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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Rotate at 134 kt rather than letting speed build further down the runway.
What happened: Liftoff came late at 231 kt against a target of 134 kt, and the climb that followed carried extra g.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 134 kt at rotation, then g meter in the climb
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 35 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 35 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 35 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up and speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,653 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,653 m of the 3,731 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 934 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departure from Taipei Songshan Airport's runway 28 was smooth, with the Airbus A320 taking to the skies after a takeoff distance of 2,430 meters, utilizing 93% of the available runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 231 knots, as it began its ascent into the local weather conditions, characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed from an initial altitude of 583 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 31,943 feet, it covered a distance of 65 nautical miles in 12 minutes, achieving an impressive climb rate. The enroute level cruise phase commenced 24 miles northwest of Taichung International Airport, where the aircraft maintained a steady altitude for 61 minutes, covering 386 nautical miles. The descent phase began 3 miles northwest of Yung Shue Wan, with the aircraft losing 29,534 feet in altitude over an 8-minute period, covering 48 nautical miles. Following a brief level cruise phase near Hong Kong, the aircraft initiated its final approach to runway 25R at Hong Kong International Airport.
The final approach was executed from the east, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 250.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles from the threshold. However, the touchdown was slightly off-target, with the aircraft touching down 508 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 131 knots was a little fast, but the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned from the centerline. The total landing distance of 1,563 meters, accounting for 42% of the available runway, was within acceptable limits. Following a 7-minute taxiing period, the aircraft arrived at its designated parking position, having completed a total flight distance of 523 nautical miles and utilizing 6,576 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft touched down on runway 25R at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport, a 3,731-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the east. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a heading of 250.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,385 feet above ground level. However, the threshold height at 125 feet above ground level was excessively over target, indicating a slightly high approach path angle.
The aircraft touched down 508 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 131 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate of -241 feet per minute was fair, but the threshold speed of 148 knots was too high. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 meters from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the desired alignment. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 20°C, a wind speed of 3 knots at 222°, and a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,563 meters was 42% of the runway length, which was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled deceleration after touchdown. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 76.8%.
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