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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,577 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,577 m of the 1,986 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 462 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight took off from runway 28R at EIDW Dublin Airport in a Boeing 737-MAX8. The takeoff distance was 1,070 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 150 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 7°C with a wind speed of 14 knots at 29°, resulting in a crosswind of 12 knots and a tailwind of 6 knots.
The enroute climb began 1 mile northwest of EIDW Dublin Airport and lasted 8 minutes, during which the aircraft climbed from 1,250 feet above sea level to 21,396 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 34 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Coolagary and lasted 11 minutes, covering a distance of 74 nautical miles.
The descent phase of the flight commenced 20 miles southeast of EICU Morriscastle Airstrip Courtown, during which the aircraft descended from 21,457 feet above sea level to 16,714 feet above sea level in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 38 nautical miles.
Following this, another level cruise phase began 2 miles southwest of Letterston and lasted 4 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
The final descent of the flight began 2 miles northeast of Ferryside, during which the aircraft descended from 16,711 feet above sea level to 2,058 feet above sea level in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 35 nautical miles.
The landing was executed on runway 12 at EGFF Cardiff International Airport, with a runway length of 1,986 meters. The aircraft was 31 feet above ground level at the threshold of the runway, with a speed of 134 knots. The touchdown occurred 460 meters from the threshold with a touchdown speed of 124 knots and a vertical speed indicator showing a descent rate of -464 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 3°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 30° resulting in a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,488 meters, which accounted for 75% of the runway length. The total flight distance covered was 218 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 46 minutes. The aircraft consumed 1,670 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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