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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 161 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 434 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,080 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 3,080 m of the 4,008 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 912 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A flight originating from San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) departed runway 28R, covering 1,655 meters of the 3,500-meter runway in 47% of the available distance. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 147 knots, with a local temperature of 21°C and a gentle headwind of 1 knot. The initial climb phase began overhead San Bruno, California, where the aircraft ascended from 974 feet above sea level to 5,698 feet in just 3 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles.
The enroute climb phase continued, with the aircraft reaching a cruising altitude of 34,998 feet above sea level after a 16-minute climb from 5,698 feet. This phase covered 118 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a prolonged level cruise phase, lasting 67 minutes and covering 1,738 nautical miles. The flight continued with multiple climb and level cruise phases, with the aircraft reaching a maximum altitude of 39,001 feet above sea level. The descent phase began over Brazil, where the aircraft descended from 38,999 feet to 2,872 feet in 10 minutes, covering 67 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28 at Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (SBGL) was initiated from the east, with the aircraft touching down 504 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above target at 138 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -293 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 3,007 meters, covering 75% of the 4,008-meter runway. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, covering 1 nautical mile in 8 minutes. The total flight distance was 5,817 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 251 minutes and a fuel consumption of -4,612 kilograms.
The final approach to runway 28 at SBGL Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport was initiated from the east, heading 254.0° at 4 nm and 1,404 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold height of 76 ft above ground level, which was well above the target. However, the threshold speed of 145 kt was slightly above the target, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing speed.
The aircraft touched down 504 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 138 kt, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate of -293 fpm was fair, indicating a relatively smooth touchdown. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 m from the centreline, which could have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 8.9 m from the centreline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 24 °C and a wind of 4 kt at 140°, resulted in a negligible crosswind and a slight tailwind of 2 kt.
The total landing distance of 3,007 m was 75% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. Overall, the landing performance scored 83.2%, reflecting a satisfactory but not exceptional landing. The slight deviations from the optimal landing speed and alignment could be addressed through further training and practice to improve the landing performance.
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