"Frode Berg" wrote in message ...
Hi!

The other day I was flying in to Haugesund Karmoy (ENHD) on the west coast
of Norway.
The wind was 17 kts with 27 kts gust 30 degrees down the runway.
I was flying an Arrow 180 with the old herskey bar wings. Normally final
approach is done at 90 mph. However, in this wind I put on between 10-15
extra knots for safety.

Caveat:
I don't fly an Arrow with hershey bar wings.

AFAIK, I fly a plane whose stall speed is *higher* than an Arrow's.

90 mph sounds quite high for normal final approach esp. w/ just you
in the plane, assuming your stall speed is similar to or lower than
mine.

I target final approach at 80 mph, 75 if it's just me and partial
fuel. I add 1/2 the gust factor as a rule of thumb ie 17 g 27
would add ~5 kts.

JMO, but I don't think it adds to safety to put on too much extra
speed. If it's really nasty and swirly near the ground, it just
extends the time you have to spend in ground effect bleeding off
extra speed.

Why do you feel it's necessary, or safer, to add 10 to 15 kts to
an approach speed which already sounds rather fast?

Cheers,
Sydney