NZWN to NZWN Flight Report - Airbus A320

Flight from NZWN to NZWN

Saturday, 16 March 2024 01:53

Minutes 6

12 nm

Fuel 272 kg

Airbus A320

Departure

Runway 34 at NZWN

Wellington Intl

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Altitude

30 ft asl

Weight

47,027 kg

Fuel

2,997 kg

Temperature

16 °C

Wind Speed

18 kt

Wind Direction

350.0 °

Headwind

18 kt

Crosswind

4 kt

Arrival

Runway 34 at NZWN

Wellington Intl

Wellington Wellington, New Zealand

30 ft asl

Altitude

46,754 kg

Weight

2,725 kg

Fuel

17 °C

Temperature

21 kt

Wind Speed

350.5 °

Wind Direction

21 kt

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 91.12%

Departure Score 86.15%

Enroute Score 100.00%

Arrival Score 84.71%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

72.86 %

Touchdown

90.08 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

52.53 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

95.43 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 121 kt.

Flare

43.49 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

62.94 %

Touchdown rate was hard at -402 ft/m.

Impact

86.86 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 116 kt was good.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 188 m.

Centreline

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages NZWN to NZWN

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Departure Taxi

50 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 75 kn 1 kn min to max 136 kn	8		55 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 8 kn max 10 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.94 g min to max 1.05 g	1.00		1.00 g
0 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -1.2 ° min to max 0.4 °	-0.4		0.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.1		0.1 °
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 01:53:55
Info	Parking Brake Off at 01:54:06
Info	Taxi Light OFF should be ON at 01:54:46

Departure Roll

89.26 %

Departure roll runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl. Takeoff distance 4,630 m 255 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 157 kn. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 18 kn at 349 °. Crosswind: 4 kn Headwind: 18 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 4,630 m 255 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 157 kn Target 154 kn
96.3 %	Runway alignment max 6.32 m 4.06 m left to 2.26 m right	0.67		4.06 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.95 g min to max 1.05 g	1.00		1.00 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 0.3 ° -0.7 ° min to max 5.7 °	0.3		5.7 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.1		0.8 °
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 01:56:11
Info	Strobe Light OFF should be ON at 01:56:13

Departure Climb 1

100 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.4 ° -0.5 ° min to max -0.4 °	-0.4		-0.5 °
100 %	Average speed 169 kn 157 kn min to max 174 kn	157		172 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.8		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.14 g 1.01 g min to max 1.23 g	1.01		1.09 g
Info	Average VSI 561 ft/m 156 ft/m min to max 955 ft/m	156		955 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 15 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl	0		38 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.6 ° 5.9 ° min to max 8.9 °	5.9		8.9 °
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 01:56:25

Departure Climb 2

99.46 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.5 ° -0.5 ° min to max -0.5 °	-0.5		-0.5 °
100 %	Average speed 180 kn 174 kn min to max 194 kn	174		194 kn
99 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.4 °	0.5		2.4 °
97.14 %	Average g force 1.21 g 1.01 g min to max 1.30 g	1.11		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI 1,554 ft/m 983 ft/m min to max 3,630 ft/m	983		3,630 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 83 ft agl 40 ft agl min to max 304 ft agl	40		304 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 11.0 ° 9.1 ° min to max 14.4 °	9.1		14.4 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 01:56:28

Departure Climb 3

92.03 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.8 ° -1.2 ° min to max -0.6 °	-0.6		-1.2 °
100 %	Average speed 186 kn 174 kn min to max 194 kn	194		174 kn
60.16 %	Average bank angle 6.7 ° 1.2 ° min to max 17.1 °	3.8		17.1 °
100 %	Average g force 0.96 g 0.87 g min to max 1.04 g	1.04		0.93 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 4,083 ft/m 3,769 ft/m min to max 4,249 ft/m	3,955		3,769 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 714 ft agl 437 ft agl min to max 981 ft agl	437		981 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 15.0 ° 14.4 ° min to max 16.0 °	14.4		16.0 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started overhead NZWN Wellington Intl Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,084 ft asl to 1,695 ft asl, an increase of 611 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 158 kn 150 kn min to max 171 kn	171		152 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 28.3 ° 20.4 ° min to max 33.3 °	20.4		30.9 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.82 g min to max 1.21 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI 1,701 ft/m -340 ft/m min to max 3,606 ft/m	3,606		-335 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,547 ft asl 1,084 ft asl min to max 1,727 ft asl	1,084		1,695 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 10.9 ° 5.7 ° min to max 16.3 °	16.2		6.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,618 ft asl 1,570 ft asl min to max 1,686 ft asl	1,686		1,570 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 161 kn 151 kn min to max 168 kn	154		151 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 11.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 31.3 °	31.1		1.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.87 g min to max 1.22 g	1.14		0.94 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 3.4 ° 0.6 ° min to max 6.5 °	6.5		1.7 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 01:57:31
Info	Landing Gear Down at 01:57:49
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 01:58:00

Arrival

99.67 %

Arrival started 1 mile south east of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 134 kn 126 kn min to max 151 kn	151		133 kn
99.17 %	Average bank angle 17.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 32.2 °	1.2		7.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.06 g 0.95 g min to max 1.20 g	0.98		1.06 g
Info	Average VSI -632 ft/m -1,124 ft/m min to max 6 ft/m	-358		-725 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,239 ft asl 781 ft asl min to max 1,564 ft asl	1,564		781 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.4 ° -1.4 ° min to max 4.4 °	2.2		0.1 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 5 at 01:58:21

