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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 100 kt with 4.1° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 900 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 776 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,330 fpm on average to 900 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,501 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 2.7 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 36 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 4° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 3.7 nm, where the final began, to 1.4 nm (up to 1,610 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 4° here, which is about 420 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 70 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 2,250 m left of the centreline at 3.7 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 106° at 3 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 924 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 10 ft, 40 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 171 m in, 134 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 924 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 170 fpm at 10 ft to 10 fpm at 4 ft, then back up to 230 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 924 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 2.3 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 171 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.39 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cockspur C510, then departed from runway 09 at LIMW Aosta Corrado Gex Airport. The takeoff distance was 584 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 100 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of -1°C and a wind speed of 2 knots at 315°.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb from 2,737 feet above sea level to 28,915 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,178 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 35 nautical miles. The climb started overhead Quart in the Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, Italy. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 11 minutes and covered 44 nautical miles. This phase began 2 miles northeast of Borgone Susa in Piemonte, Italy.
The aircraft then began its enroute descent from 28,922 feet above sea level to 4,668 feet above sea level, a decrease of 24,254 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 66 nautical miles. This descent started 4 miles north of Jausiers in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. After the initial descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which lasted 4 minutes and covered 12 nautical miles. This phase began 2 miles east of Vidauban in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.
The final descent phase began 1 mile north of Ramatuelle in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, and the aircraft descended from 3,913 feet above sea level to 389 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,524 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at LFTZ La Môle Airport was made from the northeast, heading 242.0° at 1 nautical mile and 317 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with a runway length of 924 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 99 knots. However, the touchdown speed was slightly too fast at 95 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -231 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 638 meters, which accounted for 69% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 3 knots at 106°.
The total flight distance was 165 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 49 minutes. The aircraft used 316 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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