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Work on the flare
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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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 1,889 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,889 m of the 3,138 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 747 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Boeing 747-8 began with a 7-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The departure took place from runway 07R, with a takeoff distance of 1,169 meters, covering 29% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots. The local weather at the time indicated a temperature of 19°C, with a 5 knot wind coming from 159°, resulting in a 5 knot crosswind and no headwind.
The enroute climb started over Berlin, climbing from 1,165 feet above sea level to 35,428 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 53 nautical miles in 10 minutes. The enroute level cruise started over Zerbst and lasted 34 minutes, covering 240 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 2 miles north of Gomaringen, descending from 35,391 feet above sea level to 4,007 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 56 nautical miles in 18 minutes. Another brief enroute level cruise followed, starting 1 mile south of Eggingen and lasting 3 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 14 at LSZH Zurich, with a runway length of 3,138 meters. The aircraft was at a height of 50 feet above ground level at the threshold, with a speed of 145 knots. The touchdown occurred 747 meters from the threshold, at a speed of 137 knots and a vertical speed indicator showing -274 feet per minute. The local weather in Zurich indicated a temperature of 17°C, with a 4 knot wind coming from 330°, resulting in a 1 knot crosswind and a 3 knot tailwind. The total landing distance was 1,815 meters, covering 58% of the runway.
After landing, a 5-minute taxi from the runway back to the parking area was completed, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 368 nautical miles, taking 85 minutes. The flight used 9,847 kilograms of fuel.
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