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Approach

Rate of descent down a 3° glideslope

Multiply groundspeed by 5 (or add a zero and half it) to give rate of descent

Height above ground vs distance to runway

As a glide slope check (or if G/S is not available, multiply nautical miles to go by 300 to give current height above the ground