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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 5.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 2.2° with no reversals.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,128 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 175 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 25 at London Luton Airport, a movement that lasted 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25, the aircraft accelerated for a takeoff distance of 1,630 m, representing 79 % of the runway, and lifted off at 141 kt. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 22 °C, wind from 100° at 7 kt, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt tailwind component.
The initial climb began overhead Luton, climbing from 1,253 ft asl to 5,006 ft asl, an increase of 3,752 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 10 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced overhead Wigginton, lasting 2 minutes and extending over 6 nm.
A second climb started 1 mile north-east of Princes Risborough, where the aircraft rose from 4,999 ft asl to 34,027 ft asl, a gain of 29,028 ft in 12 minutes while traversing 72 nm.
The next cruise phase began 1 mile north of Bream, persisting for 13 minutes and covering 100 nm.
Descent began 8 miles north of Saint Davids, with the aircraft descending from 34,012 ft asl to 1,817 ft asl, a loss of 32,195 ft in 25 minutes and spanning 127 nm.
On final approach to runway 34 at Cork Airport, the aircraft approached from the south on a heading of 339.0°, at 4 nm and 1,330 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34 was executed on a runway 2,128 m long; the threshold speed was 132 kt, touchdown occurred 175 m down the runway at 129 kt, and the touchdown rate was minus 370 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local conditions were a temperature of 17 °C, wind from 54° at 5 kt, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind component. Total landing distance was 1,138 m, representing 53 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 324 nm, taking 65, and used 2,406 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 entered the final approach to runway 34 at EICK Cork Airport from the south on a heading of 339.0° at 4 nm and 1,330 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 132 kt. Touchdown occurred 175 m down the runway; the touchdown speed was 129 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 370 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft completed the touchdown with the recorded speed and rate, maintaining the very good alignment and the aim point well within the expected 300 m (1,000 ft) from the threshold.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,138 m, representing 53 % of the 2,128 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a score of 96.8 % the landing was strong overall; reducing the touchdown speed slightly will help bring the speed closer to the target and soften the firm rate. Maintaining the current flare technique while fine-tuning speed will preserve the excellent alignment and runway usage.
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