Originally Posted by
geosynchronous
So, if you are inside of six miles, I can reasonably assume you flew a five mile final.
You lost 5100 feet in five miles.
Assuming that you fly at 140 knots (I don't know what you approach at in the Dash 8), that means you were descending at 2380 feet per minute all the way to the runway.
I am not trying to sound contemptuous here; but why would you be bragging about this?
Not picking a side but Vref for flaps 35 landing is about 92, and that's if you're heavy. Add 10 knots, and that's your ref for flaps 15.