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Take the power back earlier on final, so the aircraft settles onto the path and the speed comes back to 132 kt together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 63 ft agl, 13 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 138 kt, 6 kt over the 132 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 282 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 132 kt on short final, then 50 ft agl over 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 739 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied to runway 23L at Auckland International Airport (NZAA) and commenced the departure roll, using a takeoff distance of 2,096 m which represented 57 % of the runway. Liftoff was achieved at 155 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C, wind from 220° at 7 kt with a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
Climb began one mile south-west of NZAA, with the aircraft ascending from 978 ft asl to 1,469 ft asl - a gain of 490 ft - in one minute while covering three nautical miles.
Level cruise was established three miles south of the airport and persisted for four minutes, during which the flight covered twelve nautical miles.
During final approach the aircraft descended from 1,424 ft agl to 83 ft agl in 107 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
The approach to runway 23L was conducted in a temperature of 14 °C, wind from 210° at 9 kt, a 6 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23L, whose total length is 3,671 m. The threshold height at 63 ft agl was above the target and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 139 kt. The aircraft contacted the runway 322 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 125 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 198 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 9.2 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,096 m, representing 30 % of the runway. Runway rollout alignment remained offset by the same 9.2 m.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that lasted four minutes and covered less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 22 nm, took 12 (units as provided), and consumed 352 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo approached runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in a stabilised configuration at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and completed a descent from 1,424 ft agl to 83 ft agl in 107 seconds; local weather was 14 °C with wind 9 kt from 210°, including a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
At the threshold the height of 63 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed of 139 kt was slightly above target; during flare the aircraft touched down 322 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 125 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 198 fpm, while the touchdown point was misaligned by 9.2 m from the centreline.
The touchdown therefore occurred 322 m beyond the touchdown zone at 125 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 198 fpm, and the aircraft was 9.2 m off the centreline at the moment of wheel-strike.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,096 m, representing 30 % of the 3,671 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment remained slightly misaligned by 9.2 m from the centreline.
To refine future performances, reduce the threshold height and bring the threshold speed closer to target, and focus on achieving tighter centreline alignment at touchdown and during rollout.
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