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9airbus
Hi I am new here, so not sure its in the correct place.
A320 Situation: on short final below 700 ft late landing clearance received crosswind 10 kts gusting 20 kts.
It is advisable to go selected speed and add half of the difference (5kts)?
thanks for your answers.
I guess what you mean is that you planned the approach without the gust, and didn't add anything to Vapp, and now you have a gusty crosswind, but it is too late to change Vapp.
My company allows for us to land with selected speed, but it is definitely not recommended. Use cases are being close to a 737, with a lot of HW on the approach, but lower winds on the field. GS-mini eats up the separation.
Gusty crosswind does not have the same impact on energy as gusty headwind. You will be correcting LOC more than GS, but that does not affect power, so I would not go selected because of crosswind gusts. And I will disagree with most here, I do think it is okay to use selected if the HW gusts increase on short final. GS-MINI is great, but it doesn't have an additive for gusts. AB does recommend an additive for gusts, so....