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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 9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 2,414 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 302 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 07 at the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,798 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions, with a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius and winds of 7 knots at 56 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. After departing the airport, the enroute climb began 1 mile east of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,120 feet above sea level to 17,155 feet above sea level, an increase of 16,035 feet in 6 minutes and covering a distance of 31 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 5 miles north of Berlin, El Salvador, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 32 nautical miles. As the aircraft continued its journey, the enroute descent began 2 miles south of Corinto, El Salvador, with the aircraft descending from 17,182 feet above sea level to 3,368 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,814 feet in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 39 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 35 at the Palmerola International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 350 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,297 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 35 was successful, with a runway length of 2,414 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 141 knots.
However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 141 knots, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -633 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius and winds of 8 knots at 300 degrees, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,155 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking area took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 110 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 35 minutes, with the aircraft using 1,451 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at MHPR Palmerola Intl, achieving a score of 93.8%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south, heading 350.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,297 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, aligning the aircraft with the runway 35 at MHPR Palmerola Intl, which has a length of 2,414 meters.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 141 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 141 knots was slightly higher than the recommended speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown distance of 305 meters was also within the acceptable range.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the aircraft's touchdown rate was heavy, at -633 feet per minute (fpm). This may have been due to the pilot's decision to touch down with a higher speed, which resulted in a more rapid deceleration upon touchdown. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 6.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 21°C and a wind speed of 8 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The total landing distance of 1,155 meters was 48% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and precision during the final approach and touchdown phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and touchdown rate to achieve a smoother and more controlled landing.
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