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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 12 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 12 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 12 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 2,061 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,061 m of the 2,395 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 826 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 to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 29 at Warsaw Chopin Airport (EPWA). The takeoff distance was 1,591 meters, which accounted for 69% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 260 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the town of Wlochy in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. The climb took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 128 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,334 feet above sea level to 33,250 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,916 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 2 miles southwest of the town of Jarocin in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. This phase lasted for 43 minutes and covered a distance of 284 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 1 mile west of the town of Hardegsen in Lower Saxony, Germany. The descent took 29 minutes and covered a distance of 119 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 33,449 feet above sea level to 1,402 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,047 feet.
The final approach to runway 05R at Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL) was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading 53.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,261 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. However, the aircraft was forced to execute a go-around at an altitude of 19 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 05R, which had a length of 2,395 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 142 knots. The touchdown point was 410 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -104 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.6 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 300 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,980 meters, which accounted for 83% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 10.0 meters.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 549 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 127 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 6,387 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05R at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport, achieving an overall score of 84.3%. The final approach to the runway was initiated from the southwest, heading 53.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,261 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's approach to the runway was characterized by a good threshold speed of 143 kt, which is within the acceptable range. However, the threshold height at 72 ft agl was slightly above the target, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal approach path. Despite this, the landing was executed smoothly, with a touchdown speed of 132 kt, which is within the acceptable range.
The touchdown point was located 410 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown rate was also smooth, at -104 fpm, indicating a controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.6 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments during future approaches.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 6 kt at 300°. The crosswind component was 6 kt, while the tailwind component was 2 kt, which is relatively minor and should not have significantly impacted the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,980 meters, which is 83% of the runway length. This is a relatively efficient landing, considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.0 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments during future landings.
Overall, the landing was executed smoothly and efficiently, with some minor deviations from the ideal approach path. The aircraft's performance was satisfactory, and the crew's skills were demonstrated in handling the aircraft during the landing.
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