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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 1,890 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,890 m of the 3,123 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 945 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A319 was smooth and efficient. The taxiing from the parking to the runway at LPFR Faro took 6 minutes and covered 1 nm. The departure roll from runway 28 was quick, with a takeoff distance of 927 m (39% of the runway) and a liftoff speed of 145 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 18 °C with a wind speed of 4 kn at 310 °, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a headwind of 3 kn.
After takeoff, the enroute climb began 1 mile west of LPFR Faro and climbed from 1,006 ft asl to 17,936 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 24 nm. The enroute level cruise started 3 miles east of Sao Marcos da Serra and lasted 13 minutes, covering 64 nm. The descent phase began 3 miles south of LPSB Pista da Coudelaria Herdade do Pinheiro Setubal, descending from 18,359 ft asl to 2,671 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 35 nm.
The landing on runway 20 at LPPT Lisbon was successful, with a runway length of 3,123 m. The height at the threshold was 40 ft agl and the speed at the threshold was 137 kn. The touchdown occurred 945 m from the threshold at a speed of 130 kn with a VSI of -298 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 18 °C with a wind speed of 3 kn at 240 °, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a headwind of 2 kn. The total landing distance was 1,810 m, which is 58% of the runway length.
After landing, taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 135 nm, which took 53 minutes to complete. The flight used 1,707 kg of fuel, making it an efficient journey from LPFR Faro to LPPT Lisbon.
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