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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,760 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,760 m of the 2,507 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 497 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 29 at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,330 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 1 °C, with a wind speed of 27 knots at a direction of 320 °. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 24 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Rebiechowo in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The climb took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 86 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,478 feet above sea level to 32,065 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,587 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 40 nautical miles. This phase began 4 miles southeast of Bartoszyce in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles northeast of Banie Mazurskie in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. The descent took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 31,462 feet above sea level to 1,876 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,586 feet.
The final approach to runway 01 at Vilnius International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading at 22.0 ° and being 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 01, which had a length of 2,507 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots. However, the touchdown point was 77 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 127 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -267 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.0 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.6 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -5 °C, with a wind speed of 12 knots at a direction of 320 °. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,675 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 246 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 63 minutes. The aircraft used 3,070 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at EYVI Vilnius International Airport, achieving a score of 95.6%. The final approach to runway 01 was initiated from the south, with a heading of 22.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,245 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 2,507 meters, with a good threshold height.
The threshold speed was maintained at 136 knots, indicating a smooth and controlled approach. However, the touchdown point was located 77 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 127 knots was slightly faster than ideal. The touchdown rate of -267 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting a moderate rate of descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -5°C and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 320°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,675 meters was 67% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.0 meters from the centerline, and the rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.6 meters from the centerline. These minor deviations suggest that the aircraft may have been slightly off-center during the landing roll.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown point and rollout alignment.
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