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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 154 kt with 4.6° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 903 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,953 ft of runway left; then climbing at 2,710 fpm on average to 903 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 8,045 ft runway.
Rolled from 1,852 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 11 ft at the widest, and lifted off 11 ft left. Airborne 61 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 90 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,320 ft right of the centreline, then inside it from 3.6 to 1.0 nm, then 130 ft left of it from 1.0 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +2 kt and +26 kt on the approach speed of 135 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
7 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 130 kt. Touched down with the nose 4° into wind, wings level.
Wind 200° at 14 kt · 9 kt head · 7 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 129 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 26 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 54 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,745 ft in, 745 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 960 fpm at 52 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.3° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,766 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 25 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 3 ft left by the end of the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 1,745 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 787-8, then departed from runway 25 at SAWH Malvinas Argentinas Airport. The takeoff distance was 3,113 feet, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 51°F, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 320°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 2 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile west of SAWH Malvinas Argentinas Airport. The climb took 25 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,059 feet above sea level to 38,405 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 146 nautical miles.
The enroute climb was followed by a brief descent, which started 81 miles east of SAUV Estancia Cullen South Airport. The descent took 2 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 38,422 feet above sea level to 37,959 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 94 miles northeast of SAUW Sara Airport. This phase lasted for 210 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 1,855 nautical miles.
The level cruise phase was followed by another descent, which started 50 miles southeast of Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The descent took 17 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 40,014 feet above sea level to 3,576 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 100 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 17R at SBSP Congonhas Airport, which was located to the northwest.
The final approach was characterized by a heading of 150.0°, and the aircraft was at an altitude of 3 nautical miles and 943 feet above ground level. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 68°F, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 200°. The crosswind was 11 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots. The aircraft landed on runway 17R, which had a length of 5,766 feet. The touchdown point was 374 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 130 knots, which was considered good.
The touchdown rate was smooth, at -145 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 26 feet from the centreline. The total landing distance was 3,695 feet, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft took 4 minutes to taxi to the parking, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 2,121 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 272 minutes. The aircraft used 37,726 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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