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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 10 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Be established on the glideslope by the gate, and take the power back earlier on final so the height and the speed come back together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: The approach was off the glideslope at the gate, and the aircraft then crossed the threshold at 163 ft agl, 113 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 155 kt, 29 kt over the 126 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 1,607 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Glideslope indication at the gate, then airspeed: 126 kt on short final
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 25 stages, 23 in the score
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 7.5° against the runway's 3° and speed 41 kt FAST on the reference speed of 126 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,821 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,821 m of the 3,330 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,064 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 26R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport in 9 minutes, covering 3 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 26R with a take-off distance of 2,576 m (63 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 164 kt. The local weather at departure was temperature 42 °C, wind 24 kt from 229°, giving a crosswind component of 16 kt and a headwind component of 19 kt.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 25 seconds, averaging 2,059 fpm and reaching 150 kt at the top of the climb.
The climb continued from 3,230 ft asl to 40,644 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 157 nm, beginning 1 mile west of KLAS with a brief level-off at 31,300 ft asl.
Cruise level flight was held at 41,000 ft asl for 14 minutes, covering 96 nm, beginning 5 miles north-west of Valle.
Descent from 41,252 ft asl to 31,308 ft asl lasted 17 minutes, covering 142 nm, beginning 3 miles north-east of Dilkon, with brief level-offs at 31,200 ft asl, 31,300 ft asl, 30,700 ft asl, 31,300 ft asl, 31,200 ft asl and 31,200 ft asl.
A prolonged level segment at 31,300 ft asl continued for 199 minutes, covering 1,605 nm, beginning 14 miles south-west of Highland Meadows.
The final descent from 31,328 ft asl to 1,806 ft asl took 12 minutes, covering 75 nm, beginning 14 miles north of MYX5 Cistern Field.
Final approach to runway 14 at MYNN Lynden Pindling International Airport descended from 1,883 ft agl to 185 ft agl in 56 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, centreline and wings level; they were not met for glideslope and speed. Configuration on final was landing gear down at 2,922 ft agl and 211 kt, and final flap position 5 at 1,663 ft agl and 180 kt.
Landing on runway 14 (runway length 3,330 m) had a threshold height of 163 ft agl, which was excessively over target, and a threshold speed of 155 kt, which was too high. The flare was described as excellent; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred after using more than 50 % of the available runway, at a speed of 120 kt (good) and a hard rate of -436 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 7.8 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was temperature 29 °C, wind 5 kt from 150°, crosswind 1 kt, headwind 5 kt. No bounce occurred.
Total landing distance was 2,692 m (81 % of the runway). Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.7 m from the centreline.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 5 minutes, covering 1 nm.
The flight covered a total distance of 2,087 nm in 280 minutes and used 13,004 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320ceo entered the final approach to runway 14 at MYNN Lynden Pindling International Airport from the north-west on a heading of 135.0° at 2 NM and 1,784 ft agl. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, with a sink rate too high, off the glideslope and more than 20 kt above VREF; the aircraft descended from 1,883 ft agl to 185 ft agl in 56 seconds.
At threshold the aircraft was 163 ft agl, a height excessively over target, and the threshold speed was too high at 155 kt.
Touchdown occurred well beyond the intended aim point, using more than 50 % of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 120 kt was within limits, but the touchdown rate was firm at minus 302 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.9 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,692 m, representing 81 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
Future flights should concentrate on establishing a stabilized approach within the 1,000 ft gate, correcting sink rate and glideslope deviations, and maintaining speed at or below VREF to permit a touchdown within the first third of the runway. Reducing the threshold speed will also help to shorten the touchdown point and preserve runway margin.
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