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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,955 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 210 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a short taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, taking approximately 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-600, then departed from runway 29 at UHNN Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Airport, a small airport located in Russia. The takeoff distance was 842 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 145 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of the airport, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 15°C and winds of 3 knots at 123°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile west of the airport and continued for 35 minutes, covering a distance of 264 nautical miles. During this period, the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,046 feet above sea level to 38,890 feet, an increase of 37,844 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 156 minutes and covered a distance of 1,254 nautical miles. The cruise phase took place at a specific location with coordinates of 56.7580543° latitude and 145.0859819° longitude. After the cruise phase, the aircraft began its descent, which started 55 miles southwest of UHMD Provideniya Bay Airport in Russia. The descent from 38,576 feet to 2,021 feet took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 305 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time lasting only 4 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles. This brief cruise phase took place 15 miles northeast of MOU Mountain Village in Alaska, United States. The final approach to runway 17 at PASM St Mary's Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 182.0° at an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 17 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 124 knots and a distance of 209 meters. However, the touchdown speed was slightly above the target speed, and the touchdown rate was fair at -228 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.9 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at the departure airport, with a temperature of 15°C and winds of 10 knots at 167°.
The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots. The total landing distance was 698 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,841 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 219 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 10,116 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully landed at PASM St Mary's Airport, achieving a score of 99.0%. The final approach to runway 17 was conducted from the north, with a heading of 182.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,272 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 209 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -228 feet per minute was fair, suggesting that the aircraft was not excessively decelerating upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.9 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 167°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more manageable.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to rest within 36% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. The pilot's skills and experience were evident in the smooth and controlled manner in which the aircraft was landed, despite the slight deviations in touchdown speed and position.
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