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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 2,242 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,242 m of the 3,075 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,055 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-800 began with a taxi from the parking area to the runway at London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) which took 8 minutes to cover a distance of 2 nm. The departure roll was from runway 27L with a takeoff distance of 1,239 m, which was 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 167 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 14°C with a wind speed of 5 knots coming from 180°, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and no headwind present.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing 1 mile south of Harmondsworth in Greater London, England. The climb took the plane from 1,156 ft above sea level to 23,055 ft, covering a total distance of 31 nm in 8 minutes. The subsequent level cruise portion of the flight began overhead Wrotham in Kent, England and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 79 nm.
The descent phase of the flight began 8 miles north of Bray-Dunes in Hauts-de-France, France. The descent took the aircraft from 23,014 ft to 9,997 ft, covering a distance of 48 nm in 6 minutes. Another brief level cruise occurred overhead Melsen in Flanders, Belgium, lasting 2 minutes and covering 11 nm.
The final descent of the flight commenced overhead Mere in Flanders, Belgium, taking the plane from 9,974 ft to 5,833 ft, a decrease of 4,141 ft over a distance of 20 nm in 5 minutes. This was followed by a longer level cruise segment over Hofstade in Flanders, lasting 28 minutes but covering less than 1 nm. The subsequent descent from Hofstade saw the aircraft decrease from 5,833 ft to 1,954 ft, covering 8 nm in 4 minutes.
The flight had a brief level cruise segment over Werchter in Flanders, lasting 1 minute and covering 3 nm, before executing a go-around maneuver on runway 25R at Brussels National Airport (EBBR) at 11 ft above ground level. The final landing was on the same runway at Brussels National Airport, with a runway length of 3,075 m. The aircraft touched down 1,056 m from the threshold at a speed of 118 knots with a vertical speed indicator reading of -90 ft/min. The total landing distance was 2,159 m, which was 70% of the runway length. The local weather at the time of landing was 8°C with a wind speed of 3 knots coming from 110°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area, covering less than 1 nm in 6 minutes. The total flight distance was 220 nm, taking a total of 252 minutes and consuming 3,836 kg of fuel.
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