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Reduce power sooner on the approach so your speed is back to 107 kt well before the stabilisation gate.
What happened: This flight was fast at the stabilisation gate, then crossed the threshold high on a shallow descent and 15 kt above VREF; carrying that extra speed through to the threshold usually carries the touchdown long, and this flight touched down 441 m past the target point.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 107 kt at 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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 25 kt FAST on the reference speed of 107 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 898 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The ATR-72 taxied to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport and commenced the take-off roll, covering 774 m which represented 24 % of the available runway. Rotation was achieved at 106 kt. Ambient conditions were 12 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 190°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt head-wind component.
Climb began directly overhead the departure airport, with the aircraft accelerating from 780 ft asl to 1,613 ft asl, an altitude gain of 833 ft achieved in one minute while traversing 3 nm.
Cruise was established two miles south of NZAA and persisted for four minutes, during which the flight covered 7 nm before beginning the descent.
Descent commenced from 1,346 ft agl and proceeded to 79 ft agl in 112 seconds; the aircraft met the stabilisation gate criteria during this phase.
The final approach to runway 05R was executed under conditions of 11 °C, a wind of 5 kt from 200°, a 4 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Landing occurred on runway 05R, whose total length is 3,284 m. The threshold height at 60 ft agl was above the target and the threshold speed was well above the target at 122 kt. Touchdown was recorded 472 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 106 kt, slightly fast, and a vertical speed of minus 264 fpm, described as fair. The touchdown point was offset 3.7 m from the centreline.
Rollout was completed with a total landing distance of 1,154 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and alignment during the rollout was noted as very good.
In total, the flight covered 16 nm, required 7 minutes, and consumed 109 kg of fuel.
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