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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,170 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,170 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 122 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The PC-24 VIP taxied from the parking area to runway 12 at TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport, a movement that required 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 12, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 137 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,611 m, which represented 57 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 31 °C, wind from 100° at 18 kt, with a headwind component of 18 kt and no crosswind.
The climb commenced overhead Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, climbing from 1,033 ft asl to 36,994 ft asl - an altitude gain of 35,962 ft - in 18 minutes while covering 86 nm.
Cruise began 5 mi south-west of COCO Cocoa Point, Barbuda, and continued for 295 minutes, during which 1,533 nm were flown.
Descent started 4 mi south of VG12 Simpsonville Airport, Rhoadesville, with the aircraft descending from 36,505 ft asl to 15,010 ft asl, a loss of 21,496 ft, in 11 minutes over 66 nm.
A brief cruise segment followed 8 mi west of Wardensville, West Virginia, lasting 2 minutes and covering 9 nm.
The next descent began 7 mi north-east of 4WV4 Heaven’s Landing Airstrip, Medley, dropping from 15,018 ft asl to 4,997 ft asl - a decrease of 10,022 ft - in 9 minutes while traversing 41 nm.
A short cruise then occurred 4 mi north of WV29 Valley Point Airport, lasting 2 minutes and adding 5 nm to the flight.
Subsequent descent started 7 mi south-west of Farmington, Pennsylvania, reducing altitude from 4,990 ft asl to 3,915 ft asl, a loss of 1,075 ft, in 2 minutes across 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 05 at PA88 Nemacolin Airport was executed from the south-west, on a heading of 49.0° at 4 nm and 1,877 ft agl.
Landing on runway 05, which is 1,167 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 113 kt. Touchdown occurred 120 m down the runway at 110 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 196 fpm and a lateral offset of 4.3 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 20 °C, wind from 16° at 7 kt (crosswind 3 kt, headwind 7 kt). Total landing distance was 463 m, representing 40 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total, the flight covered 1,751 nm, required 350 minutes, and consumed 1,932 kg of fuel.
The PC-24 VIP entered the final approach to runway 05 at PA88 Nemacolin Airport from the south-west on a heading of 49.0° at 4 nm and 1,877 ft agl, with ambient temperature 20 °C, wind 7 kt from 16°, a 3 kt cross-component and a 7 kt headwind.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a good threshold speed of 113 kt.
Touchdown occurred 120 m down the runway at a good speed of 110 kt and a good vertical rate of minus 196 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 463 m, representing 40 % of the 1,167 m runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
To tighten lateral accuracy, aim to centre the touchdown point within a metre of the runway centreline, which will further improve runway utilisation. Maintaining the current speed and rate control will preserve the high overall score of 98.5 %.
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