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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 562 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 562 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 145 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from the parking area to runway 25 at AYQW Sumwari Airstrip, a movement that lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25, the aircraft used 290 m of runway, representing 52 % of the available length, and lifted off at 67 kt. Ambient conditions were 29 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 0°, a cross-wind component of 3 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced overhead AYQW Sumwari Airstrip, rising from 850 ft asl to 2 780 ft asl, an increase of 1 929 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 6 nm.
Descent began 4 miles west of AYQW Sumwari Airstrip, descending from 2 740 ft asl to 910 ft asl, a loss of 1 829 ft in 2 minutes and traversing 4 nm.
The final approach to runway 07 was executed from the west, with the aircraft on a heading of 76.0° at 1 nm and 442 ft agl.
Landing on runway 07, which is 562 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 59 kt, a touchdown distance of 143 m, a touchdown speed of 54 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 152 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was recorded as perfect. Weather at the time was 29 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 11°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 393 m, equal to 70 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
In total, the flight covered 12 nm, required 8 minutes of airborne time and consumed 19 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 07 at AYQW Sumwari Airstrip was flown from the west on a heading of 76.0° at 1 nm and 442 ft agl, with a good threshold height reported. Local conditions were 29 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 11°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft established a threshold speed of 59 kt, noted as a little below the target. The touchdown point was 143 m down the runway, which was judged good, and the aircraft flared to a touchdown speed of 54 kt, also judged good. The vertical touchdown rate was -152 fpm, described as good.
At touchdown the aircraft’s alignment with the runway centreline was perfect, confirming a straight-in landing attitude.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 393 m, representing 70 % of the 562 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 95.2 % the landing was strong; the slight undershoot of the target threshold speed should be corrected to meet the prescribed speed, and a modest reduction in landing distance could be pursued to increase runway margin.
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