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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 32 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 32 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 32 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 2,404 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 508 m past the threshold — beyond 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 32R at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (LFBO) in Toulouse, France. The takeoff distance was 1,327 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 12 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to an altitude of 38,156 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 117 nautical miles and took 20 minutes to complete.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 54 minutes and covered a distance of 354 nautical miles. This phase took place 2 miles northwest of Loarre in Aragon, Spain. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 6 miles southeast of Constantina in Andalusia, Spain. This descent phase took the aircraft down from an altitude of 38,355 feet to 3,152 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles in the process.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for just 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. This phase took place 4 miles southeast of Fuzeta in the Distrito de Faro, Portugal. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 3 miles southeast of Olhao in the Distrito de Faro, Portugal. This descent phase took the aircraft down from an altitude of 2,686 feet to 1,304 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles in the process.
The final approach to runway 28 at Faro Airport (LPFR) was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 280.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 28, which had a length of 2,404 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 137 knots. The touchdown point was 93 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -212 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 0 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,369 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 600 nautical miles, and the flight took a total of 1 hour and 48 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of 4,217 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LPFR Faro Airport, achieving a score of 97.4%. The final approach to runway 28 was initiated from the east, heading 280.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,259 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating a stable and controlled descent.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 137 knots, which may have contributed to a slightly faster touchdown speed of 128 knots. However, the touchdown rate of -212 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep. The touchdown point was located 93 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight overcorrection by the pilots.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a minor deviation in the pilots' alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 26°C and a wind speed of 5 knots at 0°, resulting in a negligible crosswind component and a slight headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance of 1,369 meters was 57% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained a stable and controlled rollout after touchdown. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score and demonstrating good control and stability throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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