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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 five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,334 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 380 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at NTMD Nuku Hiva Airport, a movement that lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 134 kt, using a takeoff distance of 968 m which represented 58 % of the runway. Local weather conditions included a temperature of 28 °C, wind 8 kt at 102 °, a crosswind component of 5 kt and a tailwind component of 7 kt.
Enroute climb commenced one mile south-west of NTMD Nuku Hiva Airport, with the aircraft climbing from 1,164 ft asl to 39,902 ft asl, an increase of 38,737 ft achieved in 45 minutes while covering 348 nm.
Level cruise began at latitude -9.9258432 and longitude -146.0308766 and continued for 189 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 1,445 nm.
The descent phase started at latitude -19.1137509 and longitude -167.9183084, with the aircraft descending from 39,523 ft asl to 1,452 ft asl, a decrease of 38,071 ft completed in 19 minutes over a distance of 110 nm.
Final approach to runway 28 at NIUE Niue International Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 290.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,252 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28, whose length is 2,334 m, occurred with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 130 kt. Touchdown was recorded 379 m down the runway at a speed of 121 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 109 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather at the time was temperature 23 °C, wind 4 kt at 194 °, crosswind 4 kt and headwind 0 kt.
Total landing distance measured 840 m, representing 36 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 1,909 nm, required 258 (as reported), and consumed 11,144 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 established a final approach to runway 28 at NIUE Niue International Airport from the east, tracking a heading of 290.0° at 4 nm and 1,252 ft agl. Local weather was 23 °C with wind 4 kt from 194°, providing a 4 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
The aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was slightly above target at 130 kt.
Touchdown occurred 379 m down the runway at a speed of 121 kt, which was a little fast, with a smooth descent rate of minus 109 fpm and very good runway alignment.
Total landing distance measured 840 m, representing 36 % of the 2,334 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 99.9 %, the landing was excellent; a minor refinement would be to trim the approach and touchdown speeds a few knots lower to match the target and further reduce the landing distance margin.
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