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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,541 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 196 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 05 at EGPE Inverness Airport. The takeoff distance was 988 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 148 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 140°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb overhead Ardersier in the Highland region of Scotland. The climb took 39 minutes and covered a distance of 294 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from an altitude of 1,043 feet above sea level to 38,698 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 27 miles west of Bekkjarvik in Vestland, Norway, and lasted for 124 minutes, covering a distance of 1,155 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 49 miles northeast of Mezen' in Arkhangel'skaya Oblast', Russia, and took 10 minutes to complete, covering a distance of 192 nautical miles. The aircraft descended from an altitude of 38,165 feet to 1,314 feet above sea level. The final approach to runway 24 at ULAM Naryan Mar Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 262.0° at an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 24 at ULAM Naryan Mar Airport was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 131 knots and a distance of 195 meters. The touchdown rate was a little hard at -408 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of -7°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 256°. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 714 meters, which accounted for 28% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in just 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,648 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 180 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 8,300 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at ULAM Naryan Mar Airport, achieving a high score of 98.0%. The final approach to runway 24 was conducted from the east, with a heading of 262.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,266 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 136 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 195 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 131 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -408 feet per minute.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were cold, with a temperature of -7°C, and a light headwind of 3 knots from a direction of 256°. The crosswind component was negligible, with a speed of 0 knots.
The total landing distance of 714 meters was 28% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This suggests that the pilot executed a well-controlled approach and touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft touching down smoothly and the pilot maintaining control throughout the rollout phase. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rate, which can be addressed through further training and practice.
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