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Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 5.1°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 scored
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope and off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,063 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,063 m of the 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 454 m touchdown sits inside 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 20 at Lisbon Portela Airport (LPPT), with a takeoff distance of 840 meters, which was 27% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 164 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 17°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 219°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb overhead Alvalade, a location in the Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. The climb was from 1,310 feet above sea level to 34,991 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,681 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 79 miles west of Sagres, a location in the Distrito de Faro, Portugal, and lasted for 33 minutes, covering a distance of 307 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 67 miles northeast of Porto Santo Airport (LPPS), located in Vila Baleira, Madeira, Portugal. The descent was from 34,118 feet above sea level to 3,101 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,017 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 10 miles southeast of Canico, Madeira, Portugal, and lasting for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The final enroute descent started 2 miles southeast of Canico, Madeira, Portugal, and was from 2,645 feet above sea level to 428 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,216 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 05 at Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo (LPMA), approaching from the southwest at a heading of 49.0°, at 1 nautical mile and 241 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 05 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 454 meters, which was good. The touchdown speed was 127 knots, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -135 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 18°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 300°.
The total landing distance was 1,981 meters, which was 80% of the runway length. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 561 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 85 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 4,955 kilograms.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, achieving a score of 91.2%. The final approach to runway 05 was initiated from the south-west, with a heading of 49.0° at an altitude of 241 feet above ground level (agl) and 1 nautical mile from the runway.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 138 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 454 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 127 knots was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -135 feet per minute was smooth, suggesting a gentle impact on the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 300°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing. The runway length of 2,483 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance, which was 1,981 meters, or 80% of the runway.
Although the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline, this was not considered a major issue. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and stability throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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