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EDDH
Hamburg, Germany
Runway 05
Elevation39 ft asl
Weight65,040 kg
Fuel6,390 kg
Wind120° · 8 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

99.56 %
EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 08R
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight61,804 kg
Fuel3,047 kg
Wind359° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
7 Nov 2026 1:31 454 nm Airbus A320ceo 3,343 kg
Departure Score
99.79 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
98.88 %

What went well

Touched down at -114 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 1.34 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 100 %

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Threshold height at 60 ft agl was slightly above target at 89 %, −0.21 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 602 m at 84 %, −0.16 points

Next time

Arrival

Fly a slightly steeper approach path to cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 60 ft agl.

What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 60 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, above the normal profile. This fault pattern is often followed by a long touchdown beyond the target point, and here the aircraft touched down at 602 m against a 457 m target.

Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 21 stages, 19 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 14 kt0 kt min to max 22 kt 0 16 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 16 ktmax 16 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 9 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 9 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 12 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 05 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, Average speed was 19 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 18 kt16 kt min to max 19 kt 16 19 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 99.29Departure roll runway 05 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport. Takeoff distance 2,033 m 69 % of runway. Rotation speed was 125 kt. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 8 kt at 120 °. Crosswind: 8 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,033 m69 % of runway
96 % Rotation speed was 125 ktTarget 139 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.45 m left2.45 m left to 0.23 m right 2.45 -0.23 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.99 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °0.2 ° min to max 11.0 ° 0.2 11.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 4.9 ° 0.0 4.9 °
Departure Climb 1 99.64Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 145 kt140 kt min to max 149 kt 140 149 kt
99 % Steepest bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 5.0 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.99 g min to max 1.13 g 0.99 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 509 fpm114 fpm min to max 1,006 fpm 114 1,006 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl 0 31 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °11.1 ° min to max 15.7 ° 11.1 15.7 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 152 kt149 kt min to max 159 kt 149 159 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.3 °0.2 ° min to max 4.3 ° 1.7 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.94 g min to max 1.12 g 1.11 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 1,488 fpm1,017 fpm min to max 2,323 fpm 1,017 2,323 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl32 ft agl min to max 348 ft agl 32 348 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.0 °14.6 ° min to max 16.4 ° 15.7 14.6 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 161 ft agl · 150 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 161 ft agl · 150 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 165 kt160 kt min to max 171 ktTarget 164 kt, 1 kt fast 160 171 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 5.9 °0.1 ° min to max 5.9 ° 0.8 5.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.88 g min to max 1.03 g 0.95 0.97 g
100 % Landing gear up at 86 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 2,356 fpm2,186 fpm min to max 2,636 fpm 2,325 2,194 fpm
Info Average altitude 729 ft agl389 ft agl min to max 1,085 ft agl 389 1,085 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.8 °12.6 ° min to max 15.7 ° 14.6 13.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 742 ft agl · 163 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Fuhlsbuettel (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany). Climbing from 1,169 ft asl to 37,765 ft asl, an increase of 36,596 ft in 20 minutes and covering 124 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 244 kt172 kt min to max 284 kt 172 245 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 31.3 °0.0 ° min to max 31.3 ° 2.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.82 g min to max 1.28 g 0.97 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,147 fpm818 fpm min to max 4,122 fpm 2,208 902 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,139 ft asl1,169 ft asl min to max 37,765 ft asl 1,169 37,765 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °3.5 ° min to max 14.0 ° 13.3 4.6 °
Info Turn coordination -3-19 min to max 4 3 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,243 ft agl · 191 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,470 ft agl · 202 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 16,081 ft agl · 358 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 16,167 ft agl · 358 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 29,954 ft agl · 444 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south east of Vledderveen (Provincie Groningen, The Netherlands) and lasted 17 minutes, covering 121 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,396 ft of 38,017 ft asl37,922 ft asl min to max 38,039 ft asl 37,922 38,015 ft asl
100 % Average speed 242 kt241 kt min to max 244 kt 244 242 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 1 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °3.5 ° min to max 4.2 ° 4.2 3.6 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles west of Ter Heijde (Provincie Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands). Descent from 38,015 ft asl to 14,002 ft asl, a decrease of 24,013 ft in 18 minutes and covering 112 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 254 kt242 kt min to max 265 kt 242 253 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.2 °0.0 ° min to max 25.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.89 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,180 fpm-5,015 fpm min to max 17 fpm 0 -25 fpm
Info Average altitude 22,445 ft asl14,002 ft asl min to max 38,037 ft asl 38,015 14,002 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-2.7 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 2.7 °
Info Turn coordination 0-7 min to max 7 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Birchington-on-Sea (Kent, England) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,201 ft of 14,008 ft asl14,001 ft asl min to max 14,013 ft asl 14,013 14,010 ft asl
100 % Average speed 253 kt253 kt min to max 253 kt 253 253 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.7 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.7 2.7 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Littlebourne (Kent, England). Descent from 14,011 ft asl to 8,141 ft asl, a decrease of 5,870 ft in 5 minutes and covering 23 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 253 kt250 kt min to max 257 kt 253 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 19.9 °0.0 ° min to max 19.9 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.84 g min to max 1.19 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -1,263 fpm-2,538 fpm min to max -5 fpm -16 -923 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,094 ft asl8,141 ft asl min to max 14,011 ft asl 14,011 8,141 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.7 1.2 °
