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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Hold the approach angle
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,620 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,497 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began with a 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KTUS Tucson International Airport. Departure was from runway 11L, with a takeoff distance of 1,865 ft, which was 17% of the total runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 116 knots, facing a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 9 knots, with a temperature of 78°F.
The enroute climb began over Tucson, Arizona, with the aircraft ascending from 3,666 ft above sea level to 36,976 ft, covering a distance of 70 nm in 13 minutes. The level cruise phase then started north of Rancho Relaxo Airport in Pearce, Arizona, lasting 14 minutes and covering 108 nm.
Descending from 37,286 ft to 8,957 ft over Solo Ranch Airport in Deming, New Mexico, the aircraft covered 69 nm in 11 minutes during the enroute descent. Another level cruise segment began northeast of Homestead Meadows North in Texas, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
The final descent phase occurred 6 miles north of Homestead Meadows North, descending from 8,753 ft to 5,802 ft in 3 minutes, covering 7 nm. Landing was on runway 22 at KELP El Paso International Airport, with the aircraft touching down 1,491 ft from the threshold at a speed of 100 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -244 ft/m.
The total landing distance was 2,857 ft, which was 27% of the runway length. From touchdown, the aircraft taxied for 7 minutes to reach the parking area, covering 1 nm. The total flight distance was 268 nm, taking a total of 63 minutes and consuming 1,128 lbs of fuel. The local weather at the destination showed a temperature of 79°F, with a 10 knot wind coming from 239°, resulting in a headwind of 10 knots and a crosswind of 2 knots.
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