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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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,397 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,371 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the PA28 Archer II began with a 4-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KEKO Elko Regional Airport. The departure roll on runway 24 covered a distance of 1,458 ft, which was 23% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 66 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 35 °F with a 5 knot wind coming from 270 °, resulting in a 2 knot crosswind and a 5 knot headwind.
After takeoff, a left-hand pattern entry was made from runway 24 at KEKO Elko Regional Airport, covering less than 1 nm in 23 seconds. This was followed by a left-hand pattern crosswind leg, covering less than 1 nm in 29 seconds. The pattern downwind turn covered 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 83.3 °, while the pattern downwind leg covered 3 nm in 89 seconds. The base leg turn covered 2 nm with an angle of 11.2 ° to the runway.
The final approach to runway 24 at KEKO Elko Regional Airport was made from the east at a heading of 248.0 °, 1 nm away from the runway and at an altitude of 573 ft. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,362 ft at a speed of 57 knots. The touchdown rate was an excellent -77 ft/min. The total landing distance was 1,913 ft, which was 30% of the runway length. The touchdown alignment was perfect despite the crosswind of 3 knots and headwind of 7 knots.
After landing, a 3-minute taxi back to the parking area was completed, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 10 nm, taking 10 minutes to complete and using 6 lbs of fuel. The overall flight was successful, with precise maneuvers during both takeoff and landing despite varying weather conditions.
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