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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 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,897 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 257 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft departed Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport at MHRO. Taxiing from the parking area to the runway took just 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 07, and the takeoff distance covered 49% of the runway's length. The aircraft lifted off the ground at a liftoff speed of 146 knots.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft climbed from 1,100 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 38,927 feet above sea level. This increase in altitude of 37,827 feet was achieved in 36 minutes and covered a distance of 257 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase started 2 miles north of Nindiri in Nicaragua and lasted for 69 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 902 nautical miles.
Before commencing the final descent phase, the aircraft was level cruising for some time. It was during this phase that the flight descended from 39,359 feet above sea level to 9,592 feet above sea level, decreasing its altitude by 29,767 feet in just 6 minutes and covering a distance of 106 nautical miles. The descent phase ended when the flight was 5 miles south-west of San Miguel de Salcedo in Ecuador.
In preparation for landing, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 24 at Mariscal Lamar Airport from the north-east. The flight was headed in the direction of 232.0° at 4 nautical miles away from the runway and 1,290 feet above ground level.
The Boeing 737-600 then landed on runway 24 at Mariscal Lamar Airport, where the runway length was a significant 1,897 meters long. The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was 128 knots, just right for the aircraft to make a smooth landing. The touchdown distance covered just 258 meters, which was a relatively small portion (46%) of the runway's total length.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed at a speed of 123 knots, which was good and safe. The touchdown rate was -7 feet per minute, which is considered to be perfect. Additionally, the runway touchdown alignment was spot on. After landing, the local temperature was 17 °C, wind speed was 1 knot from the direction of 19° and the aircraft was experiencing a tailwind of 1 knot.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area was completed in less than a minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The entire flight covered a distance of 1,270 nautical miles and lasted for 116 minutes. To power the Boeing 737-600 during this flight, approximately 7,599 kilograms of fuel were used.
A Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully completed a landing at SECU Mariscal Lamar Airport using runway 24. The aircraft was on a bearing of 232.0°, approximately 4 nautical miles away from the runway at an altitude of 1,290 feet. The approach was precise, and the aircraft touched down on the threshold of the runway, adhering to standard threshold height and speed guidelines.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft displayed a descent rate of -7 fpm, further indicating its perfect landing. The touchdown speed of 123 knots was well within the acceptable limits, showing that the pilot's skills and the aircraft's performance were synchronized perfectly. Furthermore, the aircraft maintained perfect runway touchdown alignment, allowing for a smooth transition into the subsequent phases of landing.
The prevailing weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a relatively calm atmosphere, with temperatures at 17°C and gentle wind speeds, measured at just 1 kilometer per hour from the northeast, or in other words nearly no crosswind was present. This minimal wind impact, combined with the perfect alignment during the runway rollout, meant a relatively short distance was required for the aircraft to stop after touchdown.
This resulted in a total landing distance of just 879 meters, which is relatively short and is just under half of the available runway length of 1,897 meters. This demonstrates the excellent overall performance of the aircraft and the pilot, both of which came together to achieve a successful landing at SECU Mariscal Lamar Airport. The excellent final approach and alignment with the runway during rollout were the hallmarks of this well-executed landing by the Boeing 737-600 aircraft.
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