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Improve the rollout
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.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,041 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 319 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 12R at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 12R, the aircraft used 1,210 m of runway, representing 40 % of the available length, and lifted off at 146 kt. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 330°, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt tailwind.
The en-route climb commenced 1 mile southeast of KMSP, where the aircraft ascended from 1,819 ft asl to 4,093 ft asl, a gain of 2,274 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 8 nm.
Level cruise began 2 miles northeast of Sunfish Lake and was maintained for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 15 nm.
Descent operations started overhead Robbinsdale, with the aircraft descending from 4,094 ft asl to 2,131 ft asl, a loss of 1,963 ft in 3 minutes and a distance of 11 nm.
The final approach to runway 12R was executed from the northwest, on a heading of 121.0°, at 4 nm from the threshold and 1,289 ft agl.
A go-around was initiated on runway 12R at an altitude of 456 ft agl, after which the aircraft re-entered the approach sequence.
Landing on runway 12R, which is 3,041 m long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 124 kt. Touchdown was recorded at 319 m down the runway, with a speed of 123 kt and a heavy rate of -649 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 11.6 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,085 m, equivalent to 36 % of the runway. Local weather at landing was 24 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 20°, a 7 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind.
Runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned, deviating 66.9 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 77 nm, required 32 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 947 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 23 at KRDM Roberts Field from the north-east on a heading of 239.0° at 4 nm and 1,562 ft agl. Local weather was 13 °C with wind 3 kt from 200°, including a 2 kt headwind and a 2 kt crosswind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 136 kt and a good threshold height, setting up the flare for touchdown. The flare resulted in a touchdown distance that was good at 456 m.
Touchdown occurred with a good speed of 126 kt and a fair vertical rate of minus 298 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from the centreline, and the aircraft landed on runway 23 whose length is 2,138 m.
Rollout alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,268 m, representing 59 % of the available runway, and the aircraft remained well aligned during the rollout.
The high overall score of 97.4 % reflects solid performance; refining the approach to keep sink rate within limits will convert the unstable assessment to stable. Improving centreline tracking in the final seconds will further tighten touchdown alignment.
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