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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 9.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so the speed is back to 138 kt before the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: Speed was still fast at the stabilisation gate, and crossing the threshold 44 kt above target usually carries a fast touchdown with it.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 138 kt at the threshold.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set, centreline 2.1° off, against a 1° limit, wings 14° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 38 kt FAST on the reference speed of 138 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,522 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,522 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 433 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from its parking position to runway 33L at Logan International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 33L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 159 kt and became airborne after traveling 1,131 m, which represented 37 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern for runway 33L, flying a 2 nm segment in 28 seconds.
Continuing the left-hand pattern, the cross-wind leg extended 3 nm and was completed in 63 seconds.
The downwind turn was executed over a 5 nm arc, with the aircraft establishing a 62.5 ° angle to the runway.
The downwind leg covered another 5 nm, taking 92 seconds to complete.
A base-leg turn followed, tracing a 5 nm path and achieving a 70.6 ° angle to the runway.
The base leg itself was 3 nm long and was flown for 62 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was 3 nm in length and required 52 seconds.
On final approach to runway 32 from the southeast, the aircraft was established on a heading of 305.0° at 1 nm and 393 ft AGL.
Landing on runway 32 was performed with a threshold speed of 182 kt; touchdown occurred 437 m down the runway at a speed of 177 kt and a vertical rate of minus 219 fpm. The runway length is 1,522 m, and the total landing distance measured 1,269 m, representing 83 % of the runway, with alignment described as very good. Weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 299°, no cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Rollout continued with very good runway alignment, and the aircraft decelerated to a stop within the remaining runway length.
In total, the flight covered 23 nm, lasted 7 minutes, and used minus 116 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 32 at KBOS Logan International Airport was conducted from the south-east on a heading of 305.0° at 1 nm and 393 ft agl, with ambient temperature 15 °C, wind 3 kt from 299°, a headwind component of 3 kt and no crosswind.
The threshold height was reported as good, while the threshold speed was excessively high at 182 kt.
Touchdown occurred 437 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 177 kt that was excessively fast and a touchdown rate of -219 fpm judged fair; runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1 269 m, representing 83 % of the 1 522 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the approach and touchdown speeds toward the appropriate VREF to bring the touchdown speed within normal limits and to improve the vertical profile, while maintaining the established alignment. Adjust the flare timing to achieve a smoother transition and lower speed at the aim point, which will further enhance the touchdown rate.
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