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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose sooner, at 11 ft, rather than waiting until 8.5 ft.
What happened: The flare began late at 8.5 ft, below the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter approaching 11 ft as the cue to start the flare.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,984 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,394 ft 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 26L at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL). The takeoff distance was 6,273 feet, which accounted for 63% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 62°F and a wind speed of 0 knots at 144°. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead College Park, Georgia. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 118 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 2,033 feet above sea level to 37,011 feet above sea level, a total increase of 34,978 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, starting 7 miles south east of TN87 Montvale Airpark Maryville, Tennessee. This phase lasted for 57 minutes and covered a distance of 467 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 4 miles south west of Galeton, Pennsylvania. The descent took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 91 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 36,981 feet above sea level to 4,773 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 32,208 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles west of 42NY Walter's Field East Homer, New York. This phase lasted for only 3 minutes and covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile north west of Fabius, New York. The descent took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 16 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 4,540 feet above sea level to 1,547 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 2,993 feet.
The final approach to runway 28 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 266.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,127 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 144 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown distance was 1,399 feet, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 210°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 4,725 feet, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 712 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 114 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 9,248 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The landing of the Boeing 737-MAX8 at KSYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport was a nearly perfect execution of the aircraft's systems. As the plane began its final approach to runway 28 from the east, it was at an altitude of 1,127 feet and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. Under the guidance of its pilots, the aircraft maintained a heading of 266.0°, ensuring a precision approach trajectory.
Upon touching down on the runway, the Boeing 737-MAX8 displayed good threshold height and threshold speed, at 149 knots, meeting the expected parameters for a safe and smooth landing. The touchdown speed of 144 knots, although a tad higher than the optimal landing speed, was still within an acceptable range. Nonetheless, a landing rate of -205 feet per minute, which can be considered fair, indicated a somewhat aggressive touchdown, as landing rates close to or below -10 feet per minute are generally preferred for maximum comfort and control.
Given the wind conditions at the time of the landing, comprising a moderate wind speed of 6 knots and a crosswind component of 5 knots, the pilots effectively applied the aircraft's systems to manage these factors. The overall landing performance demonstrated excellent runway alignment and rollout, showcasing the pilots' high level of skill in guiding the aircraft to a safe and efficient landing.
With a total landing distance of 4,725 feet, which represents 53% of the runway's total length of 8,984 feet, the Boeing 737-MAX8 safely utilized the available runway resources without exceeding standard safety thresholds. Overall, the landing was characterized by precision, adaptability to conditions, and a high degree of skill demonstrated by the pilots, culminating in a remarkably high success rate of 99.7%.
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