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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,853 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,853 m of the 3,527 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 797 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 03L at GCLP Gran Canaria Airport, located on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain. The takeoff distance was 1,419 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 165 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 13 knots at a direction of 9 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 13 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of the airport and ascending to an altitude of 32,073 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 220 nautical miles and took 30 minutes to complete.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 25 minutes and covered a distance of 206 nautical miles. The aircraft's position during this phase was at a latitude of 31.1183247 and a longitude of -13.1893577. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from an altitude of 32,331 feet to 34,057 feet, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles in just 2 minutes.
The aircraft continued to alternate between level cruise and climb phases, with each phase lasting for varying periods of time and covering different distances. The climb phases were characterized by rapid ascents to higher altitudes, while the level cruise phases allowed the aircraft to maintain a steady altitude and speed.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft began its descent phase, starting 1 mile northwest of Villeneuve-d'Ascq in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The descent from an altitude of 37,748 feet to 1,263 feet took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 123 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 18R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 183.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 18R was successful, with the aircraft touching down 386 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target speed, at 144 knots, and the touchdown rate was firm at -322 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also satisfactory.
The total landing distance was 1,776 meters, which accounted for 50% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,726 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 250 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 11,313 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving a score of 91.9%. The final approach to runway 18R was initiated from the north, with a heading of 183.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being satisfactory. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 144 knots, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing conditions. The touchdown point was located 386 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may be considered a minor deviation.
The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly faster than the desired speed, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -322 feet per minute (fpm). Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 29°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 110°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,776 meters was 50% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft achieving a satisfactory score of 91.9%. However, there were some minor deviations from the optimal landing conditions, including a slightly above-target threshold speed and a slightly fast touchdown speed.
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