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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,794 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,794 m of the 3,527 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 570 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, then departed from runway 01 at GVAC Amílcar Cabral International Airport. The takeoff distance was 989 meters, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 49 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was also 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Espargos in the Sal Municipality of Cape Verde. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 137 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,178 feet above sea level to 38,513 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,335 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 58 minutes and covered a distance of 433 nautical miles. The cruise phase began at a latitude of 18.7395493 and a longitude of -21.7223932. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 39,047 feet above sea level to 39,533 feet above sea level, an increase of 486 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted 216 minutes and covered a distance of 1,799 nautical miles. This phase began 122 miles northwest of Dakhla. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile west of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The descent took 27 minutes and covered a distance of 132 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 40,037 feet above sea level to 1,288 feet above sea level, a decrease of 38,750 feet.
The final approach to runway 18R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was made from the north, heading 183.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,287 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 18R, which had a length of 3,527 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 130 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -254 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.6 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,703 meters, which was 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 2,523 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 338 minutes. The aircraft used 31,638 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving a score of 95.4%. The final approach to runway 18R was conducted from the north, with a heading of 183.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,287 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a threshold speed of 136 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown point was 143 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 130 knots was slightly faster than desired, and the touchdown rate of -254 feet per minute was fair.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.6 meters, which may have contributed to the deviation from the touchdown zone. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 13°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from 180°. The crosswind component was negligible, but there was a headwind of 5 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing.
The total landing distance of 1,703 meters was 48% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a high score and good performance in several key areas. However, there were some minor deviations from the desired landing parameters, which may be addressed in future training or operations to further improve the aircraft's performance.
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