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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 309 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 567 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,352 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 474 m touchdown sits inside 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 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-600, then departed from runway 27L at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) in Paris, France. The takeoff distance was 1,180 meters, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 140 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 13°C and winds of 6 knots at 230°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. After departing from Paris, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of Roissy-en-France. The climb took 10 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,269 feet above sea level to 28,994 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,725 feet. The distance covered during this period was 67 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Bouchavesnes-Bergen in northern France and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 45 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles north of Rumillies in Belgium. The descent took 19 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 28,546 feet above sea level to 1,999 feet above sea level, a decrease of 26,548 feet. The distance covered during this period was 127 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again, this time overhead Durgerdam in the Netherlands, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 27 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM), approaching from the east at a heading of 267.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 27 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was successful, with a total landing distance of 1,011 meters, which was 30% of the runway length. The touchdown point was 53 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 126 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was firm at -370 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 11°C and winds of 15 knots at 254°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 14 knots. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in just 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 253 nautical miles, and the flight took 45 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 2,411 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving a score of 97.0%. The final approach to runway 27 was conducted from the east, heading 267.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being satisfactory. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 134 knots. The touchdown point was located 53 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 126 knots was a bit faster than desired, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -370 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.2 meters, which may have been due to the aircraft's alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots from 254°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 14 knots, which may have contributed to the slight deviations in the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,011 meters was 30% of the available runway length of 3,352 meters. Despite the slight deviations, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop. Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
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