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KCLT
Charlotte, United States
Runway 36C
Elevation728 ft asl
Weight131,398 lbs
Fuel16,446 lbs
Wind54° · 8 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

99.02 %
KMDW
Chicago, United States
Runway 13C
Elevation607 ft asl
Weight122,431 lbs
Fuel7,199 lbs
Wind171° · 6 kn · 4 kn cross
24 Oct 2026 1:51 554 nm Boeing 737-700 9,247 lbs
Departure Score
99.65 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
97.41 %

What went well

Threshold crossed at 36 ft and 134 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 4.7 ft off the centreline, no bounce
1.20 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 298 fpm, −0.65 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 298 fpm−0.36
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.29
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 1,988 ft at 84 %, −0.16 points
Departure Climb 3 — scored 98.27 %, −0.12 points

Next time

Arrival

Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.

What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 22 stages, 20 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 19 kt 1 8 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Off
Info Navigation Lights On
Info Beacon Lights On
Info Strobe Lights Off
Info Landing Lights Off
Info Landing Gear Down
Info Flaps Fully Retracted
Info Parking Brake Off
Info Flaps Position 3
Info Parking Brake On
Info Taxi Lights On
Info Parking Brake Off
Info Taxi Lights Off
Info Strobe Lights On
Info Landing Lights On
Info Taxi Lights On
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 36C at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 7 kt7 kt min to max 8 kt 8 7 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.5 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 36C at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Takeoff distance 4,496 ft 45 % of runway. Rotation speed was 140 kt. Local weather - Temperature 56 °F. Wind 8 kt at 54 °. Crosswind: 7 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 4,496 ft45 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 140 ktTarget 136 kt
99.99 % Runway alignment max 27.8 ft left27.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 3.0 20.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 1.13 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max 7.3 ° -0.5 7.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.4 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36C KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 149 kt147 kt min to max 151 kt 147 151 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.4 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.26 g1.13 g min to max 1.30 g 1.13 1.27 g
Info Average VSI 733 fpm374 fpm min to max 1,102 fpm 374 1,102 fpm
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 20 ft agl 0 20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °7.3 ° min to max 14.8 ° 7.3 14.8 °
Departure Climb 2 99.98Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36C KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.7 °
100 % Average speed 152 kt151 kt min to max 154 kt 151 153 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.7 °1.2 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.7 1.7 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.15 g0.95 g min to max 1.28 g 1.28 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 1,758 fpm1,143 fpm min to max 2,744 fpm 1,143 2,744 fpm
Info Average altitude 69 ft agl21 ft agl min to max 335 ft agl 21 335 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.3 °14.9 ° min to max 15.7 ° 14.9 15.2 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 339 ft agl · 154 kt
Departure Climb 3 98.27Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36C KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Climb speed 159 kt154 kt min to max 168 ktTarget 176 kt, 17 kt slow 154 168 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °1.2 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.3 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.90 g min to max 1.00 g 0.90 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up at 283 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -1.5 °-2.3 ° min to max -0.8 ° -0.8 -2.3 °
Info Average VSI 2,134 fpm1,795 fpm min to max 2,720 fpm 2,720 1,799 fpm
Info Average altitude 694 ft agl389 ft agl min to max 956 ft agl 389 956 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.7 °9.9 ° min to max 14.4 ° 14.4 9.9 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Off 572 ft agl · 155 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north of KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte (North Carolina, United States). Climbing from 1,744 ft asl to 38,005 ft asl, an increase of 36,260 ft in 17 minutes and covering 102 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 251 kt169 kt min to max 291 kt 169 249 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.0 ° min to max 19.9 ° 0.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.16 g 0.94 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 2,242 fpm-55 fpm min to max 3,586 fpm 1,828 -55 fpm
Info Average altitude 16,470 ft asl1,744 ft asl min to max 38,005 ft asl 1,744 38,005 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °1.6 ° min to max 14.9 ° 9.7 1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 1,072 ft agl · 171 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,485 ft agl · 188 kt
Info Landing Lights Off 9,511 ft agl · 290 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles north east of KTRI Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport Blountville (Tennessee, United States) and lasted 32 minutes, covering 217 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,400 ft of 38,001 ft asl37,990 ft asl min to max 38,012 ft asl 38,006 38,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 248 kt247 kt min to max 249 kt 248 247 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °1.3 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.6 1.6 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of Brookville (Indiana, United States). Descent from 38,006 ft asl to 11,001 ft asl, a decrease of 27,004 ft in 20 minutes and covering 128 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 281 kt248 kt min to max 286 kt 248 285 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.0 ° min to max 16.0 ° 0.1 0.4 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.02 g0.70 g min to max 1.44 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,827 fpm-2,884 fpm min to max 4 fpm -43 -16 fpm
Info Average altitude 21,761 ft asl10,996 ft asl min to max 38,006 ft asl 38,006 11,001 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-3.2 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 1.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of KRWN Arens Field Winamac (Indiana, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,050 ft of 10,998 ft asl10,952 ft asl min to max 11,010 ft asl 11,001 10,952 ft asl
100 % Average speed 285 kt284 kt min to max 286 kt 285 286 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.1 ° min to max 14.7 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.12 g 0.96 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.0 -0.6 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of IN26 Archangels Landing Airport San Pierre (Indiana, United States). Descent from 10,786 ft asl to 6,000 ft asl, a decrease of 4,786 ft in 5 minutes and covering 22 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 242 kt232 kt min to max 282 kt 282 240 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.0 ° min to max 15.8 ° 0.7 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.12 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -982 fpm-1,667 fpm min to max 110 fpm -1,445 -6 fpm
