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Adjust power to bring the approach speed onto 141 kt and hold it through the gates.
What happened: The approach speed deviated from the target through the stabilisation gates. This kind of deviation usually carries through to an unstable threshold crossing.
Watch for: Watch the airspeed indicator against 141 kt.
Departure
Hold the nose until reaching 157 kt, letting speed build fully before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 148 kt, 9 kt before the 157 kt target. Climb speed later settled slow of target in Climb 3.
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 seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 64 kt FAST on the reference speed of 141 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 44 kt FAST on the reference speed of 141 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,538 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,538 m of the 3,013 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 465 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 11R at SBBR Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in 16 minutes, covering 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 11R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 149 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,784 m, which represented 54 % of the runway length. Local weather at the time was temperature 34 °C, wind 6 kt from 37 °, with a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead SBBR, climbing from 4,458 ft asl to 8,986 ft asl, an increase of 4,528 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 13 nm.
A short level cruise commenced 5 miles north-east of SIQE Botelho Airport and lasted 2 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 7 nm.
A subsequent climb started 9 miles south of SWPV Planaltina Airport, rising from 9,109 ft asl to 34,930 ft asl, a gain of 25,822 ft in 17 minutes and covering 121 nm.
The next cruise segment began 5 miles south-east of SSVM Fazenda Santa Alaíde Airport, lasting 29 minutes and extending over 644 nm.
Descent began 3 miles north-east of Pedra, with the aircraft descending from 35,015 ft asl to 1,335 ft asl, a loss of 33,681 ft in 15 minutes while traversing 144 nm.
For the final approach to runway 18 at SBRF Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport, the aircraft approached from the north on a heading of 162.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,287 ft agl.
Landing on runway 18 was executed with a threshold speed of 149 kt; touchdown occurred 52 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 134 kt, a firm touchdown rate of minus 301 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 4.9 m from the centreline. Weather at the airport reported temperature 29 °C, wind 10 kt from 110 °, with an 8 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind component.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,459 m, representing 49 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was described as very good.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 939nm, required 83 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 5,663 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 18 at SBRF Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport from the north on a heading of 162.0° at 4 nm and 1,287 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was well above target at 149 kt.
Touchdown occurred 52 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 134 kt, described as a little fast, and a firm touchdown rate of minus 301 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, being 4.9 m off the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,459 m, representing 49 % of the 3,003 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the performance, reduce the high sink rate on final to achieve a stabilised approach at the 1,000 ft gate, and adjust speed management so that the threshold speed is closer to its target, which will also help lower the touchdown speed.
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