Reply to JC
I do not know if your calculation are correct, but your observation is.
I had to do several years ago the same approach at night ( 6/24 close for repair at night ) flying an ATR for a freight company.
The last 1/2 to 1 mile you litteraly buze the hill all the ways down to the RWY. It is like doing a low flyby over a downhill slope to the rwy.
Landing on 18 , is like landing at the bottom of a bowl.
The glide path is already steeper than normal = landing long will be a given, shallowing the path and you get extremely close to the ground.
if you are high on approach you will absolutely land long on a down slope rwy ( not the best scenarion for an heavy).
Last edited by skysign; 16th Aug 2013 at 19:59.