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Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 6.2 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 19 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 4.1° against the runway's 3° and speed 24 kt FAST on the reference speed of 126 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,802 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,802 m of the 3,051 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 802 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KSFO, a movement that required 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 146 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,115 m, which represented 33 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind from 310° at 9 kt, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced over San Bruno, California, with the airplane ascending from 957 ft asl to 30,966 ft asl, an altitude gain of 30,008 ft achieved in 10 minutes while covering 60 nm.
The level cruise segment began 3 mi north-west of Courtland, California, and persisted for 5 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 36 nm.
Descent was initiated 5 mi south of Shingle Springs, California, with a reduction from 30,964 ft asl to 5,914 ft asl, a loss of 25,050 ft over 18 minutes and a distance of 91 nm.
Final approach to runway 35L at KRNO was conducted from the south, aligned on a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1,491 ft agl.
Landing on runway 35L, whose total length is 3,047 m, occurred with a threshold height of 62 ft agl and a threshold speed of 142 kt. The touchdown point was 385 m beyond the touchdown zone, the speed at touchdown was 125 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 100 fpm. The touchdown location was offset 7.4 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 31 °C with a wind from 290° at 16 kt, including a 15 kt cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind.
The aircraft rolled out over a distance of 1,720 m, representing 56 % of the runway, and the rollout track was misaligned by 17.4 m from the centreline.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking area required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 196 nm, lasted 45 minutes, and consumed 1,681 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 conducted the final approach to runway 35L at KRNO Reno-Tahoe International Airport from the south, maintaining a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1,491 ft agl. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 31 °C with wind 16 kt from 290°, providing a 5 kt headwind component and a 15 kt crosswind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 62 ft agl above the target height and the threshold speed was well above target at 142 kt. The flare proceeded from this condition without further comment.
Touchdown occurred 385 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 125 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was smooth at minus 100 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 7.4 m.
The total landing distance measured 1,720 m, representing 56 % of the available runway, and the rollout remained misaligned by 17.4 m from the centreline.
Reduce the approach speed to bring the threshold speed within target and adjust the descent profile to achieve touchdown within the touchdown zone, thereby minimizing the overshoot distance. Align the aircraft more precisely on the centreline during rollout to improve lateral accuracy.
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