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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 125 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 151 kt against a rotation target of 125 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 125 kt.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.7 ft, 11 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,860 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,316 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question began with a taxiing phase from the parking to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. Departure roll from runway 10 at Hiroshima Airport, RJOA, was a standard procedure, with a takeoff distance of 2,861 feet, which is 29% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 151 knots, and the aircraft quickly gained altitude.
The initial climb phase started about 1 mile east of the Hiroshima Airport, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,882 feet above sea level to 37,506 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,624 feet, in a mere 15 minutes. This climb was completed in a northward direction, covering a distance of 85 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 7 minutes and covering 61 nautical miles, 6 miles south of Oita Airport, RJFO.
As the flight continued, another climb phase started 25 miles north of Hitoyoshi, Japan, where the aircraft ascended from 38,377 feet to 47,432 feet above sea level, a relatively short climb of 9,054 feet, in just 5 minutes, covering 40 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time lasting 26 minutes and covering 225 nautical miles, 5 miles north of Kagoshima Airport, RJFK.
Following this cruise phase, the flight entered a descent phase from 47,514 feet above sea level to 4,556 feet above sea level, a significant drop of 42,958 feet, in a mere 23 minutes. This descent covered 157 nautical miles and started 19 miles west of Naze, Japan. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 7 minutes and covering 15 nautical miles, 8 miles west of Naha Airport, ROAH.
The final segment of the flight involved a descent from 4,549 feet above sea level to 1,313 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,237 feet, in just 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. The aircraft made a final approach to runway 36R at Naha Airport, flying from the south, with a heading of 357.0°, at an altitude of 1,281 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway.
Landing on the runway involved a touchdown speed of 123 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed. The touchdown distance was 1,318 feet, which is shorter than expected. However, the touchdown rate was heavy, with a speed of -657 feet per minute. Moreover, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned from the centerline by 72 feet.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were quite hot, with a temperature of 90°F. The winds were blowing at 9 knots, with a significant crosswind effect. The aircraft then rolled out along the runway, with the rollout alignment misaligned from the centerline by 75 feet.
After landing, taxiing to the parking from the runway took 10 minutes and covered a short distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance covered a distance of 599 nautical miles, took 103 minutes, and consumed 3,094 pounds of fuel. This comprehensive description provides a detailed account of the flight journey from Hiroshima Airport to Naha Airport, highlighting the various phases of flight, altitude changes, distances covered, and weather conditions encountered.
Aircraft C750 successfully landed on runway 36R at ROAH Naha Airport / JASDF Naha Air Base, but with some notable deviations from the ideal performance. The aircraft was approaching from the south with a heading of 357.0° and a distance of 4 nautical miles, while airborne at an altitude of 1,281 feet.
Upon landing, the aircraft encountered a threshold height that was above the target, suggesting that the aircraft touched down slightly higher than desired. However, the threshold speed was slightly above target at 129 knots, which could be a contributing factor to the overall performance.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was recorded at 123 knots, which was classified as "fast." The corresponding touchdown rate of -657 feet per minute was considered "heavy," implying that the aircraft may have experienced some deceleration difficulties during the landing roll. This could be attributed to the higher-than-target speed at touchdown.
Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was off-centerline by a significant margin of 72 feet. This discrepancy in alignment may have contributed to issues experienced during the subsequent rollout, as the aircraft's rollout alignment was also found to be misaligned by 75 feet from the centerline.
Local weather conditions at the time of landing included an ambient temperature of 90°F and a moderate headwind of 9 knots from a direction of 90°. The crosswind was relatively mild at 9 knots, posing minimal disruption to the aircraft's performance.
However, the total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 3,098 feet, which represented 31% of the runway's available length of 9,860 feet. Overall, the landing performance of aircraft C750 was rated at 79.1%, indicating a somewhat imperfect execution.
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