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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 13 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 8.7 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 21 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 14 stages, 12 scored
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate 1,444 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,690 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,690 m of the 3,472 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 315 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Boeing 737-700 then began its departure roll on runway 34, utilizing 36% of the 3,470-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 148 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 29°C, with a wind of 12 knots at 330°, resulting in a 3-knot crosswind and a 12-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile northwest of UBBB, ascending from 812 feet above sea level to 15,685 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles. The climb was characterized by a significant increase in altitude, with a total ascent of 14,872 feet. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase 2 miles northwest of Sumqayit, lasting 7 minutes and covering 39 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase commenced 5 miles east of Shamakhi, with the aircraft descending from 15,998 feet to 2,564 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 50 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 34 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport was initiated from the south, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 347.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,429 feet above ground level. The landing was executed on the 3,470-meter runway, with a touchdown distance of 307 meters and a touchdown speed of 125 knots. The touchdown rate was -198 feet per minute, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also off-centre by 21.0 meters. The total landing distance was 1,605 meters, accounting for 46% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 120 nautical miles, with a flight time of 32 minutes and a fuel consumption of 1,367 kilograms.
The Boeing 737-700 touched down on runway 34 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport with a satisfactory approach quality, demonstrating good control and precision throughout the descent. The aircraft maintained a steady heading of 347.0° as it descended from 4 nautical miles out, at an altitude of 1,429 feet above ground level. The approach was characterized by a good threshold height, allowing the crew to maintain a safe margin above the runway surface.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft exhibited good characteristics, with a speed of 125 kt and a rate of descent of -198 fpm. The touchdown distance of 307 meters was within acceptable limits, and the threshold speed of 127 kt was well managed. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline, deviating by 9.1 meters. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 28°C and a wind of 9 kt at 229°, contributed to a moderate crosswind component of 8 kt and a tailwind component of 4 kt.
The aircraft's rollout phase was marked by a slight deviation from the centreline, with an alignment error of 21.0 meters. The total landing distance of 1,605 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was scored 91.6%, reflecting a good performance in terms of approach quality, touchdown characteristics, and rollout alignment, despite some minor deviations from the centreline.
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