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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 12 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 73 m past the target, landing at 530 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,021 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 530 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 08 at PADQ Kodiak Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 08, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 151 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 946 m, representing 49 % of the runway. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 14 °C, wind from 280° at 4 kt, with a 0 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt tailwind.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of PADQ, with the airplane ascending from 989 ft asl to 38 832 ft asl, an increase of 37 842 ft achieved in 44 minutes while covering 327 nm.
The first cruise segment began at latitude 58.4079562, longitude -143.2710261 and continued for 104 minutes, during which 787 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 6 miles east of CAK6 Camp Cordero Seaplane Base, Campbell River, with the aircraft descending from 39 010 ft asl to 3 053 ft asl, a loss of 35 957 ft in 17 minutes over a distance of 106 nm.
A brief cruise followed 2 miles south-west of Gibsons, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm at constant altitude.
The second descent began 8 miles south of Gibsons, where the airplane dropped from 3 002 ft asl to 1 330 ft asl, a decrease of 1 672 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 08L at CYVR Vancouver International Airport was conducted from the west, on a heading of 100.0°, at 4 nm and 1 307 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 08L, whose length is 3 027 m. The threshold speed was 142 kt; the aircraft crossed the touchdown zone 125 m beyond the threshold at a speed of 130 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 152 fpm and runway alignment was perfect. Local weather reported a temperature of 16 °C, wind from 100° at 4 kt, with a 0 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1 057 m, equivalent to 35 % of the runway, and the aircraft remained aligned perfectly throughout the deceleration phase.
After landing, the airplane taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1 242 nm, required 173 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 8 223 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 08L at CYVR was flown from the west on a heading of 100.0° at 4 NM and 1,307 ft AGL, with a temperature of 16 °C, wind 4 kt from 100°, a 3 kt headwind component and zero cross-wind; the approach maintained a good threshold height.
At the threshold the aircraft established a good speed of 142 kt and began the flare, preserving the indicated performance.
Touchdown occurred 125 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 130 kt, a good rate of descent of minus 152 fpm, and the aircraft aligned perfectly with the runway centreline.
The rollout covered 1,057 m, representing 35 % of the 3,027 m runway, and the aircraft remained perfectly aligned throughout the rollout.
Minor refinement of the flare to achieve touchdown nearer the aim point will reduce the 125 m overshoot of the touchdown zone; overall the landing earned a 99.0 % score and was otherwise excellent.
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