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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 2,049 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,049 m of the 3,236 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,221 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A321 began with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LGIR Nikos Kazantzakis. Departure was from runway 27, with a takeoff distance of 1,722 meters, covering 77% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 23°C with a 4-knot wind coming from 310°, resulting in a 2-knot crosswind, 3-knot headwind.
The enroute climb started over Nea Alikarnassos in Crete, Greece. The aircraft climbed from 1,048 feet above sea level to 34,271 feet, covering 146 nautical miles in 23 minutes.
Following the climb, the A321 entered a level cruise phase 3 miles south of Legrena in Attica, Greece, lasting 107 minutes and covering 784 nautical miles.
The descent began over Westendorf in Tirol, Austria, descending from 34,218 feet to 6,363 feet, covering 137 nautical miles in 23 minutes. Another level cruise phase commenced over Hinwil in Kanton Zurich, Switzerland, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nautical miles.
The final descent phase started over Kehlhof in Kanton Zurich, Switzerland, bringing the aircraft from 6,030 feet to 4,213 feet in 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles.
The landing was on runway 34 at LSZH Zurich, with a runway length of 3,236 meters. The aircraft was 61 feet above ground level at the threshold, with a speed of 151 knots. Touchdown occurred 1,223 meters from the threshold at a speed of 136 knots and a vertical speed of -123 feet per minute. The local weather at landing was 13°C with no wind (0 knots) at 179°, resulting in no crosswind or headwind. The total landing distance was 1,973 meters, covering 61% of the runway.
Finally, a 4-minute taxi from the runway to the parking area completed the flight. The total flight distance was 1,093 nautical miles, taking 423 minutes and consuming 8,486 kg of fuel.
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