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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,586 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 538 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began at KJFK Kennedy Intl airport in New York. The distance from parking to the runway was 2 nm, and the duration of the taxi was 7 minutes. The departure roll took place on runway 13R, with a takeoff distance of 2,549 ft, which was 28% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 131 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 60 °F, with a 1 knot wind coming from 270°, resulting in minimal crosswind and tailwind conditions.
The enroute climb started over KJFK Kennedy Intl, where the aircraft climbed from 1,038 ft to 3,264 ft above sea level, covering a distance of 1 nm in less than a minute. The next climb occurred one mile east of Atlantic Beach, with the aircraft climbing from 3,794 ft to 35,752 ft above sea level, covering a distance of 72 nm in 13 minutes.
Once reaching cruising altitude, the enroute level cruise started over Far Rockaway and Dresher in New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. The cruising durations were less than 1 minute and 1 minute, covering distances of 2 nm and 9 nm, respectively. The descent began overhead West Norriton, with the aircraft descending from 35,762 ft to 2,029 ft above sea level over a distance of 107 nm in 21 minutes.
The final approach took place at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where the landing was on runway 15. The runway length was 5,205 ft, and the touchdown occurred 1,768 ft from the threshold at a speed of 128 knots. The vertical speed at touchdown was -362 ft/m, and the total landing distance was 2,948 ft, which was 57% of the runway length. The local weather at the time of landing was 62 °F, with similar wind conditions as during departure.
Overall, the total flight distance was 202 nm, taking 46 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 952 lbs of fuel during the flight. The distance from the runway to parking was less than 1 nm, with a duration of 1 minute.
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