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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,233 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,233 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 165 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Learjet 35 taxied from the parking area to runway 23 at CYYZ Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 160 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,330 m, which represented 41 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 27 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 310°, a cross-wind component of 14 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
The climb commenced 1 mile west of CYYZ, with the jet climbing from 1,608 ft asl to 7,479 ft asl, a gain of 5,871 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south-east of Mississauga and lasted 2 minutes, during which the aircraft proceeded 8 nm.
Descent started 1 mile south-west of Roncesvalles, descending from 7,765 ft asl to 1,292 ft asl, a loss of 6,473 ft in 5 minutes over a distance of 23 nm.
The final approach to runway 26 at CYTZ Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 254.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,042 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26 was executed on a runway 1,233 m long; the threshold speed was recorded at 149 kt, touchdown occurred after 168 m with a speed of 142 kt, a vertical rate of minus 255 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 7.4 m from the centreline; the total landing distance measured 987 m, equivalent to 80 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
In total, the flight covered 49 nm, required 17 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 180 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 entered the final approach to runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport from the east on a heading of 258.0° at 4 nm and 1,423 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 137 kt and the touchdown distance was good at 422 m, with a good threshold height reported.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 130 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 250 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.7 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,087 m, representing 59 % of the 1,836 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
With a final score of 97.9 % the landing was strong; a minor refinement would be to reduce touchdown speed marginally to better match the reference speed and to fine-tune the flare to improve lateral alignment at touchdown.
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