Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
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.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 19 stages, 17 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 307 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 20 at Nadi International Airport (NFFN) in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 20, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 164 kt and left the runway after traveling 2,037 m, which represented 62 % of the available length. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 170°, including a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north of Nadi, with the airplane ascending from 994 ft asl to 36,010 ft asl, a gain of 35,016 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 156 nm.
The first cruise segment began at latitude -16.5359299, longitude 175.2297435 and continued for 122 minutes, during which 915 nm were flown.
Descent started 16 nm east of Marau Airport (AGGU), with altitude decreasing from 35,954 ft asl to 17,006 ft asl, a loss of 18,948 ft in 9 minutes over 65 nm.
A brief cruise phase followed 8 nm north-east of Honiara International Airport (AGGH), lasting 3 minutes and covering 19 nm.
The next descent began 8 nm north-west of Honiara, dropping from 16,999 ft asl to 5,747 ft asl, a reduction of 11,252 ft in 5 minutes while traversing 25 nm.
A short cruise segment then occurred 15 nm north-west of Honiara, lasting 2 minutes and encompassing 6 nm.
Subsequent descent started 9 nm west of Honiara, with the aircraft descending from 5,755 ft asl to 1,538 ft asl, a loss of 4,217 ft in 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
Final approach to runway 06 at Honiara International Airport was executed from the south-west, on a heading of 68.0°, at 4 nm and 1,501 ft agl.
Landing on runway 06 was completed with a threshold speed of 137 kt; touchdown occurred 305 m down the runway at 136 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 591 fpm. The runway length is 2,202 m, and total landing distance was 1,084 m, representing 49 % of the runway. Local temperature was 23 °C. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, while rollout alignment was offset by 11.7 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,212 nm, required 183 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 7,199 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 06 at AGGH Honiara International Airport from the south-west, tracking a heading of 68.0° at 4 nm and 1,501 ft agl in ambient temperature of 23 °C.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 137 kt, indicating a stable approach configuration.
Touchdown occurred 305 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 136 kt described as a little fast, a very hard touchdown rate of minus 591 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,084 m, representing 49 % of the 2,202 m runway, and rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.7 m from the centreline.
To refine the landing, focus on flare timing to moderate the descent rate and achieve a softer touchdown, and apply consistent directional control during rollout to keep the aircraft centred within the runway limits.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values