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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 6,043 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,043 ft of the 6,491 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,286 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 began with a 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KGSP Greenville Spartanburg International Airport. The departure roll took place on runway 22, with a takeoff distance of 5,958 ft, covering 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 54°F with calm winds.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of KGSP, climbing from 1,741 ft to 36,546 ft over 21 minutes and covering 125 nm. The level cruise portion of the flight began 2 miles southwest of Kernersville in North Carolina and lasted for 30 minutes, covering 229 nm.
The descent phase started 2 miles northwest of Friendship in Maryland, descending from 36,999 ft to 8,407 ft over 25 minutes and covering 122 nm. Another brief level cruise segment started 2 miles northwest of Yardley in Pennsylvania for 2 minutes, covering 6 nm. The subsequent descent began 1 mile northeast of Pennington in New Jersey, descending from 7,989 ft to 5,009 ft in 4 minutes and covering 11 nm.
A short 7-minute cruise segment started 2 miles north of Hillsborough in New Jersey, covering 15 nm. The final descent commenced 1 mile east of Mendham in New Jersey, descending from 4,467 ft to 2,565 ft in 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The final approach was to runway 29 at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport from the east at an altitude of 1,688 ft. The landing occurred on runway 29, with a threshold height of 146 ft and a speed of 132 knots. The touchdown point was 2,986 ft from the threshold, with a speed of 129 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -766 ft/min. The total landing distance was 5,463 ft, comprising 84% of the runway length.
After landing, the taxi to the parking area took 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 541 nm, taking 117 minutes in total and consuming 8,964 lbs of fuel.
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