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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 21 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stop the drift as soon as it starts in the flare.
What happened: On the landing you drifted 17 m off the centreline, and that kind of lateral drift usually carries through to a touchdown point 17 m off centreline and into a rollout that is still skewed off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Heading indicator: track straight down the extended runway centreline through touchdown and rollout.
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.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 71 kt FAST on the reference speed of 147 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 28 kt FAST on the reference speed of 147 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,021 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 512 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at CYXE Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft used 1,914 m of runway, representing 76 % of the available length, and achieved a liftoff speed of 158 kt; ambient temperature was 9 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 226°, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
The climb commenced 2 mi west of CYXE, where the airplane rose from 2,613 ft asl to 32,008 ft asl, an altitude gain of 29,395 ft, in 13 minutes while traversing 76 nm.
Level cruise began 13 mi north-east of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, and persisted for 73 minutes, during which the flight covered 476 nm.
Descent operations started 19 mi south of Merritt, British Columbia; the aircraft descended from 31,737 ft asl to 1,179 ft asl, a loss of 30,558 ft, over 27 minutes and a distance of 131 nm.
On final approach to runway 08L at CYVR Vancouver International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,172 ft agl to -90 ft agl in 77 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 08L, which is 3,021 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 138 kt (slightly below target) and a touchdown speed of 133 kt; the touchdown point was 85 m beyond the touchdown zone, the vertical speed was minus 369 fpm, and the touchdown location was offset 16.2 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 9 °C, wind 2 kt from 220°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind. The total landing distance measured 928 m, equivalent to 31 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as being misaligned by 15.3 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in a further 7 minutes, covering another 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 695 nm, required 129 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 4,463 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 conducted the final approach to runway 26 at KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on a heading of 270.0° from the east, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,314 ft agl. Local weather was 36 °C with wind 4 kt from 260°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt, indicating a stable flare initiation.
Touchdown occurred 305 m down the runway at a speed of 131 kt, both described as good, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 342 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 804 m, representing 23 % of the 3,495 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained perfectly aligned with the centreline, completing the roll without deviation.
To refine an already high-scoring landing, a slightly reduced vertical speed on touchdown would lessen the firm rate while preserving the precise alignment already achieved. Maintaining the current approach speed and flare point will continue to support the excellent runway positioning.
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