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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 6.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,740 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 140 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 01R at Harry Reid International Airport, KLAS. The takeoff distance was 1,687 meters, which accounted for 66% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at 90 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began overhead Paradise, Nevada, and involved a significant increase in altitude from 3,178 feet above sea level to 30,228 feet above sea level, a rise of 27,050 feet in 12 minutes and covering 43 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 8 miles west of the Hidden Hills Airport in Pahrump, Nevada. This phase lasted for 34 minutes and covered a distance of 229 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 3 miles east of Smith, Nevada, and involved a decrease in altitude from 30,202 feet above sea level to 7,827 feet above sea level, a drop of 22,375 feet in 12 minutes and covering 35 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18 at Lake Tahoe Airport, KTVL, was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 188.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,552 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 18 was successful, with a runway length of 1,740 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 141 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 140 knots, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -748 feet per minute.
The total landing distance was 1,789 meters, which accounted for 103% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 317 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 72 minutes. The aircraft used 3,281 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport, with a final approach score of 81.3%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 188.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,552 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise landing on runway 18, which has a length of 1,740 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 141 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 142 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 140 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, which may have contributed to a heavier-than-desired touchdown rate.
The touchdown rate of -748 feet per minute (fpm) was significantly higher than the typical rate, indicating a potentially hard landing. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft throughout the landing. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 0°C, may have played a role in the aircraft's performance.
The total landing distance of 1,789 meters was 103% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft did not overshoot the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, while there were some minor issues with the landing, the pilot executed a safe and controlled landing at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport.
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