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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 3,626 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 305 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-900 began at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) with a 10-minute taxi from the parking area to Runway 33R. The departure roll on the runway covered 2,071 meters, with the aircraft reaching a liftoff speed of 184 knots. The local weather at the time of departure included a temperature of 11°C, wind speeds of 25 knots at 290°, with a crosswind of 11 knots and a headwind of 22 knots.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft ascended from 1,592 feet asl to 33,167 feet asl over 132 nautical miles in 24 minutes. The level cruise portion of the flight lasted 171 minutes and covered 1,094 nautical miles. The subsequent descent began 6 miles east of MT79 Sand Creek Wildlife Station Airport in Montana, with the aircraft decreasing altitude from 33,736 feet asl to 32,926 feet asl in 2 minutes over 15 nautical miles.
Another level cruise phase started 4 miles southwest of MT3 Knox Ridge Winnett in Montana and lasted 42 minutes, covering 271 nautical miles. The following descent phase began 11 miles east of Wallace, Idaho, with the aircraft descending from 33,380 feet asl to 32,626 feet asl in 2 minutes over 13 nautical miles. A third level cruise phase then commenced 3 miles west of Wallace and lasted 23 minutes, covering 162 nautical miles.
The final descent started 2 miles southwest of Chelan Falls in Washington, during which the aircraft descended from 32,167 feet asl to 1,709 feet asl in 20 minutes over 94 nautical miles. The final approach to Runway 16L at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) saw the aircraft landing from the north at a speed slightly above the target of 146 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 304 meters with a touchdown speed of 144 knots and a very hard touchdown rate of -530 ft/m. The total landing distance was 1,345 meters, covering 37% of the runway.
After landing, there was a 3-minute taxi to the parking area from the runway. The total flight distance covered was 1,790 nautical miles over a duration of 302 minutes, utilizing 14,269 kg of fuel.
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