performed well and achieved a high score.
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