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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight195,008 kg
Fuel11,998 kg
Wind1° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

97.38 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight243,969 kg
Fuel11,183 kg
Wind1° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross
12 Nov 2026 0:07 23 nm Airbus A350-1000 814 kg
Departure Score
99.89 %
Pattern Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
92.26 %

What went well

Touchdown 285 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 28 ft and 152 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 0.36 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 415 fpm, −2.51 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.28
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 415 fpm−1.22
Arrival Landing — scored 91.86 %, −0.08 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

On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.96 g0.00 g min to max 1.00 g 0.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 14 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 14 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 14 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 14 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 14 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 15 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,597 m 49 % of runway. Rotation speed was 148 kt. Local weather - Temperature 35 °C. Wind 3 kt at 1 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,597 m49 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 148 ktTarget 155 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.40 m right0.00 m left to 3.40 m right -0.31 -1.99 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max 6.4 ° -0.1 6.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.0 1.7 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 161 kt157 kt min to max 164 kt 157 164 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.3 °0.1 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.18 g1.06 g min to max 1.29 g 1.06 1.28 g
Info Average VSI 465 fpm89 fpm min to max 1,151 fpm 89 1,151 fpm
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 23 ft agl 0 23 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °6.5 ° min to max 12.4 ° 6.5 12.4 °
Departure Climb 2 99.68Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 157 kt141 kt min to max 167 kt 164 162 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.1 3.9 °
97 % Average g force 1.04 g0.52 g min to max 1.47 g 1.26 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 2,056 fpm395 fpm min to max 5,121 fpm 1,211 435 fpm
Info Average altitude 731 ft agl26 ft agl min to max 1,704 ft agl 26 1,704 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °6.4 ° min to max 25.0 ° 12.4 6.4 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 84 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 84 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,450 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,450 ft agl · 159 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Right hand pattern entry from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 2 nm in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 191 kt163 kt min to max 217 kt 163 217 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.9 °6.0 ° min to max 25.9 ° 6.0 25.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.88 g min to max 1.28 g 0.91 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -597 fpm-1,519 fpm min to max 274 fpm 274 -595 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,546 ft agl1,402 ft agl min to max 1,712 ft agl 1,709 1,402 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.2 ° min to max 5.5 ° 5.5 3.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,465 ft agl · 211 kt
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -4.4 °-18.8 ° min to max 13.2 ° -18.8 13.2 °
100 % Average speed 208 kt196 kt min to max 216 kt 216 196 kt
100 % Average g force 1.14 g1.07 g min to max 1.17 g 1.16 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -43 fpm-547 fpm min to max 405 fpm -547 396 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,373 ft agl1,357 ft agl min to max 1,395 ft agl 1,395 1,392 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 25.5 °25.3 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.3 25.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °3.8 ° min to max 7.3 ° 3.8 7.3 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 3 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 46.9 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 191 kt190 kt min to max 195 kt 195 190 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 26.0 °24.4 ° min to max 26.0 ° 25.6 24.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.04 g min to max 1.12 g 1.11 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 233 fpm-71 fpm min to max 426 fpm 368 -58 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,443 ft agl1,398 ft agl min to max 1,471 ft agl 1,398 1,468 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °5.8 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.4 6.1 °
Pattern Downwind 100.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 8 nm in 138 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.9 °-22.0 ° min to max 14.2 ° -22.0 14.2 °
100 % Average altitude 1,468 ft agl1,446 ft agl min to max 1,498 ft agl 1,467 1,483 ft agl
100 % Average speed 188 kt168 kt min to max 196 kt 189 168 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 8 fpm-118 fpm min to max 331 fpm -17 -33 fpm
Info Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 25.0 ° 23.4 25.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °3.9 ° min to max 6.9 ° 6.1 4.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 1,495 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,528 ft agl · 184 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,536 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,518 ft agl · 177 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 100.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 5 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 30.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 30.8 °.
100 % Average speed 167 kt166 kt min to max 168 kt 168 166 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.6 °25.2 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.2 25.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.08 g min to max 1.11 g 1.10 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -12 fpm-39 fpm min to max 18 fpm -18 18 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,479 ft agl1,477 ft agl min to max 1,480 ft agl 1,480 1,479 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °4.5 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.6 4.7 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.7 °-20.3 ° min to max 16.4 ° -20.3 16.4 °
100 % Average speed 166 kt165 kt min to max 166 kt 166 166 kt
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.05 g min to max 1.10 g 1.10 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 18 fpm-7 fpm min to max 92 fpm 20 92 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,474 ft agl1,473 ft agl min to max 1,476 ft agl 1,474 1,476 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 23.3 °14.8 ° min to max 25.7 ° 25.7 14.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °4.7 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.7 4.9 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 70 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 158 kt142 kt min to max 172 kt 166 157 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 17.0 °0.3 ° min to max 17.0 ° 12.5 4.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.80 g min to max 1.30 g 1.02 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -386 fpm-1,344 fpm min to max 579 fpm 105 -1,063 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,359 ft agl1,023 ft agl min to max 1,488 ft agl 1,477 1,023 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-0.0 ° min to max 8.6 ° 4.9 1.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,530 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,518 ft agl · 179 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,413 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 91 seconds. Not scored on a circuit: the stabilisation gate is shown for reference.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On centrelinefailed
100 % On speedpassed
100 % Wings levelpassed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 238 ft agl · 157 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 219 ft agl · 158 kt
Arrival Landing 91.86Landing on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,284 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt. Target 145 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
69 % The flare wandered off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.3° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 285 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.71 m right0.68 m right to 1.71 m right -1.42 -0.68 m
95 % Steepest bank angle 4.0 °0.1 ° min to max 4.0 ° 4.0 1.7 °
100 % Peak g force 1.07 g0.99 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 1.04 g
Info Average speed 152 kt150 kt min to max 153 kt 153 150 kt
Info Average VSI -544 fpm-656 fpm min to max -473 fpm -656 -473 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 29 ft agl 29 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °2.4 ° min to max 4.4 ° 2.4 4.4 °
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 92.65Touchdown distance was good at 285 m. Touchdown speed at 150 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was hard at -415 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 34 °C. Wind 3 kt at 0 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
63 % Touchdown rate was -415 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 285 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 150 ktTarget below 142 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.68 m right0.55 m right -0.68 -0.36 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.0 °1.2 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.7 1.2 °
100 % Peak g force 1.28 g1.04 g min to max 1.28 g 1.04 1.28 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 150 kt150 kt min to max 150 kt 150 150 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °4.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.4 4.1 °

