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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,197 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,311 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Stuttgart Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft reached the runway threshold, it initiated its departure roll on runway 07, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 158 knots. The takeoff distance of 5,236 feet was 53% of the available runway length, indicating a smooth and efficient departure.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute altitude, it began its ascent from 2,130 feet above sea level to 33,010 feet, a vertical increase of 30,880 feet. This climb phase, which started approximately 1 mile northwest of Neuhausen auf den Fildern, took 17 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 109 nautical miles. Following a 20-minute cruise at level altitude, the aircraft began its descent from 33,013 feet to 1,498 feet, a decrease of 31,515 feet, as it approached Rijeka Airport. The descent phase, which started overhead Kal nad Kanalom, took 20 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 112 nautical miles.
As the aircraft entered the final approach phase, it aligned itself with runway 32 at Rijeka Airport, heading 324.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,230 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above the target at 139 knots, and a touchdown distance of 1,308 feet, which was 43% of the available runway length. The touchdown speed of 133 knots was a little fast, but the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned from the centerline by 13 feet. Following a smooth rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 382 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 6,066 pounds of fuel during the journey, which took a total of 66 minutes.
The final approach to runway 32 at LDRI Rijeka Airport from the south east was executed with precision, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 324.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,230 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 knots, indicating a slight deviation from the ideal landing conditions.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown distance was good at 1,308 feet, but the touchdown speed of 133 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -310 feet per minute, which is consistent with a controlled landing. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal landing spot. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 82°F and a light wind of 4 knots at 7°, contributed to a relatively straightforward landing.
The total landing distance of 3,527 feet, which accounts for 43% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, demonstrating the pilot's ability to maintain control and stability during the critical phase of the landing. Overall, the landing was scored 97.7%, reflecting a high level of proficiency and adherence to standard operating procedures.
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