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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.
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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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,774 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 740 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at San Diego International Airport (KSAN). This process took approximately 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 09, with a takeoff distance of 28 meters, which is just 1% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 126 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of San Diego, it encountered local weather conditions of 21°C temperature and a 7-knot headwind from a direction of 110°. The enroute climb started overhead San Diego, with the aircraft ascending from 1,070 feet above sea level to 6,194 feet above sea level in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. This climb was a significant increase of 5,124 feet.
The enroute level cruise then began overhead Spring Valley, California, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. However, the aircraft soon began another climb, this time from 6,194 feet to 21,678 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,484 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 59 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then resumed 6 miles southwest of Seeley, California, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 52 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, starting 3 miles north of Los Algodones, Mexico. The descent from 20,754 feet to 15,617 feet above sea level took 13 minutes, covering a distance of 79 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then began again, this time 15 miles west of Paloma Ranch Airport in Arizona, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began its final descent, starting 7 miles south of Gila Compressor Station Airport in Arizona. The descent from 15,212 feet to 2,269 feet above sea level took 15 minutes, covering a distance of 41 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 07R at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 90° at 4 nautical miles and 1,124 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 07R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 223 meters and a touchdown speed of 103 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 21°C temperature and a 7-knot headwind from a direction of 110°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,045 meters, which is 44% of the runway length. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing from the runway to the parking area took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 264 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 65 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 722 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, scoring a high 91.1% on its performance. The aircraft approached the runway 07R from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,124 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, taking into account the local weather conditions, which included a temperature of 21°C and a gentle headwind of 7 knots at 110°.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 103 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed. The touchdown distance of 223 meters was considered good, indicating that the pilot maintained control and stability throughout the landing process. However, the touchdown rate of -470 feet per minute (fpm) was deemed hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight loss of lift or a rapid descent during the final stages of the landing.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and aligned approach to the runway. The crosswind component was minimal, with a speed of only 2 knots, which further contributed to the smooth landing. The total landing distance of 1,045 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
Despite the successful landing, there was a minor issue with the runway rollout alignment, which was misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's control inputs or a minor miscalculation of the aircraft's trajectory. Nevertheless, the overall performance of the aircraft and the pilot was impressive, and the landing was considered safe and successful.
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