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Reduce power earlier on final to bleed back to 137 kt well before the gate.
What happened: Approach was fast through the stabilisation gate, and the threshold was crossed at 161 kt against the 137 kt target. Carrying that extra speed in usually carries the touchdown long, which it did here at 966 m against the 457 m target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at the threshold
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 22 kt FAST on the reference speed of 137 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,073 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,073 m of the 2,738 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 966 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 15 at KSYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 15, the Boeing 737-800 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 149 kt and became airborne after traveling 1,480 m, which represented 65 % of the runway length; local weather reported a temperature of 17 °C, wind 2 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
The climb commenced 1 mile north of East Syracuse, New York, and the aircraft rose from 1,434 ft asl to 36,001 ft asl, a gain of 34,566 ft, in 16 minutes while covering 102 nm.
Level cruise began 2 miles south-west of Leicester, New York, lasting 9 minutes and encompassing 63 nm of flight.
Descent was initiated 2 miles south-east of 9NY4 Kennedy Airfield, Kennedy, New York, with the aircraft descending from 36,002 ft asl to 2,120 ft asl, a loss of 33,883 ft, over 25 minutes and a distance of 130 nm.
The final approach to runway 24R at KCLE Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was flown from the north-east, on a heading of 230.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,340 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24R was executed with a threshold speed of 162 kt; touchdown occurred 558 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 143 kt, a vertical rate of minus 241 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 8.7 m from the centreline; local conditions were temperature 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 299 °, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind; the total landing distance measured 2,000 m, representing 73 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted to be slightly off centreline by 9.3 m as the aircraft decelerated after touchdown.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 16 minutes, traversing 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 304 nm, required 72 minutes of airborne time, and consumed -4,633 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 approached runway 24R at KCLE from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,340 ft agl, with temperature 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 299°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component, and the final approach was recorded with a score of 84.6 %.
At threshold the height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was too high at 162 kt.
Touchdown occurred 558 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, the speed at touchdown was a little fast at 143 kt, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 241 fpm; the aircraft touched down 8.7 m off the centreline and the total landing distance was 2,000 m, representing 73 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, drifting 9.3 m from the centreline.
Reduce the threshold speed toward the target to avoid excess speed on final and aim to arrest the aircraft within the touchdown zone to eliminate the 558 m overshoot; maintaining precise centreline tracking will further improve alignment on rollout.
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