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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 1,795 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,795 m of the 2,693 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 787 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 17R at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,159 meters, which accounted for 29% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 132 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 31°C temperature and a wind speed of 5 knots at 240°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 2 knots. After departing from Lyon, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport at Colombier-Saugnieu. The climb took 20 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,823 feet above sea level to 30,462 feet, an increase of 28,639 feet. The climb covered a distance of 105 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Treyvaux in Switzerland. This phase lasted for 24 minutes and covered a distance of 164 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started overhead Alfdorf in Germany. The descent took 20 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 30,385 feet to 2,331 feet, a decrease of 28,053 feet. The descent covered a distance of 69 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 28 at Nuremberg Airport from the east. The aircraft was heading 278.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,280 feet above ground level. The local weather conditions at Nuremberg were 22°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots at 250°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots.
The aircraft landed on runway 28, which had a length of 2,693 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 122 knots. The touchdown point was 368 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 118 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was good at -186 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.0 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,710 meters, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.4 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 348 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 79 minutes. The aircraft used 2,583 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at EDDN Nuremberg Airport, achieving a score of 89.4%. The final approach to runway 28 was initiated from the east, with the aircraft heading 278.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with the threshold height being satisfactory. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 122 kt. The touchdown point was located 368 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 118 kt was also a bit faster than desired, but the touchdown rate of -186 feet per minute was considered good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22°C, with a wind speed of 8 kt blowing from 250°. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 kt and a headwind of 7 kt. The runway length at EDDN Nuremberg Airport is 2,693 meters, which the aircraft utilized to a significant extent, covering a total landing distance of 1,710 meters, or 64% of the runway.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment with the runway centerline was slightly off, deviating by 8.4 meters from the centerline. Despite this minor issue, the overall landing performance of the RJ85 was satisfactory, with the aircraft successfully coming to a stop on the runway.
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