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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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 1,362 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,362 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 130 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 17 at MDSD Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The takeoff distance was 1,289 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 165 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 129 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile south of the airport, rising from an altitude of 1,145 feet above sea level to 31,101 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,956 feet, in 22 minutes and covering a distance of 148 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles west of Las Marias, Puerto Rico, and lasted for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 128 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 6 miles north of Cruz Bay, Saint John Island, United States Virgin Islands, descending from 31,116 feet above sea level to 1,344 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,772 feet, in 18 minutes and covering a distance of 95 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 11 at TQPF Clayton J Lloyd International Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 91.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,238 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 11, which had a length of 1,362 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 135 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 132 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 134 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -713 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at a direction of 80 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 872 meters, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 379 nautical miles and took 66 minutes to complete, using 3,438 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at TQPF Clayton J Lloyd International Airport, achieving a score of 93.4%. The final approach to runway 11 was conducted from the west, with a heading of 91.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,238 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The threshold speed of 135 knots was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's speed during the landing phase. However, the touchdown speed of 134 knots was slightly faster than ideal, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate.
The touchdown rate of -713 feet per minute (fpm) was considered very heavy, indicating a potentially rough landing. This may have been due to the aircraft's speed being slightly too high at touchdown. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 26°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 80°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance of 872 meters was 64% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway with a good threshold height and a satisfactory threshold speed. However, the heavy touchdown rate and slightly fast touchdown speed may require further attention from the pilot to improve the landing quality.
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