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EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 08R
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight71,412 kg
Fuel21,239 kg
Wind60° · 7 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

95.33 %
EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 26L
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight70,858 kg
Fuel20,659 kg
Wind60° · 10 kn · 3 kn cross
31 Oct 2026 0:37 144 nm Airbus A320neo 580 kg
Departure Score
98.99 %
Enroute Score
94.36 %
Arrival Score
92.64 %

What went well

Touchdown 216 m in — inside the full-score zone
Rollout controlled — 32 % of the runway used
Rollout held the centreline — 6.66 m off at taxi speed

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 637 fpm, −2.30 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 637 fpm−1.48
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.70
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.77 G at contact−0.12
Enroute Level — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; speed limits at 36 %, bank angle up to 50.8 ° at 78 %, −0.80 points
Enroute Level — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 54.6 ° at 71 %, speed limits at 75 %, −0.66 points

Next time

Departure

Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 170 kt and hold it there.

What happened: Climb speed was 26 kt fast at 196 kt during the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.7 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.

What happened: The flare pitch reached 2.5°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 637 fpm. Over-rotating the flare like this usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold the normal landing attitude once sink is arrested at 0.7 ft.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

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

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 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 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, Average speed was 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 2 kt0 kt min to max 6 kt 0 6 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 8 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 8 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 8 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 8 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 8 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl · 11 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Takeoff distance 1,345 m 46 % of runway. Rotation speed was 163 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 7 kt at 60 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,345 m46 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 163 ktTarget 150 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.89 m right0.00 m left to 4.89 m right -4.89 -0.53 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.08 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 5.4 ° -0.2 5.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.2 1.0 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 185 kt177 kt min to max 194 kt 177 194 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.1 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.14 g1.06 g min to max 1.26 g 1.09 1.25 g
Info Average VSI 556 fpm160 fpm min to max 1,097 fpm 160 1,097 fpm
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 0 49 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °5.5 ° min to max 9.9 ° 5.5 9.9 °
Departure Climb 2 99.35Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 196 kt195 kt min to max 199 kt 195 196 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.5 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.5 0.8 °
94 % Average g force 1.28 g1.22 g min to max 1.36 g 1.25 1.22 g
Info Average VSI 1,785 fpm1,129 fpm min to max 4,342 fpm 1,129 4,342 fpm
Info Average altitude 97 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 333 ft agl 50 333 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.7 °10.0 ° min to max 18.8 ° 10.0 18.8 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 61 ft agl · 194 kt
Departure Climb 3 96.61Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Climb speed 196 kt193 kt min to max 198 ktTarget 170 kt, 26 kt fast 198 193 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.8 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.8 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.18 g 1.18 0.98 g
97 % Landing gear up at 418 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl, 18 ft agl late
Info Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.4 °
Info Average VSI 5,413 fpm4,862 fpm min to max 5,593 fpm 4,862 5,582 fpm
Info Average altitude 713 ft agl418 ft agl min to max 977 ft agl 418 977 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 18.9 °18.2 ° min to max 19.5 ° 19.5 18.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 518 ft agl · 197 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EGKK London Gatwick Airport Gatwick (West Sussex, England). Climbing from 1,275 ft asl to 5,345 ft asl, an increase of 4,069 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 207 kt174 kt min to max 260 kt 192 260 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.75 g min to max 1.13 g 0.93 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 3,622 fpm-685 fpm min to max 5,595 fpm 5,595 -685 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,659 ft asl1,275 ft asl min to max 5,345 ft asl 1,275 5,345 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 12.8 °2.0 ° min to max 18.3 ° 18.3 2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 2,669 ft agl · 205 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,711 ft agl · 210 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,198 ft agl · 263 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile east of Lingfield (Surrey, England). Descent from 5,329 ft asl to 4,687 ft asl, a decrease of 642 ft in 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 247 kt234 kt min to max 252 kt 252 234 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -386 fpm-1,141 fpm min to max 394 fpm 224 -1,141 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,265 ft asl4,687 ft asl min to max 5,520 ft asl 5,329 4,687 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °1.5 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.4 2.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Hildenborough (Kent, England) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 12 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±726 ft of 4,383 ft asl3,685 ft asl min to max 4,930 ft asl 4,520 4,432 ft asl
