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Once the sink is arrested, keep easing the aircraft down toward the runway rather than holding it off; let it settle smoothly to touchdown near 1,500 ft.
What happened: The sink was arrested well above the runway at 26 ft and held there instead of being let down. Holding off high like this usually carries the touchdown long, and here it landed at 1,727 ft, 227 ft past the target.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude through the flare and touchdown distance against 1,500 ft.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,666 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,727 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 24R at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport in 5 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24R, the aircraft used 2,067 ft of runway, representing 18 % of the available length, and lifted off at 134 kt. Ambient conditions were 77 °F with a wind of 8 kt from 280°, providing a 7 kt headwind and a 5 kt crosswind component.
Climb commenced overhead the departure airport, rising from 988 ft asl to 33,849 ft asl - a gain of 32,861 ft - in 10 minutes while traversing 56 nm.
Cruise began 28 miles southeast of la Barceloneta and continued for 87 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 702 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated 1 mile south of Schaeffern, Austria, descending from 34,004 ft asl to 1,713 ft asl - a loss of 32,291 ft - over 18 minutes and a distance of 92 nm.
The final approach to runway 31 at LZIB M. R. Štefánik Airport was flown from the southeast on a heading of 314.0°, entering the approach at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl.
Landing on runway 31 was achieved with a threshold speed of 113 kt; touchdown occurred 333 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 107 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 141 fpm and excellent alignment.
Runway rollout measured 4,067 ft, equivalent to 42 % of the runway length, and alignment during the rollout was described as perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in another 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 857 nm, lasted 130 minutes, and consumed 11,480 lb of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 completed a final approach to runway 31 at LZIB M. R. Štefánik Airport from the south-east on a heading of 314.0° at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the overall score was 99.7 %.
At threshold the runway measured 9,666 ft and the threshold height was reported as good. The threshold speed was good at 113 kt, confirming the aircraft was correctly configured for landing.
Touchdown occurred 333 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 107 kt, which was judged good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -141 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 4,067 ft, representing 42 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Minor refinement of flare timing to achieve touchdown nearer the beginning of the touchdown zone would further optimise runway usage, while the current speed and alignment practices should be maintained.
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