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Close the throttles further on final so you cross the threshold at 142 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 154 kt, 12 kt above the 142 kt target, and the flare was not begun until 4.6 ft, well inside the normal flare band. Carrying excess speed that late into the approach usually leaves the flare started late and the touchdown arriving firm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 142 kt at the threshold
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,020 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,020 m of the 3,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 317 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.78 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from GCTS Tenerife Sur Airport, the Boeing 737-800 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 07, the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 22 °C and a gentle headwind of 7 kt from a direction of 19 °. The takeoff roll commenced, and the aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 160 kt, having covered 1,563 meters, or 49% of the runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from Tenerife, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile west of El Medano. The climb phase was characterized by a significant increase in altitude, from 1,197 feet above sea level to 33,952 feet, a rise of 32,755 feet in just 17 minutes, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 84 minutes and covered 608 nautical miles, as it flew northwest of Pajara. The enroute descent phase began 22 miles west of GMTT Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport, where the aircraft descended from 34,002 feet to 1,226 feet, a decrease of 32,776 feet in 34 minutes, covering 166 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached LEMG Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, it began its final approach to runway 31, flying from the southeast at a heading of 312.0 °. The landing was executed with a threshold speed that was above the target, at 154 kt, and a touchdown distance of 314 meters, which was within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed was fast, and the touchdown rate was heavy, at -792 feet per minute. The aircraft touched down 9.5 meters off the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centerline. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 896 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 5,728 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which lasted 145 minutes.
The Boeing 737-800 touched down on runway 31 at LEMG Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport with a threshold height that met expectations. However, the threshold speed of 154 kt was significantly above the target, indicating a potential for a hard landing. The aircraft's touchdown distance of 314 m was within acceptable limits, but the touchdown speed of 154 kt was fast, contributing to a heavy touchdown rate of -792 fpm.
As the aircraft continued its rollout, it deviated from the centreline, with a misalignment of 9.5 m at touchdown and 9.9 m at the end of the rollout. This slight deviation from the centreline may have been influenced by the crosswind and tailwind conditions, which were moderate at 5 kt each. The total landing distance of 1,942 m was 61% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing.
Despite some deviations from optimal performance, the overall score for this landing was 89.1%. The approach quality was good, with a clear visual reference to the runway environment. However, the heavy touchdown rate and slight misalignment during rollout detracted from the overall score. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 24 °C and moderate winds, did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
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