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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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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 1,642 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,642 m of the 3,075 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 935 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-MAX8 started at LSZH Zurich where the plane taxied from the parking to the runway in 6 minutes, covering 1 nm. The departure roll was from runway 28 with a takeoff distance of 1,609 m, which was 65% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 159 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 13°C with a 3 knot wind coming from 9°, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The enroute climb began overhead Rumlang, climbing from 2,430 ft asl to 29,800 ft asl in 13 minutes, covering 67 nm. The enroute level cruise commenced overhead Bondeval and lasted 18 minutes, covering 123 nm. The enroute descent started overhead Puttelange-les-Thionville, descending from 30,598 ft asl to 1,841 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 107 nm.
The landing was on runway 25R at EBBR Brussels National, with a runway length of 3,075 m. The height at threshold was 66 ft agl, with a speed of 142 knots at the threshold. The touchdown occurred 938 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 124 knots and a VSI of -300 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 15°C with a 7 knot wind coming from 247°, resulting in a headwind of 7 knots and no crosswind. The total landing distance was 1,561 m, which was 51% of the runway length.
After landing, the plane taxied from the runway to the parking in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 312 nm, with a total flight time of 74 minutes. During the flight, the plane used 2,693 kg of fuel.
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