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Shorten the long landing
The one change that would have gained the most on this flight, and the guide passage for it.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,292 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 535 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 taxied from the parking area to runway 32 at LIEE Cagliari Elmas Airport in 3 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 32, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 140 kt and became airborne after a take-off run of 1,029 m, which represented 37 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 30 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 250°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead Elmas, with the airplane ascending from 1,011 ft asl to 39,531 ft asl-a gain of 38,520 ft-over 31 minutes while covering 224 nm.
The first cruise segment began 13 mi south of Sant Lluis, Spain, and continued for 175 minutes, during which 1,318 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started at latitude 39.5336066, longitude -24.2231232, with the aircraft descending from 39,984 ft asl to 3,003 ft asl, a loss of 36,981 ft, in 22 minutes and over a distance of 144 nm.
A brief cruise phase followed 13 mi north of Biscoitos, Azores, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Subsequent descent began 7 mi north of Biscoitos, the airplane dropping from 3,002 ft asl to 1,471 ft asl-a reduction of 1,531 ft-in 2 minutes while traveling another 6 nm.
The final approach to runway 15 at LPLA Lajes Airport was executed from the north-west on a heading of 141.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl; local conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 160°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind.
Landing was made on runway 15, whose length is 3,292 m; the threshold speed was recorded at 128 kt, the touchdown occurred 115 m beyond the touchdown zone at 119 kt, with a smooth vertical speed of minus 128 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.2 m from the centreline; the total landing roll measured 965 m, representing 29 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,707 nm, required 238 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 9,765 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 executed the final approach to runway 15 at LPLA Lajes Airport from the north-west on a heading of 141.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,276 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.
At threshold the aircraft encountered good threshold height and a threshold speed of 128 kt, which was noted as slightly above the target. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with wind 4 kt from 160 °, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred 115 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 119 kt described as a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -128 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.2 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 965 m, representing 29 % of the 3,292 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the target touchdown speed and refine flare timing to place the main gear within the designated touchdown zone, which will further reduce the modest overshoot and improve alignment consistency.
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