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Departure
Rotate as soon as you reach 141 kt rather than letting speed build further down the runway.
What happened: Rotation came late at 165 kt against a 141 kt target, 24 kt beyond it, and a firm back pressure pulled you off the ground. Rotating that late usually carries an abrupt pitch-up into the climb, which is consistent with the 1.3 g seen in Climb 1.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 141 kt at rotation.
Arrival
Add power on final to cross the threshold at 120 kt, correcting the speed before the flare begins.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 11 kt below the 120 kt target, and the flare that followed raised the nose only 3.7° with little of the sink taken out. Shallow, underpowered approaches like this usually carry through into a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 120 kt at the threshold
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. 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 3,742 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 120 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (LHBP) on runway 31R, the Airbus A321 accelerated down the 1,764-meter runway, reaching liftoff speed of 165 knots in a relatively short distance, covering 48% of the available runway. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 9°C and a gentle tailwind of 4 knots, contributed to a smooth takeoff.
As the aircraft climbed out of LHBP, it transitioned into a steady enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 3,001 feet above sea level in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The climb was followed by a brief level cruise phase, lasting 3 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles, before the aircraft began its descent towards the destination. The descent phase was initiated 1 mile west of Gomba, with the aircraft losing 1,307 feet in altitude over a distance of 7 nautical miles in 2 minutes.
The final approach to runway 31R was conducted from the southeast, with the aircraft aligning with the runway at 4 nautical miles and 1,218 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly below the target, at 109 knots, and a touchdown distance of 119 meters, which was within acceptable limits. The touchdown speed of 107 knots was also good, but the touchdown rate was heavy at -628 feet per minute. The aircraft taxied to the parking area after the landing, taking 8 minutes to cover a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 30 nautical miles, with a fuel consumption of 613 kilograms, and a total flight time of 18 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 31R at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 109 kt was slightly below the target, but still within acceptable limits. The touchdown distance of 119 m was satisfactory, and the touchdown speed of 107 kt was also good, suggesting a controlled descent.
However, the touchdown rate of -628 fpm was heavy, indicating a steeper-than-desired descent. This may have been due to the pilot's attempt to maintain a high speed during the approach. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 m from the centreline, which may have been a result of the crosswind or tailwind conditions. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 9 °C and a wind speed of 6 kt at 90 °, were relatively calm, but the crosswind of 4 kt and tailwind of 4 kt may have affected the aircraft's alignment.
Despite the heavy touchdown rate and slight misalignment, the total landing distance of 915 m was only 25% of the runway length, indicating a good overall performance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing scored 94.4%, indicating a good but not exceptional performance.
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