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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 5,002 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,002 ft of the 11,040 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,402 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A330-900 began with a departure from runway 36 at KPIE St Petersburg-Clearwater Intl. The aircraft had a takeoff distance of 2,460 ft, which accounted for 28% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 75 °F with a wind of 51 kn at 50 °, resulting in a crosswind of 43 kn and a headwind of 26 kn.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing 2 miles south of Safety Harbor (Florida, United States). It climbed from 957 ft asl to 3,335 ft asl, covering a distance of 7 nm over 3 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 1 mile southwest of Dunedin (Florida, United States) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 17 nm.
The enroute descent started 1 mile northeast of KSPG Albert Whitted St Petersburg (Florida, United States). The aircraft descended from 2,912 ft asl to 1,812 ft asl, covering 6 nm over 3 minutes. The landing took place on runway 01L at KTPA Tampa Intl, which has a runway length of 11,040 ft. The height at threshold was 63 ft agl and the speed at threshold was 151 kn. The touchdown occurred 3,401 ft from the threshold at a speed of 123 kn with a VSI of -520 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 76 °F with a wind of 23 kn at 30 °, resulting in a crosswind of 11 kn and a headwind of 20 kn. The total landing distance was 4,950 ft, which accounted for 45% of the runway.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 38 nm and the flight duration was 23 minutes. The aircraft utilized 2,832 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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