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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 6.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 27 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 27 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 27 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 19 stages, 17 scored
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,292 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 527 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 area to the runway, which took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 17 at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport (UBBB). The takeoff distance was 1,492 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and winds of 14 knots at 149 degrees. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 13 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile west of Biny Selo, a suburb of Baku City, Azerbaijan. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 991 feet above sea level to 25,010 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,019 feet, in just 13 minutes and covering a distance of 46 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 7 miles northeast of Qobustan, a town in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. This phase lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 44 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 11 miles east of the Bygyr Airport Geoktschai (UBGE), another airport in Azerbaijan. The aircraft descended from an altitude of 25,051 feet above sea level to 2,747 feet above sea level, a decrease of 22,305 feet, in 18 minutes and covering a distance of 83 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at the Ganja International Airport (UBBG) was made from the northwest, with a heading of 128.0 degrees at an altitude of 3 nautical miles and 1,658 feet above ground level. However, the aircraft was forced to execute a go-around at an altitude of 1,297 feet above ground level. Eventually, the aircraft landed safely on runway 12, which had a length of 3,292 meters. The threshold height was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 144 knots.
The touchdown point was 113 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 145 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -218 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the local weather conditions had changed, with a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and winds of 16 knots at 80 degrees. The crosswind was 12 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots. The total landing distance was 1,249 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. Unfortunately, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.8 meters from the centerline.
The total flight distance was 187 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 58 minutes. The aircraft used 2,478 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at UBBG Ganja International Airport, achieving a score of 92.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 128.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,658 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 12, which has a length of 3,292 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 113 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the designated area. The touchdown speed of 145 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have needed to apply more braking force to slow down the aircraft. The touchdown rate of -218 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot managed to control the descent effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 80°. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 11 knots, which the pilot successfully managed to compensate for during the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,249 meters was 38% of the runway length, indicating that the pilot was able to bring the aircraft to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 16.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the pilot's efforts to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and landing phases. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and runway rollout alignment, which may be areas for improvement in future landings.
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