Info Turn coordination 2-1 min to max 8 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 12,159 ft agl · 300 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Rolvenden (Kent, England) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 21 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±902 ft of 8,002 ft asl7,949 ft asl min to max 8,040 ft asl 8,040 8,007 ft asl
100 % Average speed 239 kt220 kt min to max 251 kt 249 220 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.1 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.85 g min to max 1.13 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 1-18 min to max 16 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °1.1 ° min to max 4.1 ° 2.4 3.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 7,687 ft agl · 249 kt
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Uckfield (East Sussex, England). Descent from 8,007 ft asl to 3,211 ft asl, a decrease of 4,796 ft in 5 minutes and covering 18 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 207 kt179 kt min to max 226 kt 220 180 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.88 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -986 fpm-2,692 fpm min to max 5 fpm 5 -502 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,741 ft asl3,211 ft asl min to max 8,209 ft asl 8,007 3,211 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °-2.2 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.7 2.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 4,530 ft agl · 210 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 4,513 ft agl · 202 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Barns Green (West Sussex, England) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±656 ft of 3,008 ft asl2,995 ft asl min to max 3,123 ft asl 3,123 3,016 ft asl
100 % Average speed 180 kt179 kt min to max 181 kt 180 180 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 30.2 °0.0 ° min to max 30.2 ° 0.0 15.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.99 g min to max 1.17 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Turn coordination 8-1 min to max 16 0 2
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °2.2 ° min to max 5.2 ° 2.2 4.4 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Alfold Crossways (Surrey, England). Descent from 3,019 ft asl to 1,559 ft asl, a decrease of 1,459 ft in 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 147 kt137 kt min to max 181 kt 180 137 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 11.9 °0.0 ° min to max 11.9 ° 11.9 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -685 fpm-958 fpm min to max 144 fpm 144 -720 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,081 ft asl1,559 ft asl min to max 3,023 ft asl 3,019 1,559 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-0.2 ° min to max 4.2 ° 4.2 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-2 min to max 1 1 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 2,404 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,347 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 2,110 ft agl · 166 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,089 ft agl · 164 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Descent from 1,404 ft agl to 114 ft agl in 104 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
Arrival Landing 96.78Landing on runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, runway length 2,911 m. Threshold height at 60 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 140 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 140 kt. Target 135 kt
89 % Threshold height at 60 ft agl was slightly above target.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 2.68 m left2.68 m left to 1.54 m left 1.59 1.62 m
95 % Steepest bank angle 4.0 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.5 0.6 °
100 % Peak g force 1.10 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Average speed 136 kt131 kt min to max 140 kt 140 131 kt
Info Average VSI -471 fpm-659 fpm min to max -181 fpm -576 -181 fpm
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl-5 ft agl min to max 60 ft agl 60 -5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °2.1 ° min to max 6.5 ° 2.3 6.3 °
07515022530037545052560067501224364860Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 97.63Touchdown point was 176 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 131 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -114 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 7 °C. Wind 0 kt at 315 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -114 fpm.
84 % Touchdown distance was 602 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 131 ktTarget below 128 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.62 m left1.47 m left 1.62 1.34 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.4 °
100 % Peak g force 1.09 g1.03 g min to max 1.09 g 1.05 1.09 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 131 kt130 kt min to max 131 kt 131 130 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °6.1 ° min to max 6.3 ° 6.3 6.1 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,680 m, 58 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,680 m58 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.32 m left2.32 m left to 0.00 m left 2.32 1.56 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 0.99 g
Info Average speed 103 kt65 kt min to max 128 kt 128 65 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.8 ° min to max 6.0 ° 6.0 -0.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 40 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 39 kt15 kt min to max 64 kt 64 15 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.8 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 9 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 20 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 24 kt 15 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 13 ktmax 19 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.2 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.5 0.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 9 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 9 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 9 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 10 kt

Takeoff from EDDH 05

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
22kt peak16 kt in turns

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
2,033m69 %
Runway alignment100.00
2.45m L
Rotation speed96.44
125kttarget 139, 14 early

Liftoff pitch close to a tail strike

The wheels left at 11.1°, 0.6° short of this aircraft's 11.7° tail strike.

The tail can only touch while the main wheels are still on the runway, so the margin that matters is the one at liftoff. Rotate at the rotate speed, at the normal rate, and let the aircraft fly itself off at its own attitude: keep the pull going towards the climb attitude only once the wheels have left. Rotating early, or pulling faster than the aircraft can lift off, is what eats the margin.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
139ktat 11.1°
Rotation
2.3°/sover 4.3 s, gaining 14 kt
35 ft
150ktat 15.9°, 4.2 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff98.55
6.3°steepest
Gear up100.00
86ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
165kttarget 164

Plan view the roll down the 2,943 m runway.

