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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 6.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,257 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,257 m of the 3,547 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 200 m touchdown sits inside 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 07 at MKJS Sangster International Airport, located in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The takeoff distance was 1,538 meters, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 30°C temperature and a wind speed of 5 knots at 340°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile northeast of the airport, where the aircraft ascended from 1,052 feet above sea level to 37,261 feet above sea level, a total increase of 36,209 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 109 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 24 miles south of Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba, and lasted for 34 minutes, covering a distance of 244 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 66 miles south of Ocean Cay Heliport, Bahamas, where it descended from 36,935 feet above sea level to 1,827 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 35,108 feet in 25 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 09 at KMIA Miami International Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 87.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,793 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 09 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 201 meters, which was good. The touchdown speed was 118 knots, also good, but the touchdown rate was fair at -282 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 30°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 60°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 13 knots. The total landing distance was 2,167 meters, which accounted for 61% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.2 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 476 nautical miles, which was covered in 90 minutes, using 3,203 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at Miami International Airport (KMIA) with a score of 90.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, heading 87.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,793 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 09, which has a length of 3,547 meters.
The landing was executed with a threshold height that met the requirements, but the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 120 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 201 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 118 knots was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -282 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating a slightly steeper descent than desired.
The aircraft's alignment with the runway centerline was not ideal, with a significant misalignment of 15.3 meters during touchdown and a further 14.2 meters during rollout. This suggests that the pilot may have had difficulty maintaining a straight course during the final stages of the approach and landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°C and winds of 15 knots at 60°. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 13 knots, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced during the landing.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, but with some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining a straight course during the final approach and landing.
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