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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 6.5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4.9°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 4.9 ft, 6.4 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,828 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,828 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 227 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 28R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28R, the Boeing 737-800 accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,404 m, representing 36 % of the runway, and lifted off at 152 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 26 °C, wind 12 kt from 340°, with a crosswind component of 11 kt and a headwind component of 4 kt.
Climb commenced overhead KORD, with the aircraft ascending from 1,599 ft asl to 33,012 ft asl, an increase of 31,413 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 112 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile south-west of MI89 Perry Airport in Michigan and lasted 7 minutes, during which 54 nm were flown.
Descent started 5 miles east of Hanover, Michigan, with the flight descending from 32,999 ft asl to 5,099 ft asl, a loss of 27,900 ft in 20 minutes and a distance of 125 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 6 miles north-west of Bratenahl, Ohio, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
The subsequent descent began overhead Bratenahl, Ohio, dropping from 4,575 ft asl to 2,022 ft asl, a decrease of 2,553 ft in 2 minutes and a distance of 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 24R at KCLE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was conducted from the north-east, on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,242 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24R, which is 2,738 m long, featured a threshold speed of 152 kt, a touchdown distance of 227 m, and a touchdown speed of 150 kt. The aircraft touched down with a firm rate of minus 396 fpm and maintained perfect runway alignment. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 24 °C, wind 7 kt from 250°, with a crosswind of 2 kt and a headwind of 7 kt. Total landing distance recorded was 1,753 m, representing 64 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, traversing 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 317 nm, required 63 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,734 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 conducted the final approach to runway 24R at KCLE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,242 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 24 °C with wind 7 kt from 250°, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 7 kt headwind.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was well above target at 152 kt. Touchdown distance was good at 227 m, while touchdown speed of 150 kt was fast and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 396 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned precisely on the centreline, the speed remaining at 150 kt and the vertical rate at minus 396 fpm, confirming a firm contact with the runway surface at the measured 227 m from the threshold.
Rollout proceeded with a total landing distance of 1,753 m, representing 64 % of the 2,738 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To convert the high threshold and touchdown speeds toward the target, a slightly slower approach speed and a more gradual flare should be practiced. Reducing the flare height will also help moderate the firm touchdown rate while preserving alignment.
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