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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 137 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 168 kt, 31 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at liftoff
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Arrival
Carry more power on approach to hold 121 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay into the flare.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 32 ft while already below the speed target, and the aircraft settled as the remaining energy ran out, usually carrying a firm touchdown with it at 752 fpm.
Watch for: Watch airspeed on short final against 121 kt, keeping it there through 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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3.5° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,648 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,648 m of the 1,891 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,122 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Frankfurt Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 18, with a takeoff distance of 1,298 meters, which is 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 168 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 1°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 70°. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the tailwind was 2 knots. After departing from Frankfurt Airport, the enroute climb started 2 miles west of Moerfelden-Walldorf, Hessen, Germany. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,152 feet above sea level to 27,008 feet above sea level, an increase of 25,857 feet, in 10 minutes and covering a distance of 47 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 5 miles west of Boxberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and lasted for 12 minutes, covering a distance of 98 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent overhead Sulzemoos, Bavaria, Germany, descending from 27,007 feet above sea level to 3,308 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,699 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 62 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26 at Innsbruck Airport was made from the east, heading 261.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,395 feet above ground level. The landing took place on runway 26, which has a length of 1,891 meters. The threshold height was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 120 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, with a touchdown speed of 107 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -664 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at Innsbruck Airport were 3°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,537 meters, which is 81% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 215 nautical miles, taking 44 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,847 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at Innsbruck Airport (LOWI) on runway 26, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 261.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,395 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was significantly long, utilizing more than 50% of the available runway length.
The threshold height at 84 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. However, the threshold speed was good at 120 knots, suggesting that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The touchdown speed of 107 knots was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot managed to slow the aircraft down effectively.
Despite the good touchdown speed, the touchdown rate was heavy at -664 feet per minute (fpm), which may have been due to the aircraft's high altitude at touchdown. This could have resulted in a longer rollout distance and increased the risk of overrunning the runway. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the long touchdown point.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 3°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 270°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance was 1,537 meters, which is 81% of the available runway length. This indicates that the aircraft had a relatively long rollout distance, which may have been due to the heavy touchdown rate and the misaligned runway touchdown position. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the long rollout distance.
Overall, while the Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at Innsbruck Airport, the landing was not without its challenges. The pilot may have benefited from a more precise approach and a lower touchdown rate to reduce the rollout distance and improve the overall safety of the landing.
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