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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 5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 585 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 411 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope and speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,043 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,043 m of the 2,774 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,182 m past the threshold — beyond 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 25 at the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,641 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 160 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 32°C and winds of 9 knots at 229°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 8 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of the airport and continued for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,074 feet above sea level to 16,414 feet, an increase of 15,340 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 6 miles south of Armenia and lasted for 9 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 51 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 2 miles east of Oratorio and continued for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 31 nautical miles. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 16,606 feet to 8,834 feet, a decrease of 7,772 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northeast of Villa Nueva and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, which started 1 mile south of Guatemala City and continued for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 8,814 feet to 12,284 feet, an increase of 3,470 feet.
The aircraft then began its descent, which started 2 miles south of San Raimundo and continued for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 12,318 feet to 8,170 feet, a decrease of 4,148 feet. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southwest of San Pedro Ayampuc and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb, which started 3 miles southeast of San Jose Pinula and continued for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 7,621 feet to 8,077 feet, an increase of 456 feet. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northeast of San Jose Pinula and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 20 at La Aurora Airport began from the north, with the aircraft heading 198.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,738 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 20 was successful, with the aircraft touching down 778 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was hard at -487 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 17°C and winds of 22 knots at 10°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 22 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,974
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at MGGT La Aurora Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 198.0° at 3 nautical miles and 1,738 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 20, which has a length of 2,774 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was significantly above the target speed of 142 knots, indicating that the aircraft was descending at a faster rate than intended. The touchdown point was located 778 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a considerable distance. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly faster than the ideal speed, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -487 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 9.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 22 knots at 10°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the tailwind component was 22 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing.
The total landing distance of 1,974 meters was 71% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. However, the deviations from the ideal landing parameters, such as the high threshold speed, fast touchdown speed, and hard touchdown rate, suggest that the pilot may have been experiencing some difficulties during the approach and landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but with some room for improvement in terms of precision and control.
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