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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 2,237 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,237 m of the 3,148 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 985 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 19L at ENGM Oslo Airport, covering approximately 1 nm in 9 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 19L, the take-off run was 1,450 m, representing 49 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 156 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 142°, including a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile south-east of ENGM, with the aircraft ascending from 1,673 ft asl to 36,556 ft asl, a gain of 34,884 ft achieved in 13 minutes while covering 71 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 miles south-east of Tjome and lasted 84 minutes, during which 604 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent 1 started overhead Oberderdingen, descending from 36,999 ft asl to 27,016 ft asl, a loss of 9,983 ft in 5 minutes and covering 38 nm.
A brief cruise segment followed, beginning 2 miles south-west of Horb am Neckar and lasting 2 minutes for a distance of 11 nm.
Descent 2 was initiated 1 mile north-east of Villingendorf, with altitude decreasing from 26,988 ft asl to 5,228 ft asl, a reduction of 21,760 ft over 10 minutes and a ground track of 61 nm.
The next cruise phase started 1 mile north of Rheinfelden, lasting 7 minutes and covering 26 nm.
Descent 3 began 1 mile west of Wutoeschingen, dropping from 4,651 ft asl to 2,633 ft asl, a loss of 2,018 ft in 4 minutes while traveling 10 nm.
On final approach to runway 14 at LSZH Zürich Airport, the aircraft intercepted the glide path from the north-west on a heading of 137.0° at 4 nm and 1,221 ft agl, then descended from 1,274 ft agl to 81 ft agl in 99 seconds. Weather at the destination was 19 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 85°, including a 3 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind component; the approach was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 14, which is 3,148 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 82 ft agl and a threshold speed of 143 kt. Touchdown was 562 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 138 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 134 fpm. The touchdown point was laterally offset by 17.0 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 2,150 m, representing 68 % of the runway.
During rollout, the aircraft’s centreline alignment deviated by 29.5 m.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 832 nm in 136 minutes and consumed 16,204 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 entered final approach to runway 34L at KSLC from the south on a heading of 355.0° at 4 nm and 1,280 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and the descent from 1,337 ft agl to 65 ft agl was completed in 90 seconds. The aircraft was judged on the stabilisation gates and the local weather was 22 °C with wind 14 kt from 320°, including an 8 kt cross-wind component and a 12 kt head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft established a good speed of 147 kt. The flare was executed with the aircraft maintaining the appropriate attitude for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 300 m down the runway, which was judged good, and the speed at touchdown was good at 143 kt. The touchdown rate was very hard at minus 503 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.5 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,328 m, representing 36 % of the 3,655 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the performance, focus on moderating the flare to reduce the hard touchdown rate and on fine-tuning the final alignment to keep the touchdown point within a tighter centreline tolerance. Maintaining these adjustments should help raise the overall score while preserving the already solid approach stability.
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