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Settle the descent rate
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 300 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 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,338 ft/m, more than the glideslope needed and glideslope 5.6° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,502 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,502 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 249 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TBM 850 departed London City Airport (EGLC) from runway 27, applying a take-off roll of 930 m, which represented 62 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 86 kt. Local weather at departure reported a temperature of 16 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, with no cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
During the en-route climb the aircraft began overhead Canary Wharf, climbing from 1 001 ft asl to 1 641 ft asl. The altitude gain of 640 ft was completed in 1 minute while covering 1 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced 1 mile east of Peckham and persisted for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 6 nm at cruise altitude.
The descent phase started 1 mile west of Canary Wharf, descending from 1 671 ft asl to 866 ft asl. A loss of 805 ft was achieved in 2 minutes over a distance of 4 nm.
On final approach to runway 27 at EGLC the aircraft descended from 749 ft agl to 68 ft agl in 30 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
Touchdown occurred on runway 27, whose length is 1 502 m. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 84 kt. The aircraft landed 248 m down the runway at 66 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 191 fpm and exhibited very good runway-alignment. Local weather at landing recorded a temperature of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, with zero cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
The total landing roll measured 525 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 16 nm, required 7 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 20 kg of fuel.
The TBM 850 conducted the final approach to runway 27 at EGLC London City Airport, descending from 749 ft agl to 68 ft agl in 30 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and a threshold speed slightly below target at 84 kt; the flare produced a touchdown distance of 248 m, a touchdown speed of 66 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 191 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred within the expected aim point, with the recorded speed, rate and alignment confirming a controlled landing.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 525 m, representing 35 % of the 1 502 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the target threshold speed and verify the descent profile to keep the approach within the stabilisation gates for continued high-scoring landings.
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