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Hold the aim point and wait for the proper flare height before you start rotating; let the runway come up to you rather than anticipating it.
What happened: The flare began early, well above the normal flare band, and touchdown followed at 870 m past the threshold, 413 m beyond the 457 m target. Starting the flare early like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, then touchdown distance against 457 m.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,083 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,083 m of the 3,797 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 870 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 25R at KLAX, a movement that lasted 9 minutes and covered 4 nm.
Takeoff was executed on runway 25R at Los Angeles International Airport; the aircraft used 1,879 m of runway (52 % of the available length) and lifted off at 194 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 29 °C, wind 0 kt from 257°, with no cross-wind or head-wind component.
The initial climb began 1 mile north-west of El Segundo, climbing from 1,063 ft asl to 31,998 ft asl-a gain of 30,936 ft-in 21 minutes while covering 148 nm.
Level cruise commenced 3 miles south-east of Los Osos and continued for 156 minutes, during which 1,272 nm were flown.
A subsequent climb started at latitude 44.6287525, longitude -145.1542969, rising from 32,000 ft asl to 33,994 ft asl (increase of 1,994 ft) in 3 minutes and traversing 26 nm.
Cruise from latitude 44.6896135, longitude -145.7920018 lasted 230 minutes and covered 1,832 nm.
The next climb segment began at latitude 45.0408998, longitude 171.0450487, climbing from 33,998 ft asl to 35,992 ft asl (gain of 1,994 ft) in 3 minutes over 25 nm.
Cruise from latitude 45.0180159, longitude 170.4309756 persisted for 319 minutes, during which 2,556 nm were covered.
Descent commenced 46 miles north of ZSDY Dongying Shengli, descending from 35,999 ft asl to 16,535 ft asl (loss of 19,464 ft) in 8 minutes while covering 62 nm.
A brief cruise segment began 18 miles south-east of ZTAN Tanggu Airport, lasting 6 minutes and spanning 42 nm.
Descent resumed 3 miles north-west of Dasi, dropping from 15,637 ft asl to 4,958 ft asl (loss of 10,680 ft) in 15 minutes across 79 nm.
Another cruise leg started 8 miles north of Shunyi, lasting 3 minutes and covering 10 nm.
The final descent began 13 miles west of ZGUO Gulou Airport, descending from 4,028 ft asl to 1,465 ft asl (loss of 2,563 ft) in 5 minutes over 13 nm.
During the final approach to runway 19 at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport, the aircraft approached from the north on a heading of 173.0°, at 4 nm and 1,356 ft agl.
Landing on runway 19 was achieved with a runway length of 3,797 m; the threshold speed was 143 kt, and touchdown occurred 451 m beyond the touchdown zone at 132 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 154 fpm. Threshold height and alignment were reported as good, and local weather recorded a temperature of 31 °C, wind 1 kt from 360°, with a 1 kt tail-wind component.
The rollout distance measured 2,000 m, representing 53 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total of 6,077 nm, required 786 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 112,934 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300 executed a final approach to runway 19 at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport from the north, tracking a heading of 173.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,356 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At the threshold the aircraft displayed good height and a threshold speed of 143 kt. The flare was performed and the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, touching down 451 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 132 kt, which was judged good, and the vertical speed was minus 154 fpm, also rated good. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,000 m, representing 53 % of the 3,797 m runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect. Local weather was 31 °C with wind 1 kt at 360 °, crosswind 0 kt and tailwind 1 kt.
To tighten the touchdown point toward the typical aim point of about 300 m in, a slightly earlier flare could be practiced, which will reduce the rollout distance while preserving the excellent speed and rate already achieved. Maintaining the current stabilised-approach discipline will keep the overall performance at the high level reflected by the 95.0 % score.
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