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Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 9.1 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 4.6 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 scored
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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 1,529 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,529 m of the 3,656 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 467 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Bergen Airport, Flesland, runway 17, the Airbus A321 began its journey with a taxiing period of 10 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles to reach the runway. At 15 °C and with a gentle wind of 5 kt at 119 °, the aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 1,507 meters, utilizing 62% of the runway. Liftoff speed was achieved at 158 kt, marking the start of the climb phase.
As the aircraft ascended from 1,033 feet above sea level to 36,778 feet, it covered 143 nautical miles in 23 minutes, demonstrating a steady climb rate. The enroute level cruise phase followed, lasting 24 minutes and covering 175 nautical miles, before the aircraft began its descent from 37,032 feet to 1,414 feet, a decrease of 35,618 feet in 23 minutes. The final approach to runway 15 at Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport was initiated from the northwest, with a heading of 153.0 ° at 4 nautical miles and 1,358 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above target at 140 kt, and the touchdown point was 53 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 131 kt and a rate of -153 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.6 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,450 meters, utilizing 45% of the runway. Following a taxiing period of 3 minutes, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having covered a total distance of 453 nautical miles and consuming 3,875 kilograms of fuel in 81 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 15 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, demonstrating a good threshold height. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 140 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal approach speed. The touchdown point was 53 m beyond the touchdown zone, suggesting a slightly long touchdown. The touchdown speed of 131 kt was a little fast, which may have contributed to the slightly long touchdown.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the touchdown rate was good at -153 fpm, indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.6 m from the centreline, which may have been due to the crosswind component of 7 kt. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 14 °C and a wind of 9 kt at 210 °, may have also played a role in the slight deviation from the centreline.
The total landing distance of 1,450 m was 45% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a high level of control and precision during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was scored 98.9%, reflecting a high level of proficiency and adherence to standard operating procedures.
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