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Adjust power to bring the approach speed onto 147 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 147 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 1.8° against the runway's 3° and speed 11 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 147 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,266 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 548 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied to runway 11 at SBPA Salgado Filho International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft lifted off after a takeoff run of 1,273 m, representing 56 % of the available runway, at a speed of 151 kt. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb began 2 nm east of SBPA, with the airplane accelerating from 1,001 ft asl to 2,440 ft asl, a gain of 1,439 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 6 nm.
Cruise was established 4 nm south of Gravatai and persisted for 3 minutes, during which the flight progressed 16 nm at level altitude.
Descent was initiated 2 nm north of Guaiba, descending from 2,604 ft asl to 498 ft asl, a loss of 2,106 ft over 2 minutes and a distance of 7 nm.
The final approach to runway 11 was flown from the west on a heading of 92.0° at 2 nm and 472 ft agl, aligning the aircraft for landing.
Landing on runway 11, whose length is 2,266 m, occurred with a threshold height of 66 ft agl that was above the target and a threshold speed of 135 kt that was slightly below the target. Touchdown was recorded 137 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 125 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 320 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Weather at the time was 16 °C, wind 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind.
Rollout distance measured 1,377 m, equal to 61 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained perfect alignment throughout the ground run.
In total the flight covered 36 nm in 12 minutes and consumed 802 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 entered the final approach to runway 35R at LIMC Milan Malpensa International Airport from the south on a heading of 349.0° at 4 nm and 1,245 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height of 56 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and began the descent toward touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 105 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 139 kt, noted as a little fast, and a fair vertical rate of minus 268 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 1,288 m, representing 33 % of the 3,906 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 3 kt from 10°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
To tighten the touchdown point, aim to land within the designated touchdown zone rather than beyond it, and adjust the flare to achieve the target speed. Reducing the touchdown speed toward the intended value will also help keep the landing distance well within runway limits.
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