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KJFK
New York, United States
Runway 31R
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight4,889 lbs
Fuel999 lbs
Wind320° · 23 kn · 8 kn cross

Flight Score

96.44 %
KDCA
Washington, United States
Runway 01
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight4,356 lbs
Fuel446 lbs
Wind330° · 12 kn · 5 kn cross
16 Oct 2026 1:19 222 nm GroundStopFS 553 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
89.31 %

What went well

Touchdown 1,256 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 23 ft and 83 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 4.3 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 500 ft gate 57 %, −2.86 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown rate was -229 fpm at 75 %, −0.34 points
Arrival Taxi — Landing Lights at 1 %, −0.33 points

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Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 343 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 228 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 17 stages, 15 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 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 20 kt 0 7 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 15 ktmax 18 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.0 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 31R at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport, Average speed was 29 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 9 kt8 kt min to max 11 kt 8 11 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 31R at KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,015 ft 11 % of runway. Rotation speed was 98 kt. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 26 kt at 319 °. Crosswind: 8 kt Headwind: 24 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,015 ft11 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 98 ktTarget 91 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.2 ft right0.8 ft left to 2.2 ft right -1.0 -2.2 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.14 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.4 3.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 31R KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 104 kt102 kt min to max 106 kt 102 106 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.01 g min to max 1.20 g 1.17 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 705 fpm426 fpm min to max 874 fpm 426 874 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 0 34 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °3.7 ° min to max 7.7 ° 3.7 7.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 45 ft agl · 106 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 31R KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 110 kt105 kt min to max 113 kt 106 105 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.1 °0.2 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.3 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.03 g min to max 1.20 g 1.05 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 1,244 fpm883 fpm min to max 3,241 fpm 883 3,241 fpm
Info Average altitude 70 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 321 ft agl 35 321 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °7.7 ° min to max 20.1 ° 7.7 20.1 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 59 ft agl · 111 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 214 ft agl · 115 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 31R KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 100 kt89 kt min to max 115 ktTarget 110 kt, 10 kt slow 99 115 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.7 °0.8 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.77 g min to max 1.07 g 0.86 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up at 26 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.3 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° -0.1 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 1,697 fpm1,127 fpm min to max 3,342 fpm 3,342 1,344 fpm
Info Average altitude 709 ft agl375 ft agl min to max 943 ft agl 375 943 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.2 °7.0 ° min to max 20.8 ° 20.8 7.0 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York (New York, United States). Climbing from 977 ft asl to 30,012 ft asl, an increase of 29,034 ft in 18 minutes and covering 43 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 152 kt116 kt min to max 167 kt 116 159 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 26.7 °0.0 ° min to max 26.7 ° 1.5 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.86 g min to max 1.16 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 1,817 fpm-63 fpm min to max 3,251 fpm 1,327 6 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,270 ft asl977 ft asl min to max 30,013 ft asl 977 30,012 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 13.1 ° 6.8 -0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 8 0 1

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,399 ft agl · 143 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,954 ft agl · 194 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 11,752 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 12,653 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 19,557 ft agl · 226 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 30,064 ft agl · 223 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 30,064 ft agl · 223 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of Roosevelt (New Jersey, United States) and lasted 22 minutes, covering 79 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,001 ft of 30,016 ft asl29,993 ft asl min to max 30,117 ft asl 30,010 30,117 ft asl
100 % Average speed 188 kt162 kt min to max 198 kt 162 184 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 5.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-3 min to max 2 0 -1
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.9 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 30,049 ft agl · 314 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 30,049 ft agl · 314 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 30,086 ft agl · 310 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of 4PS7 Cohen Airport Oxford (Maryland, United States). Descent from 30,122 ft asl to 5,635 ft asl, a decrease of 24,486 ft in 22 minutes and covering 80 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 210 kt148 kt min to max 250 kt 184 161 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 10.6 °0.0 ° min to max 10.6 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -1,150 fpm-1,776 fpm min to max 44 fpm -4 -1,236 fpm
Info Average altitude 16,667 ft asl5,635 ft asl min to max 30,131 ft asl 30,122 5,635 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.7 °-6.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.9 -4.5 °
Info Turn coordination 0-5 min to max 3 2 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 8,140 ft agl · 171 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south of W32 Washington Executive/Hyde Clinton (Maryland, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±772 ft of 5,233 ft asl5,108 ft asl min to max 5,449 ft asl 5,440 5,449 ft asl
100 % Average speed 145 kt139 kt min to max 155 kt 155 139 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 22.4 °0.0 ° min to max 22.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 0-6 min to max 7 0 2
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-4.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° -4.2 -0.2 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 4,896 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 4,834 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4,760 ft agl · 161 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Fort Washington (Maryland, United States). Descent from 5,485 ft asl to 1,889 ft asl, a decrease of 3,596 ft in 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 131 kt117 kt min to max 140 kt 140 117 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 8.1 °0.0 ° min to max 8.1 ° 0.1 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.73 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -1,945 fpm-3,794 fpm min to max 243 fpm 242 -2,587 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,652 ft asl1,889 ft asl min to max 5,687 ft asl 5,485 1,889 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -9.6 °-17.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -12.1 °
Info Turn coordination 0-1 min to max 2 0 1

