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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,044 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 949 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna Skyhawk, then departed from runway 05 at BISF Selfoss Airport. The takeoff distance was 276 meters, which accounted for 26% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 55 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 0 knots at 196 degrees. There was no crosswind or headwind. The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead Selfoss, a town in the Sudurland region of Iceland. The climb started from an altitude of 295 feet above sea level and reached a height of 2,358 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,063 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south east of Hveragerdi. This phase lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 20 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 2 miles south east of Hafnarfjoerdur, a town in the Hoefudborgarsvaedi region of Iceland. The descent was from an altitude of 2,206 feet above sea level to 1,412 feet above sea level, a decrease of 794 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Hafnarfjoerdur and lasted for 13 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles. The flight eventually landed on runway 01 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport, a runway with a length of 3,044 meters. The threshold height at 87 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 72 knots.
The touchdown point was 357 meters beyond the touchdown zone, but the touchdown speed of 42 knots was good, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -40 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 6 knots at 299 degrees, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 977 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 18.2 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 47 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 38 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 12 kilograms.
The Cessna Skyhawk has successfully landed on runway 01 at Keflavik International Airport, achieving a score of 71.6%. The landing was conducted under local weather conditions of 0°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 kt from a direction of 299°, resulting in a 5 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
The aircraft's approach to the runway was notable for its high threshold speed, which was 72 kt, significantly above the target speed. This suggests that the pilot may have been experiencing some difficulty in controlling the aircraft's descent rate, potentially due to the strong headwind. However, the touchdown speed of 42 kt was good, indicating that the pilot was able to recover and stabilize the aircraft's descent in the final stages of the approach.
The touchdown point was 357 m beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively significant distance. This may have been due to the pilot's decision to extend the landing distance in order to compensate for the high threshold speed and the strong headwind. The touchdown rate of -40 fpm was perfect, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent rate and touch down smoothly.
However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 m from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's difficulty in aligning the aircraft with the runway during the approach. This misalignment was also reflected in the runway rollout alignment, which was off by 18.2 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance of 977 m was 32% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This suggests that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's speed and descent rate effectively, and was able to bring the aircraft to a stop in a relatively short distance. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot was able to recover from the initial difficulties and achieve a good score.
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