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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,518 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,518 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 343 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 208B departed CYFB Iqaluit Airport from runway 16, applying a takeoff roll of 491 m which represented 19 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 79 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind from 221° at 8 kt, providing a 1 kt headwind component and an 8 kt cross-wind.
During the climb the aircraft left the vicinity of Iqaluit and ascended from 1,018 ft asl to 11,724 ft asl, a gain of 10,706 ft. The climb was completed in 10 minutes while covering 26 nm.
Cruise commenced 23 mi southeast of Iqaluit and was sustained for 326 minutes, during which 928 nm were flown.
The descent began 2 mi west of CLL3 Lac Lamothe Water Aerodrome, with altitude decreasing from 12,000 ft asl to 1,718 ft asl, a loss of 10,282 ft. This segment lasted 18 minutes and spanned 38 nm.
For the final approach to runway 31 at CYTF Alma Airport the aircraft approached from the southeast on a heading of 294.0° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl. The descent from 1,330 ft agl to 62 ft agl was completed in 213 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 31, whose length is 1,518 m. The threshold height of 56 ft agl and the threshold speed of 68 kt were slightly above target. Touchdown occurred 332 m down the runway at 66 kt, with a descent rate of minus 285 fpm; alignment at touchdown was perfect. Local weather reported 14 °C with a wind from 221° at 8 kt, giving a 2 kt headwind and an 8 kt cross-wind. Total landing distance measured 508 m, representing 33 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
In summary, the flight covered a total of 1,001 nm, required 358 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 852 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 208B entered the final approach to runway 31 at CYTF Alma Airport from the south-east on a heading of 294.0° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and the aircraft descended from 1,330 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 213 seconds.
At the threshold the aircraft was slightly high, with a threshold height of 56 ft agl reported as slightly above target, and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 68 kt.
Touchdown occurred 332 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 66 kt noted as a little fast and a touchdown rate of minus 285 fpm judged fair. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the total landing distance was 508 m, representing 33 % of the runway length.
Rollout alignment was perfect throughout the remaining ground roll.
Maintain the established aim point of roughly 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway and refine flare timing to bring touchdown speed and vertical rate within target values. Monitoring speed during the flare will help achieve a smoother, more controlled touchdown.
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