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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 36 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 36 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 36 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,595 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 797 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from East Midlands Airport, the Boeing 737-800 began its journey on runway 27, taking 7 minutes to taxi to the runway and covering 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lifted off, it accelerated to a liftoff speed of 156 knots, using 1,077 meters or 42% of the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a 5-knot headwind and a 3-knot crosswind.
As the aircraft climbed to cruising altitude, it passed overhead Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, and continued to ascend to 38,578 feet above sea level, a gain of 37,313 feet in 34 minutes, covering 258 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase began approximately 1 mile west of Baaigem, Flanders, Belgium, and lasted for 364 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 2,740 nautical miles. The descent phase started 13 miles south-east of Lavan Airport, Hormozgan Province, Iran, and took 21 minutes to descend from 39,000 feet to 1,348 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,652 feet, covering 149 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30L at Dubai International Airport was initiated from the south-east, with the aircraft heading 301.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,313 feet above ground level. The landing was executed on the 3,595-meter runway, with the threshold height at 63 feet above ground level being above target. The touchdown speed was 112 knots, and the touchdown rate was -163 feet per minute, both of which were within acceptable limits. The touchdown point was 379 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,223 meters, or 34% of the runway. Following a 2-minute taxi to the parking area, the aircraft came to a stop, having completed a total flight distance of 3,155 nautical miles in 429 minutes, using 16,029 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 touched down on runway 30L at OMDB Dubai International Airport, marking a satisfactory conclusion to the approach. The aircraft descended from 1,313 feet above ground level (agl) at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the threshold, aligning itself with the runway heading of 301.0°. The approach quality was good, with a threshold speed of 124 knots, meeting the target. However, the threshold height at 63 feet agl was above the desired level.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway, it touched down at a speed of 112 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate of -163 feet per minute (fpm) was also satisfactory, indicating a controlled descent. The touchdown point was located 379 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, resulting in a slightly longer than ideal landing distance. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 meters from the centerline, but this deviation was minor.
The aircraft's rollout was smooth, with perfect alignment along the centerline. The total landing distance of 1,223 meters accounted for 34% of the runway length, which was within the acceptable range. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 24°C and a light wind of 2 knots from 36°, did not pose any significant challenges to the landing. Overall, the landing performance scored 91.0%, reflecting a good but not exceptional execution of the landing.
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