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Adjust power to bring the approach speed onto 134 kt and hold it through the gates.
What happened: The approach speed deviated from the target through the stabilisation gates. This kind of deviation usually carries through to an unstable threshold crossing.
Watch for: Watch the airspeed indicator against 134 kt.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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: speed 54 kt FAST on the reference speed of 134 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 32 kt FAST on the reference speed of 134 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,221 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,221 m of the 4,113 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 891 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 13R at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport, covering 6 nm in 13 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 13R, the aircraft used 2,297 m of runway, representing 61 % of the available length, and lifted off at 174 kt. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 180°, a cross-wind component of 8 kt and a head-wind component of 5 kt.
Climb commenced overhead Inwood, New York, with the airplane ascending from 1,026 ft asl to 33,041 ft asl, a gain of 32,014 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 125 nm.
Level cruise began 12 mi south-east of Avalon, New Jersey, and continued for 304 minutes, during which 2,340 nm were flown.
Descent was initiated 34 mi north-west of Cotacachi, Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador, with the aircraft descending from 33,584 ft asl to 9,307 ft asl, a loss of 24,278 ft in 14 minutes over a distance of 88 nm.
The final approach to runway 36 at SEQM Mariscal Sucre International Airport was flown from the south on a heading of 358.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,506 ft agl.
Landing on runway 36 was performed on a runway 4,099 m long; the threshold height of 61 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed of 141 kt was well above target. Touchdown occurred 453 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 129 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 374 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.0 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance recorded was 2,118 m, representing 52 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was judged very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 2,567 nm, required 356 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 14,508 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 completed the final approach to runway 36 at SEQM Mariscal Sucre International Airport from the south on a heading of 358.0° at 4 nm and 1,506 ft agl, with local temperature 13 °C, wind 5 kt from 090°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft was 61 ft agl, which was above target, and the threshold speed was 141 kt, well above target.
Touchdown occurred 453 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 129 kt, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 374 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.0 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,118 m, representing 52 % of the 4,099 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the performance, reduce the approach and threshold speeds toward the target values to avoid excess speed at touchdown, and adjust the flare timing to place the touchdown within the designated zone.
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