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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 350 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a CRJ900, then departed from runway 23 at Yeager Airport (KCRW) in Charleston, West Virginia. The takeoff distance was 1,457 meters, which accounted for 84% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 11 knots blowing from 240°. This resulted in a 3-knot crosswind and an 11-knot headwind. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of Charleston, rising from an altitude of 1,668 feet above sea level to 33,992 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,324 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile southwest of Weber City, Virginia, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 93 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 1 mile southwest of Franklin, North Carolina, and involved a decrease in altitude from 33,356 feet above sea level to 2,426 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,930 feet, in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 102 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26R at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) was made from the east, with a heading of 270.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,400 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 26R, which had a length of 2,738 meters, was successful, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 141 knots. The touchdown distance was 350 meters, and the touchdown speed was 135 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -217 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots blowing from 290°. This resulted in a 3-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind. The total landing distance was 1,204 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 316 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 42 minutes. The aircraft used 2,080 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The CRJ900 aircraft successfully landed at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) on runway 26R, achieving a score of 99.2%. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,400 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 141 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 135 knots was slightly faster than ideal, which may have contributed to a fair touchdown rate of -217 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 meters from the centerline, which could have been a result of the crosswind or pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots from 290°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 8 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment and touchdown position. Despite these conditions, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
The total landing distance of 1,204 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This suggests that the pilots executed a smooth and controlled landing, taking into account the wind conditions and the aircraft's performance characteristics. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good skills and judgment in navigating the aircraft to a safe touchdown.
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