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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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,664 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 517 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 flight began at Mauritius International Airport (FIMP) with a short distance from parking to the runway of less than 1 nm. The duration of the flight from takeoff to liftoff was 3 minutes. The aircraft took off from runway 32 at FIMP, with a takeoff distance of 1,085 meters which accounted for 36% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 139 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 23 °C with a wind of 3 knots coming from 210 ° resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and no headwind.
The enroute climb began over Plaine Magnien in the Grand Port District of Mauritius, starting from an altitude of 1,198 ft asl and climbing to 41,105 ft asl, covering a distance of 313 nm over a duration of 42 minutes.
Following the climb, the aircraft reached a level cruise starting at Latitude: -17.0611542 and Longitude: 61.9096494. The duration of the level cruise was 106 minutes, covering a distance of 748 nm.
The descent phase of the flight commenced 101 miles southwest of Diego Garcia Navy Diego Garcia (FJDG) in the British Indian Ocean Territory, descending from 40,958 ft asl to 1,972 ft asl over a distance of 98 nm in 15 minutes.
After descending, the aircraft entered another short level cruise phase beginning 8 miles south of Diego Garcia Navy Diego Garcia (FJDG), lasting for 1 minute and covering a distance of 4 nm.
The landing took place on runway 31 at Diego Garcia Navy (FJDG), which had a runway length of 3,664 meters. The aircraft was at a height of 45 ft agl at the threshold of the runway and had a speed of 128 knots. The touchdown occurred 518 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 119 knots and a VSI of -213 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 32 °C with a wind of 2 knots from 260 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 979 meters, accounting for 27% of the runway length.
After landing, the distance from the runway to parking was less than 1 nm and the duration of taxiing to parking was 1 minute. The total flight distance covered was 1,175 nm over a duration of 174 minutes. The aircraft consumed 6,856 kg of fuel during the flight.
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