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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
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 108 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 303 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,699 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,699 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 625 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A321, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LaGuardia Airport, taking 14 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 22, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 1,351 meters, which was 63% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 1°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots at 293 degrees. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead Jackson Heights in New York, with the aircraft ascending from 949 feet above sea level to 35,960 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,011 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles south east of Mount Laurel in New Jersey, lasting 79 minutes and covering 483 nautical miles. The descent started 2 miles north east of SC86 Williamsport Airpark Easley in South Carolina, with the aircraft descending from 36,000 feet above sea level to 2,356 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,644 feet in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 126 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26R at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 270.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,328 feet above ground level. The landing took place on runway 26R, which was 2,738 meters long. The threshold height was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 141 knots.
The touchdown point was 208 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 131 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -261 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 210 degrees, with a crosswind component of 12 knots and a headwind component of 7 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,617 meters, which was 59% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.7 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 733 nautical miles, taking 146 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,897 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) on runway 26R. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,328 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good speed of 141 knots during the approach, meeting the target threshold speed.
However, the threshold height at 67 feet agl was above the target, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal approach path. Despite this, the touchdown point was 208 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 131 knots was also within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled landing.
The touchdown rate of -261 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the aircraft touched down with a moderate rate of descent. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 13.7 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 210°. The crosswind component was 12 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots. These conditions may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing performance.
The total landing distance of 1,617 meters was 59% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with some minor deviations from the ideal approach and landing parameters.
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