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Improve the rollout
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.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 5,911 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,911 ft of the 12,008 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,597 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 36 at KFAR Hector International Airport in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 36, the Boeing 737-900 accelerated through a takeoff distance of 6,838 ft, representing 76 % of the runway, and lifted off at 163 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 77 °F with wind from 299° at 6 kt, including a 5 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile northwest of Oakport, Minnesota, with the aircraft ascending from 1,849 ft asl to 34,006 ft asl, a gain of 32,157 ft achieved in 23 minutes while covering 143 nm.
The first cruise segment began 11 nm east of 3FU Faulkton Municipal Airport in South Dakota and continued for 47 minutes, during which the flight covered 304 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 9 nm west of Sidney, Nebraska, with the airplane descending from 34,003 ft asl to 12,050 ft asl, a loss of 21,953 ft over 15 minutes and a distance of 90 nm.
A brief cruise phase followed, beginning overhead 9CO7 Beaugh Airport, Kersey, Colorado, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 6 nm.
The second descent began 4 nm southwest of CO70 Uhrich Airport, Greeley, Colorado, with the aircraft lowering from 12,008 ft asl to 6,671 ft asl, a decrease of 5,336 ft in 6 minutes while traveling 20 nm.
Final approach to runway 17R at KDEN Denver International Airport was conducted from the north, on a heading of 180.0° at 4 nm and 1,278 ft agl, followed by a further descent from 1,325 ft agl to 41 ft agl in 82 seconds; the approach met the stabilisation gates criteria.
Landing on runway 17R was executed with a threshold speed of 153 kt, slightly above target, and touchdown occurred 223 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 146 kt, a speed noted as a little fast. The aircraft’s vertical speed at touchdown was minus 140 fpm, and alignment was perfect. Total landing distance measured 5,637 ft, representing 47 % of the runway length of 12,008 ft.
During rollout the aircraft remained aligned within 25 ft of the centreline, completing the deceleration phase after the recorded landing distance.
The airplane taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 577 nm, required 108 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 11,264 lb of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 approached runway 17R at KDEN from the north on a heading of 180.0° at 4 nm and 1,278 ft agl, descending from 1,325 ft agl to 41 ft agl in 82 seconds. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt. Touchdown occurred 223 ft beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 146 kt that was a little fast, yet the touchdown rate was smooth at minus 140 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather was 70 °F with wind 8 kt from 110°, providing an 8 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
The touchdown phase recorded a speed of 146 kt, a vertical rate of minus 140 fpm, and perfect alignment, with the aircraft contacting the runway 223 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 5,637 ft, representing 47 % of the 12,008 ft runway, and the aircraft was slightly misaligned by 25 ft from the centreline during the rollout.
With a final score of 78.5 %, focus on reducing the threshold speed to the target value and achieving touchdown within the touchdown zone to improve precision, while maintaining centreline alignment through the rollout to fully utilise the available runway.
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