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Monitor your taxi speed
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 2,801 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 228 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A319 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, taking 12 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 22L, with a takeoff distance of 1,841 meters, which was 53% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 165 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a wind speed of 13 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind was 12 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile southeast of Romulus, Michigan, and saw the aircraft ascend from 1,653 feet above sea level to 37,494 feet, an increase of 35,841 feet in 23 minutes, covering a distance of 142 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles northeast of Huber Heights, Ohio. This phase lasted for 148 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 1,030 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 34 miles north of San Salvador Airport in the Bahamas, where the aircraft descended from 38,378 feet to 32,243 feet, a decrease of 6,136 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 32 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 14 miles northeast of San Salvador Airport and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 69 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 57 miles northeast of Snug Corner in the Bahamas, where the aircraft descended from 31,901 feet to 1,373 feet, a decrease of 30,529 feet in 23 minutes, covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 10 at Providenciales International Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 93.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,344 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 2,801 meters, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 116 knots, but the touchdown distance was good at 228 meters. The touchdown speed was also good at 110 knots, but the touchdown rate was heavy at -679 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline, and the local weather conditions were 30°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots at 150 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,299 meters, which was 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,401 nautical miles, taking 216 minutes, and the aircraft used 8,351 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at Providenciales International Airport, scoring 90.8% in the evaluation. The final approach to runway 10 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 93.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,344 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 2,801 meters. The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 116 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 228 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 110 knots was also within acceptable limits.
Despite the satisfactory touchdown speed, the touchdown rate was heavy at -679 feet per minute, indicating a steeper descent than desired. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 150°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots. These conditions may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing.
The total landing distance was 1,299 meters, which is 46% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been a result of the initial touchdown position being off-center.
Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with some minor issues related to the touchdown rate and runway alignment. However, the aircraft was able to touch down and stop within a reasonable distance, and the pilot's skills were able to mitigate some of the challenges posed by the weather conditions.
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