Events

Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 5,434 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 5,434 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 5,434 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 5,380 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 5,380 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 5,380 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 5,458 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 5,458 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 5,458 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 5,458 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 5,599 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 5,564 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,892 ft agl · 150 kt
Arrival Approach 57.14Final approach to runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Descent from 2,077 ft agl to 33 ft agl in 91 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
0 % Sink ratefailed
0 % On glideslopefailed
0 % On centrelinefailed
100 % On speedpassed
100 % Wings levelpassed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 740 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 740 ft agl · 100 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 377 ft agl · 99 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 345 ft agl · 97 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 345 ft agl · 97 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 345 ft agl · 97 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 190 ft agl · 89 kt
Arrival Landing 99.44Landing on runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, runway length 7,173 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 84 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 84 kt. Target 82 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
98 % Excellent landing flare. It lost 2.2 points, mostly for rising 2 ft agl in the flare.
100 % Runway alignment max 9.3 ft left9.3 ft left to 5.1 ft left 8.4 5.1 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.6 0.5 °
100 % Peak g force 1.14 g0.90 g min to max 1.14 g 1.02 0.90 g
Info Average speed 78 kt68 kt min to max 84 kt 84 68 kt
Info Average VSI -141 fpm-338 fpm min to max 58 fpm -298 -92 fpm
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 23 ft agl 23 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-0.3 ° min to max 5.3 ° 0.6 3.7 °

Events

Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 5 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 5 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 5 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 5 ft agl · 69 kt
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 94.93Touchdown distance was good at 1,255 ft. Touchdown speed at 68 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -229 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 61 °F. Wind 12 kt at 329 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
75 % Touchdown rate was -229 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,256 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 68 ktTarget below 80 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.1 ft left4.7 ft left 5.1 4.3 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 0.1 °
100 % Peak g force 1.24 g0.90 g min to max 1.24 g 0.90 1.08 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 68 kt68 kt min to max 68 kt 68 68 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °3.5 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.7 3.6 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 2,103 ft, 29 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 2,103 ft29 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.3 ft left4.3 ft left to 0.0 ft left 3.2 4.3 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 1.00 g
Info Average speed 54 kt35 kt min to max 57 kt 57 35 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.7 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 24 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kt10 kt min to max 29 kt 29 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° -0.0 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 2 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 2 ft agl · 17 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 15 kt0 kt min to max 22 kt 9 1 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 ktmax 18 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.1 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.5 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 5 kt

Takeoff from KJFK 31R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
20kt peak15 kt in turns

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,015ft11 %
Runway alignment100.00
2.2ft R
Rotation speed100.00
98kttarget 91, 7 late

Rotated late

The nose came up at 98 kt, 7 kt after the 91 kt rotate speed.

The pull started after the rotate speed had gone by. Bring the airspeed into the scan as it approaches the rotate speed, so the pull starts on the number rather than when you notice it has passed.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
101ktat 2.5°
Rotation
3.5°/sover 0.5 s, gaining 3 kt
35 ft
106ktat 7.7°, 4.3 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
0.4°steepest
Gear up100.00
26ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
100kttarget 110

Plan view the roll down the 8,960 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, never more than 3 ft off the centreline, in 7 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 10 % 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 2.5 ft LAirborne 985 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 985 ft of 8,960 ft · 11 %
Takeoff roll, 985 ft Left ahead, 7,975 ft

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 943 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 7,375 ft of runway left; gear up at 26 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,590 fpm on average to 943 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. 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 3100 kt avgtarget 110THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060708090KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 67 ft · 0.5 sRotate 98 kttarget 91Liftoff 101 ktGear up 26 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

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 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 110120 kt8040025°13°0°nose up on the runway · 67 ft · 0.5 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 91held 10.4°2.5° off · 3.5°/s8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.