Arrival Final 2

71.03 %

Approaching runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 733 ft agl to 448 ft agl. A decrease of 285 ft in 23 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
11.65 %	Approach angle 4.2 ° 4.0 ° min to max 4.3 ° Target 3.0 °	4.0		4.2 °
100 %	Average speed 128 kn 121 kn min to max 138 kn	138		123 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.3 ° -0.9 ° min to max 0.3 °	-0.9		0.2 °
87.68 %	Average bank angle 3.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 7.6 °	4.3		2.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.81 g min to max 1.09 g	1.06		0.96 g
Info	Average VSI -731 ft/m -1,118 ft/m min to max -117 ft/m	-535		-792 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 608 ft agl 448 ft agl min to max 733 ft agl	733		448 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.1 ° -1.7 ° min to max 1.2 °	0.4		-0.9 °

Arrival Final 1

91.1 %

Approaching runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 433 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 400 ft in 27 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
55.48 %	Approach angle 2.3 ° 2.0 ° min to max 4.1 ° Target 3.0 °	4.1		2.1 °
100 %	Average speed 120 kn 114 kn min to max 129 kn	123		121 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.2		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.7 °	1.8		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.91 g min to max 1.10 g	0.91		1.04 g
Info	Average VSI -545 ft/m -1,448 ft/m min to max -316 ft/m	-870		-316 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 87 ft agl 34 ft agl min to max 433 ft agl	433		34 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.4 ° -1.9 ° min to max 4.3 °	-1.1		4.3 °

Arrival Landing

72.86 %

Landing on runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl, runway length 1,815 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 121 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
95.43 %	Threshold speed was a little below target at 121 kn. Target 135 kn
52.53 %	Target 50 ft agl
43.49 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		-0.0 °
99.95 %	Average bank angle 1.6 ° 0.8 ° min to max 2.0 °	0.8		1.9 °
100 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.94 g min to max 1.06 g	1.04		1.06 g
Info	Average speed 114 kn 110 kn min to max 121 kn	121		116 kn
Info	Average VSI -334 ft/m -404 ft/m min to max -292 ft/m	-313		-402 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 14 ft agl 1 ft agl min to max 24 ft agl	24		1 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 4.1 ° min to max 6.5 °	4.3		6.5 °

Arrival Touchdown

90.08 %

Touchdown distance was good at 188 m. Touchdown speed at 116 kn was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -402 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 21 kn at 350 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 21 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
62.94 %	Touchdown VSI was -402 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 188 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 116 kn Target 132 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 0.47 m 0.31 m right	-0.47		-0.10 m
100 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.6 ° min to max 1.9 °	1.9		1.0 °
86.86 %	Average g force 1.34 g 1.06 g min to max 1.48 g	1.06		1.26 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 118 kn 116 kn min to max 118 kn	116		118 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 7.3 ° 6.5 ° min to max 7.9 °	6.5		7.9 °

Arrival Rollout

98.49 %

Total landing distance 625 m, 34 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 625 m 34 % of runway.
98.04 %	Runway alignment max 3.65 m 3.58 m left to 0.07 m right	-0.07		1.31 m
93.71 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.77 g min to max 1.36 g	1.24		0.99 g
Info	Average speed 87 kn 50 kn min to max 94 kn	94		50 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 0.2 ° min to max 8.1 °	8.0		0.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.8 °	1.0		0.2 °
Info	Strobe Lights Switched Off at 02:00:26

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 39 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 19 kn 13 kn min to max 37 kn	37		13 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -0.6 ° -0.8 ° min to max -0.3 °	-0.8		-0.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
Info	Average g force 0.99 g 0.99 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		0.99 g

Takeoff on runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl in the Airbus A320

86.15 %

50 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Taxi Lights

0 %

Switched Off

Ground Speed kt

0 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

89.26 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 4,630 m using 255.12 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 157 kn - Target 150 kn

Alignment

96.3 %

4.06 m left to 2.26 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

0 %

Switched Off

Landing Lights

0 %

Switched Off

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

100 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

99.46 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

99 %

97.14 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

92.03 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 34 NZWN Wellington Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

60.16 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl in the Airbus A320

Landing Score 88.13 %

Landing Summary

Overall, it sounds like the landing had a mix of successes and areas for improvement.

What went well: - Excellent heading alignment during the Approach Phase - Speed was on target during the Touchdown Phase - Runway alignment during the Touchdown and Rollout Phases was good

What didn't go so well: - Unstable glideslope alignment during the Approach Phase - Threshold height was too low during the Landing Phase - Very poor landing flare during the Landing Phase - Very hard touchdown rate during the Touchdown Phase - Fair runway alignment during the Rollout Phase

Recommendations: - Work on maintaining stable glideslope alignment during approach - Ensure threshold height is at the proper level for a safe landing - Improve landing flare technique to ensure a smoother touchdown - Focus on achieving a softer touchdown rate - Continue to work on improving runway alignment during all phases of landing

Overall, it's important to practice and refine landing techniques to ensure a safe and smooth touchdown in future flights. Keep up the good work and continue to strive for improvement in all areas of aircraft landing.

71.03 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 34 at NZWN Wellington Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 733 ft agl to 448 ft agl. A decrease of 285 ft in 23 seconds.

Glideslope

11.65 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

11.65 %

IAS kt