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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 477 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 477 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 64 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 departed from runway 19 at AYPB Paiela Airport, using a takeoff roll of 416 m which represented 81 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 69 kt. Ambient temperature was 20 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 10°, no cross-wind component and a 4 kt tailwind.
The initial climb began overhead AYPB Paiela Airport, Porgera (Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea). The aircraft rose from 6 374 ft asl to 11 130 ft asl, gaining 4 755 ft in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm.
Cruise commenced 4 mi east of AYPB Paiela Airport, Porgera and lasted 2 minutes, during which 5 nm were flown.
A second climb started 9 mi north of Porgera (Enga Province, Papua New Guinea). Altitude increased from 11 278 ft asl to 13 049 ft asl, an ascent of 1 772 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 11 nm.
The next cruise segment began 11 mi south-west of AYRM Maramuni Airport, Maramuni (Enga Province, Papua New Guinea). This phase lasted 2 minutes and covered 5 nm.
Descent was initiated 7 mi south-west of AYRM Maramuni Airport. The aircraft descended from 13 686 ft asl to 5 539 ft asl, a loss of 8 147 ft in 5 minutes while traveling 14 nm.
Final approach to runway 22 at AYRM Maramuni Airport was made from the north-east, on a heading of 226.0° at 2 nm and 403 ft agl. Weather conditions were temperature 20 °C, wind 4 kt from 10°, cross-wind 3 kt and tailwind 3 kt.
Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold at a speed of 58 kt and a vertical rate of 143 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.5 m off the centreline. Total landing distance was 254 m, representing 53 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
In total the flight covered 43 nm, required 17 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 35 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 entered the final approach to runway 22 at AYRM Maramuni Airport from the north-east on a heading of 226.0° at 2 nm and 403 ft agl, with temperature 20 °C, wind 4 kt from 10°, a 3 kt crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate too high.
Touchdown occurred before the threshold at a speed of 58 kt, which was judged good, and a vertical rate of 143 fpm, described as perfect; the aircraft landed 5.5 m off the centreline, covered a total landing distance of 254 m (53 % of the runway), and the conditions included the noted crosswind and tailwind components.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
To convert the high sink rate into a stable approach, reduce descent angle and monitor vertical speed before the 1,000 ft gate, and aim to touch down at or beyond the threshold while keeping lateral deviation within a tighter tolerance. These adjustments will further improve an already strong 97.2 % score.
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