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Work on the flare
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.
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 3,112 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 787 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 started with a departure roll on runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak. The takeoff distance was 494 ft, which was 5% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 118 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was a temperature of 61 °F, with a wind speed of 3 kn coming from 270 °, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a tailwind of 2 kn.
The enroute climb began overhead VHHX Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak Kowloon City, ascending from 832 ft above sea level to 9,008 ft, covering 7 nm in 2 minutes. The total increase in altitude during the climb was 8,176 ft.
The enroute descent commenced 5 miles southeast of VHXG Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport (GA) Kowloon City. The aircraft descended from 9,008 ft to 1,813 ft, covering 11 nm in 6 minutes. The total decrease in altitude during the descent was 7,195 ft.
The landing took place on runway 13 at VHHX Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak, with a runway length of 10,210 ft. The height at the threshold was 91 ft above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 113 kn. The touchdown occurred 2,525 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 91 kn and a vertical speed indication of -184 ft/min. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59 °F, with a wind speed of 3 kn coming from 270 °, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a tailwind of 2 kn. The total landing distance was 3,931 ft, which was 39% of the runway length.
Overall, the total flight distance covered was 22 nm, and the flight took 46 minutes to complete. A total of 158 lbs of fuel were used during the flight.
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