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See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,363 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,848 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08 at KDEN Denver International Airport. The takeoff distance was 5,361 feet, which was 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 35°F and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 160°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles east of KDEN Denver International Airport and climbing from an altitude of 6,295 feet above sea level to 37,545 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,250 feet in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 126 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 7 miles southeast of 2NE9 Harford Ranch Haigler in Nebraska. This cruise phase lasted for 63 minutes and covered a distance of 477 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 4 miles northeast of KMPZ Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport in Iowa. The descent was from an altitude of 37,385 feet above sea level to 6,140 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,246 feet in 25 minutes and covering a distance of 144 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles southwest of 84IL Rossi's Farm Airport in Illinois. This cruise phase lasted for 17 minutes and covered a distance of 39 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile southwest of East Chicago in Indiana. The descent was from an altitude of 5,026 feet above sea level to 1,905 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,121 feet in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 31C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport was from the southeast, with a heading of 314.0° at an altitude of 1,285 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 31C, which had a length of 5,363 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 135 knots.
The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 117 knots, which was good, but the touchdown rate was fair at -273 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 27°F and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 325°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,847 feet, which was 72% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 806 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 144 minutes. The aircraft used 11,486 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed on runway 31C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport, achieving a score of 91.0%. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 314.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,285 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 117 kt, which was considered good. However, the touchdown point was quite far down the runway, utilizing more than 50% of the available 5,363-foot runway length. This indicates that the aircraft may have been slightly over-extended or the pilots may have been trying to maintain a higher speed during the landing.
The touchdown rate of -273 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight bounce or oscillation during the landing. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 27°F and a wind speed of 10 kt from 325°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 kt and a headwind of 10 kt, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned touchdown position, being 15 feet off the centerline.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within 72% of the available runway length, covering a total distance of 3,847 feet.
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