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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 194 m past the target, landing at 651 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,729 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,729 m of the 3,890 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 651 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, a movement that lasted 31 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 171 kt, using a takeoff distance of 2,034 m (56 % of the runway). Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 319°, including a 10 kt crosswind component and a 9 kt headwind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of Harmondsworth, lifting the airplane from 1,102 ft asl to 37,007 ft asl, an altitude gain of 35,905 ft achieved in 26 minutes while covering 186 nm.
The first cruise segment began overhead Jumeauville in Île-de-France, France, and persisted for 104 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 559 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated 8 miles south of Marina di Grosseto, Italy, descending from 36,410 ft asl to 2,959 ft asl, a loss of 33,450 ft over 17 minutes and a distance of 101 nm.
A brief second cruise started 3 miles south of Bracciano, Lazio, Italy, lasting 3 minutes and covering 9 nm before the final approach.
The final approach to runway 16L at LIRF Rome-Fiumicino was flown from the north, on a heading of 163.0° at 4 nm and 1,654 ft agl. Weather at the destination was 31 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 220°, a 9 kt crosswind and a 6 kt headwind.
Landing on runway 16L, which is 3,890 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 138 kt. Touchdown occurred 232 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 129 kt; the vertical speed was minus 226 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 5.4 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,646 m (42 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 868 nm, required 135 minutes of elapsed time, and used minus 24 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established a final approach to runway 16L at LIRF Rome-Fiumicino, tracking from the north on a heading of 163.0° at 4 nm and 1,654 ft agl, with ambient temperature 31 °C, wind 10 kt from 220°, a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a good threshold speed of 138 kt, indicating proper energy management through the flare.
Touchdown occurred 232 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 129 kt described as a little fast, a fair vertical rate of minus 226 fpm, and a runway touchdown position slightly misaligned by 5.4 m from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,646 m, representing 42 % of the 3,890 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
To refine future performances, reduce the touchdown speed to bring the aircraft within the touchdown zone and minimize the overshoot distance, and apply slight heading corrections to keep the touchdown point closer to the centreline.
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