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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 3.5°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,678 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,678 m of the 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 579 m past the threshold — beyond 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 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 02 at Lisbon Portela Airport (LPPT), with a takeoff distance of 1,442 meters, which was 46% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 162 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 60 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed overhead Camarate, a location in the Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. The enroute climb started at an altitude of 1,279 feet above sea level and reached a maximum altitude of 36,553 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,273 feet in 23 minutes, covering a distance of 127 nautical miles. The climb was followed by an enroute level cruise, which started 113 miles southwest of Sesimbra, a location in the Distrito de Setubal, Portugal, and lasted for 35 minutes, covering a distance of 280 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 80 miles northeast of Porto Santo Airport (LPPS), located in Vila Baleira, Madeira, Portugal. The descent from 36,893 feet above sea level to 2,955 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,939 feet in 16 minutes, covered a distance of 109 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, which started 1 mile south of Canical, a location in Madeira, Portugal, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final descent started 2 miles northwest of Canical, and the aircraft descended from 2,993 feet above sea level to 2,265 feet above sea level, a decrease of 727 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, which started 6 miles northeast of Canical and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23 at Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (LPMA) was made from the north east, heading 227.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,502 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 23 was successful, with a touchdown point 149 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 108 knots, which was good, while the touchdown rate was fair at -299 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 15 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 15 knots. The total landing distance was 1,584 meters, which was 64% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 538 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 96 minutes. The aircraft used 4,927 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, achieving a score of 90.6%. The final approach to runway 23 was initiated from the north east, heading 227.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,502 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 149 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly off-center. However, the touchdown speed of 108 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown rate of -299 feet per minute was fair, suggesting that the aircraft could have maintained a more gradual descent.
The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 126 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly off-center touchdown. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 5.2 meters from the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft maintained its direction and control after touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a headwind of 15 knots. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, which helped to reduce the impact of any wind-related issues during the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown accuracy and descent rate.
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