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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,558 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,558 m of the 3,047 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 280 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Bombardier CRJ700 series taxied from the parking area to runway 31C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 31C, the aircraft used 1,368 m of runway, representing 77 % of the available length, and lifted off at 143 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 32 °C, wind from 305° at 8 kt with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile north-east of Summit, Illinois, with the airplane accelerating from 1,593 ft asl to 18,679 ft asl, an altitude gain of 17,087 ft achieved in 7 minutes while covering 32 nm.
The first cruise segment began 8 miles north of IN70 Bodin Airport, Chesterton, Indiana, and lasted 9 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 101 nm.
Descent started 3 miles north-east of Quincy, Michigan, with a reduction from 19,014 ft asl to 3,389 ft asl, a loss of 15,626 ft completed in 7 minutes over a distance of 58 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 1 mile east of Dundee, Michigan, lasting 5 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The final approach to runway 04L at KDTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was conducted from the south-west, on a heading of 31.0° at 4 nm and 1,283 ft agl.
Landing on runway 04L, which is 3,047 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 136 kt. Touchdown occurred at 283 m down the runway with a speed of 133 kt and a vertical rate of minus 264 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good. Weather at the time was 31 °C, wind from 320° at 10 kt, including a 10 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind component.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,479 m, representing 49 % of the runway, and the rollout was slightly off centreline by 14.2 m.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, traversing 3 nm.
In total, the flight covered 215 nm, required 39 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1,223 kg of fuel.
The Bombardier CRJ700 series approached runway 04L at KDTW from the south-west on a heading of 31.0° at 4 nm and 1,283 ft agl, with a temperature of 31 °C, wind 10 kt from 320°, a 10 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt headwind component; the final approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 136 kt; the aircraft crossed the threshold and the flare produced a touchdown distance that was good at 283 m, while the touchdown speed of 133 kt was a little fast and the touchdown rate was fair at minus 264 fpm, with runway touchdown alignment very good.
The touchdown itself occurred with the noted speed and rate, maintaining the very good alignment recorded at the threshold and confirming the good distance from the threshold.
During rollout the aircraft’s centreline tracking was slightly misaligned by 14.2 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance was 1,479 m, representing 49 % of the runway length.
To improve the already strong 94.0 % score, focus on achieving a stabilized approach sink rate to eliminate the instability noted at the 1,000 ft gate, and refine rollout technique to reduce the 14.2 m centreline deviation.
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