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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,158 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 32 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 departed Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (FOOL) from runway 16, employing a takeoff roll of 1,764 m which represented 58 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 153 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 18 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of FOOL, with the aircraft ascending from 1,075 ft asl to 22,009 ft asl - a gain of 20,934 ft - over a period of 10 minutes while covering 56 nm.
Level cruise began 46 nm north of Port-Gentil, lasting 7 minutes and traversing 46 nm at the scheduled cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated 66 nm northwest of Port-Gentil Airport (FOOG), descending from 21,945 ft asl to 1,331 ft asl - a loss of 20,614 ft - in 14 minutes and covering 69 nm.
The final approach to São Tomé International Airport (FPST) was conducted to runway 29 from the east, on a heading of 300.0° at 4 nm and 1,293 ft agl.
Landing on runway 29 at FPST was performed with a runway length of 2,158 m; the threshold speed was 137 kt. Touchdown occurred 31 m down the runway at 136 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 460 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. The total landing distance was 716 m, representing 33 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
Taxi-in to the parking area required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 178 nm, took 36 minutes and consumed 1,502 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 29 at São Tomé International Airport was conducted from the east on a heading of 300.0° at 4 NM and 1,293 ft agl, with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, a 0 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft established a good threshold height and a threshold speed was good at 137 kt.
Touchdown occurred 31 m down the runway; the touchdown speed of 136 kt was a little fast and the touchdown rate was hard at minus 460 fpm, while runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 716 m, representing 33 % of the 2,158 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To refine the already strong performance, a slight reduction in touchdown speed toward the target VREF will help moderate the hard rate, and a marginally smoother flare can further soften the touchdown while preserving the excellent alignment already achieved.
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