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Keep easing the back pressure to let the aircraft settle from 25 ft instead of holding it level.
What happened: The sink was arrested at 25 ft and held there instead of being let down.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: continuous descent through the normal flare band to touchdown
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 1,822 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,822 m of the 2,776 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 571 m 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 12L at Dubai International Airport (OMDB). The takeoff distance was 1,601 meters, which is 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 23°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 180°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile south east of OMDB, rising from an altitude of 948 feet above sea level to 36,005 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,057 feet, in 24 minutes and covering a distance of 148 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 37 miles north of Das Island Airport (OMAS) and lasted for 145 minutes, covering a distance of 928 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 5 miles south west of Al Ghadaf Highway Strip (Z17K), descending from 36,000 feet above sea level to 8,848 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,152 feet, in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 88 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time overhead Bir Zayt, which lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 28 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 3 miles west of Herzliya Pituah, with the aircraft descending from 7,896 feet above sea level to 1,424 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,472 feet, in 6 minutes and covering a distance of 25 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 at Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) was made from the north east, with the aircraft heading 209.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,291 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 21, which has a length of 2,776 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 145 knots.
The touchdown point was 155 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 136 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -296 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 206°. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 12 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,742 meters, which is 63% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,226 nautical miles, taking a total of 213 minutes, and the aircraft used 7,848 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) on runway 21, achieving a score of 92.6%. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 209.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,291 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a threshold speed of 145 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown point was located 155 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight overrun. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was also deemed good, but the touchdown rate of -296 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair. This suggests that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly higher rate of descent than desired.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.7 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. However, the local weather conditions were relatively favorable, with a temperature of 14°C and a headwind of 12 knots at 206°. The crosswind component was negligible, at 0 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,742 meters was 63% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This suggests that the aircraft was able to land and stop within a reasonable distance, despite the slight overrun. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and controlled path after touchdown.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a good threshold speed and touchdown speed. However, the slight overrun and fair touchdown rate suggest that there may be opportunities for improvement in terms of descent rate and touchdown accuracy.
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