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Keep the wings level on final
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,108 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 365 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 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-600, then departed from runway 36R at YPEA RAAF Base Pearce. The takeoff distance was 1,130 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 146 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 280 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of Bullsbrook, in the state of Western Australia, Australia. The climb took 33 minutes and covered a distance of 204 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,149 feet above sea level to 37,905 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,756 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles south of Northampton, also in the state of Western Australia, Australia. This phase lasted for 122 minutes and covered a distance of 1,142 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 50 miles southeast of YPXM Christmas Island Airport Flying Fish Cove, on the Territory of Christmas Island, Christmas Island. The descent took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 53 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 37,782 feet above sea level to 1,812 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,971 feet.
The final approach to runway 18 at YPXM Christmas Island Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 192.0 degrees at an altitude of 936 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 18, which had a length of 2,108 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 149 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The touchdown speed was 120 knots, and the touchdown distance was 367 meters, which was 40% of the runway length.
The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,404 nautical miles, and the total flight time was 173 minutes. The aircraft used 9,016 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully landed at YPXM Christmas Island Airport, achieving a score of 99.0%. The final approach to runway 18 was conducted from the north, with a heading of 192.0° at an altitude of 936 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 129 knots, which was within the acceptable threshold speed. The touchdown distance of 367 meters was also within the expected range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 120 knots was also satisfactory, and the touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm) was firm but not excessive.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 27°C and a gentle headwind of 4 knots at 149°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 2 knots, which made the landing even more manageable. The runway length of 2,108 meters was more than sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 849 meters, which was only 40% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, suggesting that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was a textbook example of a well-executed and safe landing.
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