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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,046 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 466 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 09 at the Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic. The takeoff distance was 1,206 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at a direction of 40 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile east of the Punta Cana International Airport. The climb took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 132 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,122 feet above sea level to 37,113 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,991 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south of Moca in the Dominican Republic. This phase lasted for 145 minutes and covered a distance of 1,008 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 3 miles southwest of Beulaville in North Carolina, United States. The descent took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 72 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,009 feet above sea level to 3,103 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,907 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south of the NC11 Deck Airpark Apex in North Carolina. This phase lasted for only 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile southwest of Green Level in North Carolina. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 2,884 feet above sea level to 1,643 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,241 feet.
The final approach to runway 05L at the Raleigh Durham International Airport was made from the southwest, with a heading of 45.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on the runway, which had a length of 3,046 meters. The threshold height at 65 feet above ground level was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 130 knots. The touchdown distance was also good at 468 meters, but the touchdown speed at 126 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -249 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 946 meters, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,228 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 201 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 8,051 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at Raleigh Durham International Airport (KRDU) on runway 05L. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 45.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft demonstrated a high level of proficiency in its approach, with a score of 95.3%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 126 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. However, the touchdown distance of 468 meters was within acceptable limits. The threshold height at 65 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. Nevertheless, the threshold speed of 130 knots was satisfactory.
The aircraft's performance during the landing was further evaluated based on its touchdown rate and runway touchdown alignment. The touchdown rate of -249 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight loss of altitude upon touchdown. However, the runway touchdown alignment was rated as very good, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 8°C. The total landing distance of 946 meters, which accounted for 31% of the runway length, was deemed satisfactory. The runway rollout alignment was also rated as very good, indicating that the aircraft maintained a stable and controlled descent during the rollout phase.
Overall, the Boeing 737-700 aircraft demonstrated a high level of proficiency in its landing at KRDU, with a score of 95.3%. While there were some minor deviations from the target parameters, the aircraft's performance was generally satisfactory, and it was able to maintain a safe and controlled descent throughout the landing phase.
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