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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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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 4,121 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 261 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a German Airways Embraer, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at HTZA Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar. This process took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 18, with a takeoff distance of 1,031 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions, with a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and winds blowing at 11 knots from a direction of 140 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. After departing from the airport, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles south of HTZA Abeid Amani Karume International Airport. The climb took 25 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 695 feet above sea level to 39,229 feet above sea level, an increase of 38,533 feet. The aircraft covered a distance of 160 nautical miles during this climb.
Once the aircraft reached its cruising altitude, it began its enroute level cruise, starting 18 miles south of HKWY Taita Hills Airport Wundanyi in Kenya. This phase of the flight lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 39 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, beginning overhead HKTE Ziwani Airport Taveta in Kenya. The descent took 20 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 39,472 feet above sea level to 7,197 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,275 feet. The aircraft covered a distance of 125 nautical miles during this descent.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 06 at HKJK Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from the southwest, heading at 55.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,831 feet above ground level and 3 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on runway 06, which had a length of 4,121 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed at 146 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 264 meters, and the touchdown speed was 143 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -613 feet per minute.
The aircraft's runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 7.0 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and winds blowing at 15 knots from a direction of 80 degrees. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 13 knots. The total landing distance was 1,038 meters, which accounted for 25% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area from the runway, taking approximately 4 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 332 nautical miles, and the flight took 59 minutes. The aircraft used 1,785 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft, a German Airways Embraer, with registration D-AZFA, successfully landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (HKJK) on runway 06. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 55.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,831 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft demonstrated a good threshold height, which is a crucial aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 146 knots, indicating a slight overcorrection by the pilots. However, the touchdown distance of 264 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 143 knots was also within acceptable limits. Unfortunately, the touchdown rate was heavy, at -613 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate a slightly aggressive descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilots' alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 20°C and wind speeds of 15 knots at 80°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 13 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,038 meters was 25% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, demonstrating the pilots' ability to maintain control and stability during the landing roll. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a score of 93.5%.
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