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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.
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Arrival
Hold the approach speed back toward 45 ft with power and let the aircraft descend to the normal flare band before rounding out.
What happened: The flare began early at 66 ft, well above the normal band, and the aircraft touched down fast at 129 kt against a vref of 127 kt. An early flare like this usually carries extra speed through to touchdown rather than bleeding it off.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare within the normal band near 45 ft.
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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,857 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,857 m of the 2,132 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 871 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Embraer E190 aircraft took off from runway 06 at Edinburgh Airport (EGPH), requiring 780 meters or 37% of the 2,132-meter runway for takeoff. It reached liftoff speed at 139 knots. At the time of departure, local weather conditions included a temperature of 2°C and winds of 1 knot blowing from the northeast, which meant a very slight tailwind of 1 knot.
As the plane entered its enroute climb phase, it started 1 mile northeast of the airport and gradually climbed from 1,118 feet to 2,567 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles over the period of 1 minute. During this climb, the aircraft increased its altitude by 1,449 feet, demonstrating strong climbing capabilities.
Following the climb phase, the enroute level cruise commenced 2 miles south of Burntisland and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. However, this level cruise was a relatively brief interlude before the commencement of the enroute descent.
The descent began 2 miles north of Edinburgh and took place over a distance of 5 nautical miles within a span of 2 minutes. The aircraft descended from 2,196 feet to 590 feet above sea level.
During the final approach, the aircraft, which had been circling the airport from the northeast, approached runway 24 from the north east. Flying at a heading of 244 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 469 feet above ground level, the pilot prepared for landing.
Upon touch down at the EGPH runway 24, the aircraft was 448 meters past the touchdown zone. Although the touchdown speed of 129 knots might be considered slightly fast, the touchdown rate of 114 feet per minute remained smooth. The aircraft's runway touchdown was not perfectly aligned with the centerline, being slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters.
After landing, the aircraft underwent a 1,769-meter rollout on the runway, equating 83% of the runway's total length. The roll out alignment was excellent.
In summary, this Embraer E190 flight covered a total distance of 16 nautical miles over a span of 7 minutes, consuming 337 kilograms of fuel in the process.
The Embraer 190 aircraft successfully landed at Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) on runway 24, achieving an overall score of 87.4%. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, on a heading of 244.0°, 1 nautical mile away from the runway and at an altitude of 469 feet above ground level.
Noting that good threshold height was achieved, the threshold speed of 137 knots was somewhat excessive for the given conditions. The aircraft touched down 448 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slightly longer-than-expected landing. The touchdown speed of 129 knots was also too high, which may have contributed to the prolonged landing distance.
However, the touchdown rate was smooth, with a descent of -114 feet per minute, demonstrating good control and piloting skills. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centerline, but this appears to be a minor deviation.
Given the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 2°C and a 2-knot headwind at 243°, the crosswind and headwind conditions were minimal. These conditions suggest that pilot error or aircraft handling factors may have played a greater role in the slightly prolonged landing distance.
The total landing distance of 1769 meters represents 83% of the available runway length of 2132 meters. Runway rollout alignment was reported to be very good, indicating effective application of braking control and a smooth post-landing deceleration.
Overall, this landing may be characterized as generally acceptable, but with some room for improvement in terms of controlling touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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