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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 9.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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 1,856 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,856 m of the 2,895 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 566 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 24 at Václav Havel Airport Prague, with a takeoff distance of 1,526 meters, which was 41% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -3°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 320°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb overhead Dobroviz, a town in the Czech Republic. The climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 75 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from an altitude of 2,251 feet above sea level to 36,610 feet. This represented an increase of 34,359 feet.
After reaching its cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which lasted for 61 minutes and covered a distance of 359 nautical miles. This phase of the flight took place 4 miles north-east of Olszyna, a town in Poland.
As the aircraft began its descent, it started from an altitude of 36,679 feet above sea level and descended to 1,306 feet, a decrease of 35,373 feet. This phase of the flight took 33 minutes and covered a distance of 135 nautical miles. The descent started 36 miles west of Liepaja, a city in Latvia.
The final approach to runway 36 at Riga International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 5.0° at an altitude of 1,262 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 36, which had a length of 2,895 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed of 150 knots, at 150 knots.
The touchdown point was 149 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 145 knots, which was faster than the target speed. However, the touchdown rate was good at -189 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 6°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at 340°.
The total landing distance was 1,773 meters, which was 61% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 578 nautical miles, and the flight took 124 minutes. The aircraft used 4,316 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Riga International Airport, achieving a score of 94.2%. The final approach to runway 36 was initiated from the south, with a heading of 5.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,262 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 149 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-center. The touchdown speed of 145 knots was faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit more braking than necessary. However, the touchdown rate of -189 feet per minute was considered good, suggesting that the pilot managed to control the descent effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 340°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 14 knots, which the pilot successfully managed to compensate for during the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,773 meters was 61% of the available runway length, indicating that the pilot had sufficient runway remaining to safely stop the aircraft. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 meters from the centerline, suggesting that the pilot may have applied a bit more braking or steering input than necessary.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and landing phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and runway rollout alignment.
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