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Reduce your height at the threshold
Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 447 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Hawker H25B taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll. Take-off was achieved after a distance of 791 m, representing 42 % of the runway, with a liftoff speed of 133 kt. Local conditions were 17 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Climb began overhead the departure airport, rising from 1,004 ft asl to 1,652 ft asl - an increase of 649 ft - in 1 minute while covering 3 nm.
Level cruise was established over Balloch and persisted for 2 minutes, during which 5 nm were traversed.
Descent commenced 1 mile east of Croy, descending from 1,856 ft asl to 411 ft asl - a loss of 1,446 ft - in 2 minutes and covering another 5 nm.
The final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport involved a descent from 484 ft agl to 90 ft agl in 43 seconds, and the aircraft met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 23 was executed on a runway 1,866 m long; the threshold height of 74 ft agl was above the target and the threshold speed was 114 kt. Touchdown occurred 448 m down the runway at 100 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 174 fpm and perfect alignment. Weather at the time was 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 960 m, equivalent to 51 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
The runway rollout proceeded without deviation, maintaining the established alignment through the deceleration phase.
In total, the flight covered 17 nm, lasted 7 minutes, and consumed 80 kg of fuel.
The Hawker H25B entered the final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport, descending from 484 ft agl to 90 ft agl in 43 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; local weather was 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
At the threshold the aircraft was 74 ft agl, well above the target height, and the threshold speed was 114 kt.
Touchdown occurred 448 m down the runway at a speed of 100 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 174 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 960 m, representing 51 % of the 1 866 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
With a score of 97.0 % the landing was strong; concentrate on achieving the target threshold height to bring the approach profile fully within limits.
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