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VHHH
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Runway 07C
Elevation23 ft asl
Weight269,044 kg
Fuel95,847 kg
Wind110° · 4 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

94.47 %
KLAX
Los Angeles, United States
Runway 24L
Elevation125 ft asl
Weight188,829 kg
Fuel15,133 kg
Wind230° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
19 Oct 2026 12:26 6490 nm Airbus A350-900 80,714 kg
Departure Score
88.61 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.80 %

What went well

Touchdown 201 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 18 ft and 137 kt — both inside band
Rotated at 170 kt — on the 160 kt rotation target

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 0 ft agl at 0 %, −2.00 points
Departure Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, peak speed in a turn 20 kt at 68 %, −1.77 points
Firm touchdown — 344 fpm with one bounce, −1.65 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 344 fpm−0.78
  • Arrival Touchdown · bounced once−0.44
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.40
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.30 G at contact−0.02

Next time

Departure

Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.

What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.

Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.

What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 16 ft, and this flight then touched down at 344 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 20 stages, 19 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 73.40Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Average speed 25 kt0 kt min to max 32 kt 0 9 kt
68 % Average speed turning corners 20 ktmax 20 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Engine 2 Started 15 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 15 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 07C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport, Average speed was 13 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kt9 kt min to max 20 kt 9 20 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 07C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,955 m 54 % of runway. Rotation speed was 170 kt. Local weather - Temperature 31 °C. Wind 4 kt at 109 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,955 m54 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 170 ktTarget 160 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.73 m right2.10 m left to 4.73 m right -1.21 -1.28 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.07 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 3.5 ° -0.2 3.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 07C VHHH Hong Kong International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 182 kt178 kt min to max 185 kt 178 185 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.0 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g1.07 g min to max 1.21 g 1.07 1.21 g
Info Average VSI 258 fpm32 fpm min to max 567 fpm 32 567 fpm
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 9 ft agl 0 9 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °3.5 ° min to max 6.7 ° 3.5 6.7 °
Departure Climb 2 99.67Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 07C VHHH Hong Kong International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 188 kt185 kt min to max 190 kt 188 185 kt
99 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.3 ° min to max 5.5 ° 0.3 5.5 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.22 g1.08 g min to max 1.26 g 1.26 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 1,810 fpm1,211 fpm min to max 3,765 fpm 1,211 3,765 fpm
Info Average altitude 77 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 334 ft agl 29 334 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.6 °9.1 ° min to max 15.0 ° 9.1 15.0 °
Departure Climb 3 70.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 07C VHHH Hong Kong International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 183 kt181 kt min to max 186 ktTarget 175 kt, 8 kt fast 185 182 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.3 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.8 5.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.89 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.99 g
0 % Landing gear up at 0 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.6 °
Info Average VSI 3,716 fpm3,466 fpm min to max 4,040 fpm 3,961 3,466 fpm
Info Average altitude 638 ft agl399 ft agl min to max 839 ft agl 399 839 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.0 °13.5 ° min to max 14.8 ° 14.8 13.5 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of VHHH Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong (Islands District, Hong Kong). Climbing from 994 ft asl to 32,660 ft asl, an increase of 31,667 ft in 44 minutes and covering 316 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 289 kt171 kt min to max 329 kt 180 303 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.9 °0.0 ° min to max 28.1 ° 9.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.82 g min to max 1.13 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 952 fpm144 fpm min to max 3,682 fpm 3,454 536 fpm
