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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 6.7 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 5.1°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 2,033 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,033 m of the 3,283 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 399 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 30 at KIAD, a movement that lasted 18 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 30 at KIAD, 2,144 m of runway were used, representing 67 % of the available length. Liftoff was achieved at 165 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 30 °C, wind from 41 ° at 5 kt, a cross-wind component of 5 kt and a tail-wind component of 2 kt.
En-route climb began 1 mile north of South Riding, Virginia, with the aircraft climbing from 1,252 ft asl to 31,698 ft asl, an altitude gain of 30,446 ft accomplished in 20 minutes while covering 130 nm.
Level cruise started 4 miles south-west of WV47 Rexroad Airport, Buckhannon, West Virginia, and continued for 61 minutes, during which 415 nm were flown.
Descent commenced 4 miles west of Douglas, Michigan, with a reduction from 31,601 ft asl to 1,868 ft asl, a loss of 29,733 ft over 21 minutes and a distance of 117 nm.
The final approach to runway 10C at KORD was flown from the west on a heading of 90.0 °, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,194 ft agl.
Landing on runway 10C, which is 3,283 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 147 kt. Touchdown occurred 401 m down the runway at a speed of 141 kt and a vertical speed of minus 178 fpm. Local weather at KORD reported a temperature of 23 °C, wind from 110 ° at 12 kt, a cross-wind component of 4 kt and a head-wind component of 11 kt.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,956 m, representing 60 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was noted as perfect.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that took 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 674 nm, required 128 minutes of flight time, and consumed 5,904 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 executed a final approach to runway 10C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport from the west, maintaining a heading of 90.0° at 4 nm and 1,194 ft AGL. Local weather was 23 °C with wind 12 kt from 110°, providing a 4 kt crosswind component and an 11 kt headwind component.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 147 kt.
Touchdown occurred 401 m down the runway at a speed of 141 kt, which was good, with a touchdown rate of -178 fpm that was good and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The aircraft used a total landing distance of 1,956 m, representing 60 % of the 3,283 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 99.8 %, focus on reducing the touchdown point slightly to conserve runway length, while maintaining the already excellent alignment and rate control.
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