Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 154 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 176 kt, 22 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 154 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Close the throttles earlier on final so you cross the threshold at 137 kt rather than carrying excess speed.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 152 kt, 15 kt above the 137 kt target, and the nose was then only raised 1.2° in the flare, taking out little of the sink. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries extra energy into a flare that barely arrests the sink, and that combination usually ends in a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at the threshold.
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 20 stages, 19 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,956 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,956 m of the 2,606 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 945 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27R at London Heathrow Airport, with the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft taking off after a distance of 1,595 meters, which was 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 176 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 230 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 8 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Colnbrook, a location in Slough, England. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,106 feet above sea level to 5,724 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,618 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. This was followed by a level cruise that started overhead Weybridge in Surrey, England, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 39 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from an altitude of 6,365 feet above sea level to 23,622 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,257 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 56 nautical miles. This climb took place overhead Detling in Kent, England. The aircraft then entered a long level cruise that started 14 miles north of Grand-Fort-Philippe in Hauts-de-France, France, and lasted for 643 minutes, covering a distance of 4,382 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, starting 50 miles west of Ifuru Airport in the Maldives. The descent from 23,411 feet above sea level to 5,582 feet above sea level, a decrease of 17,829 feet in 16 minutes, covered a distance of 88 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise that started 25 miles south of Eydhafushi in the Maldives and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles.
The final descent began 15 miles north of Hulhumale in the Kaafu Atoll, Maldives, and took the aircraft from an altitude of 5,106 feet above sea level to 1,409 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,696 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 18 at Malé International Airport, flying from the north at a heading of 179.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,372 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 18, which had a length of 2,606 meters. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 152 knots. The touchdown point was 527 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 133 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -319 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 240 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,873 meters, which was 72% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in 2 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 4,617 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 696 minutes. The aircraft used a total
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft successfully landed at VRMM Malé International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 179.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,372 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a speed that was well above the target threshold speed, reaching 152 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 527 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation. The touchdown speed of 133 knots was also slightly faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent before touchdown. The touchdown rate of -319 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft's wheels made contact with the runway with a moderate amount of force.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.9 meters, which may have been due to a combination of factors including wind and pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 240°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots.
Despite the deviations from the ideal landing parameters, the aircraft's runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. The total landing distance of 1,873 meters was 72% of the available runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, it was still a safe and controlled touchdown.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values