Info Average altitude 7,694 ft asl5,992 ft asl min to max 10,786 ft asl 10,786 6,000 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-1.5 ° min to max 2.7 ° -1.3 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights On 9,287 ft agl · 272 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Hobart (Indiana, United States) and lasted 7 minutes, covering 27 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±800 ft of 5,941 ft asl5,584 ft asl min to max 6,002 ft asl 6,000 5,584 ft asl
100 % Average speed 239 kt236 kt min to max 241 kt 240 238 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.2 °0.0 ° min to max 19.8 ° 1.0 10.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 0.99 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-1.1 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.3 -0.7 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles west of Tinley Park (Illinois, United States). Descent from 5,559 ft asl to 4,065 ft asl, a decrease of 1,494 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 232 kt204 kt min to max 240 kt 238 204 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° 9.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.04 g 1.03 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -1,085 fpm-1,464 fpm min to max -365 fpm -1,464 -641 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,864 ft asl4,065 ft asl min to max 5,559 ft asl 5,559 4,065 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-1.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° -0.6 1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3,747 ft agl · 254 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Lemont (Illinois, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±700 ft of 3,992 ft asl3,955 ft asl min to max 4,002 ft asl 4,002 3,955 ft asl
100 % Average speed 185 kt182 kt min to max 197 kt 197 182 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.7 °0.0 ° min to max 18.6 ° 0.1 6.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.05 g 1.02 0.96 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.4 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.2 2.4 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started overhead LL22 Brookeridge Air Park Downers Grove (Illinois, United States). Descent from 3,817 ft asl to 2,002 ft asl, a decrease of 1,814 ft in 5 minutes and covering 15 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 153 kt130 kt min to max 186 kt 180 133 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.0 °0.0 ° min to max 20.1 ° 0.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 0.98 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -419 fpm-1,325 fpm min to max 214 fpm -1,294 42 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,479 ft asl1,973 ft asl min to max 3,817 ft asl 3,817 2,002 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °-1.3 ° min to max 5.3 ° 0.3 3.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 2,238 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,833 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,792 ft agl · 168 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 1,701 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Flaps Position 8 1,652 ft agl · 156 kt
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Northlake (Illinois, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±600 ft of 1,997 ft asl1,915 ft asl min to max 2,006 ft asl 2,002 1,915 ft asl
100 % Average speed 133 kt132 kt min to max 136 kt 132 134 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.8 °0.0 ° min to max 19.5 ° 0.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 0.97 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °0.7 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.5 0.7 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights On 1,349 ft agl · 136 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 13C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport. Descent from 1,336 ft agl to 64 ft agl in 111 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Landing flappassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates
Arrival Landing 94.90Landing on runway 13C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport, runway length 6,058 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 134 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 134 kt. Target 125 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
82 % The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.7° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 1,988 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 8.8 ft left8.8 ft left to 3.1 ft right -3.1 5.9 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.8 0.3 °
86 % Peak g force 1.50 g0.93 g min to max 1.50 g 0.98 1.15 g
Info Average speed 132 kt127 kt min to max 134 kt 134 127 kt
Info Average VSI -262 fpm-493 fpm min to max -126 fpm -493 -128 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 36 -4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-0.9 ° min to max 4.1 ° 1.6 -0.9 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,25001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,250-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 92.16Touchdown point was 609 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 127 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -298 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 61 °F. Wind 6 kt at 171 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 5 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Touchdown rate was -298 fpm.
84 % Touchdown distance was 1,988 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 127 ktTarget below 125 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.6 ft left5.6 ft left 5.9 4.7 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.3 0.6 °
100 % Peak g force 1.20 g0.88 g min to max 1.20 g 1.15 1.00 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 126 kt125 kt min to max 127 kt 127 125 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.9 ° -0.9 -0.9 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 3,406 ft, 56 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 3,406 ft56 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 11.1 ft left11.1 ft left to 0.5 ft right 2.2 10.8 ft
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average speed 90 kt60 kt min to max 118 kt 118 60 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.9 ° -0.9 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.6 0.7 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 35 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 28 kt0 kt min to max 60 kt 60 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.0 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.7 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 0.99 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted  · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Off
Info Landing Lights Off
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 10 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.6 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Rotated at 140 kt, 4 kt above the 136 kt target, and lifted off at 146 kt 2.1 s later, the nose coming up at 3.5° a second. Climb 3 averaged 159 kt, 17 kt under its 176 kt target.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 176180 kt12060020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1367.3° off · 3.5°/s15° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 11 kt -0.5° 0 s
80 kt1,093 ft 80 kt -0.4° 37.2 s
Rotate3,736 ft · target 136 140 kt 0.2° 51.7 s
Liftoff4,224 ft · +6 kt from rotation 146 kt 7.3° 53.7 s
35 ft5,073 ft · 3.3 s after liftoff 152 kt 15.4° 57.1 s
Gear up6,598 ft · 283 ft · full marks to 400 ft 153 kt 15.7° 63 s
Climb 37,172 ft · 389 ft to 956 ft · target 176 159 kt avg 14.4° 65 s
End of Climb 311,362 ft · 956 ft 168 kt 9.9° 82 s

