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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,806 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 419 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper Aerostar taxied from the parking area to runway 11, a movement that lasted six minutes and covered less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 11 at E05 Hatch Mun, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 98 kt. Takeoff required 915 m, representing 73 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 36 °C, wind 3 kt from 189°, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Rodey, New Mexico, with the aeroplane ascending from 5,262 ft asl to 7,608 ft asl. The altitude gain of 2,346 ft was achieved in three minutes while covering seven nautical miles.
Level cruise began six miles east of Rodey and continued for 17 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 55 nm at a steady altitude.
Descent started nine miles south of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The aircraft descended from 7,451 ft asl to 4,594 ft asl, a loss of 2,857 ft in six minutes, traversing 15 nm.
The final approach to runway 22 at KALM Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport was executed from the north-east, on a heading of 219.0°, at one nautical mile and 457 ft agl.
Landing on runway 22, whose length is 1,873 m, was achieved with a threshold speed of 88 kt. Touchdown occurred 418 m down the runway at 73 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 182 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 38 °C, wind 12 kt from 340°, a cross-wind component of 11 kt and a tail-wind component of 5 kt.
The total landing roll measured 947 m, equivalent to 51 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was recorded as very good.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 82 nm, required 37 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 39 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 22 at KALM Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport was executed from the north-east on a heading of 219.0° at 1 nm and 457 ft agl, with a temperature of 38 °C, wind 12 kt from 340°, a crosswind component of 11 kt and a tailwind component of 5 kt.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 88 kt.
Touchdown occurred 418 m down the runway at a speed of 73 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 182 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft used a total landing distance of 947 m, representing 51 % of the 1,873 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To further improve the already strong 91.7 % score, focus on reducing the landing distance by refining speed and flare technique, and monitor tailwind components to keep them within optimal limits.
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