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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 176 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 41 kt fast at 217 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 176 kt in the climb
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 136 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 125 kt against a VREF of 136 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 136 kt at the stabilisation gate.
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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: centreline 6.2° off, against a 1° limit and speed 53 kt FAST on the reference speed of 136 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 12.0° off, against a 1° limit and speed 16 kt FAST on the reference speed of 136 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,142 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 224 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.77 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Gelephu Airport, located in VQGP, took less than a minute and covered a short distance of less than one nautical mile. The Boeing 737-700 then began its departure roll on runway 29, utilizing 95% of the 1,418-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 163 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a gentle headwind of 1 knot from a direction of 269 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed out of Gelephu Airport, it began its enroute climb approximately two miles northwest of the airport, reaching an altitude of 15,231 feet above sea level. The climb phase covered a distance of 44 nautical miles and took approximately eight minutes to complete, with the aircraft increasing its altitude by 13,057 feet. Following the enroute climb, the aircraft initiated its enroute descent approximately 13 miles south of Thimphu, Bhutan, and descended from 15,260 feet to 8,236 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,024 feet, in just three minutes and covering 18 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 33 at Paro International Airport, VQPR, was conducted from the southeast, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 334.0 degrees at an altitude of 879 feet above ground level and a distance of three nautical miles from the threshold. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly below the target at 126 knots, and the touchdown distance was good at 224 meters. The touchdown speed was also within acceptable limits at 120 knots, and the touchdown rate was firm at -322 feet per minute. The aircraft landed on the runway with a slight misalignment of 6.3 meters from the centerline. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately one minute to cover a distance of less than one nautical mile. The total flight distance was 68 nautical miles, and the flight utilized 1,007 kilograms of fuel, lasting a total of 17 minutes.
The Boeing 737-700 touched down on runway 33 at VQPR Paro International Airport with a good threshold height, allowing the crew to maintain a stable approach. The threshold speed was slightly below the target of 130 kt, coming in at 126 kt, but this did not significantly impact the overall landing performance. The aircraft's touchdown distance of 224 m was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 120 kt was also good, indicating a well-controlled descent.
The touchdown rate of -322 fpm was firm, but not excessively so, suggesting that the crew had managed to maintain a stable approach and touchdown. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.3 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's directional control. Despite this, the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and a light wind of 1 kt at 270 °, were generally favourable for the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,136 m was 53% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range for a Boeing 737-700. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the crew had maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and had successfully brought it to a stop on the centreline. Overall, the landing performance was good, with a score of 91.0%, reflecting the crew's ability to manage the aircraft safely and efficiently in a challenging environment.
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