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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 18 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
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 7,529 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,918 ft 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 17 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 09 at Miami International Airport (KMIA) in Miami, Florida. The takeoff distance was 3,786 feet, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 77°F and winds of 11 knots at 110°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 10 knots. After departing from KMIA, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to an altitude of 36,946 feet. This climb covered a distance of 168 nautical miles and took 23 minutes.
The enroute climb was followed by a level cruise, which started 18 miles south of SB31 Nassau in the Bahamas. This cruise phase lasted for 85 minutes and covered a distance of 758 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 20 miles northeast of Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The descent took the aircraft down from an altitude of 36,996 feet to 1,352 feet, covering a distance of 147 nautical miles in 27 minutes.
The final approach to runway 10 at Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) was made from the west, with a heading of 81.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,327 feet above ground level. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 7,529 feet, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 146 knots.
The touchdown point was 563 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 144 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -282 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were similar to those encountered during takeoff, with a temperature of 77°F and winds of 5 knots at 50°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 4 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,931 feet, which was 52% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,083 nautical miles, and the flight took 160 minutes. The aircraft used 13,962 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport, achieving a score of 95.6%. The final approach was conducted from the west, heading 81.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,327 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft landed on runway 10, which has a length of 7,529 feet.
The threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 145 kt, coming in at 146 kt. This minor deviation from the target speed did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The touchdown point was 563 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively short distance. The touchdown speed of 144 kt was reported as fast, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly above the ideal speed for touchdown. The touchdown rate of -282 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight amount of bounce or oscillation upon touchdown.
Despite the minor issues with speed and touchdown rate, the runway touchdown alignment was reported as perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 77°F and a wind speed of 5 kt from a direction of 50°. The crosswind component was 3 kt, while the headwind component was 4 kt.
The total landing distance of 3,931 feet was 52% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, suggesting that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and aligned path during the rollout phase of the landing. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score and demonstrating good control and stability throughout the approach and landing phases.
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