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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 1,022 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Add power earlier on final to hold VREF of 143 kt by the gates rather than let speed decay.
What happened: The approach was flown too slow through the stabilisation gates, crossing the threshold at 142 kt against a VREF of 143 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 143 kt from the first stabilisation gate onward.
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Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 7 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 143 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 2,070 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 281 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey with a taxiing period of 12 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles to reach the runway. The aircraft then took off from runway 06R, utilizing 1,297 meters or 49% of the runway's length to achieve liftoff at a speed of 164 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 20°C, with a gentle headwind of 7 knots and a crosswind of 7 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it traversed a distance of 145 nautical miles in 21 minutes, ascending from 1,013 feet above sea level to 37,032 feet. The enroute climb phase was followed by a 54-minute level cruise, during which the aircraft covered 434 nautical miles. The descent phase began 31 miles northeast of Gatteville-le-Phare, France, and the aircraft descended from 37,082 feet to 19,311 feet in just 5 minutes, covering 43 nautical miles. The flight continued with multiple level cruise phases and descents, eventually reaching its final approach to runway 25 at EGGW London Luton Airport.
The aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 140 knots, with a touchdown distance of 281 meters. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off-center. The total landing distance was 1,148 meters, accounting for 55% of the runway's length. Following a taxiing period of 3 minutes, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 798 nautical miles and utilizing 1,676 kilograms of fuel in the process, which took a total of 130 minutes.
The final approach to runway 25 at EGGW London Luton Airport from the east was executed with good quality, with the aircraft maintaining a steady heading of 254.0° at 4 nm and 1,388 ft above ground level. The approach was conducted in a temperature of 16°C, with a gentle wind of 8 kt at 10°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 kt and a tailwind of 3 kt.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well within the acceptable range at 143 kt. However, the touchdown speed of 140 kt was slightly above the ideal, and the touchdown rate of -282 fpm was fair. The touchdown distance of 281 m was good, but the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.9 m from the centreline. The aircraft then rolled out along the runway, with a total landing distance of 1,148 m, which accounted for 55% of the runway length.
The rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 9.4 m, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal path. Despite this, the overall performance of the landing was satisfactory, with a score of 95.8%. The crew's ability to maintain a good approach quality and control the aircraft during the touchdown and rollout phases was evident, although there was room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and alignment.
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