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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 16 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 247 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 384 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 6,536 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,536 ft of the 11,485 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,357 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a 40-minute taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 36R at the Orlando International Airport (KMCO) in Florida, United States. The takeoff distance was 5,202 feet, which accounted for 43% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 152 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 85°F temperature and winds of 7 knots at 139°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the tailwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of the Orlando International Airport and reached an altitude of 39,608 feet above sea level, an increase of 38,504 feet in 26 minutes, covering a distance of 140 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile east of the Wing South Airpark in Naples, Florida, and lasted for 38 minutes, covering a distance of 268 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 41 miles northwest of the Las Clavellinas Airport in Cuba, descending from 39,519 feet to 2,418 feet above sea level, a decrease of 37,101 feet in 25 minutes, covering a distance of 148 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 19 miles southeast of the Alfredo V. Bonfil Airport in Mexico and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 8 miles southeast of the Cancun International Airport in Mexico, descending from 2,065 feet to 1,360 feet above sea level, a decrease of 705 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30L at the Cancun International Airport was from the southeast, heading 304.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,329 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which was 11,485 feet long, and the threshold height was well above the target. The threshold speed was good at 134 knots, and the touchdown point was 1,984 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 116 knots, which was good, but the touchdown rate was fair at -246 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 27 feet from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 28 feet from the centerline. The total landing distance was 6,263 feet, which accounted for 55% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 587 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 114 minutes. The aircraft used 11,257 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at MMUN Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 304.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,329 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach speed and threshold speed were both within acceptable limits, at 134 knots, which is a good indication of the pilot's control over the aircraft's descent.
However, the threshold height at 72 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been descending too slowly or that the pilot may have been waiting for a more optimal moment to touch down. The touchdown point was 1,984 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a considerable distance and may indicate that the pilot was not fully aware of the aircraft's position relative to the runway.
The touchdown speed of 116 knots was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate of -246 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair. A more ideal touchdown rate would be closer to -200 fpm, which would indicate a smoother and more controlled descent. The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 27 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's control or a minor issue with the aircraft's navigation system.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 84°F, which is relatively warm and may have affected the aircraft's performance. The total landing distance of 6,263 feet was 55% of the runway length, which is a relatively high percentage and may indicate that the pilot was not able to fully utilize the available runway length.
Finally, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a minor issue with the aircraft's brakes or a slight deviation in the pilot's control. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas where the pilot could have improved their performance to achieve a more ideal landing.
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