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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 161 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 138 kt against a target of 161 kt, running 23 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 161 kt.
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,739 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 454 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 22L at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport, covering 1 nm in 5 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 22L, the aircraft used 985 m of runway, representing 56 % of the available length, and lifted off at 134 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 31 °C, wind 7 kt from 240°, with a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of Bedford Park, Illinois, where the A319 rose from 1,406 ft asl to 38,008 ft asl, an altitude gain of 36,602 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 149 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 miles southeast of Martinsville, Illinois, lasting 3 minutes and traversing 79 nm.
A descent started overhead 03II Davis Field Ultralightport, Indiana, dropping from 38,013 ft asl to 37,010 ft asl, a loss of 1,003 ft in 2 minutes over 21 nm.
The next cruise phase originated 1 mile southwest of Sebree, Kentucky, continued for 5 minutes and covered 145 nm.
A subsequent descent began 4 miles north of Tullahoma, Tennessee, descending from 37,018 ft asl to 5,013 ft asl, a reduction of 32,004 ft in 17 minutes while traveling 156 nm.
A brief cruise followed 2 miles southeast of Lithonia, Georgia, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 5 nm.
The final descent started 3 miles northwest of 8GA0 Pinetree Heliport, Cumming, Georgia, decreasing altitude from 4,452 ft asl to 2,305 ft asl, a loss of 2,148 ft in 2 minutes across 7 nm.
The aircraft entered the final approach to runway 26R at KATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from the east, on a heading of 270.0°, at 4 nm and 1,277 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26R, which is 2,739 m long, the threshold speed was 130 kt. Touchdown occurred 453 m down the runway at 125 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 168 fpm and very good alignment. Weather at the time was 31 °C, wind 11 kt from 300°, with a 5 kt cross-wind and a 9 kt head-wind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,427 m, equivalent to 52 % of the runway, and the runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the Airbus A319 taxied from the runway to the parking area, covering 1 nm in 5 minutes.
In total, the flight covered 571 nm, required 58 minutes of flight time, and consumed 3,743 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 established the final approach to runway 26R at KATL from the east, tracking a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,277 ft AGL while the local temperature was 31 °C, wind 11 kt from 300°, with a 5 kt crosswind component and a 9 kt headwind component.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 130 kt on a runway 2,739 m long.
Touchdown occurred 453 m down the runway at a speed of 125 kt, noted as a little fast, with a good touchdown rate of minus 168 fpm and a very good runway touchdown alignment; the total landing distance measured 1,427 m, representing 52 % of the available runway.
The rollout proceeded with perfect runway alignment throughout the remaining distance.
Reduce the touchdown speed by a few knots to bring it within the optimal range, and continue to monitor speed during the flare to maintain the high overall score.
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