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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 5.3 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4.1°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,441 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 310 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 24 at EDLW Dortmund Airport in Germany. The takeoff distance was 1,239 meters, which accounted for 89% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 148 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. After departing from Dortmund, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southwest of the airport and ascending from 1,500 feet above sea level to 37,676 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 131 nautical miles and took 22 minutes, with an increase of 36,176 feet in altitude.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile west of Wremen in Germany and lasted for 36 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 294 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 5 miles northeast of Hauge i Dalane in Norway, where the aircraft descended from 37,448 feet above sea level to 1,304 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 122 nautical miles and took 21 minutes, with a decrease of 36,144 feet in altitude.
The final approach to runway 17 at ENBR Bergen Airport, Flesland, was made from the north, with a heading of 171.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,141 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 17, which had a length of 2,441 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 131 knots, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -543 feet per minute.
The total landing distance was 923 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 555 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 92 minutes. The aircraft used 4,142 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at ENBR Bergen Airport, Flesland, with a score of 93.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 171.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,141 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good control, and the aircraft landed on runway 17, which has a length of 2,441 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 136 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 311 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly higher than desired, which may have contributed to a harder-than-ideal touchdown rate of -543 feet per minute (fpm).
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was well-controlled during the final stages of the approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C and a gentle wind of 4 knots at 126°. The crosswind and headwind components were minimal, at 3 knots each, which further contributed to a smooth landing.
The total landing distance of 923 meters was 38% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centerline, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal rollout path. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft was well-controlled throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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