Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Monitor your taxi speed
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.
Read more in How to Taxi AnywhereStart to finish · 22 stages, 20 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 3,053 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 262 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the RJ85 CityJet aircraft taxiing from the parking to the runway at Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 18, with a takeoff distance of 1,523 meters, which was 51% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 142 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots at 90 degrees. The crosswind was 11 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,061 feet above sea level to 29,143 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,083 feet in 27 minutes, covering 189 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 41 miles south of Piacabucu, lasting 53 minutes and covering 397 nautical miles. The aircraft then started another enroute climb 11 miles northeast of Itamaraju, ascending from 29,224 feet above sea level to 31,011 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,787 feet in 2 minutes, covering 15 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 8 miles south of Itamaraju, lasting 11 minutes and covering 307 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it started an enroute descent 1 mile west of Itaocara, descending from 31,255 feet above sea level to 29,856 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,399 feet in 2 minutes, covering 15 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 8 miles northeast of Cantagalo, lasting 2 minutes and covering 16 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 7 miles southeast of Carmo, descending from 29,250 feet above sea level to 1,675 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,575 feet in 17 minutes, covering 64 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport took place from the northwest, heading 125.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,642 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 15 was successful, with a runway length of 3,053 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 106 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 259 meters, and the touchdown speed was 100 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -433 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.9 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 90 degrees, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The total landing distance was 815 meters, which was 27% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,011 nautical miles, taking 130 minutes, and the aircraft used 6,242 kilograms of fuel.
The RJ85 aircraft, operated by CityJet, successfully landed at SBGL Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport, achieving a score of 95.0%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north-west, heading 125.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,642 feet above ground level.
The landing was executed on runway 15, which has a length of 3,053 meters. The threshold height was good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway. However, the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 106 knots, which may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to flare earlier than expected.
The touchdown distance was good, with the aircraft touching down at a distance of 259 meters from the threshold. The touchdown speed was also within the acceptable range, at 100 knots. However, the touchdown rate was hard, at -433 feet per minute, which may indicate that the aircraft was not fully flared before touching down.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline, by 6.9 meters. This may have been due to the crosswind component, which was 2 knots, or the pilot's decision to align the aircraft with the runway centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were warm, with a temperature of 29°C, and a light wind of 3 knots from 90°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 815 meters, which is 27% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was well-controlled and the pilot executed a good flare. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway centreline after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft achieving a good score and a short landing distance. However, the hard touchdown rate and slightly misaligned touchdown position may indicate areas for improvement in the pilot's technique.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values