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Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,990 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,586 ft 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 16 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 15L at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,035 feet, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 80°F and winds of 4 knots at 190°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 3 knots. After departing from Houston, the enroute climb started 2 miles east of Aldine, Texas. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,092 feet above sea level to 35,146 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,053 feet, in 20 minutes and covering a distance of 134 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute level cruise started 5 miles north of KMAY Hodges Airfield Many in Louisiana. This cruise phase lasted for 116 minutes, covering a distance of 941 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 4 miles southeast of MD82 Ragged Island Airport Cambridge in Maryland. The descent from 35,262 feet above sea level to 771 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,491 feet, took 31 minutes and covered a distance of 176 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 31 at KLGA LaGuardia Airport was made from the southeast, heading 289.0° at 1 nautical mile and 761 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 31 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,353 feet. However, the touchdown speed was 149 knots, which was faster than the target speed. The touchdown rate was also very hard at -523 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 21 feet from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at LaGuardia Airport were a temperature of 45°F and winds of 6 knots at 290°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 4,249 feet, which accounted for 61% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking from the runway took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 1,258 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 187 minutes. The aircraft used 16,047 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the southeast, heading 289.0° at 1 nautical mile and 761 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a speed that was well above the target threshold speed, reaching 158 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was recorded at 149 knots, which was faster than the desired speed. This resulted in a very hard touchdown rate of -523 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a significant deceleration upon contact with the runway. The touchdown distance of 1,353 feet was considered good, but the high touchdown speed and rate suggest that the pilot may have been attempting to land the aircraft with a higher energy state than desired.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 21 feet, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment or a minor issue with the aircraft's navigation system. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 45°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 290°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's high touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 4,249 feet was 61% of the available runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters that may be worth addressing in future training or operations.
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