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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 4.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 68 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 68 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 922 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 1,849 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,849 m of the 2,486 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 922 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 22 at EDDC Dresden Airport in a period of 5 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 22, the aircraft accelerated over a take-off distance of 1,562 m, representing 61 % of the available runway, and rotated at 146 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 12 °C, wind 4 kt from 219°, with a headwind component of 4 kt and no cross-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south-west of EDDC, with the airplane ascending from 1,661 ft asl to 29,771 ft asl, an altitude gain of 28,110 ft achieved in 15 minutes while traversing 89 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south of Marktleuthen and was maintained for 12 minutes, during which the flight covered 81 nm at a constant altitude.
Descent was initiated 2 miles north-east of Burk, descending from 29,901 ft asl to 2,807 ft asl, a loss of 27,094 ft completed in 23 minutes over a distance of 132 nm.
The final approach to runway 28 at LSZH Zürich Airport involved a descent from 1,447 ft agl to 78 ft agl in 96 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 28, whose total length is 2,486 m, occurred with a threshold height of 68 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed of 143 kt. Touchdown was recorded 500 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 130 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 86 fpm and perfect runway-alignment. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 11 °C, wind 1 kt from 0°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind.
The aircraft rolled out a total landing distance of 1,765 m, equivalent to 71 % of the runway, and maintained perfect alignment throughout the rollout.
After exiting the runway, the airplane taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered 310 nm, required 62 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 2,900 kg of fuel.
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