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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,495 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 323 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 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 01 at LEGE Girona-Costa Brava Airport. The takeoff distance was 948 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 23°C temperature and winds of 23 knots at 50°. The crosswind was 13 knots, while the headwind was 19 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Aiguaviva, where the aircraft climbed from 1,448 feet above sea level to 21,316 feet above sea level, an increase of 19,868 feet in 7 minutes and covering 29 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then began overhead Llanars, lasting 3 minutes and covering 24 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began another climb, this time from 21,552 feet above sea level to 34,383 feet above sea level, an increase of 12,831 feet in 9 minutes and covering 67 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again, this time overhead Cornebarrieu, and lasted 50 minutes, covering 385 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it began its descent from 34,429 feet above sea level to 7,516 feet above sea level, a decrease of 26,913 feet in 17 minutes and covering 94 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started once more, this time 2 miles east of Burgess Hill, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began its descent again, this time from 7,119 feet above sea level to 3,958 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,162 feet in 3 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started once more, this time 1 mile north-west of Buxted, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. However, the aircraft soon began its descent again, this time from 3,834 feet above sea level to 1,532 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,302 feet in 4 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26L at EGKK London Gatwick Airport was from the east, heading 258.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,330 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 26L was successful, with a touchdown distance of 322 meters and a touchdown speed of 128 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -253 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and winds of 3 knots at 340°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. The total landing distance was 806 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 634 nautical miles, taking 1 hour and 8 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,043 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at London Gatwick Airport's runway 26L, achieving a high score of 98.9%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 258.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,330 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was well-executed, with a good threshold height and a slightly below-target threshold speed of 134 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft performed well, with a touchdown distance of 322 meters, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was also good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -253 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight bounce or oscillation upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a minor error in the pilot's alignment. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C and a light wind of 3 knots from 340°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 3 knots, while the headwind component was zero. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft came to a stop within 32% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance.
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