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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 2,287 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,287 m of the 2,742 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,185 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 777-300 started with a 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at NTAA Faa'a International Airport. The average speed during taxiing was 8 knots. The departure roll on runway 04 covered 1,081 meters and liftoff speed was 161 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 25°C with a wind of 17 knots at 45 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 17 knots.
The departure climb from runway 04 to 1,000 feet above ground level was smooth, followed by an enroute climb from Faaa (Iles du Vent, French Polynesia) to 37,367 feet above sea level in 20 minutes, covering 138 nautical miles. The level cruise phase started 74 miles west of NTGV Mataiva Airport in the Iles Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia and lasted 270 minutes, covering 2,155 nautical miles.
The descent phase commenced 32 miles northwest of PHKO Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole Kailua-Kona in Hawaii, descending from 37,294 feet to 1,295 feet in 22 minutes over 110 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 04R at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport from the southwest was at a heading of 53.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,277 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 04R at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was slightly long, with the touchdown point 739 meters beyond the designated zone. The touchdown speed was slightly fast at 153 knots, with a firm touchdown rate of -393 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 2,177 meters, covering 79% of the runway.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in 4 minutes. The total flight distance covered was 2,411 nautical miles over a duration of 323 minutes, consuming 40,716 kilograms of fuel. The flight overall was conducted safely and efficiently, with minor deviations in landing parameters.
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