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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,689 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 656 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Airbus A321 began with a smooth taxiing process from the parking area to the runway at ULLI Pulkovo Airport, taking only 3 minutes to cover the short distance of 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 28R was efficient, with the aircraft reaching liftoff speed of 160 kn after a takeoff distance of 897 m, which accounted for 27% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time showed a temperature of 1 °C, with a wind speed of 4 kn at 270 ° resulting in a minor crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 4 kn.
During the climb phase, the aircraft ascended rapidly from 1,108 ft above sea level to 33,393 ft over ULLI Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of 65 nm in just 15 minutes. The enroute level cruise commenced 8 miles east of Kirishi and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 141 nm. The descent phase began 16 miles southeast of Udomlya, with the aircraft descending from 33,933 ft to 1,831 ft over a distance of 125 nm within 26 minutes.
The final approach to runway 24L at UUEE Sheremetyevo International Airport was executed smoothly, with the aircraft approaching from the east at a heading of 255.0 ° at a distance of 4 nm and altitude of 1,200 ft above ground level. The landing on runway 24L was successful, with the aircraft touching down beyond the designated touchdown zone at a speed of 130 kn. Despite a firm touchdown rate of -316 ft/m, the touchdown alignment was perfect, and the aircraft came to a stop within a total landing distance of 1,275 m, accounting for 35% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nm. The total flight distance for the journey was 338 nm, which took a total of 69 minutes to complete. Throughout the flight, a total of 2,727 kg of fuel was consumed. Overall, the flight in the Airbus A321 was conducted efficiently and safely, with all phases of flight executed within standard operating parameters.
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