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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,906 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,906 m of the 3,190 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 412 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from London Stansted Airport, the Boeing 737-800 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft reached the end of runway 22, it initiated its departure roll, accelerating down the 1,677-meter stretch of the 2,743-meter runway, which accounted for 61% of its length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 156 knots, overcoming the local headwind of 1 knot and the crosswind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of London Stansted, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 37,000 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 122 nautical miles. The climb started 1 mile southeast of Birchanger, Essex, and continued until it reached the enroute level cruise phase, which began 2 miles southeast of Bognor Regis, West Sussex. During this phase, the aircraft maintained a steady altitude of 37,000 feet for 112 minutes, covering a distance of 751 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase started 2 miles southwest of Caudete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, and lasted 27 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 36,601 feet to 1,336 feet, covering a distance of 131 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Almería Airport, it initiated its final approach to runway 25, aligning itself with the runway from the east. The aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 144 knots, with a touchdown distance of 409 meters, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was firm at -341 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,012 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 7,131 kilograms of fuel during the flight, which lasted a total of 172 minutes.
The Boeing 737-800 touched down on runway 25 at LEAM Almería Airport with a firm touchdown rate of -341 fpm, indicating a controlled descent. The aircraft's touchdown speed of 144 kt was slightly above the target, contributing to the firm touchdown rate. The touchdown distance of 409 m was within acceptable limits, demonstrating good control and precision during the final approach.
The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a well-established visual reference to the runway environment. However, the threshold speed was above the target at 148 kt, which may have been influenced by the prevailing wind conditions. The wind at 5 kt from 210°, with a crosswind of 4 kt and a headwind of 4 kt, was relatively light and did not significantly impact the approach. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 m from the centreline, which was a minor deviation.
The rollout phase was also satisfactory, with the aircraft maintaining a stable alignment on the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.9 m from the centreline, which was a minor deviation. The total landing distance of 1,824 m, accounting for 60% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing performance was good, with a score of 96.2%.
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