100 % Average speed 202 kt172 kt min to max 249 kt 231 173 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.3 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.70 g min to max 1.20 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °3.3 ° min to max 25.1 ° 3.4 8.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 4,434 ft agl · 238 kt
Enroute Climb 2 91.31Enroute climb started overhead Maidstone (Kent, England). Climbing from 4,452 ft asl to 5,094 ft asl, an increase of 642 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 240 kt177 kt min to max 256 kt 177 250 kt
80 % Average bank angle 30.9 °0.2 ° min to max 50.2 ° 0.4 47.8 °
95 % Average g force 1.19 g0.94 g min to max 1.57 g 1.00 1.48 g
Info Average VSI 541 fpm-1,439 fpm min to max 2,652 fpm 234 -478 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,093 ft asl4,452 ft asl min to max 5,485 ft asl 4,452 5,094 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °2.5 ° min to max 11.5 ° 8.4 6.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,485 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4,349 ft agl · 195 kt
Enroute Level 2 82.27Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Ulcombe (Kent, England) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±754 ft of 5,104 ft asl4,893 ft asl min to max 5,727 ft asl 5,088 5,388 ft asl
75 % Average speed 270 kt250 kt min to max 308 kt 250 251 kt
71 % Average bank angle 35.8 °0.2 ° min to max 54.6 ° 46.8 0.4 °
89 % Average g force 1.37 g0.43 g min to max 1.94 g 1.42 1.07 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °-0.9 ° min to max 11.7 ° 6.0 5.8 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,080 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,541 ft agl
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Rainham (Kent, England). Descent from 5,533 ft asl to 4,032 ft asl, a decrease of 1,501 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 201 kt180 kt min to max 232 kt 232 180 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.5 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.07 g 0.98 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -759 fpm-1,155 fpm min to max 853 fpm 853 -500 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,851 ft asl4,032 ft asl min to max 5,567 ft asl 5,533 4,032 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °0.2 ° min to max 7.2 ° 7.2 7.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 5,375 ft agl · 238 kt
Enroute Climb 3 97.34Enroute climb started 1 mile west of Allhallows (Medway, England). Climbing from 4,095 ft asl to 5,431 ft asl, an increase of 1,336 ft in 3 minutes and covering 15 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average speed 243 kt199 kt min to max 261 kt 199 260 kt
100 % Average bank angle 25.3 °0.0 ° min to max 31.3 ° 0.0 30.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.82 g min to max 1.19 g 1.02 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 420 fpm-1,125 fpm min to max 1,728 fpm 940 -112 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,180 ft asl4,095 ft asl min to max 5,472 ft asl 4,095 5,431 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °0.9 ° min to max 10.7 ° 7.1 4.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,424 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,403 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4,076 ft agl · 213 kt
Enroute Level 3 78.30Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Rochford (Essex, England) and lasted 14 minutes, covering 61 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±771 ft of 5,397 ft asl5,086 ft asl min to max 5,824 ft asl 5,430 5,803 ft asl
36 % Average speed 248 kt209 kt min to max 267 kt 260 227 kt
78 % Average bank angle 26.4 °0.0 ° min to max 50.8 ° 30.4 9.9 °
98 % Average g force 1.17 g0.84 g min to max 1.69 g 1.15 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °0.7 ° min to max 10.1 ° 4.4 5.2 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,429 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,305 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,368 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,460 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,290 ft agl
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile east of Croydon (Greater London, England). Descent from 5,798 ft asl to 1,509 ft asl, a decrease of 4,289 ft in 6 minutes and covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 172 kt126 kt min to max 232 kt 227 140 kt
100 % Average bank angle 12.0 °0.0 ° min to max 37.2 ° 9.5 2.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.91 g min to max 1.23 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -704 fpm-2,470 fpm min to max 630 fpm -329 -202 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,485 ft asl1,509 ft asl min to max 5,798 ft asl 5,798 1,509 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °-0.2 ° min to max 12.2 ° 5.3 7.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 4,764 ft agl · 233 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4,212 ft agl · 188 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,575 ft agl · 177 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,488 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,471 ft agl · 145 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 26L at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Descent from 1,327 ft agl to 55 ft agl in 94 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

