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Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 5.7 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3.2° of bank in the first climb segment and 2° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
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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 1,811 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,811 m of the 2,606 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 416 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 12R at Dubai International Airport (OMDB). The takeoff distance was 1,803 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and winds of 7 knots at 90 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 6 knots. After departing from Dubai, the enroute climb started 2 miles south east of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from 959 feet above sea level to 35,006 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,047 feet in 22 minutes and covering a distance of 162 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 10 miles south east of Rustaq Airport (OORU) and lasted for 160 minutes, covering a distance of 1,380 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 40 miles west of Fainu Airport (VRFA), where it descended from 34,973 feet above sea level to 1,280 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,692 feet in 26 minutes and covering a distance of 133 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at Malé International Airport (VRMM) was made from the south, heading 360 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,265 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 36 was successful, with a runway length of 2,606 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 146 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 416 meters, and the touchdown speed was 137 knots, which was also good.
However, the touchdown rate was fair at -212 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions during landing were a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and winds of 19 knots at 70 degrees. The crosswind was 18 knots, while the headwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,730 meters, which was 66% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking from the runway took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,685 nautical miles, which was completed in 224 minutes. The aircraft used 8,199 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at VRMM Malé International Airport, achieving a score of 95.9%. The final approach to runway 36 was conducted from the south, heading 360.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,265 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 146 knots. The touchdown distance of 416 meters was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 137 knots was also good. However, the touchdown rate of -212 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly higher rate of descent than desired.
The landing was conducted in a challenging local weather environment, with a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 19 knots from a direction of 70°. This resulted in a crosswind of 18 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. Despite these conditions, the pilot successfully managed the aircraft to achieve a good touchdown.
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centerline. These minor deviations from the centerline may have been due to the challenging wind conditions and the pilot's efforts to maintain control of the aircraft.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good skills and judgment in managing the aircraft in challenging weather conditions. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and alignment with the centerline.
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