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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,959 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 335 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A220-300, then departed from runway 04 at Geneva Cointrin International Airport (LSGG). The takeoff distance was 518 meters, which is 15% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 12 knots at 80°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead Ferney-Voltaire, a town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The climb started from an altitude of 2,425 feet above sea level (asl) and reached a maximum altitude of 23,235 ft asl, an increase of 20,810 feet in 7 minutes. The distance covered during this climb phase was 37 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles north of Freterive, another town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. This cruise phase lasted for 19 minutes and covered a distance of 112 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 4 miles northeast of Comps-sur-Artuby, a town in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France. The descent phase involved a decrease in altitude from 23,110 ft asl to 4,134 ft asl, a decrease of 18,976 feet in 13 minutes. The distance covered during this descent phase was 26 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 4 miles east of Sainte-Maxime, a town in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. This cruise phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent phase, which started 2 miles southeast of Theoule-sur-Mer, a town in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. The descent phase involved a decrease in altitude from 4,013 ft asl to 1,302 ft asl, a decrease of 2,711 feet in 4 minutes. The distance covered during this descent phase was 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04R at Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (LFMN) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 45.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,281 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was made on runway 04R, which has a length of 2,959 meters. The threshold height at 61 ft agl was above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 132 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 332 meters, while the touchdown speed was also good at 121 knots. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -605 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as at the time of departure, with a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 12 knots at 80°.
The total landing distance was 848 meters, which is 29% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.5 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 207 nautical miles, which was covered in
The Airbus A220-300 aircraft successfully landed on runway 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 45.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,281 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the threshold height at 61 feet agl was above the target, indicating a slightly higher-than-desired approach.
The threshold speed was also slightly below the target at 132 knots, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate. The touchdown distance of 332 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 121 knots was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown rate of -605 feet per minute (fpm) was classified as heavy, indicating a steeper-than-desired descent.
The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 16°C, a wind speed of 12 knots at 80°, resulting in a 7-knot crosswind and a 10-knot headwind.
The total landing distance of 848 meters was 29% of the runway length, which is relatively short and indicates a good landing performance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the same factors contributing to the initial touchdown position deviation.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable deviations from the ideal parameters, which may require further analysis and training to improve the pilot's performance.
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