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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 85 m past the target, landing at 542 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 1,620 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,620 m of the 3,347 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 542 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-900 departed LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport on runway 02. The take-off roll used 1,291 m, 35 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 148 kt. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 7 kt from 320°, giving a 3 kt headwind and 6 kt crosswind.
Initial climb reached 1,000 ft agl in 24 seconds, averaging 2,050 fpm and attaining 190 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 1,326 ft asl to 22,197 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 100 nm and passing overhead Camarate, with a brief level-off at 20,200 ft asl.
Cruise was maintained between 22,500 ft asl and 39,000 ft asl for 208 minutes, covering 1,708 nm, beginning 7 nm south of Fundão.
Descent began from 39,008 ft asl to 1,258 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 152 nm, starting 13 nm north of ESNI Kubbe Air Base.
On final approach to runway 32 at ESPA Luleå Airport, descent continued from 1,242 ft agl to 18 ft agl in 102 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level. Configuration was gear down at 1,387 ft agl, 187 kt; final flap position 8 was selected at 1,043 ft agl, 152 kt.
Landing was on runway 32, which is 3,347 m long. The threshold speed was 138 kt and the touchdown occurred 118 m beyond the touchdown zone at 129 kt, with a descent rate of minus 157 fpm. The flare was described as perfect, there was no bounce, and runway-touchdown alignment was very good. Total landing distance was 1,535 m, 46 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at Luleå was 3 °C with wind 6 kt from 300°, giving a 5 kt headwind and 2 kt crosswind.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight covered 1,968 nm in 256 minutes and used 12,446 kg of fuel.
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