Seven checks, one gate500 ft 57.144 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,800 fpm
On glideslope6.3°
On centreline1.6° off
On speed+23 kt
Wings level1° bank

At the 500 ft gate: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 0.8 nm, about 270 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 500 ft gate. The last to settle was the sink rate.

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 KDCA 01

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

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

High from 3.9 nm, where the final began, to 1.2 nm (up to 2,860 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND1,782493174500 ft gate4 of 7sink rateon glideslopeon centreline1,155 ft · 105 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 3× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 3.9 nm, where the final began, to 2.5 nm, then drifted 610 ft left between 2.5 and 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 1.2 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND500 ft L57 ft L52 ft L263 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 3.9 nm, where the final began, to 1.9 nm (up to +58 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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.

80100120140 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 82+32 kt+19 kt+6 kt+2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KDCA 01

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
23ft
Threshold speed100.00
83kttarget 82, 1 fast
Centreline offset100.00
9.3ft L
Bank100.00
1.3°steepest
Flare97.75

Excellent landing flare

It lost 2.2 points, mostly for rising 2 ft agl in the flare.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,256ft
Centreline100.00
5.1ft L
Speed100.00
68kttarget 80 or less
Touchdown rate74.66
-229fpm
Impact100.00
1.24G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.5°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
796ft29 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
4.3ft L

Taxi in

Lights50.50
Onlanding lights, 99% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
22kt peak12 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 23 ft, 27 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 17 ft; ballooned 2 ft from 1 ft. Touched down 1,256 ft in, 256 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.

23 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT held off 293 ft from the lowest point 80 ft400 Flare 17 ft · −301 fpm · 1.2° · 84 ktballooned +2 ft · from 1 ft to 3 ft−228 fpm · 3.7° nose up · 68 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 23 ft, down at 1,256 ft

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

From the flare the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 130 fpm before coming down at 230 fpm to touch. The nose came up 2.5° on the way down. Into the flare at 84 kt, on the 82 kt approach speed, and 68 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−228 fpm at touchdown3.7° at touchdown, +2.5° from the flareclimbing 126 fpm
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,173 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 5 ft of it down the rollout. 5 kt across from the left, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 68 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.

Wind 330° at 12 kt · 11 kt head · 5 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 5 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,256 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,256 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 228 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 2,052 ft of 7,173 ft · 29 %
In the air over the runway, 1,256 ftRollout, 796 ft Left over, 5,121 ft

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 58 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.13 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.

02040608030 kt · 900 fttouchdown936 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The aircraft departed KJFK John F Kennedy International Airport on runway 31R. Take-off was completed after a roll of 1,015 ft, which was 11 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 97 kt. The local weather at departure was temperature 66 °F, wind 26 kt from 319°, giving a headwind component of 24 kt and a cross-wind component of 8 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 32 seconds, averaging 1,491 fpm and reaching 115 kt at the top of the climb. The climb continued from 977 ft asl to 30,012 ft asl in 18 minutes, covering 43 nm while remaining overhead KJFK. Level cruise was held at 30,000 ft asl for 22 minutes, covering 79 nm, beginning about 2 mi north-east of Roosevelt.

Descent began from 30,122 ft asl and proceeded to 1,889 ft asl in 28 minutes, covering 93 nm. The descent started 1 mi south-east of 4PS7 Cohen Airport Oxford and included a brief level-off at 5,200 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport started from 2,077 ft agl and descended to 33 ft agl in 91 seconds. At 500 ft above the runway the stabilisation checks were: gear down, landing flap, on speed, wings level - met; sink rate, on glideslope, on centreline - not met. The aircraft was in final flap position 2 at 2,892 ft agl with a speed of 150 kt.

Landing on runway 01 was completed with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 84 kt. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown occurred 1,255 ft down the runway at 68 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 229 fpm. Alignment on touchdown was very good and no bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 2,103 ft, representing 29 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The overall flight covered 222 nm in 79 minutes and used 553 lb of fuel.

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