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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,611 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 387 m touchdown sits inside 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 17 at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP). The takeoff distance was 1,321 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 146 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 23°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at a direction of 90°.
As the aircraft climbed out of KMSP, it began its enroute climb 1 mile south of the airport, reaching an altitude of 31,265 feet above sea level. This climb, which lasted 7 minutes, covered a distance of 61 nautical miles and involved an increase in altitude of 29,427 feet. The aircraft then transitioned into a level cruise, which started 5 miles west of the Scrabeck Airport (5MN0) and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 94 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 2 miles southwest of Edgewood, Iowa, and lasted for 24 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 31,935 feet to 1,903 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 169 nautical miles and involved a decrease in altitude of 30,033 feet. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 04R at the Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW), approaching from the southwest at a heading of 43.0°.
The landing on runway 04R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 388 meters and a touchdown speed of 134 knots. However, the touchdown speed was slightly above the target speed, and the touchdown rate was good at -172 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline.
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 331 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 45 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,513 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) on runway 04R. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 43.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,289 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft scored a high 97.1% on its landing, indicating a well-executed maneuver.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 134 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 388 meters was considered good, and the touchdown rate of -172 feet per minute (fpm) was also satisfactory. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position by 8.3 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 26°C and a wind speed of 13 knots at 60°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots. These conditions likely contributed to the smooth landing.
The total landing distance of 1,122 meters was 70% of the runway length, indicating a good utilization of the available runway space. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centreline, which may have been a result of the slightly fast touchdown speed.
Overall, the landing was considered good, with a high score and a smooth touchdown. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and runway alignment, which may be addressed in future training or operations.
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