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Speed on the slow side
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,543 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,388 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 22R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 145 kt and became airborne after traveling 3,574 ft, which represented 50 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 54 °F, wind 1 kt from 185°, with a 0 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead MA17 Avco/Lowell Heliport, with the airplane ascending from 990 ft asl to 37,994 ft asl, an increase of 37,004 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 99 nm.
The first en-route cruise began 2 mi west of Three Rivers, Massachusetts, and persisted for 106 minutes, during which 738 nm were flown.
Descent started 4 mi north-east of 3LL3 Kibler Airport, Marshall, Illinois, with the aircraft descending from 38,003 ft asl to 3,996 ft asl, a loss of 34,007 ft in 25 minutes and a distance of 146 nm.
A brief cruise segment followed, initiating 4 mi north of 3SQ St Charles, Illinois, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
Subsequent descent began 1 mi west of 3SQ St Charles, descending from 3,499 ft asl to 1,869 ft asl, a reduction of 1,630 ft in 3 minutes over 6 nm.
Final approach to runway 12R at KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport involved a descent from 1,363 ft agl to 111 ft agl in 104 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 12R, which is 10,543 ft long, was executed with a threshold speed of 135 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,388 ft down the runway at a speed of 132 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 60 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 83 °F, wind 6 kt from 94°, a 3 kt crosswind and a 5 kt headwind. The total landing distance measured 4,518 ft, representing 43 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was recorded as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,001 nm, required 169 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 13,691 lb of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 conducted a stabilised approach to runway 12R at KSTL, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits as assessed at the 1,000 ft gate. The aircraft descended from 1,363 ft agl to 111 ft agl in 104 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gates and contributing to the overall score of 99.3 %.
At threshold the aircraft established a good threshold speed of 135 kt and a good threshold height. The flare resulted in a touchdown distance of 1,388 ft, with a touchdown speed of 132 kt that was a little fast and an excellent touchdown rate of minus 60 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred 1,388 ft down the 10,543-ft runway, with the aircraft crossing the threshold at 132 kt, descending at minus 60 fpm and maintaining very good alignment. Total landing distance was 4,518 ft, representing 43 % of the runway length. Ambient temperature was 83 °F, wind was 6 kt from 94°, including a 3-kt crosswind and a 5-kt headwind.
Rollout alignment remained very good as the aircraft decelerated along the remaining runway, completing the landing within the measured 4,518 ft distance.
A minor refinement is to reduce touchdown speed slightly below 132 kt to better match the good threshold speed of 135 kt and further optimise the landing roll, while preserving the excellent flare timing and alignment already demonstrated.
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