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On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 111 kt with 4.9° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 877 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 570 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,020 fpm on average to 877 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,341 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 3 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.1 m left. Airborne 39 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
High from 4 nm to 2.1 nm (up to 470 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 13× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.7 nm, then 28 m left of it from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 4 nm to 3.6 nm (up to +42 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 017° at 3 kt · 2 kt head · 2 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 93 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.40 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 67 ft, 17 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 526 m in, 221 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 540 fpm at 65 ft to 80 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.1° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,990 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 16 m right on the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 526 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an ATR 42, then departed from runway 04 at Okinoerabu Airport (RJKB) and took off with a takeoff distance of 522 meters, which was 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 111 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 20°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 329°. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Okinoerabu Airport at Wadomari, Japan. The climb took 12 minutes and covered 49 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,026 feet above sea level to 15,522 feet above sea level, an increase of 14,496 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 27 minutes and covered 131 nautical miles. This phase began 24 miles southwest of Naze, Japan. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 17,287 feet above sea level to 17,893 feet above sea level, an increase of 606 feet, in just 2 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles. The second level cruise phase started 29 miles southwest of Satsuma Ijima Airport (RJX4) at Makurazaki, Japan, and lasted 20 minutes, covering 92 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, starting 9 miles west of Akune, Japan. The descent took 13 minutes and covered 53 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 17,825 feet above sea level to 1,752 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,073 feet. The final approach to runway 32 at Nagasaki Airport (RJFU) was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 318.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,723 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 32 at RJFU was successful, with the touchdown point being 92 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 95 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -80 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 16°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 701 meters, which was 23% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 338 nautical miles, taking 85 minutes, and the aircraft used 866 kilograms of fuel.
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