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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 26 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 6.1° of bank in the first climb segment and 2.8° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
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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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 1,840 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,840 m of the 2,797 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 381 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 approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 36L at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The takeoff distance was 1,553 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 185 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 350 degrees. This resulted in a 2-knot crosswind and a 9-knot headwind. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of Vijfhuizen, a location in the province of Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. The climb started from an altitude of 1,077 feet above sea level and reached a maximum altitude of 31,073 feet, an increase of 29,996 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 76 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase began overhead Grootegast, a location in the province of Groningen, The Netherlands. This phase lasted for 12 minutes and covered a distance of 80 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 15 miles northwest of Helgoland, a location in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany. The descent started from an altitude of 30,610 feet and reached a final altitude of 1,492 feet, a decrease of 29,118 feet in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 98 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 09 at EKBI Billund Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 87.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 09, which had a length of 2,797 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed at 148 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 364 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 144 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -257 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.6 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 330 degrees. This resulted in a 7-knot crosswind and a 3-knot tailwind. The total landing distance was 1,744 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took approximately 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 261 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 59 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 7,686 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at EKBI Billund Airport, achieving a high score of 99.2%. The final approach to runway 09 was conducted from the west, with a heading of 87.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was well-executed, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was well above the target at 148 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with a touchdown distance of 364 meters, which is considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 144 knots was slightly faster than desired, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to slow down the aircraft. The touchdown rate of -257 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep.
One area for improvement was the runway touchdown position, which was slightly misaligned by 3.6 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a miscalculation of the runway alignment. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 330°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots. The total landing distance of 1,744 meters was 62% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and decision-making skills throughout the approach and landing phase.
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