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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections to track the centreline against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted 7.3 m off the centreline, and a heading variation of -1.4° usually follows into the initial climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings-level runway heading held through the climb
Arrival
Lower the gear before the stabilisation gate instead of carrying it down late on approach.
What happened: The gear was left up on the approach, the flare's sink of 849 fpm arrested then returned at 381 fpm, and this pattern usually carries the touchdown long rather than at the aim point.
Watch for: Watch the gear indicator and confirm it is down before the gate, every approach.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up and speed 64 kt FAST on the reference speed of 112 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,789 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,789 m of the 3,041 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 706 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation CJ4 taxied from the parking area to runway 22 at BGGH Nuuk Airport. The taxi-out phase lasted 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 22, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 113 kt and left the ground after traveling 375 m, which represented 40 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 8 °C with a wind of 20 kt from 190°, providing a 19 kt headwind and a 2 kt crosswind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of Nuuk, with the jet climbing from 962 ft asl to 44 463 ft asl, an altitude gain of 43 501 ft. The climb was completed in 22 minutes while covering 129 nm.
Level cruise began at latitude 64.6160476 and longitude -47.1938572. The cruise segment lasted 20 minutes and spanned 496 nm.
Descent started at latitude 64.5659312 and longitude -27.8128688, descending from 45 006 ft asl to 1 458 ft asl, a loss of 43 548 ft. The descent took 28 minutes and covered 151 nm.
The final approach to runway 01 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport was executed from the south, aligned on a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1 303 ft agl.
Landing was made on runway 01, whose length is 3 046 m and which featured a good threshold height. The threshold speed was recorded at 114 kt, higher than expected. Touchdown occurred 392 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 93 kt and a vertical speed of minus 203 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 4.5 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 12 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 1°, providing a 10 kt headwind and no crosswind.
The aircraft rolled out over a distance of 1 811 m, representing 59 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was noted to be 14.0 m off the centreline.
After landing, the CJ4 taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 783 nm, required 76 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1 035 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 01 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport was conducted from the south on a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1,303 ft agl, with a good threshold height, temperature 12 °C, wind 10 kt from 1°, cross-wind 0 kt and a head-wind component of 10 kt.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a threshold speed of 114 kt, which was noted as too high.
Touchdown occurred 392 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 93 kt described as a little fast and a touchdown rate of minus 203 fpm rated fair; the touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 4.5 m, and the total landing distance was 1,811 m, representing 59 % of the 3,046 m runway.
Rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 m from the centreline.
Reduce the threshold speed to bring the aircraft within the target speed envelope and adjust the flare to achieve a touchdown point within the touchdown zone, which will also help improve centreline alignment on rollout.
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