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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Rotate at the 75 kt target instead of letting speed run on past it.
What happened: Liftoff came late at 96 kt, well past the 75 kt target, and the climb that followed carried uneven g through Climb 2 and Climb 3. A late rotation like this usually drags abrupt g handling into the following climb segments.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 75 kt for rotation.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 128 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 70 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 680 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL), the Kodiak 100 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 23L, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a gentle wind of 2 knots from 230°. The aircraft's takeoff roll commenced, and it lifted off the ground at a speed of 96 knots, utilizing 27% of the available runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from Düsseldorf, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, which began overhead Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The climb phase saw the aircraft ascend from 1,128 feet above sea level to 7,991 feet, an increase of 6,864 feet in just 9 minutes, covering a distance of 21 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, which lasted for 1312 minutes and covered a distance of 66 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent phase, which started overhead Gouvy, Wallonia, Belgium, and continued through several enroute level cruise phases, including one over Medernach, Diekirch, Luxembourg, and another over Berbourg, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg.
The final approach to runway 24 at Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (ELUX) was initiated from the north-east, with the aircraft heading 240° at 4 nautical miles and 1,314 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a touchdown point 240 meters beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 65 knots, which was slightly faster than optimal. The touchdown rate was smooth at -115 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The total landing distance was 981 meters, which accounted for 25% of the available runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 141 nautical miles, and the aircraft consumed 147 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The aircraft touched down on runway 24 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, a 3,989-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the north east, heading 240.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,314 feet above ground level. The approach quality was good, with a satisfactory threshold height, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 91 knots, exceeding the recommended value.
The touchdown point was located 240 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 65 knots was slightly above the optimal value. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -115 feet per minute, indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, with the aircraft centered on the runway. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 3°C and a wind of 6 knots at 340°, resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 981 meters, which accounted for 25% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, with the aircraft maintaining its centerline alignment throughout the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 89.3%.
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