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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 4,470 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 4,470 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,815 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight in the Vision Jet began with a taxi from the parking area to the runway at CYYC Calgary Intl, which took 11 minutes to cover a distance of 3 nm. The departure roll was from runway 08 at CYYC, with a takeoff distance of 2,176 ft, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 100 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 53 °F with a wind of 9 kn at 30 °, creating a crosswind of 8 kn and a headwind of 5 kn.
The enroute climb started 2 miles southeast of CYYC Calgary Intl, climbing from 4,632 ft asl to 30,184 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 44 nm. The enroute level cruise began 16 miles southeast of Canmore and lasted 11 minutes, covering 47 nm. The enroute descent started 6 miles southwest of CBL6 Radium Hot Springs, descending from 30,241 ft asl to 11,079 ft asl in 14 minutes, covering 59 nm. Another enroute level cruise segment started 16 miles east of CYRV Revelstoke and lasted 3 minutes, covering 11 nm.
The landing was on runway 30 at CYRV Revelstoke, which had a length of 4,470 ft. The height at the threshold was 25 ft agl, with a speed at the threshold of 104 kn. The touchdown occurred 1,801 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 77 kn and a VSI of -677 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 54 °F with a wind of 5 kn at 180 °, creating a crosswind of 3 kn and a tailwind of 3 kn.
Overall, the total flight distance was 173 nm, taking 95 minutes and using 447 lbs of fuel.
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