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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,216 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,216 m of the 3,138 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 766 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 08L at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) in Paris, France. The takeoff distance was 1,388 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 164 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 12°C temperature and a wind speed of 5 knots at 100 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Mitry-Mory, a town in the Ile-de-France region of France, and reached an altitude of 30,999 feet above sea level (asl) in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 78 nautical miles. The aircraft then transitioned into a level cruise, which lasted for 12 minutes and covered 102 nautical miles, starting 5 miles southwest of Blaise-sous-Arzillieres in the Grand Est region of France.
The enroute descent began 1 mile east of Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France, and the aircraft descended from 30,971 ft asl to 5,899 ft asl in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 89 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, this time lasting 3 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles, starting 1 mile south of Eggingen in the Baden-Wuerttemberg region of Germany. The final descent began 2 miles east of Hochenschwand in the Baden-Wuerttemberg region of Germany, and the aircraft descended from 5,792 ft asl to 2,696 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 14 at Zürich Airport (LSZH) was made from the north-west, with the aircraft heading 138.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,283 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was made on runway 14, which had a length of 3,138 meters. The threshold height was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 144 knots. The touchdown point was 351 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 140 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -366 feet per minute (fpm), and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 1°C temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 10 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the tailwind was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 2,137 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 304 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 59 minutes. The aircraft used 7,430 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at Zürich Airport (LSZH) on runway 14, achieving a score of 91.6%. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 138.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,283 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's approach to the runway was generally good, with a threshold height slightly above the target at 57 feet agl. However, the threshold speed was satisfactory at 144 knots, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown point was located 351 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight over-shooting of the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 140 knots was slightly faster than the desired speed, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -366 feet per minute (fpm). This may have been due to the aircraft's momentum and the pilots' decision to maintain a steady approach speed. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been caused by a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 10°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, and the tailwind component was also 2 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 2,137 meters was 68% of the available runway length, indicating a relatively long rollout. However, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, suggesting that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and avoided any deviations from the centerline.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the desired approach and touchdown parameters. The pilots' skills and experience were evident in their ability to maintain control of the aircraft and execute a safe landing despite some minor issues.
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