Info Average altitude 16,430 ft asl994 ft asl min to max 32,660 ft asl 994 32,660 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °2.1 ° min to max 15.2 ° 13.4 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 1-32 min to max 69 59 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 2,148 ft agl · 186 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,190 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,189 ft agl · 298 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 30 miles south west of RCCM Qimei (Taiwan, Taiwan) and lasted 49 minutes, covering 417 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,137 ft of 32,997 ft asl32,739 ft asl min to max 33,007 ft asl 32,739 33,000 ft asl
100 % Average speed 304 kt301 kt min to max 308 kt 302 304 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 15.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.07 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 10 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °2.1 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.7 2.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 33,005 ft agl · 508 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 33,005 ft agl · 508 kt
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started Latitude: 27.3222682 Longitude: 124.8949734. Climbing from 33,000 ft asl to 34,806 ft asl, an increase of 1,806 ft in 3 minutes and covering 28 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 296 kt288 kt min to max 304 kt 304 288 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 562 fpm0 fpm min to max 1,331 fpm 1 472 fpm
Info Average altitude 33,868 ft asl32,995 ft asl min to max 34,806 ft asl 33,000 34,806 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.3 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.3 3.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 33,062 ft agl · 512 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 106 miles north west of ROKJ Kumejima Airport Kumejima (Okinawa, Japan) and lasted 77 minutes, covering 694 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,244 ft of 35,000 ft asl34,887 ft asl min to max 35,006 ft asl 34,887 35,001 ft asl
100 % Average speed 291 kt288 kt min to max 293 kt 288 291 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 17.2 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 1-9 min to max 23 0 7
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °2.2 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.3 2.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 35,084 ft agl · 503 kt
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started 54 miles south east of Shingu (Wakayama, Japan). Climbing from 34,998 ft asl to 35,477 ft asl, an increase of 479 ft in 2 minutes and covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 290 kt285 kt min to max 292 kt 291 285 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.7 °0.3 ° min to max 16.2 ° 0.3 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 515 fpm-21 fpm min to max 1,165 fpm 4 839 fpm
Info Average altitude 35,077 ft asl34,998 ft asl min to max 35,477 ft asl 34,998 35,477 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °2.5 ° min to max 3.8 ° 2.6 3.6 °
Info Turn coordination 4-4 min to max 17 7 8
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 66 miles south east of Shingu (Wakayama, Japan) and lasted 130 minutes, covering 1,199 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,279 ft of 36,000 ft asl35,582 ft asl min to max 36,205 ft asl 35,582 35,999 ft asl
100 % Average speed 284 kt280 kt min to max 289 kt 282 284 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 19.3 ° 0.6 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.20 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 8-6 min to max 29 9 9
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.9 ° min to max 3.8 ° 2.8 2.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 35,992 ft agl · 498 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 35,992 ft agl · 498 kt
Enroute Climb 4 100.00Enroute climb started Latitude: 41.962901 Longitude: 159.8289167. Climbing from 36,000 ft asl to 36,850 ft asl, an increase of 850 ft in 2 minutes and covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 281 kt275 kt min to max 284 kt 284 275 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.4 ° min to max 16.5 ° 0.4 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 682 fpm-4 fpm min to max 1,044 fpm 3 607 fpm
Info Average altitude 36,260 ft asl35,999 ft asl min to max 36,850 ft asl 36,000 36,850 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °2.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° 2.5 3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 11-2 min to max 27 9 8

