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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,037 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,037 m of the 2,975 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 752 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was conducted on a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The pre-flight preparations and departure were initiated at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR), runway 08R, where taxiing from the parking to the runway took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
As the aircraft took off, it reached a takeoff distance of 1,491 meters, which was 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 182 knots, achieved amidst local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and winds of 4 knots from 109 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 4 knots.
Upon completion of the departure roll, the aircraft initiated an enroute climb, starting overhead Richmond in British Columbia, Canada. This initial climb phase took the aircraft from 935 feet above sea level to a height of 31,031 feet, a vertical gain of 30,096 feet, achieved within a time period of 15 minutes and a distance of 95 nautical miles.
The enroute climb phase was interspersed with periods of level cruising. The first level cruise phase lasted 43 minutes, starting 3 miles west of the Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base in Seattle, Washington, covering a distance of 335 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered another enroute climb phase, commencing 3 miles north of the Long Ranch Airport in Merrill, Oregon. This climb phase saw an altitude increase of 1,513 feet in just 2 minutes, with the aircraft covering 14 nautical miles.
The subsequent level cruise phase commenced 8 miles northeast of the Triple R Ranch Airport in Macdoel, California, and lasted 71 minutes, covering a significant distance of 612 nautical miles. Another enroute climb took place, where the aircraft climbed from 33,054 feet to 33,991 feet in a mere 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final level cruise phase of the journey lasted an impressive 262 minutes, initiating from a position with co-ordinates Latitude 31.3646576 and Longitude -121.4685339. During this period, the aircraft covered a vast distance of 2,132 nautical miles. A subsequent enroute climb commenced at Latitude -0.029027 and Longitude -139.017341, where the aircraft gained 1,944 feet in altitude in just 2 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles.
As the flight neared its conclusion, the aircraft initiated an enroute descent, starting 59 miles northeast of the Tetiaroa Airport in Tetiaroa, French Polynesia. The descent took the aircraft from 36,082 feet to 1,282 feet, a decrease of 34,800 feet, achieved within 21 minutes and covering a distance of 85 nautical miles.
Upon entering the final approach phase, the aircraft started its descent from the south-west direction, heading towards runway 04 at the Faa'a International Airport in Tahiti, French Polynesia. With the aircraft flying at a height of 4 nautical miles and 1,266 feet above ground level (agl), it successfully landed on the runway.
The landing took place at a touchdown speed of 147 knots, slightly higher than the recommended threshold speed of 152 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -212 feet per minute (fpm). Unfortunately, the touchdown point was 343 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with the runway touchdown position exhibiting an 8.3 meter misalignment from the centreline. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment showed a slight misalignment of 7.7 meters from the centreline.
The flight concluded with a taxiing phase from the runway to the parking, which took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 4,438 nautical miles
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at NTAA Faa'a International Airport's runway 04, achieving a score of 90.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south west at a heading of 54.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level.
The flight team maintained a good threshold speed of 152 knots during the landing, which demonstrates effective control over the aircraft's descent and approach. However, the touchdown point was recorded at 343 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight overextension. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 147 knots was slightly faster than ideal, suggesting a more rapid descent, resulting in a touchdown rate of -212 feet per minute.
Notably, the local weather conditions during the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 28°C and a gentle wind of 5 knots at a direction of 70°. The slight headwind of 5 knots, combined with a negligible crosswind of 1 knot, did not seem to affect the landing significantly.
One area of improvement observed during the landing was the runway touchdown alignment. The aircraft's wheels touched down on the runway about 8.3 meters off the centerline, indicating a minor deviation from the intended path. Additionally, during the runway rollout, the alignment was found to be slightly off-center, deviating by 7.7 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance of 1,962 meters was within 66% of the runway's available length, indicating effective braking and control by the flight team. Overall, the landing was deemed successful, but there is room for refinement in maintaining the intended touchdown zone and improving the alignment during rollout.
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