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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,191 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 462 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 to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 06 at Václav Havel Airport Prague, with a takeoff distance of 1,321 meters, which was 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 145 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of -2°C temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 90 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 2 knots. After departure, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting overhead Knezeves in the Czech Republic. The climb took 24 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 2,195 feet above sea level to 31,430 feet, an increase of 29,235 feet. The distance covered during this period was 97 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles south west of Tanna in Germany. This phase of the flight lasted 29 minutes and covered a distance of 195 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile south west of Steinfurt in Germany. The descent took 21 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 31,269 feet to 1,838 feet, a decrease of 29,431 feet. The distance covered during this period was 108 nautical miles.
After the descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles north west of Noordwijk-Binnen in the Netherlands. This phase of the flight lasted only 4 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 06 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, approaching from the south west at a heading of 58.0 degrees. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,257 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing was made on runway 06, which had a length of 3,191 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 125 knots. The touchdown point was 69 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 111 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -239 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 0°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 40 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,127 meters, which was 35% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took only 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 420 nautical miles, and the flight took 89 minutes. The aircraft used 2,908 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a score of 99.6%. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 58.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,257 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft then landed on runway 06, which has a length of 3,191 meters.
The landing was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it approached the runway. The threshold speed of 125 knots was also satisfactory, demonstrating that the pilot had maintained control and was on track to land safely. The touchdown point was 69 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation but still within acceptable limits.
The touchdown speed of 111 knots was also good, indicating that the pilot had managed to slow the aircraft down effectively and land smoothly. However, the touchdown rate of -239 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to achieve a more controlled descent. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway and ready for landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 0°C and winds of 6 knots at 40°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions would have made the landing relatively straightforward for the pilot.
The total landing distance of 1,127 meters was 35% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and had brought it to a stop safely. Overall, the landing was a success, with the pilot demonstrating good skills and control throughout the approach and landing phases.
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