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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 7,028 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 900 ft 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 14 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 15R at KBOS Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. The takeoff distance was 2,808 feet, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 154 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of KBOS, it encountered local weather conditions of 38°F temperature and a 3-knot headwind. The climb started overhead the airport and continued for 6 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,028 feet above sea level to 15,892 feet, an increase of 14,865 feet. The climb covered a distance of 16 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 1 mile south east of Medfield, Massachusetts. This cruise phase lasted for 25 minutes and covered a distance of 153 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 1 mile south east of Vernon Valley, New Jersey. The descent from 15,716 feet to 5,217 feet took 7 minutes and covered 26 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles west of Morristown, New Jersey. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, which started overhead Boonton, New Jersey. The descent from 4,999 feet to 3,510 feet took 3 minutes and covered 15 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, which started overhead East Rutherford, New Jersey. The descent from 2,747 feet to 1,257 feet took 2 minutes and covered 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 22L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport was made from the north east, with a heading of 206.0° and an altitude of 1,231 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 7,028 feet. The threshold speed was good at 140 knots, and the touchdown distance was good at 900 feet. The touchdown speed was 134 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -270 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 36°F temperature and a 2-knot headwind. The crosswind was 1 knot, and there was no headwind.
The total landing distance was 3,977 feet, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 244 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 64 minutes. The aircraft used 6,035 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed on runway 22L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, showcasing a high level of precision and control. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 206.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,231 feet above ground level (agl). This approach was executed with a high degree of accuracy, as evident from the good threshold height and threshold speed of 140 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft demonstrated a satisfactory performance, with a touchdown speed of 134 knots and a touchdown distance of 900 feet. However, the touchdown rate of -270 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating a slightly higher-than-ideal rate of descent. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly 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 36°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 120°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance of 3,977 feet was 57% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively, allowing the aircraft to come to a stop in a straight line. Overall, this landing was a testament to the pilot's skill and experience, as well as the aircraft's design and performance capabilities.
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