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20th Nov 2005, 00:19

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About 100ft per min.

As long as your at 50ft at threshold, flare the aircraft, which reduces rate of decent to 100ft/per min. On a 3 degree glide slope, about 900ft per min is standard to threshold (50ft).

(I fly 737-800 on X-plane 8.20)