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Speed on the slow side
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 1,721 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,721 m of the 2,121 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 501 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 17R at CYYC Calgary International Airport in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 17R, the Boeing 737-700 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 146 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,359 m, which represented 35 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 11 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 149°, providing a 7 kt headwind and a 4 kt crosswind component.
The climb commenced 1 mile south of CYYC, with the aircraft climbing from 4,711 ft asl to 38,021 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,310 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 104 nm.
Level cruise began 19 miles west of CBL6 Radium Hot Springs Airport and was maintained for 25 minutes, during which the flight progressed 176 nm.
Descent started 20 miles south of Merritt, British Columbia, with the aircraft descending from 37,990 ft asl to 1,571 ft asl, a loss of 36,419 ft over 24 minutes and a distance of 132 nm.
The final approach to runway 09 at CYYJ Victoria International Airport was executed from the west on a heading of 106.0° at 4 nm and 1,504 ft agl, followed by a further descent from 1,577 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 105 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gates criteria.
Landing on runway 09 was performed with a threshold speed of 135 kt on a runway 2,121 m long; the touchdown occurred 83 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 128 kt and a vertical rate of minus 176 fpm, with very good alignment. Local weather at the time was 22 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 40°, giving a 4 kt headwind and an 8 kt crosswind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,639 m, representing 77 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good as the aircraft decelerated to a stop after landing.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 424 nm, took 75 minutes, and consumed 2,728 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 entered final approach to runway 09 at CYYJ Victoria International Airport from the west on a heading of 106.0° at 4 nm and 1,504 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Descent continued from 1,577 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 105 seconds. Local weather was 22 °C with wind 9 kt from 040°, giving a crosswind component of 8 kt and a headwind component of 4 kt.
At the threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 135 kt and a good threshold height. The flare resulted in a touchdown point 83 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 128 kt, a rate of -176 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good. The landing was on runway 09, whose length is 2,121 m.
Rollout alignment was very good and the total landing distance was 1,639 m, representing 77 % of the runway.
To improve the score, aim to touch down nearer the aim point, approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) from the threshold, which will reduce the touchdown overshoot and shorten the rollout distance. Refining flare timing to achieve this position will help keep landing distance well within runway limits.
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