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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 523 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 275 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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.
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 1,785 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,785 m of the 3,386 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 521 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, the Boeing 737-600 began its journey with a taxiing period of 4 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile to reach the runway. The aircraft then took off from runway 12, utilizing 30% of the 3,406-meter runway to achieve a takeoff distance of 981 meters. The liftoff speed was 135 knots, and the aircraft quickly gained altitude, overcoming the local weather conditions of 31°C temperature and a 3-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it traversed a significant distance, covering 359 nautical miles in 46 minutes and increasing its altitude by 38,588 feet to 40,780 feet above sea level. The enroute level cruise phase that followed lasted for 167 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1,466 nautical miles. The descent phase began 7 miles north of Basra International Airport, where the aircraft decreased its altitude by 38,421 feet in 14 minutes, covering 99 nautical miles. The final approach to Kuwait International Airport's runway 33L was initiated from the south-east, with the aircraft touching down 108 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 129 knots. The total landing distance was 1,707 meters, accounting for 50% of the runway length.
The flight concluded with a taxiing period of less than 1 minute, covering a short distance to reach the parking area. The total flight distance was 1,944 nautical miles, completed in 237 minutes, and the aircraft utilized 9,857 kilograms of fuel throughout the journey. The landing rollout alignment was deemed very good, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, considering the local weather conditions of 43°C temperature and an 8-knot headwind.
The Boeing 737-600 touched down on runway 33L at OKBK Kuwait International Airport, a 3,406-meter long asphalt surface. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the recommended value at 145 knots, indicating a potential for a longer landing roll.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway, it was traveling at a speed of 129 knots, which was faster than the ideal touchdown speed. The touchdown rate of -282 feet per minute was fair, suggesting a relatively smooth transition from the air to the ground. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.4 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,707 meters, accounting for 50% of the runway length, was acceptable. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the critical phase of the landing. Overall, the landing performance scored 95.4%, reflecting a high level of proficiency. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius and a headwind of 7 knots, may have contributed to the slightly higher threshold speed and touchdown speed.
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