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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 45 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 45 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 45 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 6,280 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,280 ft of the 9,013 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,737 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 35 at MDSD Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The takeoff distance was 3,566 feet, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots at a direction of 20 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was also 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles north of the airport and reaching an altitude of 31,182 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 81 nautical miles and took 14 minutes, with an increase in altitude of 30,084 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 20 miles northwest of MDPU Mona Airport in Punta Cana, Puerto Rico. This cruise phase lasted for 49 minutes and covered a distance of 364 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 43 miles southwest of Vieux-Habitants in Guadeloupe. The descent phase covered a distance of 94 nautical miles and took 18 minutes, with a decrease in altitude of 28,272 feet. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 11 miles southwest of Saint-Pierre in Martinique and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 10 at TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 80.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 10, which had a length of 9,013 feet. The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 154 knots. The touchdown point was 1,395 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 142 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -240 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 26 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 31 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 88 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 6 knots at a direction of 100 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The total landing distance was 6,037 feet, which accounted for 67% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 563 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 99 minutes. The aircraft used 9,592 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 80.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 10, which has a length of 9,013 feet.
However, the threshold height at 61 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed of 154 knots was significantly above the target, suggesting that the aircraft was descending too quickly. The touchdown point was 1,395 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a considerable distance from the ideal landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 142 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate of -240 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair. This indicates that the aircraft may have experienced some deceleration issues during the landing roll. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 26 feet from the centreline, which could have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 31 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 88°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 100°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The total landing distance of 6,037 feet was 67% of the runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including better control of descent speed and alignment with the runway centreline.
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