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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 20 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Smooth out your control inputs through touchdown and rollout, easing the controls rather than snapping them to avoid sharp g spikes.
What happened: Average g force through the landing came out at 1 g, well above the smooth, steady loading expected through touchdown and rollout.
Watch for: G-force meter: hold it within the normal smooth range through touchdown and rollout.
See Arrival 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.
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,398 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,706 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to the runway for 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm, and departed from runway 02 at PHOG Kahului International Airport. Takeoff used 5,005 ft, 71 % of the runway, with rotation at 153 kt. The local weather was 81 °F, wind 8 kt from 039°, crosswind 1 kt, headwind 8 kt.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 17 seconds, averaging 2,465 fpm and reaching 173 kt at the top. The climb continued from 947 ft asl to 35,001 ft asl in 21 minutes, covering 141 nm, beginning about 1 mile north-east of PHOG.
Level cruise was held at 35,000 ft asl for 232 minutes, covering 1,789 nm, starting at latitude 22.6567993, longitude -154.8888855.
Descent began at 34,250 ft asl and proceeded to 1,185 ft asl in 29 minutes, covering 141 nm, starting 119 miles south-west of Muir Beach, with a brief level-off at 10,000 ft asl.
Final approach to runway 30 at KOAK San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport descended from 1,218 ft agl to -41 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. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,316 ft agl, 147 kt; final flap position 8 at 2,662 ft agl, 167 kt.
Landing on runway 30 (runway length 10,398 ft) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 140 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 327 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 136 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 88 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 18 ft from the centreline. Local weather was 75 °F, wind 8 kt from 320°, crosswind 1 kt, headwind 8 kt. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 3,532 ft, 34 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area for 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The flight covered a total of 2,078 nm in 294 minutes and used 26,913 lb of fuel.
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