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Work on the flare
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,479 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,479 m of the 3,715 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,012 m past the threshold — beyond 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 25R at EBBR Brussels Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,540 meters, which is 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 20 knots at 200 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 14 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Diegem in Flanders, Belgium. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 129 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,171 feet above sea level to 33,974 feet above sea level.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, starting 1 mile south east of Karbach in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. This phase lasted for 54 minutes and covered a distance of 422 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb phase, starting overhead Vrbanovec in Varazdin, Croatia. This climb took only 2 minutes and covered a distance of 13 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 34,058 feet above sea level to 35,749 feet above sea level.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile south west of Koprivnica in Koprivinica-Krizevci, Croatia. This phase lasted for 64 minutes and covered a distance of 479 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent phase, starting 2 miles east of LBTO Topolovgrad Airport in Topolovgrad, Bulgaria. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 102 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 35,408 feet above sea level to 3,862 feet above sea level.
The aircraft then entered a series of short level cruise phases, starting 1 mile south of Silivri in Istanbul, Turkey. These phases were short, lasting only a few minutes each, and covered relatively short distances. The aircraft then began its final descent phase, starting 4 miles south of Selimpasa in Istanbul, Turkey. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 3,859 feet above sea level to 3,225 feet above sea level.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 6 miles west of Beylikduezue in Istanbul, Turkey. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent phase, starting 2 miles north east of Esenyurt in Istanbul, Turkey. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 9 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 2,904 feet above sea level to 1,627 feet above sea level.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 34L at LTFM Istanbul Airport, flying from the south at a heading of 359.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,394 feet above ground level. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 150 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 8 knots.
The aircraft landed on runway 34L, which has a length of 3,715 meters. The threshold height at 83 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 141 knots. The touchdown point was 553 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 34L at LTFM İstanbul Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 359.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,394 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 553 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run.
The touchdown speed of 130 knots was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate of -434 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard, suggesting a potentially rough landing experience for passengers. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the over-run and hard touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 9 knots from 150°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots, which could have affected the aircraft's approach and landing performance.
The total landing distance of 2,355 meters was 63% of the available runway length, indicating a relatively long landing roll. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the overall deviation from the ideal landing parameters.
Overall, while the Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 34L at LTFM İstanbul Airport, the deviations from the ideal landing parameters suggest that there may be room for improvement in terms of approach and landing technique.
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