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Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 3.6 ft, 7.6 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 165 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 1,425 meters, which was 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots at 89 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a headwind of 6 knots. The enroute climb started shortly after departure, 1 mile south east of Miami Springs, Florida. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,028 feet above sea level to 35,932 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,903 feet, in 18 minutes and covering a distance of 105 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 20 miles north of West End in the West Grand Bahama District, Bahamas. This phase lasted for 90 minutes and covered a distance of 687 nautical miles. The enroute descent started overhead Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) in Patuxent River, Maryland, and lasted for 30 minutes. During this time, the aircraft descended from 35,166 feet above sea level to 1,375 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,791 feet, and covered a distance of 186 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) was made from the south west, heading 32.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,352 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 04, which had a length of 2,135 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 162 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 138 knots. The touchdown rate was heavy at -614 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at 20 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and there was a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,056 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 986 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 152 minutes. The aircraft used 5,711 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, achieving a score of 95.8%. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 32.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,352 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 04, which has a length of 2,135 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots. This indicates that the aircraft may have been slightly faster than desired during the approach. The touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 162 meters, but the touchdown speed of 138 knots was a little fast. This may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -614 feet per minute (fpm), which is higher than the desired rate.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.1 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or during the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 5°C and a wind speed of 4 knots at 20°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 4 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's alignment during the approach.
The total landing distance was 1,056 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and aligned path during the rollout phase of the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the desired parameters.
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