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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 2,747 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 270 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Just Flight RJ100 British Airways model, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at the Aeropuerto Internacional Gral. Abelardo Rodriguez in Tijuana, Mexico. This taxiing process took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 27, taking off with a takeoff distance of 779 meters, which accounted for 26% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 130 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 249 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead the Aeropuerto Internacional Gral. Abelardo Rodriguez in Tijuana. The climb took 17 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,501 feet above sea level to 30,713 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,212 feet. The enroute climb covered a distance of 70 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 10 miles southwest of Laguna Beach in California, United States. This cruise phase lasted for 45 minutes and covered a distance of 257 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 10 miles east of the Manzanita Airport in Mariposa, California. The descent took 9 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 30,426 feet above sea level to 22,012 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,415 feet. The enroute descent covered a distance of 57 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 6 miles southwest of Walker in California. This cruise phase lasted for 4 minutes and covered a distance of 27 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 3 miles southeast of Fish Springs in Nevada, United States. The descent took 11 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 21,205 feet above sea level to 5,735 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,470 feet. The final descent covered a distance of 40 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 17R at the Reno Tahoe International Airport, approaching from the north. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,303 feet above ground level and was 4 nautical miles away from the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 11 knots at 279 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
The aircraft landed on runway 17R, with a touchdown distance of 269 meters. The touchdown speed was 102 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was firm at -392 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,352 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline.
The aircraft then taxiied to the parking area from the runway, taking 4 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 459 nautical miles, and the flight took 104 minutes. The aircraft used 3,326 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The British Airways RJ100 aircraft successfully landed at KRNO Reno Tahoe International Airport, achieving a score of 93.8%. The final approach to runway 17R was initiated from the north, heading 180.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,303 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 107 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 269 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 102 knots was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -392 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, indicating a controlled descent.
Despite a good overall performance, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 13.3 meters from the centerline. However, these deviations were not significant enough to impact the overall score.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 279°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing performance.
Overall, the British Airways RJ100 aircraft demonstrated a good landing performance at KRNO Reno Tahoe International Airport, with a score of 93.8%. While there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing, the aircraft's touchdown speed, distance, and rate were all within acceptable limits.
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