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Reduce power earlier on final to bring threshold speed back to 145 kt.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 154 kt against a target of 145 kt, and touchdown ended up well past the normal point. Carrying excess threshold speed usually carries the touchdown long as the aircraft floats before settling.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 145 kt at 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 1,863 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,863 m of the 3,041 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 649 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 15L at KIAH, a movement that required 6 minutes and covered 2 nm.
Takeoff roll on runway 15L at KIAH was 1,514 m, representing 41 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 155 kt. Ambient temperature was 36 °C with wind from 120° at 14 kt, including a 12 kt head-wind component and a 7 kt cross-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of KIAH, climbing from 1,088 ft asl to 33,842 ft asl, an altitude gain of 32,754 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 131 nm.
The first level cruise began 4 miles south-east of TS70 Jack Miller Airport and lasted 7 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 87 nm.
A descent segment started 2 miles north of 5TX2 Grove Hill Airport, descending from 33,990 ft asl to 33,273 ft asl, a loss of 717 ft in 2 minutes over 15 nm.
Subsequent cruise was initiated 1 mile north-east of TX47 Sandy Creek Ranch Airfield, persisting for 7 minutes and covering 153 nm.
The aircraft then climbed overhead O38 Gundys Airport, rising from 33,123 ft asl to 35,003 ft asl, an increase of 1,880 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 13 nm.
A further cruise segment began 1 mile north-west of OK37 Dog Iron Ranch Airport, lasting 14 minutes and encompassing 403 nm.
The final descent started 4 miles south-east of Britt, dropping from 34,603 ft asl to 2,122 ft asl, a decrease of 32,481 ft in 18 minutes and covering 141 nm.
The aircraft entered final approach to runway 12R at KMSP from the north-west, aligned on a heading of 121.0° at 4 nm and 1,280 ft agl.
Landing on runway 12R, which is 3,041 m long, the threshold speed was 155 kt; touchdown occurred 244 m beyond the touchdown zone at 149 kt with a vertical speed of minus 156 fpm and excellent alignment. The total landing roll measured 1,793 m, representing 59 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 950 nm in 77 minutes and consumed 6,280 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 approached runway 12R at KMSP from the north-west on a final approach heading 121.0° at 4 nm and 1,280 ft agl, with a local temperature of 32 °C and a final score of 96.9 %.
At the threshold the height was good and the aircraft entered the flare with a threshold speed of 155 kt, which was well above the target.
Touchdown occurred 244 m beyond the touchdown zone; the speed was 149 kt, a little fast, while the vertical rate was good at -156 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,793 m, representing 59 % of the 3,041 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Future landings would benefit from tighter speed control to meet the target threshold speed and reduce the touchdown point overshoot, helping to keep the touchdown within the designated zone.
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