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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 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,454 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 125 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 10L at Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI), with a takeoff distance of 1,420 meters, which accounted for 58% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots at 120 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile east of Gun Club Estates in Florida, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,030 feet above sea level to 38,104 feet, an increase of 37,074 feet in just 15 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 165 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 20 minutes and covered a distance of 593 nautical miles. The cruise phase took place at a specific latitude and longitude of 29.1905991 and -78.695363, respectively. After the cruise phase, the aircraft began its descent, which started approximately 3 miles northwest of Long Neck in Delaware. The descent from 37,792 feet to 250 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,543 feet, took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 136 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13L at John F Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) was made from the northwest, with a heading of 121.0 degrees at an altitude of 230 feet above ground level and 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing on runway 13L, which had a length of 2,454 meters, was successful, with a threshold height that was good and a threshold speed that was slightly above the target at 138 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 124 meters, but the touchdown speed of 137 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was heavy at -628 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots at 100 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 12 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,085 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 899 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 61 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,140 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 13L at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport, achieving a score of 94.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the northwest, heading 121.0° at 1 nm and 230 ft above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on a runway with a length of 2,454 meters, and the threshold height was reported as good.
During the landing, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots. However, the touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 124 meters. The touchdown speed of 137 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -628 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the aircraft touched down with a significant amount of deceleration, which may have been due to the high speed at touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 18°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 100°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, and the headwind component was 12 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment during the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,085 meters, which is 44% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to decelerate quickly after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a straight path after touchdown and during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, such as reducing the touchdown speed and improving the alignment during the landing.
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