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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 1,886 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,886 m of the 3,595 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 646 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 777-300 began with a 14-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EIDW Dublin Airport. The departure roll took place on runway 28R, with a takeoff distance of 7,775 ft, covering 76% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 203 knots, and the local weather at the time indicated a temperature of 57 °F with a 4-knot headwind.
Upon departure, the enroute climb began 1 mile northwest of EIDW Dublin Airport, climbing from 1,269 ft to 33,661 ft in 18 minutes, covering 120 nm. A level cruise ensued for 53 minutes, covering 446 nm. Another climb occurred 1 mile northeast of Sinn, Germany, increasing altitude from 33,415 ft to 34,851 ft in 2 minutes, covering 18 nm. The subsequent level cruise lasted 222 minutes, covering 1,814 nm.
During the flight, another climb took place 56 miles northwest of Sakakah, Saudi Arabia, from 35,255 ft to 36,894 ft in 2 minutes, covering 18 nm. This was followed by a level cruise lasting 85 minutes, covering 753 nm. The descent phase began 45 miles south of OIBV Lavan Airport, decreasing altitude from 37,738 ft to 23,885 ft in 7 minutes, covering 58 nm. Another level cruise took place for 2 minutes, covering 16 nm, followed by another descent starting 17 miles south of OIBS Siri Airport, descending from 23,764 ft to 2,184 ft in 16 minutes, covering 72 nm.
The flight concluded with a landing on runway 30L at OMDB Dubai International Airport, with a runway length of 11,795 ft. The plane touched down 2,124 ft from the threshold at a speed of 139 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -355 ft/m. The total landing distance was 5,939 ft, 50% of the runway. The entire flight covered a distance of 3,338 nm, lasting a total of 468 minutes and consuming 121,827 lbs of fuel.
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