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Work on the flare
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 152 m above the runway. The 305 m gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,991 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 519 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 3.08 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A319 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at ZULS Lhasa Gonggar Airport, a process that took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 09, with a takeoff distance of 106 meters, which was just 3% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Lhasa Gonggar Airport, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of the airport. The climb took 1 minute and covered 2 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from 3,902 meters above sea level to 4,321 meters. The next enroute level cruise started 3 miles east of the airport and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 4,571 meters to 10,953 meters, an increase of 6,381.6 meters in 12 minutes, covering 86 nautical miles. The climb took the aircraft over the Tibetan Autonomous Region and into the higher altitudes of the Himalayas. The enroute level cruise that followed lasted 20 minutes and covered 134 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying overhead ZURK Shigatse Peace Shigatse.
As the aircraft began its descent, it started 5 miles north of Namchi in Sikkim, India. The descent took 21 minutes and covered 58 nautical miles, with the aircraft dropping from 10,803 meters to 2,628 meters. The final approach to runway 33 at VQPR Paro International Airport was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 294.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 370.5 meters above ground level.
The landing on runway 33 was made at a speed of 126 knots, which was good, but the touchdown point was 102 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 128 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -6.6 meters per second, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,360 meters, which was 68% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 288 nautical miles, and the flight took 78 minutes, using 2,478 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A319 aircraft has successfully landed at VQPR Paro International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 33 was initiated from the south east, heading 294.0° at 1 nm and 370.5 meters above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was slightly off-target, as the threshold height was excessively over the target at 40.3 meters agl.
Despite this, the threshold speed was satisfactory at 126 knots, indicating that the pilot had maintained control and was on track to land safely. However, the touchdown point was 102 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilot may have been slightly off-target. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 128 knots was a little fast, which could have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -6.6 meters per second.
The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline, which could have made the landing more challenging for the pilot. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were cool, with a temperature of 10°C. The total landing distance was 1,360 meters, which is 68% of the runway length. This suggests that the pilot had sufficient runway remaining to stop the aircraft safely.
However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.2 meters from the centerline, which could have made it more difficult for the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot was able to bring the aircraft to a safe stop, and the issues encountered were not severe enough to pose a significant risk to safety.
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