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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 74 m past the target, landing at 531 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 2,179 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,179 m of the 3,588 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 531 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 33 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 33 with a take-off distance of 1,493 m (46 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 155 kt. Local weather at departure was 14 °C, wind 12 kt from 018° (crosswind 8 kt, headwind 8 kt).
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 21 seconds, averaging 2,266 fpm and reaching 178 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 1,048 ft asl to 23,015 ft asl in 9 minutes, covering 44 nm, beginning about 1 mile south-west of Langenhorn.
Cruise was level at 23,000 ft asl for 10 minutes, covering 75 nm, starting roughly 3 miles east of Gudow.
Descent began from 22,995 ft asl to 1,751 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 75 nm, starting about 1 mile south-west of Heeren.
Final approach to runway 26R at EDDP Leipzig/Halle Airport descended from 1,338 ft agl to 80 ft agl in 110 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,358 ft agl at 191 kt; final flap position 5 was selected at 1,332 ft agl at 148 kt.
Landing on runway 26R (runway length 3,588 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 132 kt. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown occurred 110 m beyond the touchdown zone at 124 kt, noted as a little fast, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 127 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.6 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was 10 °C, wind 8 kt from 320° (crosswind 7 kt, headwind 5 kt). No bounce occurred.
Total landing distance was 2,092 m (58 % of the runway) and runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 203 nm in 49 minutes and used 2,069 kg of fuel.
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