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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 158 kt with 7.8° 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 991 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,479 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,080 fpm on average to 991 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 2,995 m runway.
Rolled from 137 m in, never more than 0.9 m off the centreline. Airborne 40 % 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.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 50 ft below the slope.
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 26× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 14 m off the centreline.
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.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 140 kt.
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 (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 170° at 4 kt · 4 kt head · 1 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 141 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 32 s, an average deceleration of 0.19 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 1,688 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 50 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 574 m in, 269 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 1,688 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 480 fpm at 49 ft to 170 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.5° 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 1,688 m of the 2,906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.8 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.1 m right at the widest.
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 574 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 28 at SVVA Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia, Venezuela. The takeoff distance was 1,076 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 159 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and winds of 2 knots at 41 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and there was a 1-knot tailwind. After departing the airport, the enroute climb began 1 mile west of the airport, with the aircraft climbing from 2,464 feet above sea level to 39,972 feet above sea level. This increase of 37,508 feet was achieved in 21 minutes and covered a distance of 155 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 9 miles east of SVBY Bruzual Airport in Bruzual, Venezuela, and lasted for 146 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 1,162 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 11 miles southeast of Ambo in the Region de Huanuco, Peru, and lasted for 23 minutes. The aircraft descended from 39,996 feet above sea level to 1,328 feet above sea level, a decrease of 38,668 feet, and covered a distance of 118 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16 at SPJC Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, was made from the northwest, with a heading of 154.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,251 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 16 was successful, with a runway length of 2,906 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 147 knots.
The touchdown point was 153 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 144 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was good at -167 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also very good after the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and winds of 4 knots at 170 degrees, with a 1-knot crosswind and a 4-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 1,602 meters, which accounted for 55% of the runway. After landing, the aircraft took 3 minutes to taxi to the parking, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,444 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 201 minutes. The aircraft used 24,374 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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