Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 21 stages, 19 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 2,055 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,055 m of the 3,044 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,172 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-800 began at EGSS London Stansted Airport. The taxi from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes, covering 2 nm. The departure roll was from runway 04, with a takeoff distance of 4,592 ft (51% of the runway). The liftoff speed was 159 kn, and the local weather at takeoff was 40 °F with a 12 kn wind at 120 ° resulting in a 11 kn crosswind and 3 kn headwind.
The enroute climb started over EGSS London Stansted Airport, climbing from 1,414 ft asl to 4,616 ft asl in 1 minute, covering 4 nm. The level cruise began 1 mile southeast of Debden and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nm. The second climb started over EGRD Nuthampstead Reed, climbing from 4,779 ft asl to 33,462 ft asl in 17 minutes, covering 91 nm. The subsequent level cruise began 1 mile northeast of Parwich and lasted 119 minutes, covering 786 nm.
The enroute descent commenced 34 miles southeast of BIKF Keflavik International Airport, descending from 33,522 ft asl to 1,908 ft asl in 26 minutes, covering 128 nm. The landing was on runway 01 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport, with a runway length of 9,986 ft. The height at threshold was 140 ft agl, with a speed of 140 kn. The touchdown occurred 3,202 ft from the threshold at a speed of 132 kn and a VSI of -256 ft/m. The local weather at landing was 29 °F with a 25 kn wind at 20 °, resulting in a 9 kn crosswind and 24 kn headwind. The total landing distance was 5,820 ft (58% of the runway).
Finally, taxiing from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 1,029 nm, taking 182 minutes and using 15,615 lbs of fuel.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values