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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 1,500 ft instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 710 ft past the target, landing at 2,210 ft against the 1,500 ft aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 1,500 ft from the threshold.
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 5,293 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,293 ft of the 10,009 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,210 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a movement that lasted 9 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 01, the Boeing 737-800 used 4,909 ft of runway (68 % of available length) and rotated at 141 kt; local conditions were 77 °F with a wind of 6 kt from 080°, including a 5-kt crosswind and a 1-kt headwind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of Washington, DC, where the aircraft ascended from 456 ft asl to 35,336 ft asl, gaining 34,880 ft in 18 minutes while covering 108 nm.
The first level cruise began 1 mile west of Esmont, Virginia, lasting 12 minutes and spanning 76 nm.
Descent started 5 miles southeast of KUNH Union Hall Airport, Virginia, with the flight descending from 35,985 ft asl to 6,132 ft asl, a loss of 29,852 ft in 18 minutes over 98 nm.
A second cruise segment was initiated 1 mile southeast of Mooresville, North Carolina, lasting 3 minutes and covering 13 nm.
The next descent began 1 mile south of Westport, North Carolina, where altitude fell from 5,575 ft asl to 1,912 ft asl, a reduction of 3,663 ft in 3 minutes across 11 nm.
Final approach to runway 18C at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport involved a descent from 1,217 ft agl to -69 ft agl in 97 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 18C was executed with a runway length of 10,009 ft; the threshold speed was 141 kt, touchdown occurred 806 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 128 kt, the vertical speed was minus 206 fpm, and the aircraft was offset 12 ft from the centreline. Weather at the time was 66 °F with a wind of 8 kt from 104°, including an 8-kt crosswind and a 3-kt headwind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 4,993 ft (50 % of the runway) and alignment during rollout was reported as very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, traveling a further 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 314 nm, required 73 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 6,437 lb of fuel.
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