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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 7 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 268 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 460 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 2,073 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,073 m of the 3,040 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 851 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Southwest Florida International Airport (KRSW), the Airbus A321 began its journey on runway 06, taking off with a takeoff distance of 2,336 meters, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 177 knots, with a local temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 7 knots. As it departed the airport, the aircraft encountered a crosswind of 2 knots, but the headwind component helped to stabilize the flight path.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute cruise altitude, it began its ascent from 891 feet above sea level, reaching a maximum altitude of 33,012 feet in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 158 nautical miles. The climb was a steady and efficient process, with the aircraft reaching its cruising altitude in a relatively short period. The enroute cruise phase that followed lasted for 162 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 1,169 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, initially from 32,995 feet to 7,642 feet in 14 minutes, covering 77 nautical miles. A brief level cruise phase followed, lasting only 2 minutes, before the aircraft began its final descent to 2,310 feet above sea level.
As the aircraft approached Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP), it began its final approach to runway 30L, aligning itself with the runway from the southeast. The landing was executed with a threshold height of 75 feet above ground level, which was well above the target, and a threshold speed of 148 knots, which was good. The touchdown point was 418 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 135 knots and a firm touchdown rate of -347 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, despite a slight misalignment of 11.9 meters from the centerline during the runway rollout. The total landing distance was 1,975 meters, accounting for 65% of the runway. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 7 minutes to cover a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,437 nautical miles, taking 224 minutes, and the aircraft used 10,556 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft touched down on runway 30L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, having approached from the south east at a heading of 302.0°. The final approach was conducted at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the threshold, with an altitude of 1,453 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold height well above the target, indicating a good visual reference for the pilots. The threshold speed was also within the acceptable range at 148 knots.
The touchdown characteristics were good, with a speed of 135 knots and a firm touchdown rate of -347 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating a high degree of control and precision during the landing. However, the touchdown point was 418 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which may have been due to a slight over-rotation or a delayed touchdown. The total landing distance of 1,975 meters was 65% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 11.9 meters, which may have been due to a slight drift or a delayed correction. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind of 16 knots at 240°, contributed to a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. Overall, the landing was satisfactory, with a score of 84.5%, indicating a good performance but with some room for improvement.
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