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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 152 kt with 9.1° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 912 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 4,006 ft of runway left; then climbing at 2,690 fpm on average to 912 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 9,036 ft runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 7 ft at the widest, and lifted off 5 ft right. Airborne 44 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 400 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 8× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 150 ft off the centreline.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 21 at Eindhoven Airport, a movement that lasted 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 21, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 3,968 ft, representing 44 % of the runway, and lifted off at 152 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 78 °F, wind 8 kt from 280°, with an 8 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead Oerle, rising from 1,041 ft asl to 36,494 ft asl, an increase of 35,453 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 114 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile west of Grosbous in Luxembourg, persisting for 50 minutes and traversing 390 nm at level flight.
Descent began 1 mile southeast of LIGC Campo di Volo Creva Air Club Crevalcore, descending from 36,973 ft asl to 5,001 ft asl, a loss of 31,971 ft in 22 minutes and covering 141 nm.
A second cruise phase started 1 mile northwest of San Pietro in Casale, lasting 5 minutes and spanning 23 nm.
The subsequent descent originated 1 mile west of Castel Guelfo di Bologna, dropping from 4,920 ft asl to 1,800 ft asl, a decrease of 3,120 ft in 4 minutes and covering 13 nm.
Final approach to runway 30 at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport was conducted from the southeast, on a heading of 296.0° at 4 nm and 1,667 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30, which is 8,123 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 138 kt. Touchdown was recorded 1,661 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 116 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 172 fpm and a lateral deviation of 15 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 72 °F, wind 8 kt from 280°, a 2 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind. The total landing distance measured 5,415 ft, representing 67 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 687 nm, took 110 minutes, and consumed 10,742 lb of fuel.
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