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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 2,132 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 578 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 started with a 4-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EKVG Vágar Airport. The aircraft taxied at an average speed of 29 knots. The departure roll on runway 30 covered 60% of the runway, with a takeoff distance of 1,077 meters. The liftoff speed was 139 knots, with crosswinds of 17 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The local weather at the time of departure was 10°C with a wind speed of 17 knots at 209°.
The departure climb saw the aircraft reach 1,000 feet above ground level before the enroute climb started over Sorvagur in the Faroe Islands. The climb took the aircraft from 1,113 feet above sea level to 36,102 feet, covering a distance of 107 nautical miles in 19 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 76 miles east of Sumba and lasted 41 minutes, covering 280 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started over Perth, Scotland, with the aircraft descending from 36,509 feet to 5,759 feet in 30 minutes, covering a distance of 24 nautical miles. The descent continued as the aircraft reached 5,766 feet and descended to 4,053 feet over Biggar in South Lanarkshire, covering 11 nautical miles in 4 minutes. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase 2 miles north of Peebles, covering 18 nautical miles in 4 minutes before descending from 3,442 feet to 1,411 feet over Cockenzie in East Lothian, covering 8 nautical miles in 3 minutes.
The final approach to runway 24 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport saw the aircraft descending from 1,293 feet above ground level to touch down at 44 feet above ground level. The landing occurred on a runway with a length of 2,132 meters, with a good threshold height and speed. The touchdown point was slightly beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 129 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -450 feet per minute, and the runway alignment was perfect. The local weather at the time of landing was 3°C with a wind speed of 6 knots at 260°.
The total landing distance was 1,141 meters, covering 54% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied at an average speed of 26 knots before reaching the parking area, a 5-minute journey covering less than 1 nautical mile.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 484 nautical miles over a duration of 125 minutes. The aircraft consumed 4,273 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
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