Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 30 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 30 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 30 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 5,166 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,166 ft of the 10,619 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,384 ft 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 area to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport. The takeoff distance was 3,736 feet, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 50°F temperature and a 3-knot headwind at 200°. The enroute climb started overhead the MA17 Avco/Lowell Heliport in Lowell, Massachusetts, where the aircraft climbed from 1,034 feet above sea level to 32,313 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,279 feet in 16 minutes and covering 67 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles northwest of West Swanzey in New Hampshire and lasted for 98 minutes, covering a distance of 624 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 3 miles northwest of 2IN4 Scott Field in Argos, Indiana, where it descended from 32,708 feet above sea level to 1,919 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,789 feet in 21 minutes and covering 82 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport was made from the east, heading 270.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,245 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 27C was successful, with a touchdown point 1,015 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -103 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 21°F temperature and a 10-knot headwind at 321°, with a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline. The total landing distance was 4,897 feet, which accounted for 46% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 783 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 150 minutes. The aircraft used 13,028 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport on runway 27C. The final approach was executed from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,245 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 146 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 1,015 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 134 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -103 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 21°F and a wind speed of 10 knots from 321°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 4,897 feet, which accounted for 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline, which may have been a result of the initial touchdown position.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft maintaining a smooth touchdown rate and a good threshold speed. However, the slight misalignment of the touchdown position and the runway rollout alignment may require further investigation to determine the root cause and to improve future landing performance.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values