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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 1,077 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,077 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 682 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna C172 began with a departure roll on runway 14 at LHFH Farkashegy Airfield. The takeoff distance was 1,057 ft, which accounted for 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 64 knots. The local weather at the time indicated a temperature of 60°F, with no wind present.
Once enroute, the climb started 1 mile west of Budaors in Pest megye, Hungary. The altitude climbed from 1,352 ft asl to 1,976 ft asl, with an increase of 623 ft in just 1 minute and covering 1 nautical mile.
The flight later entered a level cruise phase that began overhead Budaors and lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nm. Another level cruise took place 1 mile southeast of LHHH Hármashatárhegy Glider Field Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, lasting 2 minutes and covering 1 nm.
As the flight returned to LHFH Farkashegy Airfield, the landing on runway 14 was executed. The runway length was 3,532 ft, and the height at threshold was 103 ft agl. The speed at threshold was 68 knots. The touchdown occurred 2,151 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 50 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -189 ft/m. The local weather during landing indicated a temperature of 59°F, with a slight 1 knot wind coming from 193°.
The total landing distance covered was 3,036 ft, which accounted for 86% of the runway length. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a distance of 14 nm, lasted 21 minutes, and consumed 14 lbs of fuel.
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