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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,006 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,419 ft 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 13 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 28R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,538 feet, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 84°F and winds of 6 knots at 97°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the tailwind was 6 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Bensenville, Illinois, where the aircraft climbed from 1,718 feet above sea level to 31,008 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,290 feet in 14 minutes and covering 87 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 4 miles west of KHOF Hoopeston Airport in Hoopeston, Illinois, and lasted 22 minutes, covering 162 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent from 30,999 feet above sea level to 4,341 feet above sea level, a decrease of 26,658 feet in 16 minutes and covering 95 nautical miles. This descent started 2 miles southeast of KEHR Henderson City County Airport in Henderson, Kentucky.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 3 miles west of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and lasting only 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile south of Goodlettsville and took the aircraft from 3,903 feet above sea level to 1,832 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,072 feet in 4 minutes and covering 7 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 20L at KBNA Nashville International Airport was from the north, with a heading of 198.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,231 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 20L was successful, with a runway length of 8,006 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 124 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 1,424 feet, and the touchdown speed was 121 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -210 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 79°F and winds of 6 knots at 97°, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 4,027 feet, which was 50% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 48 feet from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 365 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 73 minutes. The aircraft used 6,563 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at KBNA Nashville International Airport on runway 20L, achieving a score of 95.0%. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 198.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,231 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 124 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft performed well, with a touchdown distance of 1,424 feet, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown speed was also good at 121 knots. However, the touchdown rate was slightly below par at -210 feet per minute (fpm), which could be considered fair. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 79°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 97°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance was 4,027 feet, which is 50% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and come to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 48 feet from the centerline, which could be considered a minor issue. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft performed well under the given conditions.
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