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To properly determine landing distance factors when factoring in Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) landing distances, it is essential to consider the applicable preflight factors. These factors might include various operational and environmental parameters that can influence the actual landing distance, such as wind conditions, runway slope, and aircraft configuration.

Removing preflight factors allows for a clearer and more accurate assessment of the base landing distances as specified in the AFM. This step ensures that the calculations reflect the actual conditions and not just the ideal or assumed parameters outlined in the AFM. By starting with a clean baseline, you can apply the appropriate adjustments for runway conditions, aircraft weight, and fuel load as necessary.

In this context, the other options address important factors too, such as recalculating runway conditions and considering aircraft weight and fuel load. However, they come into play after the preflight factors have been accounted for. Only after ensuring that the landing distance calculations are based on the fundamental distance provided by the AFM, without the potentially misleading influences of preflight factors, can we accurately include those additional considerations.