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Hold the approach speed
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.
Side view — the last 1,554 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,554 m of the 3,237 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 314 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-6B began with a 19-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The departure roll from runway 35L covered 2 nm, with a takeoff distance of 1,009 m, utilizing 25% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 112 kn. The local weather at departure was 4 °C with a wind of 7 kn at 12 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 7 kn.
The enroute climb started overhead Coppell (Texas, United States), climbing from 1,568 ft asl to 9,799 ft asl, covering 19 nm in 7 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 3 miles east of Newark and lasted 111 minutes, covering 416 nm. The enroute descent started 4 miles south west of KHOS Homestead Meadows South Airport, descending from 9,736 ft asl to 8,811 ft asl in 2 minutes and covering 8 nm.
Another enroute level cruise commenced 10 miles west of KHOS Homestead Meadows South Airport and lasted 7 minutes, covering 17 nm. The second descent started 9 miles north east of Homestead Meadows North, descending from 8,840 ft asl to 5,810 ft asl in 4 minutes and covering 11 nm. A brief level cruise followed, starting 6 miles north west of Homestead Meadows North and lasting 4 minutes, covering 7 nm.
The final approach to runway 22 at KELP El Paso International Airport was made from the north east at 4 nm and 757 ft agl. The landing on runway 22 had good threshold height and touchdown distance, with a slightly below target threshold speed of 87 kn and a good touchdown speed of 83 kn. The touchdown rate was perfect at -48 ft/m, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,461 m, covering 45% of the runway, with a misalignment of 15.4 m from the centerline.
After landing, the taxi from the runway to the parking area took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 490 nm, taking 152 minutes and utilizing 2,552 kg of fuel.
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