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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 11 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 990 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 1,022 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,091 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 713 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 Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, taking approximately 8 minutes to cover a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 05, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 1,426 meters, which was 51% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 20°C temperature and winds of 16 knots at 250°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the tailwind was 15 knots. The enroute climb began overhead Fuhlsbuettel, with the aircraft ascending from 1,154 feet above sea level to 19,733 feet above sea level, an increase of 18,579 feet in just 6 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Bonebuttel, lasting 19 minutes and covering a distance of 100 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles north of EKFE Aversi Fensmark, Denmark. The descent from 19,401 feet above sea level to 1,277 feet above sea level, a decrease of 18,124 feet, took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 33 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30 at EKCH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport was made from the south east, with the aircraft heading 303.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,256 feet above ground level. The landing took place on runway 30, which was 2,091 meters long. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 142 knots.
The touchdown point was 286 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 126 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -711 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 17.4 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 19°C temperature and winds of 27 knots at 259°, with a crosswind of 18 knots and a headwind of 20 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,147 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 22.5 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took just 2 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 166 nautical miles, taking 53 minutes, and the aircraft used 922 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 aircraft has successfully landed at EKCH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south east, heading 303.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,256 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on runway 30, which has a length of 2,091 meters.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 142 knots. The touchdown point was located 286 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 126 knots was a little faster than the desired speed, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -711 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 17.4 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19°C, with a wind speed of 27 knots at 259°. The crosswind component was 18 knots, while the headwind component was 20 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,147 meters, which corresponds to 55% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance, but the rollout alignment was also misaligned by 22.5 meters from the centerline. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including the touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and runway alignment.
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