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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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: seven 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,038 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 316 m 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 approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 06 at King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa. The takeoff distance was 1,218 meters, which is 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 151 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of King Shaka International Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 21°C temperature and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the tailwind was also 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead the airport and continued to an altitude of 39,092 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,725 feet in 42 minutes, covering a distance of 347 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase began at a latitude of -27.8756133 and a longitude of 37.4624092, lasting for 270 minutes and covering a distance of 1,128 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent from an altitude of 39,073 feet above sea level to 4,395 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,678 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 51 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase was restarted 3 miles southwest of Flic en Flac, Mauritius, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 2 miles south of Curepipe, Mauritius, and continued to an altitude of 1,683 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,711 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 14 at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport was made from the northwest, heading 117.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,529 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown speed of 121 knots and a touchdown distance of 316 meters. The touchdown rate was fair at -261 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 20°C temperature and a wind speed of 2 knots at 320°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the tailwind was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 825 meters, which is 27% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,552 nautical miles, taking 193 minutes, and the aircraft used 8,411 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at FIMP Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, achieving a high score of 98.2%. The final approach to runway 14 was conducted from the north-west, with a heading of 117.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,529 feet above ground level.
The aircraft's approach and landing performance were satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 128 knots. The touchdown distance of 316 meters was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 121 knots was well within the recommended range. However, the touchdown rate of -261 feet per minute was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than desired.
Despite a slight misalignment of 3.8 meters from the centerline, the runway touchdown position was still considered acceptable. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 20°C and a light wind of 2 knots from 320°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, and the tailwind component was 2 knots, which had a negligible impact on the landing.
The total landing distance of 825 meters was only 27% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop quickly and efficiently after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing roll and was able to align the aircraft with the centerline of the runway.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score and demonstrating good approach and landing performance. However, there is still room for improvement, particularly in terms of reducing the touchdown rate and maintaining a more precise alignment with the centerline of the runway.
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