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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 141 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 165 kt, 24 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 141 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 16 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 16 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 16 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,611 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,611 m of the 2,395 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 664 m past the threshold — beyond 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 24 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The takeoff distance was 953 meters, which is 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 165 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 12°C and a wind speed of 21 knots from a direction of 200°. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 16 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile north of Aalsmeerderbrug, a location in the province of Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. The climb started from an altitude of 1,029 feet above sea level and reached a maximum altitude of 16,398 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,369 feet in just 5 minutes. The aircraft covered a distance of 23 nautical miles during this climb phase.
The enroute level cruise phase began overhead Bunschoten, a location in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 25 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent phase, which started overhead Eerbeek, a location in the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. The descent phase involved a decrease in altitude from 16,767 feet above sea level to 1,430 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,336 feet in 14 minutes. The aircraft covered a distance of 55 nautical miles during this phase.
The final approach to runway 23L at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport was made from the north-east, with a heading of 233.0° at an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 23L, which has a length of 2,395 meters. The threshold height at 81 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 126 knots. The touchdown point was 223 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 121 knots. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -142 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 8°C and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 190°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The total landing distance was 1,505 meters, which is 63% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 113 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 36 minutes. The aircraft used 1,384 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 23L at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport, achieving a score of 87.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 233.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a good threshold speed of 126 knots, which is within the acceptable range for a safe landing.
However, the threshold height at 81 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal approach path. Despite this, the touchdown point was 223 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 121 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -142 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 8°C and a wind speed of 11 knots from 190°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was also 8 knots, resulting in a relatively calm wind environment. The runway length at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport is 2,395 meters, which is sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 1,505 meters, or 63% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft achieving a good score despite some minor deviations from the ideal approach path.
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