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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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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 5,009 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 638 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Honda HA420 started with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KELY Ely Airport. The departure roll on runway 18 covered 5,389 feet, which was 90% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 138 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 83°F with a 25-knot wind coming from 200°, resulting in a 3-knot crosswind and a 25-knot headwind.
The enroute climb began 1 mile south of KELY Ely Airport, ascending from 7,302 feet above sea level to 15,507 feet above sea level. This climb covered 11 nautical miles in just 3 minutes. Following the climb, the aircraft leveled off for cruise 3 miles northeast of NV99 Willow Creek Trading Post Ely and flew for 17 minutes, covering 94 nautical miles.
The enroute descent commenced 16 miles west of Meadow, Utah, descending from 15,501 feet asl to 6,739 feet asl, covering 28 nautical miles in 6 minutes. The landing occurred on runway 16 at KMLF Milford Municipal Airport, with a runway length of 5,009 feet. The height at the threshold was 17 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 97 knots. The touchdown occurred 629 feet from the threshold at a speed of 92 knots, with a VSI of -177 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 61°F, with a 1-knot wind coming from 270°, resulting in a 1-knot crosswind and no headwind.
The total landing distance was 2,141 feet, which was 43% of the runway length. After touchdown, the taxi from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute. The total flight distance covered was 142 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 43 minutes. The flight consumed 524 pounds of fuel.
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