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Improve the rollout
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 2,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 456 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 727-200 departed from runway 04 at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles, using a takeoff roll of 480 m which represented 14 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 154 kt. Local conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 030°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 13 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile north-east of MMSM, where the aircraft rose from 8,524 ft asl to 35,008 ft asl, an altitude gain of 26,484 ft achieved in 13 minutes while covering 81 nm.
The first cruise segment began 7 miles west of Tlanchinol and continued for 56 minutes, during which 434 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 4 miles west of Bayside, with the aircraft descending from 34,390 ft asl to 24,008 ft asl, a loss of 10,382 ft in 7 minutes over a distance of 51 nm.
A brief cruise followed 4 miles south-west of Vanderbilt, lasting 2 minutes and covering 11 nm.
The next descent began 1 mile south-west of 6TE3 Hahns Airport Edna, dropping from 24,010 ft asl to 3,004 ft asl, a decrease of 21,006 ft in 16 minutes while traveling 80 nm.
A short cruise segment started 3 miles north-west of Cypress, lasting 3 minutes and encompassing 12 nm.
Descent resumed 3 miles south-east of KDWH David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport Houston, with the aircraft descending from 2,609 ft asl to 1,423 ft asl, a loss of 1,185 ft in 2 minutes across 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 08L at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport was executed from the west on a heading of 90.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,319 ft agl.
Landing on runway 08L, which is 2,740 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 139 kt, a touchdown distance of 458 m, a touchdown speed of 134 kt, and a touchdown rate of minus 180 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 10.0 m from the centreline. Ambient conditions were 28 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 180°, a 7 kt cross-wind and no head-wind. Total landing distance measured 1,173 m, representing 43 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was off by 9.7 m from centreline.
The aircraft taxied to parking in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm on the taxiways.
In total, the flight covered 681 nm, required 116 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 6,664 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 727-200 conducted the final approach to runway 08L at KIAH from the west on a heading of 90.0 ° while 4 nm out and 1,319 ft above ground level, with ambient temperature 28 °C, wind 7 kt from 180 °, a 7 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 139 kt.
Touchdown occurred 458 m down the runway; the speed at touchdown was a little fast at 134 kt, the vertical rate was good at minus 180 fpm, and the touchdown point was misaligned by 10.0 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total of 1,173 m, representing 43 % of the 2,740 m runway, and the aircraft remained slightly misaligned by 9.7 m from the centreline during rollout.
To refine an already strong performance, reduce touchdown speed to the target value and aim for tighter centreline alignment on touchdown and rollout.
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