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 36,115 ft agl · 490 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started Latitude: 42.0275614 Longitude: 160.1780547 and lasted 139 minutes, covering 1,320 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,347 ft of 37,002 ft asl36,947 ft asl min to max 37,165 ft asl 36,947 37,165 ft asl
100 % Average speed 278 kt275 kt min to max 279 kt 275 276 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 18.6 ° 0.7 18.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 0.98 1.05 g
Info Turn coordination 8-9 min to max 33 8 14
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °2.2 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.1 3.8 °

Events

Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 37,106 ft agl · 483 kt
Enroute Climb 5 100.00Enroute climb started Latitude: 46.9983876 Longitude: -169.9958254. Climbing from 37,177 ft asl to 38,957 ft asl, an increase of 1,779 ft in 3 minutes and covering 31 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 270 kt264 kt min to max 276 kt 276 264 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.3 ° min to max 19.1 ° 18.8 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 631 fpm342 fpm min to max 1,085 fpm 777 342 fpm
Info Average altitude 37,928 ft asl37,177 ft asl min to max 38,957 ft asl 37,177 38,957 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °3.1 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 3.1 °
Info Turn coordination 8-3 min to max 14 13 9

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 38,844 ft agl · 496 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 38,844 ft agl · 496 kt
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started Latitude: 46.9551885 Longitude: -169.2101149 and lasted 261 minutes, covering 2,311 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,450 ft of 39,000 ft asl38,730 ft asl min to max 39,032 ft asl 38,993 38,730 ft asl
100 % Average speed 265 kt257 kt min to max 271 kt 264 257 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 16.4 ° 0.5 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.14 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 6-14 min to max 54 9 9
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °1.0 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.9 2.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 38,675 ft agl · 499 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 7 miles east of KLOS Lost Hills Airport Lost Hills (California, United States). Descent from 38,687 ft asl to 1,404 ft asl, a decrease of 37,283 ft in 26 minutes and covering 137 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 214 kt136 kt min to max 322 kt 253 136 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.0 °0.0 ° min to max 26.3 ° 0.9 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.80 g min to max 1.12 g 0.80 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,095 fpm-3,682 fpm min to max 15 fpm -796 -760 fpm
Info Average altitude 9,946 ft asl1,404 ft asl min to max 38,687 ft asl 38,687 1,404 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-2.9 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.5 2.2 °
Info Turn coordination 9-18 min to max 29 10 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 32,054 ft agl · 475 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4,989 ft agl · 232 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,176 ft agl · 182 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,446 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,192 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,116 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,095 ft agl · 161 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 24L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport. Descent from 1,326 ft agl to 29 ft agl in 103 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

Events

Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 375 ft agl · 140 kt
Arrival Landing 95.67Landing on runway 24L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport, runway length 3,068 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 137 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 137 kt. Target 135 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
83 % The flare mostly held the target profile. The flare began at 48 ft agl above the runway, higher than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 201 m past the threshold. Hold the aim point and let the runway come to you rather than anticipating the flare.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.69 m left6.69 m left to 6.52 m left 6.52 6.63 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 137 kt137 kt min to max 137 kt 137 137 kt
Info Average VSI -382 fpm-398 fpm min to max -368 fpm -398 -391 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 18 ft agl 18 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.6 ° min to max 3.2 ° 2.9 3.2 °
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 88.73Touchdown distance was good at 200 m. Touchdown speed at 137 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -344 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. Wind 2 kt at 230 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
65 % Touchdown rate was -344 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 201 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 137 ktTarget below 132 kt
99.5 % Runway alignment max 6.97 m left6.74 m left 6.63 6.97 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.4 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.4 1.2 °
97 % Average g force 1.14 g1.00 g min to max 1.30 g 1.00 1.22 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 137 kt137 kt min to max 137 kt 137 137 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °3.0 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.2 3.0 °

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 170 kt, 10 kt above the 160 kt target, and lifted off at 177 kt 2.3 s later, the nose coming up at 1.5° a second. Climb 3 averaged 183 kt, 8 kt over its 175 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 175210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1603.5° off · 1.5°/s10° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 26 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt302 m 80 kt -0.2° 11.2 s
Rotate1,735 m · target 160 170 kt 0.1° 33.1 s
Liftoff1,937 m · +7 kt from rotation 177 kt 3.5° 35.3 s
35 ft2,316 m · 3.9 s after liftoff 188 kt 9.6° 39.3 s
Climb 33,041 m · 399 ft to 839 ft · target 175 183 kt avg 14.8° 47.7 s
End of Climb 33,689 m · 839 ft 182 kt 13.5° 54.7 s

Takeoff from VHHH 07C

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
1,955m54 %
Rotation speed100.00
170kttarget 160, 10 fast
Liftoff speed
177kt
Runway alignment100.00
4.73m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Climb 3 speed100.00
183kttarget 175
Rate of climb100.00
258fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 839 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,283 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,600 fpm on average to 839 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3183 kt avgtarget 175THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 170 kttarget 160Liftoff 177 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,621 m runway.

