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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Keep the approach speed on target
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
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 447 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Boeing 737-800 started with a smooth taxi from the parking area to the runway at AYPY Jacksons, which took only 4 minutes and covered less than a mile. The departure roll from runway 14L was successful, with a takeoff distance of 1,370 meters, using 50% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots, under local weather conditions of 28°C temperature, with a 2-knot wind at 90° resulting in a 1-knot crosswind and headwind.
The enroute climb began 1 mile southeast of AYPY Jacksons, with the aircraft ascending from 1,137 feet to 36,369 feet, gaining 35,232 feet in 35 minutes and covering 251 nautical miles. The level cruise commenced 22 miles southeast of AYSL Sehulea Sehulea and lasted 51 minutes, covering 396 nautical miles.
The descent phase of the flight started 53 miles south of AGGD Gatokae Airport Gizo, with a descent from 36,120 feet to 3,991 feet, descending 32,129 feet in 17 minutes and covering 105 nautical miles. The landing occurred smoothly on runway 06 at AGGH Honiara Intl / Henderson Field, with a runway length of 2,203 meters. The touchdown speed was 121 knots, with a VSI of -193 ft/min. The total landing distance covered was 1,412 meters, which is 64% of the runway length.
After landing, the taxi to the parking area from the runway was quick, taking only 1 minute and covering less than a mile. The entire flight covered a distance of 766 nautical miles, lasting 150 minutes and consuming 5,467 kilograms of fuel. The weather conditions at the destination of AGGH Honiara were 27°C with no significant wind at 176°.
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