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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 1,500 ft instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 314 ft past the target, landing at 1,814 ft against the 1,500 ft aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 1,500 ft from 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 5,177 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,177 ft of the 12,766 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,814 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to runway 36R at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport, a movement that required 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 36R, the aircraft accelerated to a rotation speed of 153 kt and lifted off after traveling 6,325 ft, which represented 70 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 91 °F, wind from 110° at 2 kt, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile north of KAUS, with the airplane ascending from 1,471 ft asl to 35,635 ft asl, an increase of 34,164 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 112 nm.
The first cruise segment began 3 miles east of 81TE Horn Ranch Airport, Del Rio, and was maintained for 48 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 365 nm at level flight.
Descent started 11 miles southwest of KTAS Santa Rosa Airport, Santa Rosa, with the aircraft descending from 35,993 ft asl to 7,995 ft asl, a loss of 27,999 ft accomplished in 17 minutes over a distance of 94 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 3 miles southwest of Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico, lasting 3 minutes and covering 12 nm.
Subsequent descent began 4 miles north of Pajarito Mesa, with altitude decreasing from 7,722 ft asl to 6,562 ft asl, a reduction of 1,160 ft completed in 1 minute across 4 nm.
On final approach to runway 08 at KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport, the aircraft descended from 1,284 ft agl to 47 ft agl in 83 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 08 was executed with a threshold speed of 148 kt; touchdown occurred 454 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 138 kt, a vertical rate of minus 121 fpm, and alignment described as very good. Local weather at the time was 66 °F, wind from 150° at 3 kt, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The subsequent rollout was noted as perfect in alignment, with a total landing distance of 4,919 ft, representing 39 % of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 597 nm, required 104 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 8,380 lbs of fuel.
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