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Work on the flare
Next time
Hold the aim point and wait for the runway to come to you instead of starting the flare at 71 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 71 ft, well above the normal band and 26 ft earlier than the 45 ft limit.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band around 50 ft.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,335 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 373 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at LSZH Zürich Airport in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28, the Boeing 737-800 accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,266 m, representing 51 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 154 kt. Ambient conditions were 22 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 224°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The initial en-route climb commenced over Rumlang, rising from 2,334 ft asl to 4,669 ft asl - a gain of 2,335 ft - in less than one minute while covering 1 nm.
A subsequent descent began over Niederhasli, descending from 4,686 ft asl to 3,295 ft asl, a loss of 1,391 ft achieved in 2 minutes and spanning 6 nm.
The next climb segment started over Dietikon, increasing altitude from 3,303 ft asl to 10,003 ft asl - an ascent of 6,700 ft - over 3 minutes and a distance of 13 nm.
A level cruise was flown over Kloten for 2 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 8 nm.
Climbing again over Kollbrunn, the aircraft rose from 10,447 ft asl to 18,937 ft asl, gaining 8,489 ft in 5 minutes while traversing 32 nm.
The descent that followed began 3 mi north-east of Romanshorn, dropping from 18,948 ft asl to 5,003 ft asl - a loss of 13,944 ft - in 10 minutes and covering 58 nm.
A further cruise segment was conducted over Lenningen for 3 minutes, during which 13 nm were flown.
The final descent segment started 1 mi north of Ebersbach an der Fils, descending from 4,889 ft asl to 2,602 ft asl, a reduction of 2,287 ft in 3 minutes and covering 8 nm.
On final approach to runway 25 at EDDS Stuttgart Airport, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 254.0° at 4 nm and 1,364 ft agl.
Landing on runway 25 was executed with a touchdown distance of 373 m and a touchdown speed of 129 kt; the touchdown rate was recorded at minus 480 fpm and the touchdown point was 3.7 m left of the centreline. The runway threshold height of 56 ft agl was slightly above target, while the threshold speed of 134 kt was slightly below target. Total landing distance was 959 m, representing 29 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft subsequently taxied from the runway to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 148 nm, required 40 minutes of flight time, and consumed 1,977 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 25 at EDDS Stuttgart was flown from the east on a heading of 254.0° at 4 nm and 1,364 ft agl; temperature was 19 °C with wind 3 kt from 225°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind and 2 kt head-wind component. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the aircraft crossed the 56 ft agl marker slightly above the target and the measured threshold speed of 134 kt was slightly below the target value.
Touchdown occurred 373 m down the runway, which is rated good, and the speed at touchdown was 129 kt, also good. The aircraft experienced a hard touchdown rate of minus 480 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.7 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 959 m, representing 29 % of the 3,335 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft remained on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
To refine the performance, focus on achieving a stabilized sink rate before the 1,000 ft gate and moderating the flare to reduce the hard touchdown rate. Fine-tuning the final-approach glide path will also help keep the touchdown point consistently on target.
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