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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 19 ft off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3° of bank in the first climb segment and 3.2° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 6,659 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,659 ft of the 7,940 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,688 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 2,816 feet, which was 27% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 142 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 95°F and winds of 8 knots at 148°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. After departing from KMIA, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southwest of Brownsville, Florida. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 136 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,049 feet above sea level to 34,554 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,505 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 71 miles north of Las Brujas Airport (MUBR) in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. This phase lasted for 27 minutes and covered a distance of 211 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 30 miles southwest of Santa Cruz del Sur in Camagueey, Cuba. The descent took 28 minutes and covered a distance of 114 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 35,040 feet above sea level to 1,312 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,729 feet.
The final approach to runway 07 at Sangster International Airport (MKJS) was made from the southwest, heading 65.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,296 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on runway 07, which had a length of 7,940 feet. The threshold height was well above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots. The touchdown point was 1,344 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -282 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 32 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 35 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 84°F and winds of 2 knots at 190°, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 6,415 feet, which was 81% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 471 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 94 minutes. The aircraft used 8,624 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at MKJS Sangster International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 65.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 07, which has a length of 7,940 feet.
The threshold height at 79 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was moving at a slightly faster pace than intended when reaching the threshold. The touchdown point was 1,344 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a considerable distance from the ideal landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a little fast, indicating that the aircraft was moving at a higher speed than desired when touching down on the runway. However, the touchdown rate of -282 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft was able to slow down relatively quickly after touchdown. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 32 feet from the centreline, which could have implications for the aircraft's stability and control during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 84°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 190°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance of 6,415 feet was 81% of the runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. This suggests that the aircraft may have been able to stop more quickly if it had been able to touch down closer to the touchdown zone.
During the runway rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 35 feet from the centreline, which is similar to the misalignment observed during touchdown. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including reducing the threshold height, speed, and touchdown point distance, as well as improving the runway touchdown position and rollout alignment.
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