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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: 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 1,557 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,557 m of the 2,760 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 585 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 33 at YBCS Cairns International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,356 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 10 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Machans Beach in the State of Queensland, Australia. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,042 feet above sea level to 34,456 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,414 feet, in 34 minutes and covering a distance of 250 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 11 minutes and covered a distance of 92 nautical miles. The cruise phase took place at a specific location defined by latitude -12.7411314 and longitude 146.5708581. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 104 miles southwest of KUP Kupiano Airport in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 34,786 feet above sea level to 1,415 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,370 feet, in 20 minutes and covering a distance of 105 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 32R at AYPY Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport was made from the southeast, with a heading of 329.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level. The landing took place on runway 32R, which had a length of 2,760 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at a direction of 310 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The touchdown point was 173 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 131 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -225 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.2 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,480 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 457 nautical miles, which was covered in 77 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,000 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at AYPY Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport, with a score of 97.7%. The final approach to runway 32R was initiated from the south east, heading 329.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 142 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown point was 173 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight overrun. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The touchdown rate of -225 feet per minute was fair, which may indicate a slight loss of control during the landing. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned by 4.2 meters from the centerline, which is a minor deviation.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 30°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from 310°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,480 meters was 54% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down safely on the runway. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and alignment with the centerline.
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