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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 548 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,577 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,577 m of the 3,291 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 548 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at Düsseldorf Airport in eight minutes, covering approximately two nautical miles.
During the departure roll on runway 23L, the aircraft accelerated over a distance of 1,391 m, representing 52 % of the runway length, and rotated at 142 kt; ambient conditions were 14 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 160°, including a 10 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
The climb commenced overhead Düsseldorf, climbing from 1,110 ft asl to 36,980 ft asl-a gain of 35,870 ft-over 21 minutes while covering 151 nm.
Cruise flight began one mile north of Schriesheim and continued for 22 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 188 nm at level altitude.
Descent started three miles north of Lasa, descending from 36,995 ft asl to 5,007 ft asl, a loss of 31,988 ft, in 16 minutes and covering 108 nm.
A second cruise segment was initiated one mile northwest of Bovolenta, lasting six minutes and spanning 25 nm.
The next descent began one mile northeast of Anguillara Veneta, dropping from 5,006 ft asl to 1,284 ft asl-a decrease of 3,722 ft-in seven minutes and covering 23 nm.
On final approach to runway 04R at Venice Marco Polo Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,350 ft agl to 68 ft agl in 110 seconds and met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 04R was executed with a threshold speed of 136 kt; touchdown occurred 130 m beyond the touchdown zone at 125 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 205 fpm and perfect alignment, while local weather reported 13 °C, wind 7 kt from 20°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,496 m, equivalent to 45 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained perfect runway-rollout alignment.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in five minutes, traveling less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 504 nm, required 87 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 275 kg of fuel.
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