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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 10 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 10 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 10 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,432 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 790 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft in question was a Boeing 777-200ER. The pre-flight procedure began with taxiing from the parking to the runway, which took approximately 9 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft departed from runway 15R at RKSI Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea, and lifted off after a takeoff distance of 1,519 meters, which was 40% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure indicated a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 50°. The aircraft experienced a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The enroute climb started about 1 mile south east of RKSI Incheon International Airport and reached an altitude of 9,991 feet above sea level (ft asl), increasing by 8,943 ft in just 5 minutes, and covering a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The aircraft then transitioned to an enroute level cruise, lasting 3 minutes and covering 17 nautical miles, 2 miles south of Ansan-si in South Korea. This was followed by another climb, this time from 10,030 ft asl to 35,194 ft asl, an increase of 25,165 ft, in 21 minutes, and covering 163 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise that followed lasted 145 minutes and covered a distance of 1,248 nautical miles, with the aircraft located 53 miles east of RKTL Uljin Airport in South Korea. Another climb started at a location with coordinates Latitude: 42.5949663, Longitude: 156.679332, and climbed from 34,950 ft asl to 36,943 ft asl, an increase of 1,993 ft, in 3 minutes, covering 32 nautical miles.
The aircraft then flew at an enroute level cruise for 156 minutes, covering a distance of 1,403 nautical miles, before beginning another climb. This climb started 84 miles south west of IKO Nikolski AS Nikolski Airport in Alaska, USA, and climbed from 37,308 ft asl to 39,159 ft asl, an increase of 1,851 ft, in 3 minutes, covering 30 nautical miles.
Subsequent enroute level cruises took place, one lasting 153 minutes and covering 1,305 nautical miles, and another lasting 178 minutes, covering 1,478 nautical miles.
The aircraft began its enroute descent when it was 4 miles south west of Bertha in Minnesota, USA. The descent decreased the altitude from 40,777 ft asl to 2,143 ft asl, a total decrease of 38,634 ft, in 22 minutes, and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles.
The final approach took place from the north west, heading in the direction of 121.0°, at an altitude of 1,303 ft above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the target runway, runway 12L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. The landing was successful, with a touchdown speed of 124 kt and a touchdown rate of -200 fpm.
The total landing distance was 1,373 meters, which was 56% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was ideal. The post-landing taxiing to the parking took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance covered an impressive 5,849 nautical miles, taking a total flight time of 690 minutes. The aircraft consumed a considerable 79,120 kg of fuel throughout the flight.
A Boeing 777-200ER successfully landed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP), bringing attention to its impressive performance. This aircraft navigated the final approach to runway 12L from the northwest with a heading of 121.0°, positioned at 4 nautical miles and 1,303 feet above ground level.
The aircraft maintained an optimal landing speed of 131 knots when it reached the threshold, surpassing the target landing speed. However, the threshold height was slightly above the desired level, standing at 62 feet above ground level.
Following a smooth descent, the aircraft touched down on runway 12L at 377 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. At the moment of touchdown, the aircraft maintained a suitable speed of 124 knots, which was well within acceptable limits. Moreover, the touchdown rate was also commended at -200 feet per minute, demonstrating precision control on the part of the pilot.
In terms of alignment, the runway and touchdown alignment were extremely well-maintained, with an optimal touchdown point. These precise landing abilities further emphasize the skills and professionalism of the pilot at the controls.
During this landing, conditions were generally favorable, with a light temperature of 20°C and minimal wind at 2 knots, originating from 140°. Consequently, there was a negligible influence from crosswinds and headwinds, making the landing a smooth one.
Upon completion of landing, the overall duration covered a length of 1,373 meters, which was remarkably short, accounting for 56% of the total runway length. The runway after-rolling out alignment remained perfectly aligned throughout the landing, resulting in an exceptional overall performance, as displayed by the Boeing 777-200ER. The entire landing operation was well-executed and a testament to the technical capabilities of the aircraft, as well as the skills of the pilots involved.
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