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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 271 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 316 fpm.
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.
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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 9,012 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 9,012 ft of the 9,185 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 4,859 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 to the runway, which took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, then departed from runway 16L at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport. The takeoff distance was 6,541 feet, which accounted for 66% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 173 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 73°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 170°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southeast of RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 102 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,155 feet above sea level to 34,878 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,723 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 63 miles east of Asahi, Japan. This phase lasted 21 minutes and covered a distance of 211 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from a latitude of 37.952013 and a longitude of 145.1429075. The climb took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 72 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 34,856 feet above sea level to 40,365 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,509 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started at a latitude of 38.8834674 and a longitude of 146.173103. This phase lasted 611 minutes and covered a distance of 5,428 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 4 miles southeast of Blossburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The descent took 24 minutes and covered a distance of 151 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 41,329 feet above sea level to 2,213 feet above sea level, a decrease of 39,116 feet.
The aircraft then entered a final level cruise phase, which started overhead College Point, New York, United States. This phase lasted 12 minutes and covered a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 31L at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport, approaching from the southeast at a heading of 301.0° and at an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 31L was characterized by a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was a little fast at 150 knots, but the touchdown rate was good at -152 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 48 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 57°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 220°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 8,784 feet, which accounted for 96% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 71 feet from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 5,986 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 711 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 122,871 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner successfully landed on runway 31L at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport, but the landing was not without some notable issues. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the southeast, heading 301.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,280 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach score was 71.2%, indicating a decent but not exceptional landing performance.
One of the notable issues during the landing was the threshold height, which was slightly above the target height of 55 feet agl. However, the threshold speed was good at 150 knots, indicating that the pilot had maintained control and was on track to land safely. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, which may have been due to the aircraft's speed at touchdown, which was a little fast at 150 knots. The touchdown rate was good at -152 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 57°F and winds of 4 knots at 220°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot, which may have contributed to the aircraft's misaligned touchdown position. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 48 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 71 feet from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 8,784 feet, which is 96% of the available runway length of 9,185 feet. While this is a relatively long landing distance, it is not uncommon for aircraft to use a significant portion of the runway during landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some notable issues that the pilot and air traffic control will need to address to improve the landing performance.
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