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 354 ft agl · 135 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 281 ft agl · 144 kt
Arrival Landing 89.84Landing on runway 26L at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, runway length 2,882 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 132 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Threshold speed was good at 132 kt. Target 138 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
61 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. Pitch reached 9.2° at touchdown, well above this aircraft's ground attitude. Touchdown was 216 m past the threshold. That is tail strike territory - stop the rotation once the sink is arrested.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.33 m left6.33 m left to 4.75 m left 4.75 6.33 m
99 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.4 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.03 g min to max 1.07 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Average speed 132 kt130 kt min to max 134 kt 132 131 kt
Info Average VSI -851 fpm-977 fpm min to max -720 fpm -977 -720 fpm
Info Average altitude 23 ft agl5 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 42 5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °7.0 ° min to max 9.2 ° 7.0 9.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 36 ft agl · 132 kt
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 80.72Touchdown distance was good at 215 m. Touchdown speed at 131 kt was good. Touchdown rate was heavy at -637 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 10 kt at 60 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Tailwind: 9 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
11 % Touchdown rate was -637 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 216 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 131 ktTarget below 138 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.36 m left6.34 m left 6.33 6.36 m
98 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 1.4 °
70 % Average g force 1.28 g1.03 g min to max 1.77 g 1.03 1.32 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 130 kt129 kt min to max 131 kt 131 129 kt
Info Average pitch angle 9.4 °9.2 ° min to max 9.5 ° 9.2 9.3 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 978 m, 34 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 978 m34 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.66 m left6.66 m left to 0.00 m left 5.74 6.66 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.14 g 1.14 1.00 g
Info Average speed 123 kt72 kt min to max 135 kt 135 72 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °-0.4 ° min to max 9.7 ° 9.4 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.5 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 35 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 41 kt9 kt min to max 68 kt 68 9 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 163 kt, 13 kt above the 150 kt target, and lifted off at 176 kt 2.9 s later, the nose coming up at 1.8° a second. Climb 3 averaged 196 kt, 26 kt over its 170 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 170210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 1505.5° off · 1.8°/s10° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 18 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt247 m 80 kt -0.2° 12.6 s
Rotate1,201 m · target 150 163 kt 0.3° 28.9 s
Liftoff1,439 m · +13 kt from rotation 176 kt 5.5° 31.7 s
35 ft1,756 m · 3.5 s after liftoff 189 kt 9.7° 35.2 s
Gear up2,389 m · 418 ft · full marks to 400 ft 198 kt 19.5° 42.7 s
Climb 32,389 m · 418 ft to 977 ft · target 170 196 kt avg 19.5° 42.7 s
End of Climb 32,943 m · 977 ft 193 kt 18.9° 47.9 s

Takeoff from EGKK 08R

Takeoff roll100.00
1,345m46 %
Rotation speed100.00
163kttarget 150, 13 fast
Liftoff speed
176kt
Runway alignment100.00
4.89m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up96.99
418ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed93.78
196kttarget 170
Rate of climb100.00
555fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 977 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,243 m of runway left; gear up at 418 ft, 18 ft past the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 3,620 fpm on average to 977 ft.

How to read this

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

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3196 kt avgtarget 170THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 163 kttarget 150Liftoff 176 ktGear up 418 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,911 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 5.4 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 46 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 5.45 m RAirborne 1,351 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,351 m of 2,911 m · 46 %
Takeoff roll, 1,351 m Left ahead, 1,560 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 rate490 fpm1,160 fpm
On glideslope3.6°3.2°
On centreline0.6° off0.1° off
On speed+4.2 kt+0.4 kt
Wings level2° bank1° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 1.0 nm, about 370 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 500 ft gate. The last to settle was the speed.

