Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 20 stages, 18 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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 8,192 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,079 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Vision Jet began with a 15-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway, covering 3 nm. Departure roll was from runway 08 at WAWW Haluoleo Airport, with a takeoff distance of 2,008 ft, representing 24% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 103 kn, with local weather conditions showing a temperature of 88 °F, wind at 4 kn from 51°, with crosswind at 2 kn and headwind at 3 kn.
The enroute climb began 1 mile east of WAWW Haluoleo Airport, climbing from 1,169 ft to 27,176 ft, covering 65 nm in 18 minutes. The level cruise portion of the flight started 21 miles north of WAWB Betoambari Airport Bau Bau, lasting 2 minutes and covering 11 nm. Another enroute climb began 13 miles north-east of WAWB Betoambari Airport, climbing from 27,178 ft to 30,725 ft in 2 minutes over 9 nm. A subsequent level cruise phase began 11 miles east of WAWB Betoambari Airport, lasting 39 minutes and covering 201 nm.
The enroute descent leg commenced 24 miles south of WATW Wunopito, descending from 31,229 ft to 1,580 ft over 24 minutes, covering 85 nm. The final approach to runway 25 at WATT El Tari Airport saw the aircraft approaching from the east, with a heading of 256.0° at 4 nm and 1,235 ft above ground level.
The landing on runway 25 at WATT El Tari Airport featured a runway length of 8,192 ft, with a slightly higher than target threshold height of 59 ft above ground level and a slightly lower than target threshold speed of 82 kn. The touchdown occurred at 1,079 ft, with a speed of 75 kn and a descent rate of -277 ft/min. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 29 ft from the centerline. Local weather conditions at landing included a temperature of 84 °F, wind at 6 kn from 320°, with a crosswind of 5 kn and headwind of 3 kn.
The total landing distance was 2,186 ft, representing 27% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 30 ft from the centerline. The taxi from the runway to the parking area took 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 378 nm, with a duration of 97 minutes and fuel consumption of 624 lbs.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values