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Slow down before tight turns
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.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,035 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 345 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 05R at OSDI Damascus International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,202 meters, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and winds of 7 knots at 30 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 6 knots. After departing from Damascus, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and reached an altitude of 35,864 feet above sea level. The climb was a significant increase of 32,889 feet in just 20 minutes, covering a distance of 140 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 15 miles west of Baniyas and lasted for 34 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 255 nautical miles. The cruise phase was followed by a descent, which began 13 miles southeast of Altinekin and lasted for 20 minutes. The descent was a decrease of 32,012 feet in altitude, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles.
After the descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which started 8 miles northeast of LTTE Temelli Air Base and lasted for just 3 minutes. This brief cruise phase covered a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 06 at LTAB Güvercinlik Airport, approaching from the southwest at a heading of 64.0 degrees and at an altitude of 988 feet above ground level.
The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 347 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 142 knots. The touchdown rate was good at -157 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and winds of 2 knots at 94 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,192 meters, which was 59% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took just 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 525 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 89 minutes. The aircraft used 4,123 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LTAB Güvercinlik Airport, achieving a high score of 99.3%. The final approach to runway 06 was conducted from the south west, with a heading of 64.0° at an altitude of 988 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 144 knots. The touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 347 meters, but the touchdown speed was slightly higher than desired at 142 knots. However, the touchdown rate of -157 feet per minute (fpm) was considered good.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.3 meters, which may require some adjustments in the approach procedure to achieve a more precise landing. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 4°C, a wind speed of 2 knots at 94°, and a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance of 1,192 meters was within 59% of the runway length, which is a reasonable margin. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and controlled descent during the landing phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with only minor areas for improvement.
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