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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Work on the flare
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,707 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,707 ft of the 13,434 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,167 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 started at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, United States, with a 12-minute taxi from the parking area to Runway 18C. The takeoff roll covered 5,333 feet, which was 54% of the runway length, with a liftoff speed of 161 knots. The local weather at departure was 67°F with a 2-knot wind coming from 98°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The enroute climb began 1 mile south of KCLT and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,707 feet to 36,972 feet, covering 123 nautical miles in 20 minutes. The level cruise then commenced 2 miles southeast of Papas Place in Georgia, lasting 100 minutes and covering 628 nm. The subsequent descent phase started 6 miles southwest of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Texas, descending from 37,112 feet to 12,350 feet over 75 nm in 13 minutes. The second level cruise segment started 1 mile east of Cockrell Hill, Texas, for 4 minutes covering 18 nm, before the final descent phase was initiated 2 miles west of Hebron, descending from 12,360 feet to 2,346 feet over 6 nm in 9 minutes.
The landing took place on Runway 17C at Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport, with a landing distance of 5,450 feet, which was 41% of the total runway length. The touchdown occurred 2,177 feet from the threshold at a speed of 134 knots with a vertical speed indicator reading of -206 ft/m. The weather at the destination was 91°F with a 17-knot wind coming from 149°, resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 15 knots.
After landing, the taxi from the runway to the parking area took 15 minutes covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance traveled was 861 nm, with a total flight time of 225 minutes. The aircraft used 16,321 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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