Leg 10 - LEMD-LPMA
Departed: 11:00z (RWY 18R)
Arrived: 13:15z (RWY 5)
Weather: Broken clouds on departure; overcast for landing
Aircraft: Airbus A320neo
Route: LEMD DCT CCS DCT GANSU B18 NARTA DCT LIDRO LIDR5A LPMA/R05-Z
Approach: RNAV-Z RWY05 (direct)
Remarks:
- Pilot2ATC assigned a straight out departure from RWY 18R at LEMD and assigned the LIDR5A arrival with vectors to RNAV-Z 05 FAF
- Unfortunately, the autopilot went haywire with its descent path and I ended up in the ocean on my first landing attempt (I was too busy taking screenshots to notice what it was doing…). I decided I wasn’t going to fly the whole route again, so loaded up the flight in Madrid and used the ‘Travel to’ feature to jump to the start of the RNAV approach (which actually worked surprisingly well!). On the second attempt, the autopilot was again playing up and tried to climb unexpectedly, so I took manual control and landed without issue.
Distance completed: 2,934nm Distance remaining: 43,657nm
For the next leg, its a return hop across the Atlantic and briefly back onto British soil for a landing in Gibraltar (LXGB).