Rolled from 22 m in, drifted 4.8 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 54 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 4.84 m RROLL 22 M INAirborne 1,959 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,959 m of 3,621 m · 54 %
Behind the start of the roll, 22 mTakeoff roll, 1,937 m Left ahead, 1,662 m

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 rate730 fpm620 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.0°
On centreline0.1° off0.6° off
On speed+1.8 kt+0.8 kt
Wings level0° bank1° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.2 nm, then not again: low from 0.2 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 KLAX 24L

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

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

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.2 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 40 ft under).

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, 305 m 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° BAND1,3156743491601,000 ft gate7 of 71,042 ft · 137 kt500 ft gate7 of 7528 ft · 136 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 12× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 31 m 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 nmTHR79 m L079 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND16 m L9 m L4 m R5 m L10 m L31 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 34 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −1 kt and +3 kt on the approach speed of 135 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.

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 135+1 kt+0 kt+2 kt+2 kt+2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KLAX 24L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
18ft
Threshold speed100.00
137kttarget 135, 2 fast
Centreline offset100.00
6.69m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
201m
Centreline99.51
6.97m L
Speed100.00
137kttarget 132, 5 fast
Touchdown rate64.73
-344fpm
Impact97.14
1.30G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare82.69

The flare mostly held the target profile. The flare began at 48 ft agl above the runway, higher than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 201 m past the threshold. Hold the aim point and let the runway come to you rather than anticipating the flare.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 4° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 230° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 1 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.

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Began the flare high, at 48 ft, 279 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 18 ft, 32 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 201 m in, 104 m short of the ideal 305 m.

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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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.

18 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 48 ft, 279 m before the threshold−648 fpm · 2.3° · 137 ktdescent slowed at 16 ft · −341 fpm · 2.8°−344 fpm · 3.2° nose up · 137 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 18 ft, down at 201 m

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

The sink went from 650 fpm at the flare to 340 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.0° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°descent slowedtouchdown−344 fpm at touchdown3.2° at touchdown, +1° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,068 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7 m left of the centreline.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 201 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 201 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.30 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 201 m of 3,068 m · 7 %
In the air over the runway, 201 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,867 m

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The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 07C at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport in 10 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 07C with a distance of 1,955 m (54 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 170 kt. Local weather was 31 °C with wind 4 kt from 109°, giving a 3 kt headwind and a 3 kt crosswind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 16 seconds, averaging 2,450 fpm and reaching 182 kt at the top of the segment.

The aircraft climbed from 994 ft asl to 32,660 ft asl in 44 minutes, covering 316 nm, beginning about 1 mile north-east of VHHH.

Level flight at 33 000 ft asl continued for 49 minutes, covering 417 nm, starting 30 miles south-west of RCCM Qimei.

A further climb from 33 000 ft asl to 34 806 ft asl took 6 minutes and covered 55 nm, beginning at latitude 27.3222682, longitude 124.8949734.

The aircraft then levelled between 35 000 ft and 39 000 ft asl for 1 226 minutes, covering 11 167 nm, starting 106 miles north-west of ROKJ Kumejima Airport.

Descent from 38 687 ft asl to 1 404 ft asl was completed in 26 minutes over 137 nm, beginning 7 miles east of KLOS Lost Hills Airport.

During final approach to runway 24L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1 326 ft agl to 29 ft agl in 103 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 2 446 ft agl at 162 kt and final flap position 4 at 2 095 ft agl at 161 kt.

Landing on runway 24L (runway length 3 068 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 137 kt. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown distance was good at 200 m; touchdown speed was 137 kt, noted as a little fast. Touchdown rate was firm at minus 344 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 7.0 m from the centreline. One bounce occurred on touchdown.

Local weather at KLAX was 24 °C with wind 2 kt from 230°, giving a 2 kt headwind and a 1 kt crosswind.

The total flight covered 12 242 nm in 746 minutes and used 80 714 kg of fuel.

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