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Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stop the drift as soon as it starts in the flare.
What happened: On the landing you drifted 11 m off the centreline, and that kind of lateral drift usually carries through to a touchdown point 11 m off centreline and into a rollout that is still skewed off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Heading indicator: track straight down the extended runway centreline through touchdown and rollout.
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,571 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,571 m of the 3,564 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 381 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 04R at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport in 9 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 150 kt and left the runway after traveling 1,088 m, which represented 60 % of the available length; ambient temperature was 27 °C with wind 14 kt from 070°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 13 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead West Elsdon, Illinois, with the airplane ascending from 1,604 ft asl to 37,001 ft asl, a gain of 35,397 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 158 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile north of II55 Hodges Airport, Martinsville, Indiana, and continued for 42 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 793 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 2 miles northwest of Grant-Valkaria, Florida, with a reduction from 37,002 ft asl to 8,227 ft asl, a loss of 28,775 ft over 16 minutes and a distance of 130 nm.
A brief cruise followed, originating 1 mile southeast of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, lasting 3 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The subsequent descent began 1 mile northeast of Coconut Grove, Florida, decreasing altitude from 8,063 ft asl to 1,234 ft asl, a loss of 6,830 ft in 8 minutes while traversing 29 nm.
Final approach to runway 09 at KMIA Miami International Airport was conducted from the west on a heading of 87.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,214 ft agl.
Landing on runway 09 was executed with a threshold speed of 155 kt, touchdown occurring at 374 m down the runway at a speed of 154 kt; the aircraft touched down with a firm rate of minus 316 fpm and was laterally offset 12.4 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 30 °C, wind 11 kt from 160°, a 10 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout extended to a total landing distance of 1,506 m, representing 42 % of the runway length, and the aircraft’s alignment remained slightly off centreline by 12.5 m during the roll.
Taxi-in to the parking area from the runway required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,133 nm, required 95 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 5,803 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 established a final approach to runway 09 at KMIA from the west, maintaining a heading of 87.0° at 4 nm and 1,214 ft agl while temperature was 30 °C, wind 11 kt from 160°, with a 10 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 155 kt.
Touchdown occurred 374 m down the runway; touchdown speed was 154 kt, a little fast, and the aircraft settled with a firm rate of minus 316 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.4 m from the centreline.
Total landing distance measured 1,506 m, representing 42 % of the 3,555 m runway, and rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.5 m from the centreline.
To improve future landings, focus on reducing lateral deviation at touchdown and maintaining centreline alignment through rollout, as these offsets contributed most to the variance from an optimal profile. Adjusting the approach track and roll control inputs can help achieve tighter alignment without affecting the overall high score of 93.5 %.
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