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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 1,811 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,811 m of the 2,701 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,103 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-700 began with a 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KMIA Miami International Airport. The departure roll took place on runway 08R with a takeoff distance of 2,659 ft, which accounted for 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 148 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 81°F with a wind of 18 knots coming from 80°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 18 knots.
The enroute climb started over KMIA Miami International Airport, climbing from 1,106 ft above sea level to 42,415 ft, covering a total distance of 154 nm in 23 minutes. The flight then leveled off for a 30-minute cruise 53 miles north of MUBR Las Brujas Airport in Cayo Santa Maria covering 233 nm.
The enroute descent began 6 miles west of MUPL Pilon Airport, descending from 42,424 ft to 1,841 ft over a distance of 118 nm in 22 minutes. The landing occurred on runway 12 at MKJP Norman Manley International Airport, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 124 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -135 ft/min. The local weather at the arrival airport was 85°F with an 8-knot wind coming from 20°, resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and no headwind.
The touchdown was 3,613 ft from the threshold, and the aircraft used 5,657 ft of the 8,863 ft runway length for a total landing distance of 64%. After landing, it took 3 minutes to taxi from the runway to the parking area, covering a distance of less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 514 nm, lasted 155 minutes, and consumed 7,166 lbs of fuel.
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