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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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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 2,179 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,179 m of the 3,658 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,069 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 from Beirut Intl (OLBA) to Queen Alia Intl (OJAI) was smooth and efficient.
Taxiing from the parking to the runway at OLBA took 7 minutes and covered 2 nm. The departure roll on runway 35 was quick, with a takeoff distance of 1,284 m, which was 53% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 163 kn. The local weather at departure included a temperature of 26 °C, with a 7 kn wind at 10° resulting in a 2 kn crosswind and a 7 kn headwind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile north of OLBA and climbed from 1,089 ft asl to 27,190 ft asl, covering a distance of 54 nm in 15 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 4 miles west of Yabrud and lasted 9 minutes, covering 71 nm. The enroute descent started 4 miles north of As-Suwayda, descending from 27,197 ft asl to 4,434 ft asl over a distance of 66 nm in 13 minutes.
Landing on runway 26R at OJAI was successful, with the runway length being 3,658 m. The height at threshold was 83 ft agl, and the speed at threshold was 143 kn. The touchdown was 1,063 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 133 kn and a VSI of -172 ft/m. The local weather at landing included a temperature of 21 °C, with a 3 kn wind at 310° resulting in a 2 kn crosswind and a 2 kn headwind. The total landing distance was 2,096 m, which was 57% of the runway length.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking at OJAI took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 201 nm, which took 324 minutes and used 2,535 kg of fuel. Overall, the flight was efficient and successful, with all operations running smoothly.
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