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Slow down before tight turns
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five 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 3,761 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 412 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-MAX8 taxied from the parking area to runway 16 at LOWW Vienna International Airport in 6 minutes, covering 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 16, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,968 m, representing 55 % of the runway, and lifted off at 151 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 26 °C, wind 4 kt from 170 °, with a headwind component of 4 kt and no crosswind.
Climb commenced overhead Enzersdorf an der Fischa, Austria, rising from 1,541 ft asl to 36,588 ft asl - an increase of 35,047 ft - in 19 minutes while covering 127 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile west of Tapioszecso, Hungary, and continued for 52 minutes, during which 423 nm were flown.
Descent started 5 miles east of Radnevo, Bulgaria, descending from 37,002 ft asl to 9,995 ft asl - a loss of 27,006 ft - in 18 minutes and covering 121 nm.
A short cruise followed 4 miles east of Cerkezkoey, Turkey, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 16 nm.
The next descent began 2 miles west of Sultankoy, Turkey, dropping from 9,998 ft asl to 3,024 ft asl - a decrease of 6,974 ft - in 9 minutes and covering 35 nm.
A further cruise segment started 1 mile south of Beylikduezue, Istanbul, Turkey, lasting 3 minutes and covering 11 nm.
Descent resumed 4 miles west of Basaksehir, Istanbul, Turkey, falling from 3,030 ft asl to 1,603 ft asl - a loss of 1,427 ft - in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
The final approach to runway 34L at LTFM İstanbul Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 359.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,372 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34L, which is 3,731 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 145 kt. Touchdown occurred 400 m down the runway at 141 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 422 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.8 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 25 °C, wind 3 kt from 70 °, with a 3 kt crosswind and 1 kt headwind.
The rollout distance measured 1,373 m, representing 37 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment drifted 8.6 m from the centreline during the roll.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking area required 7 minutes and covered 3 nm.
In total, the flight covered 749 nm, lasted 121 minutes, and consumed 4,121 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 entered the final approach to runway 34L at LTFM İstanbul Airport from the south on a heading of 359.0° while 4 nm out and 1,372 ft agl, with ambient temperature 25 °C, wind 3 kt from 070°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Threshold height was good and the aircraft crossed the threshold at a good speed of 145 kt.
Touchdown occurred 400 m down the runway at a speed of 141 kt, noted as a little fast, with a hard vertical rate of -422 fpm and a touchdown point slightly misaligned by 3.8 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,373 m, representing 37 % of the 3,731 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.6 m from the centreline.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly and manage the descent rate to avoid hard landings, while maintaining tighter lateral control to improve alignment on touchdown and rollout.
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