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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 17 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 9.1° of bank in the first climb segment and 6.5° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 65 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 65 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 819 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
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 2,418 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,418 m of the 3,890 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 819 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 departed Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (EKCH) from runway 04R. Take-off was performed after a 13-minute, 3 nm taxi. The aircraft used 1,784 m of runway (54 % of runway) and rotated at 152 kt. Local weather was 14 °C with wind 16 kt from 215°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 15 kt tailwind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 19 seconds, averaging 2,302 fpm and reaching 162 kt at the top of the climb. The climb continued from 1,021 ft asl to 37,660 ft asl in 21 minutes, covering 125 nm while remaining overhead EKCH.
The aircraft level-flew at 38,000 ft asl for 85 minutes, covering 593 nm, beginning 2 mi east of Gromitz.
Descent began from 38,003 ft asl to 1,335 ft asl in 36 minutes, covering 183 nm, starting 1 mi south of Castel Bolognese.
On final approach to runway 16L at Rome-Fiumicino Airport (LIRF) the aircraft descended from 1,372 ft agl to 91 ft agl in 99 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. The landing gear was lowered at 2,263 ft agl at 201 kt; the final flap position 7 was selected at 1,201 ft agl at 162 kt.
Landing was made on runway 16L (runway length 3,890 m). The threshold height of 65 ft agl was above target, while the threshold speed of 144 kt was good. The flare was described as very good; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 400 m beyond the touchdown zone at 137 kt, a little fast, with a fair rate of -262 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.4 m off the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 2,336 m (60 % of runway) and the rollout alignment was very good.
Local weather at Rome was 19 °C with wind 9 kt from 090°, an 8 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
After landing the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm. The total flight covered 913 nm in 163 minutes and used 5,731 kg of fuel.
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