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Maintain the centreline
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 305 m and 152 m above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,132 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 482 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 09 at EGGD Bristol Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,372 meters, which was 73% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 177 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 16°C, with a wind speed of 20 knots at 179°. This resulted in a crosswind of 20 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Winford in North Somerset, England. The climb from 1,605 feet above sea level to 3,867 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,262 feet, took 1 minute and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Chew Magna in Bath and North East Somerset, England, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 3,893 feet above sea level to 25,637 feet above sea level, an increase of 21,744 feet, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 40 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of Talgarth in Sir Powys, Wales, and lasted for 19 minutes, covering a distance of 142 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 3 miles south east of Tebay in Cumbria, England. The descent from 25,456 feet above sea level to 3,835 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,621 feet, took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 96 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Allanton in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute descent, starting overhead Whitburn in West Lothian, Scotland. The descent from 3,849 feet above sea level to 2,923 feet above sea level, a decrease of 926 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Dechmont in West Lothian, Scotland, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began an enroute climb, starting overhead Kirknewton in West Lothian, Scotland. The climb from 2,842 feet above sea level to 3,828 feet above sea level, an increase of 986 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of West Calder in West Lothian, Scotland, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final enroute descent, starting 1 mile south of Harthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The descent from 3,805 feet above sea level to 1,342 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,463 feet, took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 06 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport was from the south west, with a heading of 59.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,216 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was initiated at 8 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 06 at EGPH Edinburgh Airport, with a runway length of 2,132 meters. The threshold height
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed on runway 06 at Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) from a final approach heading of 59.0° from the southwest. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,216 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway at the time of the approach.
The landing was conducted in a temperature of 10°C with a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 110°. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The aircraft's speed during the approach was slightly above the target threshold speed, reaching 137 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -389 feet per minute (fpm).
The aircraft touched down 121 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 24.6 meters from the centerline. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 15.0 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,384 meters, which is 65% of the runway length.
The threshold height at 77 feet agl was well above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired at the point of touchdown. The threshold height at 80 feet agl was also significantly above the target during the first landing attempt. These discrepancies suggest that the aircraft may have been experiencing some difficulties with its approach and landing configuration.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, including the speed and alignment of the aircraft during the approach and touchdown.
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