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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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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 first 1,524 m of the 1,801 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 209 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-600 started at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (EDDB) where it taxied from the parking to the runway in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm. The departure roll was from runway 25L, with a takeoff distance of 764 m which was 19% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 145 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 11 °C with a wind of 10 kn at 259°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a headwind of 10 kn.
The enroute climb began overhead EDDB and the aircraft climbed from 1,178 ft asl to 40,590 ft asl, an increase of 39,412 ft in 35 minutes and covering 209 nm. The level cruise started 2 miles south of Eslohe, Germany and lasted 103 minutes, covering 902 nm. The enroute descent commenced 3 miles southwest of Carapito, Portugal. The aircraft descended from 41,072 ft asl to 2,355 ft asl, a decrease of 38,717 ft in 10 minutes and covering 88 nm.
The landing took place on runway 21 at Ponte De Sor Airport (LPSO) with a runway length of 1,801 m. The height at threshold was 29 ft agl and the speed at threshold was 124 kn. The touchdown occurred 210 m from the threshold with a touchdown speed of 121 kn and a VSI of -416 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 23 °C with a wind of 3 kn at 144°, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a headwind of 2 kn. The total landing distance was 801 m, which was 44% of the runway.
After landing, the taxiing from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 1,207 nm, with a duration of 156 minutes and using 7,224 kg of fuel.
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