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Speed on the slow side
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,015 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,804 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at KBHM Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport; the movement lasted 11 minutes and covered 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 24, accelerating through a takeoff distance of 4,329 ft (40 % of the runway) and achieving liftoff at 147 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 79 °F, wind 2 kt from 33°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt tailwind.
Climb began 1 mile south of Tarrant, Alabama, with the airplane climbing from 1,554 ft asl to 39,000 ft asl, a gain of 37,447 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 159 nm.
Level cruise was established 5 miles south of Clayton, Alabama, and persisted for 23 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 178 nm.
Descent commenced 11 miles west of FD27 Cuyler Field, Glen St Mary, Florida, descending from 39,000 ft asl to 3,006 ft asl, a loss of 35,993 ft over 27 minutes and a ground distance of 154 nm.
A subsequent level cruise segment started 1 mile west of FL46 Bartram Farms Air Park, Elkton, Florida, lasting 5 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The next descent began 2 miles west of Saint Cloud, Florida, with altitude decreasing from 2,979 ft asl to 1,328 ft asl, a reduction of 1,651 ft in 2 minutes and a distance of 5 nm.
Final approach to runway 36L at KMCO Orlando International Airport was flown from the south on a heading of 359.0° at 4 nm and 1,221 ft agl, followed by a further descent from 1,278 ft agl to 34 ft agl in 95 seconds, meeting the stabilization-gate criteria.
The aircraft touched down on runway 36L, whose length is 12,015 ft, with a threshold speed of 145 kt. Touchdown occurred 436 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 140 kt and a vertical rate of minus 50 fpm; runway alignment was recorded as perfect. Local weather was a temperature of 81 °F, wind 2 kt from 345°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
Landing roll measured 4,562 ft (38 % of the runway), and the rollout alignment remained perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area; this taxi-in required 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 523 nm, required 102 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 9,090 lbs of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 36L at KMCO from the south on a heading of 359.0° at 4 nm and 1,221 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and the aircraft descended from 1,278 ft agl to 34 ft agl in 95 seconds.
At the threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a threshold speed of 145 kt, both described as good, indicating a proper flare initiation.
Touchdown occurred 436 ft beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 140 kt judged good, a touchdown rate of minus 50 fpm rated excellent, and runway touchdown alignment described as perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 4,562 ft, representing 38 % of the 12,015 ft runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To tighten the landing footprint, aim to touch down nearer the designated touchdown zone while preserving the stabilised approach and speed management already demonstrated; this will reduce rollout distance without compromising safety.
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