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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 29 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Start the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested.
What happened: The aircraft was flown onto the runway: the nose was barely raised and little of the sink was taken out, touching down at 245 fpm.
Watch for: Pitch attitude: rising steadily through the flare until the sink is checked.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,523 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,188 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the Boeing 737-MAX8 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 17, the crew initiated the departure roll, and the aircraft lifted off the ground after a takeoff distance of 7,377 feet, which represented 67% of the available runway length. The liftoff speed was 174 knots, and the aircraft climbed away from the airport into a local temperature of 91°F, with a wind of 7 knots at 140°.
As the aircraft transitioned into the enroute climb phase, it began to ascend from 981 feet above sea level to 35,610 feet, an increase of 34,628 feet in just 19 minutes, covering a distance of 119 nautical miles. The crew then leveled off the aircraft at 35,610 feet, initiating a 174-minute cruise phase that covered 1,313 nautical miles. The aircraft continued to climb again, this time from 35,999 feet to 37,999 feet, an increase of 2,000 feet in just 3 minutes, covering 27 nautical miles. Following another brief cruise phase, the aircraft began its descent from 38,010 feet to 1,581 feet, a decrease of 36,429 feet in 23 minutes, covering 139 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, it initiated a final approach to runway 16L from the north-west, heading 153.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,497 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed safely on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 1,197 feet, representing 40% of the available runway length. The touchdown speed was slightly fast at 138 knots, but the runway touchdown position was only 13 feet off-centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,894 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 20,447 pounds of fuel during the 266-minute flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 touched down on runway 16L at SPJC Jorge Chavez Intl with a score of 99.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north west, heading 153.0° at 4 nm and 1,497 ft above ground level. The final approach was characterized by good quality, with a smooth descent and a stable airspeed. The threshold height was well-managed, and the threshold speed was achieved at 144 kt, within the acceptable range.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown distance was good at 1,197 ft, indicating a well-controlled descent. However, the touchdown speed of 138 kt was slightly above the recommended value, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -232 fpm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 ft from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach path. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 75 °F and a 5 kt headwind, contributed to a relatively calm environment.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by very good alignment, with the aircraft staying on course throughout the rollout phase. The total landing distance of 3,825 ft was 40% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. Overall, the landing was well-executed, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and stability throughout the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases.
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