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Shorten the long landing
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 2,128 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,128 m of the 4,001 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,619 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the King Air C90 GTX with passengers started with a 7-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway, covering less than 1 nm. The average speed during taxiing was 34 kn. The departure from runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport included a takeoff distance of 632 m, which was 19% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 94 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 10 °C with a 9 kn wind coming in at 69 °, resulting in a crosswind of 9 kn and a headwind of 3 kn.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft increased altitude from 1,052 ft asl to 1,659 ft asl in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The enroute descent saw a decrease in altitude from 1,685 ft asl to 964 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 5 nm. This was followed by a climb from 968 ft asl to 3,337 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 6 nm. The level cruise lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nm. The final approach to runway 16 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport included descents and decreases in altitude, as well as a landing on the 4,001 m long runway.
The touchdown point was 1,182 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a good touchdown speed of 78 kn and a smooth touchdown rate at -109 ft/m. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 21.6 m from the centerline. The total landing distance was 2,026 m, which was 51% of the runway, with an excessively misaligned rollout alignment of 65.6 m from the centerline. The taxi from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the total flight distance was 37 nm, taking 17 minutes and using 99 kg of fuel.
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