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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,792 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,792 m of the 2,648 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 326 m short of the threshold. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from runway 11 at TNCC Hato International Airport, the Boeing 777-300 taxied 5 minutes over 2 nm before rolling onto the runway. The takeoff run measured 137 m, representing 5 % of the available runway, and the aircraft achieved liftoff speed of 162 kt. Local conditions were 32 °C with a 6-kt wind from 110°, producing a 1-kt crosswind and a 6-kt headwind.
The flight profile included a climb from 981 ft to 36,543 ft over 120 nm in 16 minutes, followed by a 151-minute cruise covering 1,292 nm. A subsequent climb from 37,007 ft to 38,882 ft over 15 nm took 2 minutes, and a 100-minute cruise of 914 nm began 6 miles northeast of SIAX. Descent from 38,997 ft to 3,939 ft over 128 nm lasted 19 minutes. The aircraft landed on runway 34 at SBCF Tancredo Neves International Airport with a touchdown speed of 138 kt, a firm rate of -313 fpm, and a touchdown position 4.3 m off the centreline. The landing distance was 1,670 m, 63 % of the runway, and the approach was from the southeast at heading 319.0° at 4 nm and 1,215 ft AGL.
After touchdown, the aircraft taxied to the parking in 2 minutes covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 2,476 nm, the flight duration was 296 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 33,837 kg of fuel.
During the final approach to runway 34 at SBCF Tancredo Neves International Airport, the Boeing 777-300 maintained a heading of 319.0° while 4 nm from the threshold and 1,215 ft above ground level. The aircraft touched down before the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 138 kt, slightly above the target. The touchdown rate was firm at -313 fpm, and the touchdown position was misaligned by 4.3 m from the runway centreline.
The local weather conditions were 23 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 250°, providing a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind. The total landing distance was 1,670 m, representing 63 % of the available runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
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