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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 62 ft agl, above the 50 ft agl target. Crossing high like this usually reduces your margin before the touchdown zone ends.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against 50 ft at the threshold.
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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 1,621 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,621 m of the 4,095 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 509 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX), with a takeoff distance of 1,963 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 166 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of KLAX, it encountered local weather conditions of 25°C temperature and a wind speed of 2 knots at 166 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of the airport and continued for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 172 nautical miles. During this time, the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,122 feet above sea level to 37,979 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,856 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 12 miles west of Mesa Verde, California. This phase lasted for 38 minutes and covered a distance of 824 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 5 miles south of TA25 Cook Canyon Ranch Airport Ranger, Texas. The descent from 37,492 feet above sea level to 1,888 feet above sea level took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 88 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18R at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW) was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 180 degrees at an altitude of 1,308 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 4,095 meters, and the threshold height was above the target at 62 feet above ground level. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 140 knots.
The touchdown point was 92 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -210 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.8 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 33°C temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 160 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 13 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,539 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,093 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 92 minutes. The aircraft used 6,632 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, achieving a score of 95.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 180.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,308 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 92 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-center. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking force to slow down the aircraft. However, the touchdown rate of -210 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilots managed to control the descent effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 33°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from a direction of 160°. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 13 knots, which the pilots successfully managed to compensate for during the landing.
One notable aspect of the landing was the runway touchdown position, which was slightly misaligned by 5.8 meters from the centerline. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The total landing distance of 1,539 meters was 38% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilots demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and landing phases.
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