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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 266 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight aboard the Boeing 737-600 began with a smooth taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking only 2 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The departure roll took place on runway 23 at LFKF Figari/Sud Corse, with a takeoff distance of 1,163 m, representing 47% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 145 knots.
During the initial climb, the aircraft ascended from 1,055 ft above sea level to 19,103 ft, gaining an altitude of 18,048 ft in just 5 minutes over a distance of 19 nm. The enroute climb continued as the plane reached 27 miles north of Stintino (Sardegna, Italy), climbing from 19,909 ft to 40,462 ft, a total increase of 20,553 ft in 34 minutes and covering 255 nm.
The level cruise phase commenced 18 miles west of Pianottoli-Caldarello (Corse, France) for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nm. Another level cruise phase began 2 miles east of Santa Margalida (Comunitat Autonoma de les Illes Balears, Spain) and lasted 137 minutes, spanning a distance of 898 nm.
As the aircraft began its descent towards LPMA Madeira, it descended from 41,134 ft to 1,801 ft, a decrease of 39,332 ft in 14 minutes over 152 nm. The landing occurred on runway 23 at LPMA Madeira, with a runway length of 2,483 m. The touchdown was smooth, occurring 267 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 118 knots and a VSI of -289 ft/m.
The total landing distance was 735 m, representing 30% of the runway length. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute to cover less than 1 nm. The entire flight covered a distance of 1,347 nm, lasting 202 minutes and consuming 8,094 kg of fuel. Overall, the flight in the Boeing 737-600 was completed successfully with efficient operations from start to finish.
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