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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 86 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.69 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna Skyhawk began with the aircraft entering runway 16L at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport. The average speed on the runway was 0 kn. The departure roll on runway 16L covered a distance of 474 m, which was 16% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather conditions indicated a temperature of 16°C with a wind speed of 1 kn coming from 270°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 0 kn.
During the departure climb to 50 ft agl and then to 400 ft agl from runway 16L at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport, the aircraft continued to climb steadily. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, climbing from 408 ft above sea level to 695 ft, covering 2 nm in 1 minute.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the enroute level cruise phase lasted for 8 minutes covering 11 nm, starting 1 mile southwest of RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport.
The final approach to landing began 4 miles west of Yokohama, with the aircraft descending from 48 ft agl to 0 ft agl in 2 seconds. The touchdown occurred at a speed of 66 kn, with a fair touchdown rate of -228 ft/m and a touchdown distance of 83 m. Local weather conditions at the time of touchdown were a temperature of 15°C with a 1 kn wind coming from 268°, resulting in a 0 kn crosswind and a 1 kn headwind.
The landing rollout took place 4 miles west of Yokohama, with the aircraft at an altitude of 282 ft asl, covering a distance of 286 m. The aircraft exited the rollout at an average speed of 24 kn.
Overall, the total flight distance was 14 nm, taking 9 minutes and consuming 11 lbs of fuel.
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