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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 32 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 32 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 32 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.
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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 1,654 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,654 m of the 2,404 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 566 m 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 04 at Geneva Cointrin International Airport (LSGG). The takeoff distance was 1,259 meters, which is 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots at a direction of 346°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Ferney-Voltaire in France, where it climbed from an altitude of 2,389 feet above sea level to 18,294 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,905 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 33 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Cartigny in Switzerland and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting overhead Billiat in France, where it climbed from 18,346 feet above sea level to 35,010 feet above sea level, an increase of 16,663 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 85 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile south west of Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte in France and lasted for 80 minutes, covering a distance of 612 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 8 miles south east of Fuente Obejuna in Spain, where it descended from 36,153 feet above sea level to 1,303 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,849 feet in 30 minutes, covering a distance of 158 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28 at Faro Airport (LPFR) was made from the east, heading 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 28, which has a length of 2,404 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 140 knots.
The touchdown point was 144 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -104 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 9°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at a direction of 290°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,568 meters, which is 65% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 904 nautical miles, taking a total of 144 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,315 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LPFR Faro Airport, achieving a high score of 98.6%. The final approach to runway 28 was conducted from the east, with a heading of 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 140 knots. The touchdown point was located 144 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -104 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 290°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing. The runway length of 2,404 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance, which was 1,568 meters, or 65% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft maintained a stable and controlled roll-out after touchdown. Overall, the landing was executed smoothly and safely, with minimal deviations from the desired parameters.
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