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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 20 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 20 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 20 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,526 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,526 m of the 4,001 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 769 m past the threshold — beyond 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 09R at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) in France. The takeoff distance was 1,911 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 172 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 7°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 139 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Mauregard, a town in the Ile-de-France region of France, and continued to an altitude of 33,128 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 169 nautical miles, took 26 minutes and involved an increase of 31,741 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Saint-Nabord in the Grand Est region of France. This phase lasted for 188 minutes and covered a distance of 1,488 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 28 miles north of Kafr ash Shaykh in Egypt. The descent, which covered a distance of 93 nautical miles, took 20 minutes and involved a decrease of 31,580 feet from the cruise altitude of 33,252 feet.
The final approach to runway 05C at Cairo International Airport (HECA) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 49.0 degrees. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,317 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 7 knots at 59 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 7 knots.
The landing on runway 05C was successful, with a touchdown speed of 132 knots and a smooth touchdown rate of -140 feet per minute. However, the touchdown point was 354 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,447 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,759 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 246 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 11,970 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Cairo International Airport's runway 05C, achieving a score of 89.4%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 49.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,317 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach speed and threshold speed were both within acceptable limits, with a speed of 141 knots at the threshold.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was 132 knots, which is considered good. The touchdown rate was also smooth, with a descent rate of -140 feet per minute (fpm). However, the touchdown point was slightly beyond the designated touchdown zone, located 354 meters down the runway. This deviation from the centerline was minimal, at 4.9 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a gentle headwind of 7 knots. The crosswind component was minimal, at 1 knot, which contributed to a smooth landing. The total landing distance was 1,447 meters, which is 36% of the runway's length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was well-controlled throughout the approach and landing phases.
The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the post-landing phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down smoothly and coming to a stop in a controlled manner.
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