Takeoff from KCLT 36C

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
4,496ft45 %
Rotation speed100.00
140kttarget 136, 4 fast
Liftoff speed
146kt
Runway alignment99.99
27.8ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
283ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed95.68
159kttarget 176
Rate of climb100.00
733fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 956 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 4,663 ft of runway left; gear up at 283 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,060 fpm on average to 956 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3159 kt avgtarget 176THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 140 kttarget 136Liftoff 146 ktGear up 283 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 10,008 ft runway.

Rolled from 272 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 28 ft at the widest, and lifted off 21 ft left, in 7 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 44 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 27.8 ft LROLL 272 FT INAirborne 4,497 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 4,497 ft of 10,008 ft · 45 %
Behind the start of the roll, 272 ftTakeoff roll, 4,224 ft Left ahead, 5,511 ft

The stabilisation gates

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.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 100.007 of 7500 ft 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate480 fpm590 fpm
On glideslope3.0°2.9°
On centreline0.1° off0.1° off
On speed+6.3 kt+7.8 kt
Wings level1° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to KMDW 13C

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 20 ft below the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,3086873501971,000 ft gate7 of 71,052 ft · 131 kt500 ft gate7 of 7543 ft · 133 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 26× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 50 ft off the centreline.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR120 ft L0120 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND39 ft L13 ft L17 ft L15 ft R31 ft L17 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 31 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +10 kt on the approach speed of 125 kt.

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

120140160180 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 125+10 kt+8 kt+9 kt+9 kt+9 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KMDW 13C

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
36ft
Threshold speed100.00
134kttarget 125, 9 fast
Centreline offset100.00
8.8ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold83.74
1,988ft
Centreline100.00
6.6ft L
Speed100.00
126kttarget 125, 1 fast
Touchdown rate73.02
-298fpm
Impact100.00
1.20G
BouncesOk
None
The flare82.47

The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.7° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 1,988 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the right, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 127 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.

Wind 171° at 6 kt · 5 kt head · 3 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 121 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.36 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012060 kt · 1,413 ft30 kt · 1,742 fttouchdown1,811 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 36 ft, 14 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 29 ft. Touched down 1,988 ft in, 988 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

36 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 29 ft · −397 fpm · 2.4° · 134 ktdescent slowed at 10 ft · −127 fpm · 4°−298 fpm · −0.9° nose down · 127 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 36 ft, down at 1,988 ft

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 400 fpm at the flare to 120 fpm at 10 ft, then back up to 300 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 3.4° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,000−2°4°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−298 fpm at touchdown−0.9° at touchdown, −3.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,058 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 6 ft of it down the rollout.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,988 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 1,988 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 298 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 3,276 ft of 6,058 ft · 54 %
In the air over the runway, 1,988 ftRollout, 1,288 ft Left over, 2,782 ft
Rollout distance100.00
1,288ft54 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
11.1ft L

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The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 36C at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a taxi of 11 minutes covering 2 nm.

Takeoff was performed on runway 36C. The aircraft used 4,496 ft of runway (45 % of the runway) and rotated at 140 kt. Local weather was temperature 56 °F, wind 5 kt from 298°, with a 4 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 26 seconds, averaging 1,911 fpm and reaching 168 kt at the top of the segment.

The climb continued from 1,744 ft asl to 38,005 ft asl in 17 minutes, covering 102 nm, beginning about 1 mile north of KCLT.

Cruise level flight was held at 38,000 ft asl for 32 minutes, covering 217 nm, starting about 4 miles north-east of KTRI Tri-Cities Regional Airport.

Descent from 38,006 ft asl to 6,000 ft asl took 28 minutes over 167 nm, beginning 1 mile north-west of Brookville, with a brief level-off at 11,000 ft asl.

A level segment at 5,900 ft asl lasted 7 minutes and covered 27 nm, starting overhead Hobart.

Further descent from 5,559 ft asl to 1,915 ft asl took 11 minutes over 31 nm, beginning 2 miles west of Tinley Park, with brief level-offs at 4,000 ft asl and 2,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 13C at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport descended from 1,336 ft agl to 64 ft agl in 111 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 1,792 ft agl, 168 kt; final flap position 8 at 1,652 ft agl, 156 kt.

Landing was on runway 13C (runway length 6,058 ft). The threshold height was good; threshold speed was slightly above target at 134 kt. The flare was described as very good. Touchdown occurred 609 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 127 kt, a little fast, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 298 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 3,406 ft (56 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather at KMDW was temperature 61 °F, wind 2 kt from 085°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.

The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered 554 nm in 111 minutes and used 9,247 lb of fuel.

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