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Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stop the drift as soon as it starts in the flare.
What happened: On the landing you drifted 7.8 m off the centreline, and that kind of lateral drift usually carries through to a touchdown point 7.6 m off centreline and into a rollout that is still skewed off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Heading indicator: track straight down the extended runway centreline through touchdown and 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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 scored
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,562 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,562 m of the 2,545 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 598 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL), the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft reached the runway threshold, it initiated its departure roll on runway 23L, utilizing 50% of the available runway length to achieve liftoff at a speed of 155 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 15 °C, with a gentle headwind of 3 knots and a crosswind of 8 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Düsseldorf, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, which began overhead the airport. The climb phase saw the aircraft ascend from 1,079 feet above sea level to 22,987 feet, a vertical increase of 21,908 feet, in just 10 minutes and covering a distance of 56 nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 23 minutes and covered a distance of 173 nautical miles. The cruise phase was initiated 3 miles north of Plettenberg, a town located in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent phase, which started 2 miles south of Krostitz, a town in the Saxony region of Germany. The descent phase saw the aircraft descend from 23,009 feet to 2,012 feet, a vertical decrease of 20,997 feet, in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 74 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached the final approach phase, it began its descent from 23,009 feet to 1,275 feet above ground level, while heading towards runway 22 at Dresden Airport (EDDC). The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown speed of 126 knots and a touchdown rate of -43 feet per minute, which was considered perfect. The total landing distance was 1,476 meters, which accounted for 58% of the available runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 312 nautical miles, and the aircraft utilized 2,853 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The final approach to runway 22 at EDDC Dresden Airport from the north east was conducted in a heading of 221.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with the threshold height at 58 feet above ground level being slightly above the target. This minor deviation was compensated by a slightly above-target threshold speed of 139 knots.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown speed of 126 knots was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -43 feet per minute was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centreline, which may require attention during future approaches. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 10°C and wind at 16 knots from 280°, resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 8 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,476 meters, accounting for 58% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a high degree of control and precision during the landing phase. Overall, the landing performance scored 93.3%, reflecting a high level of proficiency and adherence to standard operating procedures.
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