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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 15 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the proper flare height before you start rotating; let the runway come up to you rather than anticipating it.
What happened: The flare began early, well above the normal flare band, and touchdown followed at 1,706 ft past the threshold, 206 ft beyond the 1,500 ft target. Starting the flare early like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, then touchdown distance against 1,500 ft.
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,580 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,706 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 34R at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) in eight minutes, covering a distance of two nautical miles.
During the departure roll on runway 34R, the Boeing 737-MAX8 accelerated through a takeoff distance of 4,574 ft, representing 38 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 151 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 73 °F, wind from 120° at 8 kt, a cross-wind component of 7 kt and a tail-wind component of 4 kt.
The climb commenced overhead KSEA, climbing from 1,423 ft above sea level to 37,010 ft, an altitude gain of 35,587 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 109 nm.
Level cruise began approximately six miles northwest of Trout Lake Airport (66WA) and continued for 109 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 735 nm.
Descent was initiated one mile southwest of Glendale, California, descending from 36,518 ft to 1,316 ft, a loss of 35,202 ft over 23 minutes and a distance of 121 nm.
The final approach to runway 27 at San Diego International Airport (KSAN) was flown from the east on a heading of 286.0°, intercepting the approach at four nautical miles out and 1,289 ft above ground level.
Landing on runway 27, which is 7,580 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 145 kt. Touchdown was recorded 356 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 202 fpm. Alignment at touchdown was very good, the local temperature was 72 °F, and the total landing distance measured 3,786 ft, equal to 50 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in two minutes, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 972 nm, took 157 minutes, and consumed 11,697 lb of fuel.
The aircraft conducted the final approach to runway 27 at KSAN, arriving from the east on a heading of 286.0° while 4 nm from the threshold at 1,289 ft above ground level.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 145 kt.
Touchdown occurred 356 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone; touchdown speed was 136 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 202 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 3,786 ft, representing 50 % of the 7,580-ft runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the approach and touchdown speeds to meet target values to keep the touchdown point within the zone. Fine-tune speed control to avoid the slight overshoot while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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