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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.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,438 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 376 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 19 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). The takeoff distance was 1,016 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 134 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and winds of 5 knots at 40 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, and there was a 4-knot tailwind. After departing from KDCA, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of Alexandria, Virginia. The climb took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 30 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from 1,011 feet above sea level to 16,489 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles southeast of Mechanicsville, Maryland. This cruise lasted for 5 minutes and covered 27 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 2 miles southeast of VG29 Branham Mill Airpark Warsaw, Virginia. The descent took 9 minutes and covered 39 nautical miles, with the aircraft decreasing in altitude from 16,457 feet to 3,444 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 4 miles southeast of 9VA1 Holly Point Airport Bohannon, Virginia. This cruise lasted for 3 minutes and covered 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 1 mile southeast of Poquoson, Virginia. The descent took 2 minutes and covered 5 nautical miles, with the aircraft decreasing in altitude from 2,988 feet to 1,641 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Hampton, Virginia. This cruise lasted for 9 minutes and covered 12 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05 at Norfolk International Airport (KORF) was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading 38.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,588 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 05 at KORF was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 104 knots. The touchdown distance was 377 meters, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and winds of 5 knots at 59 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and there was a 5-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 1,139 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 133 nautical miles, and the flight took 44 minutes. The aircraft used 1,403 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at Norfolk International Airport (KORF) with a score of 97.7%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 38.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,588 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft then proceeded to land on runway 05, which has a length of 2,438 meters.
The landing was deemed satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 115 knots. The touchdown distance was also within acceptable limits at 377 meters. The touchdown speed of 104 knots was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -208 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than desired.
Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 25°C and a gentle headwind of 5 knots from a direction of 59°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, which further contributed to a smooth landing.
The total landing distance of 1,139 meters was 47% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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