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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,894 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 414 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ100, then departed from runway 28 at Zürich Airport (LSZH), with a takeoff distance of 1,212 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 139 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 20°C temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 22°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead Rumlang, a town in the Kanton Zurich region of Switzerland, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 2,450 feet above sea level to 28,970 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,521 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 71 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 1 mile south of Someo, a town in the Ticino region of Switzerland. This phase lasted for 32 minutes and covered a distance of 215 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile south of Massa Marittima, a town in the Toscana region of Italy, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 29,357 feet above sea level to 1,322 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,034 feet in 25 minutes, covering a distance of 90 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16L at Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (LIRF) was made from the north, with a heading of 163.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,302 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 16L, which had a length of 3,894 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 114 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 393 meters, and the touchdown speed was 109 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -214 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 23°C temperature and a wind speed of 15 knots at 240°, with a crosswind of 15 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 867 meters, which accounted for 22% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 387 nautical miles, which was covered in 93 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,839 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The RJ100 aircraft successfully landed at LIRF Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, achieving a high score of 96.7%. The final approach to runway 16L was conducted from the north, with the aircraft heading 163.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,302 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed smoothly, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 114 knots. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 393 meters, and the touchdown speed of 109 knots was well within the recommended range. However, the touchdown rate of -214 feet per minute was only fair, indicating that the aircraft could have been brought down to the ground more gently.
One minor issue was observed during the landing, as the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a minor error in navigation.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from 240°. This resulted in a crosswind of 15 knots and a headwind of 3 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing.
Despite the minor issues, the total landing distance of 867 meters was only 22% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop quickly and efficiently after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing and rollout phases. Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft achieving a high score and demonstrating good handling and control.
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