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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 for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
Side view — the last 1,707 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,707 m of the 1,876 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,487 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna Skyhawk started with a departure roll from runway 32 at KFRG Republic. The takeoff distance was 1,044 ft, which accounted for 17% of the runway. The liftoff speed reached 59 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 63 °F with a wind of 8 knots coming from 230°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
After takeoff, a left-hand pattern entry was made from runway 32 at KFRG Republic, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 63 seconds. This was followed by a left-hand pattern crosswind from runway 32 at KFRG Republic, with a distance of less than 1 nm covered in 15 seconds.
The flight concluded with a landing on runway 14 at KFRG Republic, which has a runway length of 6,155 ft. The height at the threshold was 88 ft above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 92 knots. The touchdown occurred 4,468 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 46 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -85 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 63 °F with a wind of 7 knots coming from 230°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 4,851 ft, accounting for 79% of the runway length. The total flight distance covered was 2 nm, taking 3 minutes, and using 2 lbs of fuel.
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