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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,470 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 573 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began with a 7-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at PAJN Juneau Intl. The departure roll on runway 08 covered 3 nm and the takeoff distance was 1,415 ft, representing 17% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 126 kn, with a local weather report showing a temperature of 46 °F and a 15 kn wind at 120 °, resulting in a 4 kn crosswind and a 15 kn headwind.
The enroute climb started over Juneau Intl (Alaska, United States), climbing from 1,004 ft asl to 15,233 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering 17 nm. The level cruise began over Funter Bay (Alaska, United States), 6 miles west of PANR, lasting 9 minutes and covering 48 nm. Another climb started 28 miles southwest of Bartlett Cove (Alaska, United States), climbing from 15,221 ft asl to 29,307 ft asl in 11 minutes, covering 68 nm.
The following level cruise started 19 miles south of East Alsek River (Yakutat, Alaska, United States) and lasted 29 minutes, covering 189 nm. The descent began 45 miles southeast of Merle K (Mudhole) Smith (Cordova, Alaska, United States), descending from 29,232 ft asl to 6,310 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 39 nm. Another brief level cruise started 9 miles south of Cordova and lasted 4 minutes, covering 16 nm.
A climb then began 4 miles east of Strawberry Point (Cordova, Alaska, United States), climbing from 6,314 ft asl to 7,322 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 10 nm. The subsequent level cruise started 4 miles west of Boswell Bay (Alaska, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 18 nm. The final descent started 11 miles south of Tatitlek (Alaska, United States), descending from 7,355 ft asl to 1,851 ft asl in 8 minutes, covering 28 nm.
The flight concluded with a landing on runway 06 at Valdez Airport (PAVD), with a runway length of 6,470 ft. The height at threshold was 56 ft agl, with a speed at threshold of 107 kn. The touchdown occurred 567 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 104 kn and a VSI of -672 ft/m. The local weather reported a temperature of 44 °F and a 0 kn wind at 156 °, resulting in no crosswind or headwind to consider. The total landing distance was 1,942 ft, representing 30% of the runway length.
After landing, a 3-minute taxi from the runway to the parking area covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 440 nm, taking 102 minutes and consuming 2,249 lbs of fuel.
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