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Improve the taxi
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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,495 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 343 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A220-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 34R at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 34R, the aircraft used 1,891 m of runway (52 % of the available length) and lifted off at 150 kt. Ambient conditions were 31 °C with a wind from 290° at 11 kt, providing a 4 kt headwind and an 11 kt cross-wind component.
The first en-route climb began 1 mile southwest of Riverton, Washington, climbing from 1,440 ft asl to 32,198 ft asl - a gain of 30,758 ft - in 29 minutes while covering 171 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced 12 miles southwest of Nelson Ranch Airport, Oregon, lasting 6 minutes and spanning 40 nm.
The second climb started 1 mile north of Cline Falls Air Park, Oregon, ascending from 33,810 ft asl to 36,730 ft asl, an increase of 2,920 ft, in 6 minutes and over 39 nm.
A subsequent cruise phase began 20 miles southeast of Three Rivers, Oregon, and continued for 105 minutes, covering 740 nm.
Descent number one was initiated 2 miles west of Mesa Verde, California, descending from 36,543 ft asl to 25,040 ft asl - a loss of 11,504 ft - in 6 minutes while traveling 40 nm.
A brief cruise followed 14 miles south of Brenda, Arizona, lasting 2 minutes and covering 11 nm.
Descent number two began 12 miles southwest of Salome Airport, Arizona, dropping from 25,044 ft asl to 5,540 ft asl, a decrease of 19,504 ft, in 19 minutes and over 99 nm.
A short cruise segment started 3 miles east of Gilbert, Arizona, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
The third descent commenced 3 miles south of Falcon Field, Arizona, descending from 5,124 ft asl to 2,445 ft asl - a loss of 2,679 ft - in 4 minutes and covering 11 nm.
For the final approach to runway 26 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the aircraft aligned from the east, heading 269.0° at 4 nm and 1,318 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26 was executed with a threshold speed of 140 kt; touchdown occurred at 135 kt, 342 m down the runway, with a touchdown rate of minus 251 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.3 m from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,362 m (39 % of the runway). Local weather was 41 °C with a wind from 260° at 12 kt, giving a 12 kt headwind and a 2 kt cross-wind component.
Runway rollout was aligned perfectly, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,165 nm, lasted 193 minutes, and consumed 6,019 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 executed the final approach to runway 26 at KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport from the east, tracking a heading of 269.0° at 4 nm and 1,318 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 140 kt, indicating that the aircraft crossed the runway threshold at the appropriate height and speed for the flare.
Touchdown occurred on runway 26, whose length is 3,495 m. The aircraft touched down 342 m from the threshold at a speed of 135 kt, which was judged good, and the touchdown rate was fair at -251 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.3 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 1,362 m, representing 39 % of the runway. Local weather was 41 °C with wind 12 kt from 260°, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 12 kt headwind component.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 98.8 %, the landing was overall excellent; minor refinements should focus on tightening centreline alignment to eliminate the 3.3 m offset and moderating the descent rate to reduce the -251 fpm touchdown vertical speed.
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