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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,139 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 458 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A Boeing 787-8 departed from London Gatwick Airport, taxiing from the parking area to the runway took approximately 18 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its departure roll on runway 26L, utilizing 41% of the 2,542-meter runway to achieve a takeoff distance of 1,028 meters. Liftoff speed was reached at 154 knots, with a local temperature of 19°C and wind conditions of 26 knots at 230 degrees, resulting in a 12-knot crosswind and 23-knot headwind.
The enroute climb phase commenced overhead Charlwood, Surrey, England, where the aircraft ascended from 1,233 feet above sea level to 4,600 feet in 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The climb phase continued with multiple level cruises and descents, with notable climbs from 4,626 feet to 40,960 feet over Wadhurst, East Sussex, England, and from 41,034 feet to 19,479 feet over Silba, Croatia. The aircraft also experienced several level cruises, including a 59-minute cruise from 3 miles south of Rendeux, Belgium, covering 519 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,038 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 145 minutes.
The aircraft began its final approach to runway 11 at Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport from the north-west, heading 118.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,289 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly below target at 127 knots, and the touchdown point was 47 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 120 knots, and the touchdown rate was -208 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 55.2 meters from the centerline. The aircraft used 12,599 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 787-8 touched down on runway 11 at LDDU Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport, demonstrating a good threshold height. However, the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 127 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing configuration. The aircraft maintained a touchdown speed of 120 kt, which was considered good, but the touchdown rate of -208 fpm was only fair, suggesting a slightly higher-than-desired impact on the runway.
The touchdown point was located 47 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 m from the centreline. These deviations, although not significant, indicate a need for improvement in the pilot's ability to maintain a precise approach and touchdown. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 16 °C and a 30 kt wind at 30 °, presented a moderate crosswind component of 30 kt and a negligible headwind of 1 kt.
The total landing distance of 1,139 m, which accounted for 36% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 55.2 m from the centreline, indicating a loss of directional control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance scored 87.9%, highlighting areas for improvement in approach and touchdown precision, as well as rollout alignment.
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