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Improve the rollout
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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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,737 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,737 m of the 3,885 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 421 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 17 at YSCB Canberra International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,825 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and winds of 8 knots at a direction of 70 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of Queanbeyan West in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,931 feet above sea level to 14,796 feet above sea level, an increase of 11,865 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles southwest of Sutton in the state of New South Wales, Australia. This cruise phase lasted for 12 minutes and covered a distance of 79 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 5 miles west of Balmoral in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 15,206 feet above sea level to 3,234 feet above sea level, a decrease of 11,973 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 41 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 7 miles southeast of Bundeena in the state of New South Wales, Australia. This cruise phase lasted for just 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 3 miles southeast of Bundeena in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,904 feet above sea level to 1,297 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,607 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 34L at YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 348.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 34L, which had a length of 3,885 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 143 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 423 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -450 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and winds of 6 knots at a direction of 60 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,663 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 14 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 149 nautical miles, taking a total of 52 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,286 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed on runway 34L at YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, achieving a score of 92.0%. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 348.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 136 kt, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 423 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -450 feet per minute (fpm) was classified as hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight jolt upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.6 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 25°C and a wind speed of 6 kt from a direction of 60°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 kt and a headwind of 2 kt.
The total landing distance of 1,663 meters was 43% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned from the centreline by 15.3 meters, which may have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown position misalignment.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and rate, as well as the alignment of the aircraft during rollout.
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