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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,944 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,944 m of the 3,026 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 949 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300ER taxied from the parking area to runway 04R at KBOS Logan International Airport in 5 minutes, covering 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 187 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,458 m, which represented 54 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 27 °C, wind 4 kt from 60 °, with a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 3 kt.
The initial climb commenced overhead Winthrop, Massachusetts, climbing from 984 ft asl to 30,909 ft asl, an increase of 29,925 ft in 15 minutes while covering 108 nm.
Level cruise began 42 miles north east of EM02 Da Nang Static Carrier - CVN69 and continued for 54 minutes, during which 492 nm were flown.
A subsequent climb segment started at latitude 44.6633866 and longitude -57.7581063, rising from 30,999 ft asl to 32,641 ft asl, an increase of 1,642 ft in 2 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The aircraft then entered a cruise phase at latitude 44.7223387 and longitude -57.4136775, maintaining level flight for 232 minutes and traversing 2,144 nm.
A further climb began 87 miles south west of Guilvinec, Bretagne, climbing from 32,999 ft asl to 34,992 ft asl, an increase of 1,993 ft in 3 minutes while covering 29 nm.
Level cruise followed 80 miles south of Guilvinec for 222 minutes, during which 1,905 nm were covered.
Descent commenced 71 miles south of R084 Cyprus Static Carrier - Queen Elizabeth, descending from 34,999 ft asl to 8,343 ft asl, a decrease of 26,657 ft in 15 minutes and covering 104 nm.
A short cruise segment started 19 miles west of Netanya, Central District, Israel, lasting 5 minutes and covering 23 nm.
The final descent began 1 mile south of Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv District, Israel, descending from 7,647 ft asl to 1,499 ft asl, a decrease of 6,149 ft in 11 minutes while covering 35 nm.
On final approach to runway 30 at LLBG Ben Gurion International Airport, the aircraft approached from the south east on a heading of 302.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,363 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30, which is 3,026 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 150 kt. Touchdown occurred 536 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 139 kt, with a touchdown rate of
The Boeing 777-300ER approached runway 30 at LLBG Ben Gurion International Airport from the south-east on a heading of 302.0° at 4 nm and 1,363 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local weather was 25 °C with wind 1 kt at 0°, crosswind 1 kt and headwind 1 kt.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was recorded as 150 kt. The aircraft continued the flare in accordance with the stabilised profile.
Touchdown occurred 536 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 139 kt, a vertical rate of minus 160 fpm and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The total landing distance was 1,866 m, representing 62 % of the 3,026 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 96.1 % the landing was well executed; refining the touchdown point to reduce the 536 m overshoot will bring the touchdown closer to the intended aim point and further optimise runway usage.
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