Rolled from 990 m in, drifted 2.5 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 7 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 69 % 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 ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 2.47 m LROLL 990 M INAirborne 2,036 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,036 m of 2,943 m · 69 %
Behind the start of the roll, 990 mTakeoff roll, 1,046 m Left ahead, 906 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 1,085 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 600 m of runway left; gear up at 86 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,140 fpm on average to 1,085 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.

1,250 ft625 ft0CLIMB 3165 kt avgtarget 164THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 287 m · 4.3 sRotate 125 kttarget 139Liftoff 139 ktGear up 86 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 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 164180 kt12060020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 287 m · 4.3 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 139held 15.3°11.1° off · 2.3°/s16° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

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 2.1 to 2.9° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320ceo pilots over the last 180 days (230 takeoffs); the grey pair are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at. A trace steeper than both green lines is a faster rotation than most, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 11.7°, the pitch at which this aircraft's tail touches the runway with the wheels still on it, drawn from rotation to liftoff only: once the wheels leave, every foot climbed adds tail clearance.

20°10°0°3°/s2.9°/s2.1°/s2°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT11.1° off · 2.3°/s16° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.1 to 2.9°/s, other Airbus A320ceo pilots2 to 3°/s from rotation, airlinersTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

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 rate670 fpm580 fpm
On glideslope3.2°3.4°
On centreline0.2° off0.1° off
On speed+1.9 kt+1.9 kt
Wings level0° bank1° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to EGKK 08R

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 70 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° BAND1,3527224472131,000 ft gate7 of 71,093 ft · 137 kt500 ft gate7 of 7603 ft · 137 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 18× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 20 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 nmTHR52 m L052 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND17 m R6 m L3 m L6 m L12 m R4 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

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

Inside the speed band all the way, between −1 kt and +6 kt on the approach speed of 135 kt.

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Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 135+2 kt+1 kt+3 kt−0 kt+5 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGKK 08R

Over the threshold

Threshold height89.11
59ft
Threshold speed100.00
140kttarget 135, 5 fast
Centreline offset100.00
2.68m L
Bank94.98
4.0°steepest
Flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

Touchdown

Past threshold84.17
602m
Centreline100.00
1.62m L
Speed100.00
131kttarget 128, 3 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-114fpm
Impact100.00
1.09G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.6°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
1,050m57 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.32m L

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
24kt peak13 kt in turns

Side view — the last 1,774 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 59 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 44 ft. Touched down 602 m in, 297 m past 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 1,774 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.

59 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 44 ft · −661 fpm · 3.1° · 139 ktdescent slowed at 0 ft · −114 fpm · 6.3°−114 fpm · 6.3° nose up · 131 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 59 ft, down at 602 m

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

The sink went from 660 fpm at the flare to 110 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.2° on the way down. Into the flare at 139 kt, 4 kt over the 135 kt approach speed, and 131 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°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−114 fpm at touchdown6.3° at touchdown, +3.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,774 m of the 2,911 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 2.4 m of it down the rollout. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 359° at 2 kt · 0 kt head · 1 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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 602 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 602 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,652 m of 2,911 m · 57 %
In the air over the runway, 602 mRollout, 1,050 m Left over, 1,259 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 129 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 32 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 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.

0408012060 kt · 1,106 m30 kt · 1,337 mtouchdown1,390 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A320-ceo departed from runway 05 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport. The take-off roll used 2,033 m, 69 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 125 kt. Local weather was 4 °C with wind 8 kt from 120°, giving a 3 kt headwind and an 8 kt crosswind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl lasted 28 seconds, averaging 1,848 fpm and reaching 171 kt at the top of the segment. The aircraft then climbed from 1,169 ft asl to 37,765 ft asl in 20 minutes, covering 124 nm and passing overhead Fuhlsbuettel. Cruise was level at 38,000 ft asl for 17 minutes, covering 121 nm, beginning 2 nm south-east of Vledderveen.

Descent began from 38,015 ft asl and proceeded to 1,559 ft asl in 40 minutes, covering 199 nm. The descent started 3 nm west of Ter Heijde and included brief level-offs at 14,000 ft asl, 8,000 ft asl and 3,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport started from 1,404 ft agl and descended to 114 ft agl in 104 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,347 ft agl, 178 kt; final flap position 5 at 2,110 ft agl, 166 kt.

Landing on runway 08R (runway length 2,911 m) had a threshold height of 60 ft agl, slightly above target, and a threshold speed of 140 kt, judged good. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 176 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, a little fast, with a smooth rate of -114 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 1,680 m, 58 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at landing was 7 °C with wind 0 kt from 315°, giving zero crosswind and headwind.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight covered 454 nm in 91 minutes and used 3,343 kg of fuel.

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