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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,664 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,664 m of the 3,488 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 931 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.69 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight departed from Minsk National Airport, Minsk (Horad Minsk, Belarus), commencing its enroute climb from 1,634 feet above sea level (asl) to 9,232 ft asl, a vertical increase of 7,598 ft in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles (nm). Following this initial climb, the aircraft transitioned into a level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes and covering 8 nm, before initiating another enroute climb from 9,960 ft asl to 35,017 ft asl, a significant increase of 25,057 ft in 10 minutes, spanning 71 nm.
The flight continued to alternate between level cruise and descent phases, with notable segments including a 22-minute level cruise from 7 miles west of Balbasovo Air Base, covering 168 nm, and a 16-minute descent from 35,001 ft asl to 5,993 ft asl, a decrease of 29,009 ft in 92 nm. The aircraft also executed a series of short level cruise phases, including a 2-minute segment from 2 miles north west of Lobanovo Airstrip, covering 7 nm. The final climb phase began 1 mile north west of Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, where the aircraft ascended from 1,455 ft asl to 2,469 ft asl, an increase of 1,014 ft in 2 minutes, covering 6 nm.
The flight concluded with a final approach to runway 14R at Domodedovo International Airport, with a heading of 146.0° at 4 nm and 1,295 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft landed on the 3,488-meter runway, with a touchdown point 518 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 138 kt, and the touchdown rate was -524 ft per minute (fpm), which was considered very hard. The aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in 8 minutes, covering 1 nm. The total flight distance was 508 nm, taking 1 hour and 9 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 2,398 kg of fuel.
The B737 touched down on runway 14R at UUDD Domodedovo International Airport, with a threshold height of 67 ft agl, exceeding the target by 14 ft. The aircraft's approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold speed of 137 kt, slightly above the target. The touchdown point was located 518 m beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slightly long touchdown.
The touchdown characteristics were generally good, with a touchdown speed of 138 kt, within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown rate was very hard, at -524 fpm, which may have contributed to the slightly long touchdown. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 7.3 m, which could have been a factor in the subsequent rollout alignment issues. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 21 °C and a headwind of 7 kt, were relatively calm.
The total landing distance of 2,586 m was 74% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned from the centreline by 24.7 m, which may have been a result of the initial touchdown position. Overall, the landing performance scored 76.6%, reflecting a satisfactory but not exceptional performance.
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