Takeoff from NZAA 05R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,597m49 %
Runway alignment100.00
3.40m R
Rotation speed100.00
148kttarget 155, 7 early

Rotated early

The nose came up at 148 kt, 7 kt before the 155 kt rotate speed.

The rotate speed is set for the weight and the flap, and the nose should not start up before it. Lifting it early brings the aircraft to its liftoff attitude with less speed in hand, and on a long fuselage that is the tail-strike case. Keep the hands still until the speed is there, then make one smooth, continuous pull.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
156ktat 6.5°
Rotation
2.4°/sover 2.6 s, gaining 8 kt
35 ft
165ktat 12.7°, 3.7 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
3.3°steepest

Plan view the roll down the 3,284 m runway.

Rolled from 60 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.7 m right. Airborne 48 % 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 3.28 m RROLL 60 M INAirborne 1,603 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,603 m of 3,284 m · 49 %
Behind the start of the roll, 60 mTakeoff roll, 1,543 m Left ahead, 1,681 m

Side view from the start of the roll to 1,705 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,371 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,210 fpm on average to 1,705 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 dark stretch of the roll is the run with the nose up and the wheels still on, with its length and time under the runway.

1,750 ft875 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 213 m · 2.6 sRotate 148 kttarget 155Liftoff 156 kt
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.

