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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,695 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,695 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 615 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 10L at KFLL Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,544 meters, which was 65% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb 1 mile north east of Dania Beach, Florida. The climb was from 1,053 feet above sea level to 29,865 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,812 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 87 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 3 miles south east of the 3FD0 Last Chance Ranch Airport Lake Placid, Florida, and lasted for 336 minutes, covering a distance of 2,247 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 13 miles south west of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, and the aircraft descended from 30,242 feet above sea level to 1,296 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,946 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 93 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 26L at CYVR Vancouver International Airport was from the east, heading 280.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,269 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 26L at CYVR Vancouver International Airport was successful, with the threshold height being above the target and the threshold speed being good at 134 knots. The touchdown point was 190 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 124 knots and a touchdown rate of -191 feet per minute, both of which were good. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 270 degrees.
The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,605 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 2,437 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 391 minutes. The aircraft used 14,056 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) on runway 26L, achieving a score of 90.5%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, with the threshold height being above the target, but the threshold speed was satisfactory at 134 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 190 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 124 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was also good, at -191 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, demonstrating the pilot's skill and attention to detail.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 29°C and a gentle wind of 6 knots from 270°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing. The total landing distance was 1,605 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway length.
However, there was a slight deviation in the runway rollout alignment, with the aircraft being 10.8 meters off-centerline. This minor discrepancy may have been due to a slight miscalculation or a minor adjustment made by the pilot during the landing roll. Nevertheless, the overall performance of the aircraft and the pilot was impressive, with a high score achieved despite this minor deviation.
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