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Keep the approach speed on target
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 2,840 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 2,840 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,528 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Sirius aircraft began with a departure roll on runway 18 at CYBA Banff Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,173 ft, which was 147% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 47 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 19 °F, with a wind speed of 2 kn coming from 251 ° resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 1 kn.
The enroute climb started 1 mile north of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The aircraft climbed from 4,653 ft asl to 7,310 ft asl, covering an altitude increase of 2,656 ft in 4 minutes and spanning a distance of 2 nm.
The enroute level cruise began overhead Banff and lasted 6 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
The landing took place on runway 36 at CYBA Banff Airport, which had a runway length of 2,840 ft. The aircraft approached the runway at a height of 64 ft agl and a speed of 91 kn. The touchdown occurred 2,518 ft from the threshold at a speed of 60 kn with a VSI of -145 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 19 °F, with a wind speed of 2 kn coming from 248 ° resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a tailwind of 1 kn. The total landing distance was 3,007 ft, which was 106% of the runway length.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 8 nm, took 14 minutes to complete, and used 7 lbs of fuel.
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