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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.3 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 6.3 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 4.6 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,865 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,865 m of the 3,047 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 532 m 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 06 at KBDL Bradley International Airport in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 06, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 155 kt and left the ground after a takeoff run of 1,799 m, representing 62 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 130°, giving a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Suffield Depot, with the airplane ascending from 1,089 ft asl to 33,991 ft asl, a gain of 32,902 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 108 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 mi south of B04 Garnseys Airport, Schuylerville, and continued for 42 minutes, during which 298 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent phase one started 6 mi south of Norfolk County, Ontario, with the aircraft descending from 33,995 ft asl to 7,241 ft asl, a loss of 26,754 ft over 20 minutes and a distance of 108 nm.
A brief cruise followed 6 mi north-east of Grosse Pointe Shores, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The second descent began 2 mi east of Fraser, Michigan, where altitude fell from 6,999 ft asl to 4,989 ft asl, a reduction of 2,011 ft in 3 minutes while traveling 12 nm.
Subsequent cruise started 1 mi north-east of Royal Oak, Michigan, lasting 2 minutes and encompassing 6 nm.
The third descent was initiated 3 mi south of Oak Park, Michigan, with the aircraft dropping from 4,586 ft asl to 1,942 ft asl, a decrease of 2,644 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 9 nm.
Final approach to runway 21L at KDTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was conducted from the north-east on a heading of 209.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,297 ft agl.
Landing on runway 21L, which is 3,047 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 144 kt. Touchdown was recorded 117 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 138 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 5.2 m from the centreline. Local weather was 27 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 270°, providing a 5 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind component. Total landing distance measured 1,786 m, equal to 59 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering the final 1 nm of ground movement.
In total, the flight covered 558 nm, required 104 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 4,115 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 established a final approach to runway 21L at KDTW from the north-east, tracking a heading of 209.0° at 4 nm and 1,297 ft agl. Local conditions were 27 °C with wind 6 kt from 270°, providing a 5 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
At the threshold the runway length was 3,047 m and the threshold height was reported as good. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 144 kt.
Touchdown occurred 117 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 136 kt, noted as a little fast. The vertical rate was smooth at minus 138 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.2 m from the centreline.
The aircraft used a total landing distance of 1,786 m, representing 59 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
With a score of 97.7 % the landing was strong; refining speed control to meet the target threshold and touchdown speeds and aiming to land within the designated touchdown zone will tighten performance further.
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