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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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,118 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 197 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 08 at KDEN Denver International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,847 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 175 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 14°C temperature and a wind speed of 9 knots at 130 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb started 3 miles east of KDEN Denver International Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 6,158 feet above sea level to 10,110 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,952 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent 1 mile northeast of 01V Aurora Airpark Aurora, Colorado, where it descended from 10,148 feet above sea level to 8,618 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,530 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles. The enroute climb started again 1 mile northeast of 1CO8 Everitt Airport Parker, Colorado, where the aircraft climbed from 8,580 feet above sea level to 10,965 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,385 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile northeast of 43CO Kostroski Airport Franktown, Colorado, where the aircraft descended from 10,978 feet above sea level to 9,136 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,842 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 1 mile northwest of CO15 Kelly Air Park Elbert, Colorado, and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 21 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17L at KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport was made from the north, heading 180 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,827 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 17L was successful, with a runway length of 4,118 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 146 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 197 meters, but the touchdown speed of 146 knots was fast, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -685 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 13°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 180 degrees, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total flight distance was 66 nautical miles, taking 26 minutes, and the aircraft used 2 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 17L at KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, achieving a score of 90.0%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 180.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,827 feet above ground level (agl).
The final approach to the runway was executed with a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it approached the runway. However, the threshold speed was above the target speed, coming in at 146 knots. This may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed for the landing.
The touchdown distance of 197 meters was considered good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain control and land smoothly. However, the touchdown speed of 146 knots was slightly faster than ideal, which may have contributed to a heavier touchdown rate. The touchdown rate of -685 feet per minute (fpm) was indeed heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have been experiencing a bit of a hard landing.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.0 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or the pilot's decision to touch down slightly off-centre. Despite this, the landing was still considered successful.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 180°. This resulted in a headwind of 6 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's higher touchdown speed. The crosswind component was negligible, with a speed of 0 knots. Overall, the landing was considered successful, despite a few minor issues with the touchdown speed and rate, and the slight misalignment from the centreline.
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