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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 11 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Nothing to change in the speed, the height or the flare. Keep the landing attitude held until the mains are on, so the aircraft is not let down onto the runway in the last moment.
What happened: The touchdown rate was 238 fpm. Nothing before it explains that: threshold speed and height were within limits and the flare was flown normally.
Watch for: Touchdown rate: a little less than 238 fpm next time
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 346 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 36L at LEMD, a movement that lasted 4 minutes and covered approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 36L, the Airbus A321-ceo accelerated over a takeoff distance of 2,129 m, representing 49 % of the runway, and lifted off at 172 kt. Local weather at the time was 32 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 140°, a crosswind component of 2 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
Climb commenced 2 miles south-east of San Sebastian de los Reyes, with the aircraft climbing from 2,959 ft asl to 30,781 ft asl, an increase of 27,821 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 134 nm.
Level cruise began 4 miles east of Monroy and persisted for 7 minutes, during which the flight covered 49 nm at a constant altitude.
Descent was initiated 4 miles north-west of Alburquerque, descending from 31,003 ft asl to 1,642 ft asl, a loss of 29,361 ft in 22 minutes and spanning 121 nm.
The final approach to runway 02 at LPPT was flown from the south on a heading of 23.0° at 4 nm and 1,284 ft agl. The approach continued with a descent from 1,342 ft agl to 44 ft agl in 97 seconds, and the aircraft was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 02 was executed with a threshold speed of 143 kt on a runway length of 3,710 m. Touchdown occurred at 139 kt, 347 m down the runway, with a touchdown rate of minus 201 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment. Weather at the airport was 31 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 85°, a crosswind component of 2 kt and a headwind component of 1 kt.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 1,357 m, representing 37 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was noted as very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 316 nm, required 59 minutes of elapsed time, and used 0 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321ceo began its final approach to runway 02 at LPPT, turning to a heading of 23.0° while 4 nm from the threshold at 1,284 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. During the final segment the aircraft descended from 1,342 ft agl to 44 ft agl in 97 seconds, meeting the stabilisation-gate criteria.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 143 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly configured for the flare.
Touchdown occurred 347 m down the runway, a distance judged good, with a touchdown speed of 139 kt that was a little fast. The vertical rate at touchdown was fair at minus 201 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,357 m, representing 37 % of the 3,710 m runway.
Rollout alignment remained very good throughout the remaining ground roll.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly to bring the vertical rate closer to the target, which will also help keep the landing distance well within runway limits. Maintaining the current alignment performance will preserve the very good rollout results.
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