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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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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 152 m above the runway. The 305 m gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,100 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 130 m 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 09 at EGGD Bristol Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,026 meters, which accounted for 55% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 148 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 16°C, a wind speed of 2 knots at 269°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb from 1,628 feet above sea level to 5,803 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,175 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. This climb phase started 1 mile west of Winford, a location in North Somerset, England. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 28 nautical miles, starting overhead Farmborough in Bath and North East Somerset, England.
The aircraft continued its journey, entering another climb phase from 5,813 feet above sea level to 33,001 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,188 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 104 nautical miles. This climb phase started 3 miles northeast of West Quantoxhead in Somerset, England. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 18 minutes and covered a distance of 135 nautical miles, starting 21 miles west of EGJB Guernsey Airport in Saint Peter Port, Forest, Guernsey.
As the aircraft began its descent, it started from an altitude of 33,001 feet above sea level to 9,280 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,720 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 63 nautical miles. This descent phase started overhead Savenay in Pays de la Loire, France. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 59 nautical miles, starting 1 mile east of Saint-Cyr-des-Gats in Pays de la Loire, France.
The aircraft continued its descent, starting from an altitude of 8,992 feet above sea level to 7,926 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,067 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. This descent phase started overhead Chateaubernard in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles, starting overhead Archiac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
The aircraft continued its descent, starting from an altitude of 7,898 feet above sea level to 7,252 feet above sea level, a decrease of 646 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. This descent phase started 1 mile southeast of Saint-Maigrin in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 8 minutes and covered a distance of 29 nautical miles, starting 1 mile west of Saint-Palais-de-Negrignac in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
The aircraft continued its descent, starting from an altitude of 5,094 feet above sea level to 1,496 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,598 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. This descent phase started 3 miles south of Castelnau-de-Medoc in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The aircraft then began its final approach
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LFBD Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, achieving a score of 93.0%. The final approach to runway 05 was conducted from the south west, with a heading of 47.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,332 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 128 knots. The touchdown distance of 131 meters was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 126 knots was also good. However, the touchdown rate was quite heavy, at -758 feet per minute, which may indicate a slightly aggressive approach.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.4 meters, which may require some adjustments to the approach path. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 2 knots from 270°, and a crosswind and tailwind of 1 knot each.
The total landing distance of 993 meters was 32% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well under control during the landing roll. Overall, the landing was successful, but there may be some room for improvement in terms of approach path alignment and touchdown rate.
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