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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 131 kt with 7.2° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 781 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft 205 ft past the runway end; then climbing at 2,490 fpm on average to 781 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 2,415 ft runway.
Rolled from 123 ft in, never more than 2 ft off the centreline. Airborne 68 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 120 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,020 ft left of the centreline at 1.3 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −5 kt and +16 kt on the approach speed of 154 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 274° at 1 kt · 0 kt tail · 0 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,177 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 11 ft, 39 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 3,060 ft in, 2,060 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,177 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 9 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 180 fpm before coming down at 40 fpm to touch. The nose came up 1.5° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,177 ft of the 5,963 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 12 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 3 ft left by the end of the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
Touched down 3,060 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.10 G arrival bounced 3 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, an A10C Thunderbolt II, then took off from runway 21 at L41 Marble Canyon, a small airfield in Arizona, United States. The takeoff distance was 1,586 feet, which was 66% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 132 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airfield, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 60°F and a wind of 1 knot at 269°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 1 knot. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of L41 Marble Canyon and took the aircraft from 4,506 feet above sea level to 7,617 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,111 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered another 6 nautical miles. This phase took place 4 miles northeast of L41 Marble Canyon. The aircraft then began its descent, starting overhead Page, Arizona, and descending from 7,874 feet above sea level to 3,512 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,362 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute climb phase started 3 miles west of Page and took the aircraft from 3,504 feet above sea level to 6,933 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,429 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 2 miles northeast of RB19 Glen Canyon Dam Page, and descending from 6,941 feet above sea level to 4,458 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,483 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at KPGA Page Municipal Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 171.0° at an altitude of 0 nautical miles and 188 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which was 5,963 feet long, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was also good at 149 knots.
The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 128 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -41 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and a wind of 1 knot at 273°, with a crosswind component of 1 knot and a headwind component of 0 knots.
The total landing distance was 4,909 feet, which was 82% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 26 nautical miles, and the flight took 10 minutes to complete. The aircraft used -15 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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