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Old 1st Sep 2016, 02:09
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In an aircraft with an approach speed of 50 kt ( 1.3 x 38 Vso) at full gross, consider that 65 kt = 1.7 Vso.

Landing at 65 kt gives you 70% more kinetic energy to be dissipated by the brakes (with small assists from drag and rolling resistance).

In a healthy 15 kt wind, your groundspeed over the threshold would be 50 and reasonable for the runway in question.

But zero wind combined with a 65 kt approach will have you getting intimate with the other end of the runway - 70% more KE

Flying by yourself with some 2 hours of gas will have you well below gross weight.

I leave it as an exercise for you to calculate:

Square root (LW/MG) x 50 kt

Where:

LW - Landing Weight
MG - Maximum Gross Weight

to determine a zero wind approach speed corrected for weight.
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