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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 315 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The MD-82 taxied from the parking area to runway 17R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, a movement that lasted 11 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 17R, the aircraft used 1,785 m of runway, representing 44 % of the available length, and lifted off at 168 kt; ambient temperature was 36 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 170°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile south of KDFW, with the aircraft ascending from 1,491 ft asl to 21,287 ft asl, a gain of 19,796 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 92 nm.
Descent began 3 miles south-west of Golinda, Texas, where the aircraft descended from 21,460 ft asl to 1,748 ft asl, a loss of 19,712 ft over 14 minutes and a distance of 71 nm.
The final approach to runway 18R at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport was executed from the north, on a heading of 177.0° at 4 nm and 1,207 ft agl, with local conditions of 29 °C temperature, wind 10 kt from 160°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 10 kt head-wind.
Landing on runway 18R, which is 3,738 m long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 134 kt; touchdown was recorded at 312 m down the runway, at a speed of 130 kt, a firm touchdown rate of minus 315 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 21.4 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,185 m, equivalent to 32 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment remained off-centre by 20.6 m from the centreline as the aircraft decelerated after touchdown.
The MD-82 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 172 nm, lasted 44 minutes, and consumed 2,342 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 18R at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport was conducted from the north on a heading of 177.0° at 4 nm and 1,207 ft agl, with a temperature of 29 °C, wind 10 kt from 160°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 134 kt.
Touchdown occurred 312 m down the runway, a good distance, with a touchdown speed of 130 kt that was a little fast and a firm touchdown rate of minus 315 fpm. The aircraft touched down significantly misaligned by 21.4 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance was 1,185 m, representing 32 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained misaligned by 20.6 m from the centreline.
Refine lateral control to keep the aircraft closer to the centreline during flare and rollout, reducing the 20-plus-metre deviations observed. Adjust the approach speed to match the target VREF more closely, eliminating the slight excess that produced a touchdown speed a little fast.
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