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Reduce power on final so the aircraft arrives at 137 kt over the threshold instead of carrying excess speed.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 144 kt against a 137 kt target usually carries extra energy into the flare as a balloon, and the sink that returns afterward usually arrives hard at touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at the threshold
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 1,580 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,580 m of the 1,798 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,072 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 09 at LDPL Pula Airport in Croatia. The takeoff distance was 1,373 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots at an angle of 80 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 13 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of LDPL Pula Airport and reaching an altitude of 41,422 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 100 nautical miles, took 20 minutes and involved an increase of 40,053 feet in altitude.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Sant'Antonio Tortal in Italy and lasted for 51 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 360 nautical miles. The enroute descent then began 1 mile northeast of Stavelot in Belgium, where the aircraft descended from 41,186 feet to 2,197 feet above sea level. This descent, which covered a distance of 105 nautical miles, took 29 minutes and involved a decrease of 38,989 feet in altitude.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Het Beijersche in the Netherlands and lasted for 4 minutes. During this brief period, the aircraft covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 24 at EHRD Rotterdam The Hague Airport was then initiated from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 237.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 24 at EHRD Rotterdam The Hague Airport was characterized by a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was good, while the touchdown rate was fair at -287 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots at an angle of 320 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,469 meters, which accounted for 82% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 582 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 115 minutes. The aircraft used 3,615 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at EHRD Rotterdam The Hague Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 24 was initiated from the north east, heading 237.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was evaluated, and it scored 70.1%.
The threshold height at 96 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than expected when approaching the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 144 knots, which is a good indication of the aircraft's speed control during the landing. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, which may indicate that the aircraft was not fully configured for landing or that the pilot may have been trying to stretch the landing distance.
The touchdown speed of 132 knots was good, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's speed during the landing. However, the touchdown rate of -287 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a slightly higher rate of descent than desired. The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and a wind speed of 6 knots at 320°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,469 meters, which is 82% of the available runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft was able to safely touch down on the runway and come to a stop. However, the pilot may need to work on improving the aircraft's alignment and touchdown rate to achieve a more optimal landing performance.
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