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 grey band is the run between the nose coming up and the wheels leaving the runway. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The rotation detail below draws the rotation against the rates for this aircraft and its tail-strike pitch, where the slope reads properly. The grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare.

180 kt12060030°15°0°nose up on the runway · 213 m · 2.6 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 155held 14.1°6.5° off · 2.4°/s13° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude held

Rotation detail the pitch over the seconds from rotation to 35 ft, where the slope reads properly.

How to read this

The pitch over the seconds from the nose starting to come up to 35 ft, stretched so the slope reads properly. The green dot is where the nose started up, the grey band runs to the wheels leaving, and the figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up. The two dashed green lines rising from the rotation point are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at: a trace steeper than both is a faster rotation, one shallower than both a slower one.

20°10°0°2°/s3°/sROTATELIFTOFF35 FT6.5° off · 2.4°/s13° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationNose up, wheels on the runway

The circuit to NZAA 05R

Right-hand, 1,500 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.9 nm out at 194 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,500 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,500 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft26°126°226°317°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,467 ft
Bank
26°
Speed
203 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
26°
Height
1,468 ft on 1,500 ft
Speed
188 kt
Out
3.0 nm 1.9 suits 194 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

3Base turn
Angle
31° target 45°
Bank
26°
Height
1,474 ft

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

4Final turn
Bank
17°
Overshoot
724 m
Speed
158 kt

Overshot: went 724 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind100Downwind100Base turn100Base100Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 05R

The final from 4 nm.

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 110 ft above 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, 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,3851,023630476323176
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 724 m left of the centreline, then inside the band from 0.4 nm to the threshold.

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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND240 m L721 m L400 m L222 m L79 m L18 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 22 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +12 kt on the approach speed of 145 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 145−3 kt+12 kt+6 kt+8 kt+8 kt+8 kt+8 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 05R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
28ft
Threshold speed100.00
152kttarget 145, 7 fast
Centreline offset100.00
1.71m R
Bank95.43
4.0°steepest
Flare69.26

The flare wandered off the target profile

The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.3° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 285 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
285m
Centreline100.00
0.68m R
Speed100.00
150kttarget 142, 8 fast
Touchdown rate63.27
-415fpm
Impact100.00
1.28G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
2.0°as the wheels touched

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

Crossed the threshold at 28 ft, 22 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 14 ft. Touched down 285 m in, close to 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.

28 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 14 ft · −506 fpm · 3.2° · 152 kt−415 fpm · 4.4° nose up · 150 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 28 ft, down at 285 m

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

The sink went from 510 fpm at the flare to 420 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.2° on the way down. Into the flare at 152 kt, 7 kt over the 145 kt approach speed, and 150 kt at touchdown.

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°flaretouchdown−415 fpm at touchdown4.4° at touchdown, +1.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline. Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 8° left of the track, 2.1° of bank.

Wind 001° at 3 kt · 1 kt head · 2 kt across

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. 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 285 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 285 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 415 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 285 m of 3,284 m · 9 %
In the air over the runway, 285 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 3,000 m

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The Airbus A350-1000 departed from runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. The take-off roll was 1,597 m, representing 49 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 148 kt. Local weather at departure was 35 °C with wind 3 kt from 001°, giving a 3 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl took 45 seconds, averaging 1,950 fpm and reaching 162 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then entered a right-hand circuit for runway 05R. The downwind leg was 8 nm and lasted 138 seconds at 1,470 ft agl; the base leg was less than 1 nm and lasted 13 seconds.

On final approach to runway 05R, descent was from 1,413 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 91 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, speed, and wings level; the centreline check was not met.

Landing was on runway 05R, whose length is 3,284 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt. The flare was described as a fair landing flare with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 285 m from the threshold at a speed of 150 kt, which was a little fast, and the rate of descent was hard at minus 415 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, there was no bounce, and the local weather was 34 °C with wind 3 kt from 360°, giving a 3 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.

The total flight covered 23 nm, lasted 7 minutes, and used 814 kg of fuel.

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