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Improve the taxi
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: five 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,498 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,243 ft 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 14 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 23L at McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) in Tennessee. The takeoff distance was 4,867 feet, which was 56% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 166 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 87°F temperature and a wind of 14 knots at 210 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 14 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Alcoa, Tennessee, and the aircraft climbed from 1,914 feet above sea level to 5,462 feet, an increase of 3,548 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then leveled off and began a cruise, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered 7 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 2 miles southeast of Friendsville, Tennessee, and the aircraft descended from 5,593 feet to 5,023 feet, a decrease of 570 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, climbing from 5,078 feet to 37,836 feet, an increase of 32,758 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 163 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and began a cruise, which lasted for 35 minutes and covered 298 nautical miles. The enroute descent started overhead Cecilton, Maryland, and the aircraft descended from 37,251 feet to 27,742 feet, a decrease of 9,509 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 30 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its descent, starting from overhead Beckett, New Jersey, and descending from 27,705 feet to 25,706 feet, a decrease of 1,999 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and began a cruise, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered 26 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile west of Columbus, New Jersey, and the aircraft descended from 25,566 feet to 11,219 feet, a decrease of 14,347 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 53 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and began a cruise, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered 15 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 2 miles southeast of Wallingford Center, Connecticut, and the aircraft descended from 10,947 feet to 5,363 feet, a decrease of 5,585 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 25 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and began a cruise, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered 8 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile southeast of CT19 Laurie Field, Hazardville, Connecticut, and the aircraft descended from 4,819 feet to 1,436 feet, a decrease of 3,383 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at Bradley International Airport (KBDL) began from the north-east, heading 224.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,258 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,250 feet and a touchdown speed of 144 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -304 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at KBDL Bradley International Airport, achieving a score of 99.1%. The final approach to runway 24 was initiated from the north east, with a heading of 224.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,258 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's approach and landing performance were satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 149 knots. The touchdown distance of 1,250 feet was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 144 knots was slightly higher than the desired speed, indicating a potential for a slightly firmer touchdown.
The touchdown rate of -304 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, but not excessively so. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 39°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 359°, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance of 4,309 feet was 45% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory.
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