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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 7.5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 3.8°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Carry more power on approach to hold 145 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay into the flare.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 32 ft while already below the speed target, and the aircraft settled as the remaining energy ran out, usually carrying a firm touchdown with it at 623 fpm.
Watch for: Watch airspeed on short final against 145 kt, keeping it there through 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.
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: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,952 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,952 m of the 3,591 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,308 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 22R at EKCH Copenhagen Kastrup Airport. The takeoff distance was 623 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at 150°. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles west of Dragor in Region Hovedstaden, Denmark. The climb took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,056 feet above sea level to 35,977 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,920 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Dollerup in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This phase lasted for 49 minutes and covered a distance of 319 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 33 miles southeast of Orford in Suffolk, England. The descent took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 48 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 35,906 feet above sea level to 16,742 feet above sea level, a decrease of 19,164 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 3 miles east of Tillingham in Essex, England. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 17 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting overhead West Hanningfield in Essex, England. The descent took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 42 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 15,290 feet above sea level to 1,432 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,857 feet.
The final approach to runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 90.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,334 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 09L, which had a length of 3,591 meters. The threshold height at 97 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 142 knots. The touchdown point was 824 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 124 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -479 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 9°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 210°. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a tailwind of 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,803 meters, which accounted for 50% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 546 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 103 minutes. The aircraft used 4,259 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed on runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 90.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,334 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 824 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 124 knots was within the acceptable range, and the threshold speed of 142 knots was also satisfactory. However, the touchdown rate of -479 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to a higher-than-desired rate of descent during the final stages of the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from a direction of 210°. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a tailwind of 7 knots, which may have contributed to the slight deviation from the centerline during the landing roll. The runway length of 3,591 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 1,803 meters, which was approximately 50% of the available runway length.
Despite the satisfactory touchdown speed and threshold speed, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.7 meters from the centerline. These deviations suggest that the aircraft may have been subjected to some degree of crosswind or tailwind during the landing roll, which can make it more challenging to maintain a straight course.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some issues with the aircraft's alignment and touchdown point, which may have been influenced by the local weather conditions. The pilot's score for this landing was 71.1%, indicating a satisfactory but not exceptional performance.
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