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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 11 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Apply small, early rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline from touchdown onward.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 5.6 m off the centreline during the landing roll, and by touchdown the offset had grown to 4.5 m. A centreline deviation that appears on landing usually carries through to a larger offset at touchdown.
Watch for: Centreline marker: aircraft tracking straight over the runway centreline, not drifting to either side.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,609 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 417 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from London Luton Airport (EGGW), the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. With runway 25 cleared for departure, the aircraft accelerated down the 1,065-meter takeoff distance, which represented 51% of the available runway length. At a liftoff speed of 144 knots, the aircraft lifted off the ground, taking advantage of the 6-knot headwind and 22-knot crosswind conditions, with a wind direction of 330 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from Luton, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 21,580 feet above sea level in just 8 minutes, covering a distance of 39 nautical miles. The climb was characterized by a significant increase in altitude, with a total ascent of 20,163 feet. Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 10 minutes and covered 62 nautical miles, before beginning its descent towards Jersey Airport (EGJJ). The descent phase, which started 11 miles south-east of Swanage, saw the aircraft lose 19,184 feet in altitude over a period of 16 minutes, covering a distance of 84 nautical miles.
Upon reaching the Jersey Airport area, the aircraft entered a second level cruise phase, lasting 4 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles. With the final approach to runway 26 at EGJJ initiated, the aircraft touched down on the 1,609-meter runway, with a touchdown distance of 418 meters, representing 60% of the available runway length. The touchdown speed of 138 knots was slightly above the target value, while the touchdown rate of -140 feet per minute was smooth. Following a successful landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 10 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance of 202 nautical miles was achieved in 44 minutes, with the aircraft consuming 1,842 kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 26 at EGJJ Jersey Airport from the east, heading 263.0° at 4 nm and 1,268 ft agl, was executed with good approach quality. The aircraft maintained a stable and controlled descent throughout the approach, with a threshold height that was well within the acceptable limits. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 142 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal approach speed.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown distance was good at 418 m, indicating a well-controlled and smooth touchdown. However, the touchdown speed at 138 kt was a little fast, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway touchdown position, being 3.8 m off centreline. The touchdown rate was smooth at -140 fpm, indicating a well-managed and controlled descent. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 19 °C and a headwind of 16 kt, were favourable for the landing.
The total landing distance of 973 m, which accounted for 60% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a high level of control and precision during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of proficiency, resulting in a score of 99.6%.
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