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Slow down before tight turns
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,540 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,540 m of the 2,195 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 779 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Vueling aircraft taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24L at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, the aircraft used 968 m of runway (36 % of the available length) and lifted off at 144 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 33 °C, wind 6 kt from 210°, with a 3 kt crosswind component and a 5 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead the departure airport, ascending from 983 ft asl to 37,998 ft asl - a gain of 37,015 ft - in 17 minutes while traversing 108 nm.
The first cruise segment began 56 miles south-east of Tossa de Mar and continued for 114 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 926 nm at level flight.
Descent started 6 miles south-west of Spetses, descending from 37,757 ft asl to 3,510 ft asl - a loss of 34,248 ft - in 20 minutes and spanning 122 nm.
A subsequent level cruise was initiated 1 mile north-east of Oia, lasting 8 minutes and covering 30 nm.
The final approach to runway 33 at LGSR Santorini Airport was flown from the south-east, on a heading of 336.0°, at 4 nm and 1,264 ft agl.
Landing on runway 33, whose length is 2,195 m, occurred with a threshold height of 55 ft agl (slightly above target) and a threshold speed of 134 kt. Touchdown was recorded 363 m beyond the touchdown zone at 132 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 102 fpm; the touchdown point was laterally offset by 18.9 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 24 °C, wind 4 kt from 282°, with a 3 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind. Total landing distance measured 1,460 m (66 % of the runway).
Runway rollout continued with an alignment deviation of 17.6 m from the centreline, completing the landing roll over the 1,460 m distance.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,196nm, took 172, and consumed 5,160 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 33 at LGSR Santorini Airport was conducted from the south-east on a heading of 336.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,264 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height of 55 ft agl was slightly above target while the threshold speed of 134 kt was recorded as good.
Touchdown occurred 363 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 132 kt judged good and a smooth vertical rate of minus 102 fpm. The touchdown point was significantly misaligned by 18.9 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 1,460 m, representing 66 % of the runway.
Rollout alignment remained off centreline by 17.6 m.
Improving lateral alignment on final approach and maintaining that alignment through rollout will reduce the centreline deviations noted at touchdown and rollout. Focusing on precise heading control during the approach will help achieve a more centered touchdown and runway exit.
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