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Work on the flare
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.
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 1,809 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,809 m of the 2,317 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 780 m 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 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 25 at EPLL Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport in Poland. The takeoff distance was 1,538 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 162 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 2°C, with a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 153°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb approximately 1 mile southwest of the airport, rising from an altitude of 1,597 feet above sea level to 36,000 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 116 nautical miles, took 18 minutes and involved an increase in altitude of 34,404 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southwest of Grodzisk Wielkopolski in Poland. This phase lasted for 76 minutes and covered a distance of 553 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 13 miles southeast of Clacton-on-Sea in England. The descent, which covered a distance of 121 nautical miles, took 25 minutes and involved a decrease in altitude of 34,650 feet from 36,259 feet above sea level to 1,609 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 33 at EGBB Birmingham International Airport was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 325.0° at an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 33, which had a length of 2,317 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 150 knots.
The touchdown point was 367 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 139 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -238 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.5 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 180°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,731 meters, which accounted for 75% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 798 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 132 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,162 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at EGBB Birmingham International Airport, achieving a score of 92.7%. The final approach to runway 33 was initiated from the south east, with a heading of 325.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,280 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a threshold speed of 150 knots being maintained. The touchdown point was located 367 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly beyond the expected area. The touchdown speed of 139 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -238 feet per minute was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft could have been brought down more smoothly.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.5 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 6°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 180°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,731 meters was 75% of the available runway length, indicating that the aircraft had sufficient space to come to a stop. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, such as the touchdown rate and the slight misalignment from the centerline.
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