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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 518 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, as soon as you reach 11 ft, rather than waiting until closer to the runway.
What happened: The flare began at 6.9 ft, 4.4 ft later than the normal band, leaving little time to arrest the sink. A late flare like this usually carries through to a firmer-than-normal touchdown.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, calling the flare at 11 ft.
Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,913 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,913 m of the 3,220 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 468 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The 777-200LR taxied from its parking position to runway 16L at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 16L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 166 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,962 m, representing 54 % of the runway; ambient temperature was 16 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 162° (crosswind 1 kt, headwind 3 kt).
The initial climb began 1 mile southeast of Normandy Park, Washington, climbing from 1,354 ft asl to 32,926 ft asl - a gain of 31,572 ft - in 12 minutes while covering 72 nm.
Level cruise commenced 6 miles south of 7WA0 Big Andy Airport, Port Angeles, and continued for 102 minutes, during which 688 nm were flown.
A second climb started 12 miles southwest of PASI Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, climbing from 33,991 ft asl to 35,417 ft asl - an increase of 1,427 ft - in 2 minutes over a distance of 10 nm.
The subsequent cruise segment began 16 miles west of PASI and lasted 56 minutes, covering 384 nm.
Descent phase one originated 5 miles west of AK97 Boswell Bay Airport, descending from 35,953 ft asl to 14,008 ft asl - a loss of 21,946 ft - in 13 minutes while traveling 84 nm.
A brief cruise followed 5 miles southeast of Girdwood, Alaska, lasting 6 minutes and covering 32 nm.
Descent phase two began 5 miles northwest of PAWR Whittier Airport, with altitude decreasing from 13,663 ft asl to 5,161 ft asl - a reduction of 8,503 ft - in 7 minutes over 30 nm.
The next cruise segment started 8 miles south of AK12 Flying Crown Airport, Anchorage, and lasted 3 minutes, during which 11 nm were flown.
Descent phase three commenced 8 miles south of 6AK5 Fire Island Airport, descending from 4,842 ft asl to 1,584 ft asl - a drop of 3,258 ft - in 6 minutes and covering 18 nm.
Final approach to runway 07L at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport reduced altitude from 1,475 ft agl to 157 ft agl in 102 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 07L, which is 3,220 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 144 kt; touchdown occurred 456 m down the runway at 144 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 191 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment; local weather reported a temperature of 0 °C and a wind of 3 kt from 318° (crosswind 2 kt, tailwind 2 kt).
The total landing distance recorded was 1,821 m, representing 57 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Overall, the flight covered 1,337 nm in 229 minutes and consumed 26,995 kg of fuel.
The 777-200LR approached runway 07L at PANC in a stabilised configuration, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits as assessed at the 1,000 ft gate. The final descent covered the interval from 1,475 ft agl to 157 ft agl in 102 seconds and the aircraft earned full marks on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 144 kt. Touchdown distance was good at 456 m, while touchdown speed of 144 kt was noted as a little fast. The touchdown rate was good at minus 191 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned very well on the centreline, the speed remaining slightly above the optimum at 144 kt, a descent rate of minus 191 fpm and a distance of 456 m from the threshold, all within the acceptable limits described.
Rollout continued with a total landing distance of 1,821 m, representing 57 % of the 3,220 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local conditions were 0 °C, wind 3 kt from 318°, with a 2 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt tailwind component.
To convert the slight excess in touchdown speed into a marginal improvement, a modest reduction of a few knots to match the target VREF is recommended, while preserving the current flare timing that produced the very good alignment and rate.
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