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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,895 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 367 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 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF), with a takeoff distance of 1,152 meters, which accounted for 29% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 4°C temperature and winds of 8 knots at 20°. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. After departing from Frankfurt Airport, the enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,372 feet above sea level to 37,873 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,501 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 123 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile south east of Petersdorf, Germany, and lasted for 675 minutes, covering a distance of 462 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 31 miles west of Pavilosta, Latvia, descending from 36,521 feet above sea level to 14,902 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,619 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 81 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again 2 miles north east of Talsi, Latvia, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 6 miles north east of Kandava, Latvia, descending from 14,235 feet above sea level to 1,307 feet above sea level, a decrease of 12,928 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 39 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at Riga International Airport (EVRA) was made from the south, with a heading of 5.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,261 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 36, which had a length of 2,895 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 130 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 369 meters, but the touchdown speed of 126 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was good at -191 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 1°C temperature and winds of 9 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 9 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,271 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 725 nautical miles, taking 131 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,530 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at Riga International Airport, achieving a score of 99.8%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south, heading 5.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,261 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed safely on runway 36, which has a length of 2,895 meters.
The threshold height was good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it approached the runway. The threshold speed of 130 knots was also satisfactory, demonstrating that the pilots had maintained control and were on track for a smooth landing. The touchdown distance of 369 meters was within acceptable limits, further indicating that the pilots had executed the landing with precision.
However, the touchdown speed of 126 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. The touchdown rate of -191 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, demonstrating that the pilots had maintained control and were aligned with the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 270°. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot, which the pilots successfully managed during the landing. The total landing distance of 1,271 meters was 44% of the runway length, indicating that the pilots had executed the landing with precision and control.
The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, demonstrating that the pilots had maintained control and were able to bring the aircraft to a stop safely. Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, and the pilots were able to bring the aircraft to a safe stop within a short distance.
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