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Maintain the centreline
See Departure Roll
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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 147 kt with 1.7° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 503 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 893 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,490 fpm on average to 503 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 8,361 ft runway.
Rolled from 1,884 ft in, drifted 19 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 79 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 80 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 750 ft left of the centreline at 2.0 nm, then inside it from 1.8 to 0.4 nm, then 50 ft right of it from 0.4 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −4 kt and +24 kt on the approach speed of 145 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
5 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 135 kt. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, away from the wind, wings level.
Wind 210° at 7 kt · 4 kt tail · 5 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,504 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 63 ft, 13 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,991 ft in, 991 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,504 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 1,180 fpm at 61 ft to 0 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.3° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,504 ft of the 9,858 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 12 ft left of the centreline and drifted to 33 ft left on the rollout, back to 1 ft left by the end.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 1,991 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxiing process from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, an Antonov Airlines plane, then departed from runway 23 at UWWW Kurumoch International Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,650 feet, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 148 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were a temperature of 8 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 209 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile southwest of UWWW Kurumoch International Airport, Samara. The climb began at an altitude of 1,017 feet above sea level and increased to 885 feet, a rise of 132 feet, over a period of 2 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 33 at UWWW Kurumoch International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading at 339.0 degrees at an altitude of 443 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing on runway 33 was successful, with the runway length being 9,858 feet. The threshold height was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 141 knots.
The touchdown point was 633 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 134 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also perfect at 5 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 210 degrees.
The total landing distance was 5,246 feet, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 45 feet from the centreline. The total flight distance was 6 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 4 minutes. The aircraft used 4,666 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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