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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Begin raising the nose sooner, at 11 ft, rather than waiting until 6.4 ft.
What happened: The flare began late at 6.4 ft, below the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter approaching 11 ft as the cue to start the flare.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,725 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,725 m of the 3,353 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 460 m touchdown sits inside 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 16 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, then departed from runway 27 at LEZL Sevilla Airport in Andalusia, Spain. The takeoff distance was 2,067 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots at 169 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile west of LEZL Sevilla Airport. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 109 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,072 feet above sea level to 35,868 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,796 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 2 miles west of Otivar in Andalusia, Spain, and lasted for 105 minutes, covering a distance of 807 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 37 miles northeast of Lampedusa in Sicilia, Italy, and took 17 minutes to descend from 35,756 feet above sea level to 3,071 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,685 feet. The descent covered a distance of 63 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute level cruise, this time starting 1 mile south of Mgarr in L-Imgarr, Malta, and lasting for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13 at LMML Malta International Airport was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading at 135.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 13, which had a length of 3,353 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 130 knots. The touchdown point was 46 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 128 knots. However, the touchdown rate was good at -194 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 230 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and there was no headwind. The total landing distance was 1,646 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft took 6 minutes to taxi to the parking, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 999 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 164 minutes. The aircraft used 12,711 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A300 successfully landed at LMML Malta International Airport, achieving a score of 99.7%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north-west, heading 135.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed on runway 13, which has a length of 3,353 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed of 130 knots was well within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown point was 46 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was slightly faster than the recommended speed, but the touchdown rate of -194 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from 230°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 3 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance of 1,646 meters was 49% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
The runway rollout alignment was excellent, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively, and the aircraft was brought to a stop in a controlled manner. Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory.
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