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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,812 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,290 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 began with a 13-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KDFW Dallas-Ft Worth Intl. The departure roll on runway 17R covered 2 nm and a takeoff distance of 4,973 ft, using 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 77 °F with a 12 kn wind coming from 189°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a headwind of 11 kn.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southeast of KDFW Dallas-Ft Worth Intl, climbing from 1,612 ft asl to 24,743 ft asl in 10 minutes and covering 30 nm. The enroute level cruise began 3 miles north of 6X8 Vultures Row Sanger and lasted 9 minutes, covering 58 nm. The enroute descent started 3 miles north of KADM Ardmore Mun Ardmore, descending from 24,721 ft asl to 3,056 ft asl in 17 minutes and covering 74 nm.
The landing occurred on runway 17L at KOKC Will Rogers World, with a runway length of 9,812 ft. The height at threshold was 40 ft agl and the speed at threshold was 139 kn. The touchdown was 1,298 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 137 kn and a VSI of -253 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 79 °F with a 9 kn wind coming from 179°, resulting in no crosswind and a headwind of 9 kn. The total landing distance was 4,687 ft, using 48% of the runway.
After landing, a taxi from the runway to the parking area took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 173 nm, taking 96 minutes and consuming 4,171 lbs of fuel.
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