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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: 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: centreline 4.7° off, against a 1° limit and wings 14° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,322 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,322 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 457 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 17R at SBSP Congonhas Airport in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 17R the aircraft used 1,544 m of runway, representing 85 % of the available length, and lifted off at 136 kt; ambient temperature was 32 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 264°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of SBSP, with the aeroplane ascending from 3,620 ft asl to 22,981 ft asl-a gain of 19,360 ft-over 11 minutes while covering 61 nm.
The first cruise segment began 7 miles west of Caraguatatuba and lasted 7 minutes, during which 50 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 11 miles southeast of Paraty, with the aircraft descending from 23,009 ft asl to 8,088 ft asl, a loss of 14,921 ft in 8 minutes while covering 53 nm.
A brief cruise phase followed, initiating 6 miles southwest of SBIX Clube CÉU Airport Itaguai; it lasted 2 minutes and spanned 7 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles southeast of SBIX, bringing the aircraft down from 7,354 ft asl to 459 ft asl-a reduction of 6,895 ft-in 8 minutes and over a distance of 28 nm.
On final approach to runway 20L at SBRJ Santos Dumont Airport the aircraft descended from 642 ft agl to 108 ft agl in 45 seconds and achieved a score on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 20L, whose length is 1,322 m, the threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 141 kt.
A second final approach to the same runway saw a descent from 594 ft agl to 72 ft agl in 43 seconds, again earning a stabilisation-gate score.
The subsequent landing recorded a threshold speed slightly above target at 142 kt, with a good threshold height; touchdown occurred 459 m down the runway at 134 kt, the rate was minus 419 fpm, and runway-touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather at the time was 25 °C with a wind of 12 kt from 190°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 12 kt head-wind component. Total landing distance was 830 m, representing 63 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 248 nm, lasted 57 minutes, and consumed 2,599 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320-ceo approached runway 20L at Santos Dumont (SBRJ) descending from 642 ft AGL to 108 ft AGL in 45 seconds and from 594 ft AGL to 72 ft AGL in 43 seconds, with the approach scoring on the stabilisation gates; ambient temperature was 25 °C, wind 12 kt from 190°, including a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 12 kt head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft encountered a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was slightly above target, recorded at 141 kt and at 142 kt, on a runway 1 322 m long.
Touchdown occurred 459 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 134 kt described as a little fast and a hard touchdown rate of minus 419 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 830 m, representing 63 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the final-approach speed to meet the target threshold speed and manage the flare to lower the touchdown speed, which will also help soften the hard touchdown rate.
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