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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 0 m.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Add power on approach to hold 137 kt by the stabilisation gate, and keep that speed through to the threshold.
What happened: This flight was slow at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 127 kt, and the touchdown followed hard at 1.1 g. Carrying low speed into the approach usually carries through to a slow threshold crossing and a firmer touchdown than normal.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at the threshold.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 305 m and 152 m above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 152 m gate: speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 137 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 467 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, Portugal, the Airbus A320 began its journey with a taxiing period of 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile to reach the runway. The departure roll commenced on runway 35, with the aircraft taking off in 1,732 meters, utilizing 57% of the available runway length. Liftoff speed was achieved at 161 knots, as the aircraft climbed into the local weather conditions, characterized by a temperature of 20°C, wind at 7 knots from 309°, resulting in a 4-knot crosswind and a 5-knot headwind.
The enroute climb phase started approximately 1 mile north of the departure airport, with the aircraft ascending from 336 meters above sea level to 3,639 meters, an increase of 3,302.9 meters, in 4 minutes, covering 18 nautical miles. The climb was followed by a brief level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles, before another climb phase commenced 1 mile east of Ferreira, Portugal. The aircraft continued to climb, reaching a maximum altitude of 9,758 meters, an increase of 6,101.3 meters, in 11 minutes, covering 85 nautical miles. The flight then entered a series of level cruise phases, interspersed with descent phases, as it navigated through various waypoints, including Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, and Fuentes, Spain. The final descent phase started 6 miles northeast of Sueca, Spain, with the aircraft descending from 11,588 meters to 7,623 meters, a decrease of 3,964.3 meters, in 7 minutes, covering 57 nautical miles.
The Airbus A320 then entered the final approach phase, aligning with runway 24L at LEPA Palma de Mallorca Airport, with a heading of 238.0° at 4 nautical miles and 391.1 meters above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, with a total landing distance of 1,354 meters, 52% of the available runway length. The touchdown point was 48 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 122 knots and a smooth touchdown rate of -0.8 meters per second. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile in 4 minutes. The total flight distance was 611 nautical miles, with a flight time of 78 minutes and a fuel consumption of 3,456 kilograms.
The final approach to runway 24L at LEPA Palma de Mallorca Airport was initiated from the north east, heading 238.0° at 4 nm and 391.1 meters above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 128 knots, indicating a slight deceleration prior to touchdown.
The Airbus A320 touched down 48 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 122 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth at -0.8 meters per second, demonstrating good control and stability during the landing phase. Despite a good touchdown speed, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.4 meters from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the intended path. Local weather conditions, with a temperature of 25°C and a 6-knot headwind, contributed to a relatively straightforward landing.
The total landing distance was 1,354 meters, accounting for 52% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 11.2 meters from the centreline, indicating a continued deviation from the intended path during the rollout phase. Despite these minor deviations, the overall landing performance was satisfactory, earning a score of 95.3%.
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