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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 3,746 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 386 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30L at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, with the Airbus A320 aircraft taking off into a chilly local weather condition of -13 °C. The aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 162 kn, covering 49% of the 1,478 m runway. The wind conditions were relatively calm, with a 2 kn headwind and a negligible crosswind of 1 kn.
As the aircraft climbed out of the Minneapolis airport, it began its ascent to a cruising altitude of 34,394 ft. The climb was steep, with the aircraft rising 32,577 ft in just 12 minutes, covering a distance of 128 nm. The aircraft then leveled off and entered a cruise phase, flying for 28 minutes and covering 666 nm. This phase of the flight took place approximately 1 mile south east of Mallard, Iowa.
After the cruise phase, the aircraft began its descent, starting 2 miles south west of Bynum, Texas. The descent was steep, with the aircraft dropping 32,734 ft in just 15 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nm. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 36L at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport, flying from the south at a heading of 359.0 ° and an altitude of 1,268 ft.
The landing was smooth, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 130 kn, which was slightly faster than the recommended threshold speed of 138 kn. However, the touchdown rate was good at -156 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The total landing distance was 1,299 m, which was 35% of the 3,746 m runway.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking just 3 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 916 nm, and the aircraft used 6,089 kg of fuel during the flight, which lasted a total of 61 minutes.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 36L at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport, achieving a score of 99.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 359.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was executed with precision, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 138 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 386 meters was also satisfactory, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable approach and touch down at the correct point on the runway.
However, the touchdown speed of 130 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. Nevertheless, the touchdown rate of -156 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 0°. This resulted in a headwind of 8 knots, which helped to slow the aircraft down during the approach and landing. The crosswind component was negligible, at 0 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,299 meters was 35% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This indicates that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable approach and touch down at the correct point on the runway, with a good runway rollout alignment. Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, resulting in a high score of 99.9%.
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