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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 183 m past the target, landing at 640 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,864 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 640 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 32 at ESPA Luleå Airport in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 32. The aircraft used 1,633 m of runway (49 % of the available length). Rotation occurred at 146 kt. Local weather was 8 °C with a wind from 320° at 7 kt (headwind 7 kt, crosswind 0 kt).
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 23 seconds, averaging 2,033 fpm and reaching 209 kt at the top of the climb.
The climb continued from 1,056 ft asl to 38,497 ft asl in 41 minutes, covering 272 nm, beginning 1 mile north-east of Kallax.
Cruise was level at 39,000 ft asl for 347 minutes, covering 2,700 nm, beginning 3 miles south-east of Koeylioe.
Descent from 38,994 ft asl to 1,310 ft asl was completed in 21 minutes over 146 nm, starting 32 miles north-east of OERT Ras Tanura Airport.
Final approach to runway 34R at OTHH Hamad International Airport began at 1,330 ft agl and descended to 55 ft agl in 98 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, on glideslope, on centreline, on speed, wings level. The landing gear was lowered at 14,411 ft agl while the aircraft was at 315 kt. The final flap position 8 was selected at 1,293 ft agl with a speed of 164 kt.
Landing on runway 34R (runway length 4,864 m) occurred with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was 129 kt. The flare was described as perfect; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown was 218 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 119 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 138 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather at landing was 34 °C with a wind from 040° at 5 kt (headwind 2 kt, crosswind 4 kt). No bounce occurred.
The total landing roll was 1,239 m (25 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 3,125 nm in 416 minutes and used 18,061 kg of fuel.
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