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Work on the flare
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,746 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,746 m of the 2,295 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 489 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 1,942 meters, which accounted for 61% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and winds of 15 knots at 109 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 14 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Brownsville, Florida, and the aircraft ascended from 1,041 feet above sea level to 32,099 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,059 feet in just 7 minutes, covering a distance of 121 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 6 miles southwest of the San Andros Airport on Andros Island in the Bahamas and lasted for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 835 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 15 miles northwest of Road Town in the British Virgin Islands. The descent from 31,341 feet above sea level to 1,381 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,959 feet, took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 99 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 10 at Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) was made from the west, heading 81.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,371 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 10 was successful, with the touchdown point being 63 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 126 knots, which was good, but the touchdown rate was very hard at -554 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and winds of 11 knots at 60 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots. The total landing distance was 1,655 meters, which accounted for 72% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 1,066 nautical miles and took 60 minutes to complete, using 7,199 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport, achieving an overall score of 85.0%. The final approach to runway 10 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 81.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,371 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with the touchdown point located 63 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 126 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -554 feet per minute (fpm) was considered very hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight bounce or hard impact upon touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 29°C and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 60°. The crosswind component was relatively low at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the landing, with the runway touchdown alignment being described as perfect.
The total landing distance of 1,655 meters was 72% of the available runway length, indicating that the aircraft had sufficient stopping distance to safely come to a halt. The runway rollout alignment was also reported to be very good, suggesting that the aircraft maintained a stable and controlled trajectory during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, with a hard touchdown rate and a touchdown point beyond the designated zone, the aircraft's performance was still considered satisfactory, with a score of 85.0%.
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