TAA853 KSEA-PHLI

[CBreuer]

OK, here we are again and after an rather uneventful flight we are now about to enter the approach pattern for Lihue. ATC offered us a visual RWY 21 approach, but as the winds were calm we requested ILS 35 instead. Unfortunately the option for an ILS approach given by ATC was not there and so we opted for the visual RWY 35 approach, but would of course fly the ILS approach.
Here you can already see the airport shortly before we would overhead it and turn to a heading of 169.
   

Our preparation for the arrival procedure was that we entered LIH into the FIX page of the FMC and draw a 12 NM circle around it. At that point we would turn to 124 and follow this for two minutes until we turn back.
   

Unfortunately I failed to calculate the opposite heading correctly, or read it from the approach chart due to the darkness around me to see everything in the Simulator, so I turned the aircraft back to 204 instead to 304.
I caught the mistake as I was wondering where the 169 Radial line from the FIX drawing was. Zooming out on the ND revealed my mistake and i turned to 304 immediately and was able to intercept the Localizer right in time.

Here we are already fully established on the ILS in landing configuration, Autobrakes set to 4, and the approach lights and runway lighting are already visible.
   

We weren't the only aircraft approaching Lihue. We already had a 'shadow' all the way from Seattle to Lihue: Alaska Airlines flight 853. It was approaching RWY 21 and would land before us. Behind it was an American Airlines aircraft, which unfortunately disappeared due to missing parking place for it.
   

Short final to RWY 35.
   

We were able to leave the runway at taxiway Delta and taxied to the ramp using taxiways D, A, K.
   
   
   

Then the marshaller guided us into the parking position at the gate.
   
   

Ground handling is starting to do their jobs with bringing the air-bridge into position, plus another stair on the back of the aircraft and the high-loaders keep care of the baggage/cargo.
   
   

There is the Alaska Airlines B738 which was flight 853 and will now become flight 854. We will have the same fate, but not today.
   

Well, we ended the flight with a flying time of 5:43 and a Block-to-Block time of 6:03. we used 29.6 tons of fuel meaning we had only 7.4 tons of remaining fuel, but we surely could have made it to Honolulu, which was our alternate of first choice, would it be needed.

I hope you enjoyed this report as much as I enjoyed the whole flight.

Software used:
FS9
Real Environment Extreme
Active Sky Evolution
Airport Enhancement Service
FlyTampa Seattle
FSDT Hawaiian Airports Vol. 1
Level-D B767-300 repaint by Jack Ford.
Flight Operation Center for flight planning
TOPCAT for loading the aircraft and calculation of v-speeds, flap settings and de-rated thrust settings.