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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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: centreline 2.6° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 153 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport, a movement that required 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23, the commander used 415 m of runway, representing 22 % of the available length, and achieved liftoff at 79 kt; ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
The left-hand pattern entry was flown from runway 23, traversing 2 nm in 25 seconds.
Subsequently, the left-hand pattern crosswind segment covered less than 1 nm in 22 seconds.
The downwind turn of the pattern was executed over a distance of 2 nm with a 45-degree turn angle measured at 43.2°.
The downwind leg extended 3 nm and was completed in 96 seconds.
During the base leg turn, the aircraft turned 45 degrees, covering 1 nm with an angle of 57.6°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm long and was flown in 38 seconds.
The final turn preceding the approach was also less than 1 nm and required 26 seconds to complete.
On final approach to runway 23, the aircraft descended from 401 ft AGL to 19 ft AGL in 40 seconds and met the stabilisation gates criteria.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m; the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 66 kt, touchdown speed was 54 kt, touchdown distance measured 151 m, and the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 157 fpm, with perfect runway alignment; weather remained 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 2 kt.
The total landing roll was recorded as 322 m, representing 17 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was noted as perfect.
Overall, the flight covered a distance of 10 nm, took 8, and consumed 5 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport was conducted from 401 ft agl down to 19 ft agl in 40 seconds, and the flight scored on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft entered the flare with a speed of 66 kt, noted as a little below the target, and the threshold height was good.
Touchdown occurred 151 m down the runway at a speed of 54 kt, a rate of -157 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 322 m, representing 17 % of the 1,866 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
To tighten the approach, the crew should aim to reach the exact target threshold speed rather than the slightly low 66 kt, which will further optimise the landing profile while preserving the already strong alignment and rate performance.
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