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Settle the descent rate
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachDeparture
Hold the nose until reaching 157 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 149 kt, 8 kt before the 157 kt target.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate 1,548 fpm, more than the glideslope needed and glideslope 4.5° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,774 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 274 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 13 at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, a movement that lasted 20 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 13, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 150 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,221 m, representing 57 % of the runway; local weather reported a temperature of 24 °C, wind 16 kt at 40 °, with a 16 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead East Elmhurst, New York, with the airplane climbing from 827 ft asl to 33,997 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,170 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 114 nm.
Level cruise began approximately 1 mile north-east of KORU Orwigsburg Airport, Pennsylvania, and was maintained for 32 minutes, during which the flight covered 375 nm.
Descent was initiated 2 miles north-west of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio, with the aircraft descending from 33,998 ft asl to 2,461 ft asl, a loss of 31,538 ft in 18 minutes over a distance of 156 nm.
The final approach to runway 31C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport was flown from the south-east, on a heading of 314.0 °, at 3 nm and 1,821 ft agl; local conditions were 30 °C temperature, wind 8 kt at 310 °, with no crosswind and an 8 kt headwind.
Landing on runway 31C, which is 1,774 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 146 kt; touchdown occurred 278 m down the runway at 143 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 332 fpm, and the total landing distance measured 1,099 m, equivalent to 62 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect, and the aircraft came to a stop within the remaining runway length.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 656 nm, required 79 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 7,101 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 31C at KMDW from the south-east on a heading of 314.0° at 3 nm and 1,821 ft agl, with ambient temperature 30 °C, wind 8 kt from 310°, a headwind component of 8 kt and no crosswind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, with sink rate too high and the aircraft off the glideslope.
At threshold the aircraft maintained good height and a threshold speed that was good at 146 kt, establishing the flare in a controlled manner.
Touchdown occurred 278 m down the runway, a distance judged good, with a touchdown speed of 143 kt that was a little fast and a firm touchdown rate of minus 332 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,099 m, representing 62 % of the 1,774 m runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
Focus on achieving a fully stabilized approach by the 1,000 ft gate, correcting sink rate and glideslope deviations before that point. Reduce touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF to lessen the firm touchdown while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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