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Improve the touchdown
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 3,041 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 232 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A220-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 13R at KSAT San Antonio International Airport, a movement that lasted 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 13R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 146 kt and left the ground after traveling a takeoff distance of 1,707 m, representing 66 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 34 °C with wind from 150° at 16 kt, including a 5 kt crosswind component and a 16 kt headwind.
The climb commenced 1 mile southeast of KSAT, with the aircraft climbing from 1,664 ft asl to 35,974 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,310 ft achieved in 31 minutes while covering 205 nm.
Level cruise began overhead TX34 Windy Tales Airport, Mineral Wells, Texas, and was maintained for 90 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 668 nm.
Descent operations started 2 miles east of Forest City, Iowa, with a reduction from 35,971 ft asl to 2,113 ft asl, a loss of 33,858 ft accomplished in 21 minutes over a distance of 122 nm.
The final approach to runway 12R at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was conducted from the northwest, on a heading of 122.0° at 4 nm and 1,250 ft agl.
Landing on runway 12R, which is 3,041 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 133 kt. Touchdown occurred 234 m down the runway at a speed of 128 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 400 fpm and very good alignment. Weather at the time was 21 °C with wind from 160° at 18 kt, including an 11 kt crosswind and a 14 kt headwind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,249 m, equivalent to 41 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was measured as slightly off centreline by 7.9 m.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area, a taxi-in that required 10 minutes and covered 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,005 nm, required 164 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 4,761 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 executed a final approach to runway 12R at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport from the north-west, tracking a heading of 122.0° at 4 nm and 1,250 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 21 °C with a wind of 18 kt from 160°, providing an 11 kt cross-wind component and a 14 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare phase the runway length of 3,041 m offered a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was good at 133 kt.
Touchdown occurred 234 m down the runway at a speed of 128 kt, both judged good, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 400 fpm and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The total landing distance was 1,249 m, representing 41 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.9 m from the centreline.
Minor refinements to the flare technique could reduce the firm touchdown rate, and tighter control of the rollout path would eliminate the 7.9 m centreline deviation, helping to maintain the high overall score of 93.0 %.
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