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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 25 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 6.4 ft, 4.9 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,974 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,443 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 10L at Portland International Airport (KPDX). The takeoff distance was 4,583 feet, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 55°F and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 110°. The crosswind was negligible, while the headwind was 2 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile north of Maywood Park, Oregon. The climb was from an initial altitude of 1,055 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 35,456 feet, an increase of 34,401 feet in 23 minutes, covering a distance of 156 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 1 mile north of Pendleton, Oregon, and lasted for 157 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 967 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase started 2 miles southwest of Ghent, Minnesota, and involved a descent from 35,324 feet to 11,259 feet, a decrease of 24,065 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 100 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south of Carver, Minnesota, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase that followed began 1 mile northwest of Randolph, Minnesota, and involved a descent from 11,012 feet to 2,201 feet, a decrease of 8,810 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 30L at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP) was made from the southeast, heading 302.0° at an altitude of 1,353 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 30L, which had a length of 9,974 feet. The threshold height at 63 feet agl was above the target, while the threshold speed was good at 146 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 1,447 feet, but the touchdown speed at 143 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -506 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 21°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 310°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 6 knots.
The total landing distance was 4,235 feet, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. 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 1,274 nautical miles, taking 183 minutes, and the aircraft used 17,378 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP) on runway 30L. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 302.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,353 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good approach speed, touching down at 146 knots, which was within the target threshold speed.
However, the touchdown speed of 143 knots was slightly faster than desired, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit more flare than necessary. The touchdown rate was also quite hard, at -506 feet per minute (fpm), which could have resulted in a bumpy ride for the passengers. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 21°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 310°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots, which helped to stabilize the approach. The total landing distance of 4,235 feet was 42% 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 pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and avoided any deviations from the centerline. Overall, the landing was successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rate.
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