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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,989 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,311 ft touchdown sits inside 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 30 at the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, KOAK. The takeoff distance was 2,140 feet, which is 20% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 63°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 310°. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started 2 miles south of Alameda, California, where the aircraft climbed from 1,026 feet above sea level to 5,521 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,495 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead San Francisco, California, and lasting 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The next enroute climb started 2 miles east of Visitacion Valley, California, where the aircraft climbed from 6,281 feet above sea level to 35,221 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,939 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting overhead Thermalito, California, and lasting 2 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The next enroute climb started 1 mile east of Concow, California, where the aircraft climbed from 35,771 feet above sea level to 37,202 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,432 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting 4 miles southwest of Lake Almanor West, California, and lasting 16 minutes, covering a distance of 128 nautical miles. The next enroute descent started 7 miles northwest of OG17 Teed's Airport Lakeview, Oregon, where the aircraft descended from 36,880 feet above sea level to 33,674 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,205 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 6 miles southeast of 22S Paisley, Oregon, and lasting 34 minutes, covering a distance of 246 nautical miles. The next enroute descent started 5 miles southeast of WA14 Connell City Airport, Washington, where the aircraft descended from 33,118 feet above sea level to 5,666 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,452 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 89 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting 1 mile southeast of Mead, Washington, and lasting 5 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The next enroute descent started 1 mile south of Mead, Washington, where the aircraft descended from 5,173 feet above sea level to 3,587 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,586 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 at KGEG Spokane International Airport was made from the northeast, heading 225.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,187 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 21 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,316 feet. The touchdown speed was 141 knots, which was slightly fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -472 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at KGEG Spokane International Airport, with a final approach from the north east, heading 225.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,187 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 21, which has a length of 10,989 feet.
The threshold height at 70 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed of 142 knots was only slightly above the target, suggesting that the pilot maintained a good control of the aircraft's descent rate. The touchdown distance of 1,316 feet was within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot managed to slow down the aircraft effectively before touchdown.
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed of 141 knots, the aircraft's touchdown rate of -472 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard. This may indicate that the pilot could have applied a more gradual descent rate to achieve a softer touchdown. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained a precise control of the aircraft's direction during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 63°F and a wind speed of 7 knots at 240°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more manageable.
The total landing distance of 4,456 feet was 41% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a smooth and controlled deceleration of the aircraft after touchdown. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and precision during the final approach and touchdown phases.
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