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Know your rotation speed
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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 2,616 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 362 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight took off from runway 34 at CYFB Iqaluit with a takeoff distance of 1,087 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 182 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 3°C with a wind speed of 34 knots coming from 286°, resulting in a crosswind of 16 knots and a headwind of 30 knots.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing from 1,105 feet above sea level to 3,765 feet above sea level, gaining an altitude of 2,660 feet in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase began 5 miles west of CYFB Iqaluit and lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 34 at CYFB Iqaluit, which has a length of 2,616 meters. The height at the threshold was 41 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 135 knots. The touchdown occurred 363 meters from the threshold with a touchdown speed of 135 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -481 feet per minute. The local weather during landing was 3°C with a wind speed of 22 knots from 300°, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 21 knots.
Overall, the total flight distance covered was 31 nautical miles, the flight duration was 17 minutes, and 1,079 kilograms of fuel were consumed during the flight.
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