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Fly a stabilized approach and flare to touch down at the target point of 457 m.
What happened: Touchdown occurred past the normal point, landing 146 m beyond the target distance. This pattern typically reduces the margin available for stopping before the runway end.
Watch for: Watch touchdown point against the 457 m marker.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,092 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 603 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport, a movement that lasted 23 minutes and covered 6 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04R, the aircraft used 2,337 m of runway, representing 79 % of the available length, and lifted off at 155 kt. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 220°, a crosswind component of 1 kt and a tailwind component of 6 kt.
The climb began 1 mile east of LFMN, climbing from 786 ft asl to 34,009 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,223 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 135 nm.
The first cruise segment commenced overhead Landry in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, and persisted for 57 minutes, during which 485 nm were flown.
Descent phase one started over EDDW Bremen Airport, Germany, descending from 33,684 ft asl to 3,396 ft asl, a loss of 30,288 ft in 14 minutes while traversing 92 nm.
A second cruise interval began over Nutzen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, lasting 8 minutes and covering 29 nm.
The subsequent descent initiated 1 mile south-west of Jersbek, Germany, dropping from 2,766 ft asl to 1,425 ft asl, a reduction of 1,341 ft in 2 minutes across 4 nm.
For the final approach the aircraft was aligned with runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, approaching from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,373 ft agl.
Landing on runway 23 was executed with a threshold speed of 137 kt; the touchdown occurred 184 m beyond the touchdown zone at 126 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 119 fpm. The runway length is 3,092 m, and the total landing distance recorded was 1,274 m, representing 41 % of the runway. Weather at the time was 14 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 230°, no crosswind and a headwind component of 6 kt.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, and the aircraft decelerated to a stop within the remaining runway length.
The A320 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 759 nm, took 116 minutes, and used 0 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 entered the final approach to runway 23 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 4 nm and 1,373 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1 000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft encountered a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 137 kt. Touchdown occurred 184 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 126 kt that was a little fast, a smooth touchdown rate of minus 119 fpm and perfect runway alignment.
At touchdown the aircraft maintained the stated speed of 126 kt, the smooth rate of minus 119 fpm and perfect alignment, confirming the data recorded for the flare and touchdown phases.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1 274 m, representing 41 % of the 3 092 m runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
With a score of 98.4 % the landing was strong; reducing the touchdown speed slightly and aiming for a touchdown point nearer the designated zone will tighten the already high performance.
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