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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.4 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,918 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,918 m of the 2,404 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 648 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 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 36L at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The takeoff distance was 1,317 meters, which is 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 158 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -0°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 69°.
The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile southwest of Halfweg in the province of Noord-Holland, the Netherlands. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 127 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,006 feet above sea level to 33,523 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,517 feet.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead the town of Eth in the Hauts-de-France region of France. This phase lasted for 103 minutes and covered a distance of 821 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles north of LPAO Aerodromo de Monforte Arronches in the Distrito de Portalegre region of Portugal. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 128 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 34,009 feet above sea level to 1,323 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,685 feet.
The final approach to runway 28 at LPFR Faro Airport was made from the east, with a heading of 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,292 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 28, which has a length of 2,404 meters. The threshold height at 58 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 145 knots. The touchdown point was 234 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 139 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -319 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at a direction of 250°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,839 meters, which is 77% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,088 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 167 minutes. The aircraft used 7,107 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LPFR Faro Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.8%. The final approach to runway 28 was initiated from the east, heading 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,292 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being slightly above the target at 58 feet agl. However, the threshold speed was satisfactory at 145 knots, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown point was located 234 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively safe distance.
The touchdown speed of 139 knots was slightly faster than the ideal speed, but the touchdown rate of -319 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting a controlled and stable landing. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 250°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,839 meters, which is 77% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and come to a stop within a safe margin of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, suggesting that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down safely and coming to a stop within a short distance. However, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters, including a slightly fast touchdown speed and a touchdown point beyond the touchdown zone.
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