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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 1,149 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,149 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 287 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at EGBJ Gloucestershire Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 482 m, representing 42 % of the runway, and lifted off at 83 kt. Local weather at the time was temperature 16 °C with wind 10 kt from 240°, giving a cross-wind component of 4 kt and a head-wind component of 9 kt.
Climb commenced overhead EGBJ, with the aircraft ascending from 1,066 ft asl to 7,883 ft asl, an increase of 6,817 ft in 6 minutes while covering 8 nm.
The first level cruise began 1 mile north-east of Frampton on Severn, lasting 5 minutes and extending over 10 nm.
Descent started 1 mile west of Stone, dropping from 7,955 ft asl to 6,003 ft asl, a decrease of 1,952 ft in 3 minutes and covering 8 nm.
A second cruise segment originated 2 miles north-west of Chepstow, lasting 5 minutes and spanning 10 nm.
The next descent began 1 mile south-east of Pontypool, falling from 5,998 ft asl to 2,990 ft asl, a loss of 3,007 ft in 5 minutes over 9 nm.
Cruise continued overhead Machen for 18 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 37 nm.
Descent resumed 2 miles south-east of Rhoose, decreasing altitude from 2,995 ft asl to 1,504 ft asl, a loss of 1,491 ft in 3 minutes while covering 7 nm.
A brief cruise started 5 miles south-east of Barry, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
Descent followed 2 miles south-east of Barry, dropping from 1,616 ft asl to 1,051 ft asl, a decrease of 565 ft in 2 minutes over 2 nm.
Climb was initiated 1 mile south of Barry, raising the aircraft from 1,040 ft asl to 6,037 ft asl, an increase of 4,998 ft in 6 minutes and covering 12 nm.
A short cruise began 1 mile north-west of Cardiff, lasting 2 minutes and extending 4 nm.
Descent started 1 mile south-west of Marshfield, descending from 5,999 ft asl to 3,198 ft asl, a loss of 2,801 ft in 5 minutes while covering 14 nm.
The final cruise segment originated 2 miles north of Caerwent, lasting 21 minutes and covering 46 nm.
Final approach to runway 27 at EGBJ was executed from the east, on a heading of 264.0° at 4 nm and 1,340 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27, which is 1,149 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 83 kt. Touchdown was recorded at 287 m from the threshold, at a speed of 66 kt and a descent rate of minus 55 fpm; the touchdown point was 7.3 m off centreline. Local weather at landing was temperature 15 °C with wind 16 kt from 241°, giving a cross-wind component of 6 kt and a head-wind component of 15 kt. Total landing distance was 478 m, again 42 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total, the flight covered 176 nm, took 86 minutes, and consumed 40 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321neo conducted the final approach to runway 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport from the east, tracking a heading of 286.0° at 4 nm and 1,499 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good speed of 139 kt. The flare resulted in touchdown 180 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a good touchdown speed of 131 kt. The touchdown rate was fair at minus 280 fpm and the wheel track was slightly misaligned by 4.2 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with a total landing distance of 1,643 m, representing 71 % of the 2,310 m runway length. The landing was recorded as good overall, with the runway touchdown position only marginally off centreline.
Rollout alignment was very good. Local weather was 30 °C with wind 4 kt from 308°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Refine the flare to achieve a slightly lower descent rate and fine-tune lateral control to reduce the 4.2 m centreline offset. These adjustments will help convert the already strong 96.3 % score into an even tighter performance.
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