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 EGKK 26L

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

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

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 190 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. 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° BAND1,3167863532401,000 ft gate7 of 71,249 ft · 142 kt500 ft gate7 of 7587 ft · 138 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 6× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 64 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 nmTHR162 m L0162 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND48 m R33 m R6 m L1 m L64 m R7 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 1.3 nm, then slow to 1.0 nm (up to −9 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.

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 138−1 kt+3 kt−2 kt+8 kt−6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGKK 26L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
42ft
Threshold speed98.59
132kttarget 138, 6 slow
Centreline offset100.00
6.33m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
216m
Centreline100.00
6.36m L
Speed100.00
130kttarget 138 or less
Touchdown rate11.42
-637fpm
Impact70.29
1.77G
BouncesOk
None
The flare61.00

The flare strayed well off the target profile. Pitch reached 9.2° at touchdown, well above this aircraft's ground attitude. Touchdown was 216 m past the threshold. That is tail strike territory - stop the rotation once the sink is arrested.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the right, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 131 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, 2° of bank.

Wind 060° at 10 kt · 9 kt tail · 3 kt across

How to read this

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

The stop

From 138 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 25 s, an average deceleration of 0.23 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.

0408012016060 kt · 928 m30 kt · 1,036 mtouchdown1,077 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Began the flare high, at 46 ft, 22 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 42 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 216 m in, 89 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.

42 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 46 ft, 22 m before the threshold−939 fpm · 6.7° · 133 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −650 fpm · 9.2°−637 fpm · 9.2° nose up · 131 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 42 ft, down at 216 m

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

The sink went from 940 fpm at the flare to 640 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.5° 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−637 fpm at touchdown9.2° at touchdown, +2.5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,882 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 6.4 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 6.7 m left at the widest.

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 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 216 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 216 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.77 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 934 m of 2,882 m · 32 %
In the air over the runway, 216 mRollout, 718 m Left over, 1,948 m
Rollout distance100.00
718m32 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
6.66m L

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The Airbus A320neo taxied to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport and departed, using 1,345 m of runway (46 % of runway). Rotation occurred at 163 kt. Local weather was 16 °C, wind 7 kt from 060°, with a 2 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 14 seconds, averaging 2,730 fpm and reaching 193 kt at the top. The aircraft then climbed from 1,275 ft asl to 5,345 ft asl in 2 minutes while covering 6 nm, starting overhead EGKK.

Descent from 5,329 ft asl to 4,687 ft asl took 2 minutes over 7 nm, beginning 1 mile east of Lingfield. Level flight at 4,400 ft asl continued for 3 minutes, covering 12 nm, starting 1 mile south-west of Hildenborough.

A series of three short climbs, descents and level legs between 4,000 ft asl and 5,500 ft asl lasted 5 minutes and covered 20 nm, from overhead Maidstone to overhead Rainham. A climb from 4,095 ft asl to 5,431 ft asl took 3 minutes over 15 nm, starting 1 mile west of Allhallows. Level flight at 5,400 ft asl continued for 14 minutes, covering 61 nm, starting 1 mile north of Rochford.

Descent from 5,798 ft asl to 1,509 ft asl took 6 minutes over 17 nm, beginning 1 mile east of Croydon. The final approach to runway 26L at EGKK began with a descent from 1,327 ft agl to 55 ft agl in 94 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 3,575 ft agl, 177 kt; final flap position 4 at 2,471 ft agl, 145 kt.

Landing on runway 26L (runway length 2,882 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 132 kt. The flare was poor, with the nose raised too far. Touchdown occurred at 215 m from the threshold, speed 131 kt, with a heavy rate of -637 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.4 m from the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 978 m (34 % of runway) and rollout alignment was very good.

Local weather at landing was 14 °C, wind 10 kt from 060°, with a 3 kt cross-wind and a 9 kt tail-wind. The flight covered 144 nm in 37 minutes and used 580 kg of fuel.

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