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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,833 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 393 m touchdown sits inside 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 30 at CYEG Edmonton International Airport in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 30, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 151 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,757 m, which represented 57 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 23 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 070°, a crosswind component of 12 kt and a tailwind component of 5 kt.
Climb commenced overhead CYEG, with the airplane ascending from 3,372 ft asl to 38,014 ft asl, an increase of 34,643 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 116 nm.
Level cruise began 15 miles north-west of CYLE Lake Louise Airport and continued for 21 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 155 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated 2 miles north-east of Falkland, BC, with the aircraft descending from 37,997 ft asl to 1,570 ft asl, a loss of 36,427 ft over 27 minutes and a distance of 144 nm.
The final approach to runway 25 at CYXX Abbotsford International Airport was flown from the east, on a heading of 266.0°, at 4 nm and 1,390 ft agl.
Landing on runway 25 was executed with a threshold speed of 147 kt; touchdown occurred 396 m down the runway at a speed of 142 kt and a vertical rate of minus 222 fpm. Local weather reported 19 °C, wind 16 kt from 220°, a crosswind of 12 kt and a headwind component of 11 kt. The total landing distance measured 1,204 m, representing 42 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 424 nm, required 77 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,550 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 on final approach to runway 25 at CYXX Abbotsford International Airport tracked a heading of 266.0° from the east, 4 nm out and 1,390 ft agl, with a temperature of 19 °C, wind 16 kt from 220°, a 12 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 147 kt. The aircraft crossed the threshold 396 m down the runway, and the touchdown speed of 142 kt was noted as a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at minus 222 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned very well on the centreline, speed remaining slightly above the ideal at 142 kt and a vertical rate of minus 222 fpm. The distance from the threshold remained at the good value of 396 m.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 1,204 m, representing 42 % of the 2,833 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 99.2 % the landing was excellent; the primary refinements are to reduce touchdown speed toward the target VREF and to achieve a smoother vertical rate, which will further optimise the landing profile.
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