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EGMC
Southend-on-Sea, England
Runway 05
Elevation46 ft asl
Weight64,865 kg
Fuel9,775 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

94.50 %
LMML
Valletta, Malta
Runway 31
Elevation256 ft asl
Weight61,192 kg
Fuel6,103 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
9 Nov 2026 3:05 1220 nm Airbus A320neo 3,672 kg
Departure Score
91.69 %
Enroute Score
99.74 %
Arrival Score
92.07 %

What went well

Touchdown 298 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 0.54 m off the centreline, no bounce
Rollout controlled — 26 % of the runway used

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 243 kt against 170 kt at 19 %, −2.71 points
Firm touchdown — 673 fpm, −1.92 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 673 fpm−1.25
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.55
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.90 G at contact−0.12
Arrival Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, Landing Lights at 1 %, −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 73 kt fast at 243 kt during the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.

What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Speed at this height is usually bought with gradient. It's rarely dangerous and it's often just an early acceleration, but with flaps still out you may be heading towards the flap limit and a flat fast climb puts you at the acceleration altitude with the cleaning-up still to do.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 17 stages, 16 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 Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 05 at EGMC London Southend Airport. Takeoff distance 1,150 m 62 % of runway. Rotation speed was 137 kt. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,150 m62 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 137 ktTarget 145 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.48 m right0.10 m left to 0.48 m right 0.10 -0.36 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max 7.2 ° -0.6 7.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.0 °

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 Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 8 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 EGMC London Southend Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 166 kt154 kt min to max 176 kt 154 176 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.0 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.99 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 556 fpm175 fpm min to max 719 fpm 175 719 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 0 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °5.9 ° min to max 7.7 ° 7.2 5.9 °
Departure Climb 2 99.31Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 EGMC London Southend Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 187 kt179 kt min to max 206 kt 179 206 kt
97 % Steepest bank angle 6.0 °0.4 ° min to max 6.0 ° 5.5 2.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.79 g min to max 1.20 g 0.97 0.82 g
Info Average VSI 966 fpm693 fpm min to max 2,171 fpm 758 693 fpm
Info Average altitude 87 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 355 ft agl 34 355 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °5.3 ° min to max 9.3 ° 5.4 5.8 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 203 ft agl · 197 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 203 ft agl · 197 kt
Departure Climb 3 67.46Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 EGMC London Southend Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
19 % Climb speed 243 kt210 kt min to max 256 ktTarget 170 kt, 73 kt fast 210 248 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 20.5 °0.0 ° min to max 20.5 ° 1.8 20.5 °
97 % Average g force 1.09 g0.90 g min to max 1.50 g 0.90 0.94 g
100 % Landing gear up at 9 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 -0.2 °
Info Average VSI 1,632 fpm346 fpm min to max 4,261 fpm 453 4,261 fpm
Info Average altitude 521 ft agl363 ft agl min to max 869 ft agl 363 869 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °5.5 ° min to max 13.8 ° 6.3 12.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 621 ft agl · 257 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Armed 621 ft agl · 257 kt
Enroute Climb 99.98Enroute climb started 1 mile south of Canewdon (Essex, England). Climbing from 991 ft asl to 24,943 ft asl, an increase of 23,952 ft in 10 minutes and covering 58 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 286 kt244 kt min to max 322 kt 245 305 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 28.2 °0.0 ° min to max 28.2 ° 22.8 1.1 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.05 g0.61 g min to max 1.59 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,401 fpm57 fpm min to max 4,969 fpm 4,136 61 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,090 ft asl991 ft asl min to max 24,943 ft asl 991 24,943 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °1.0 ° min to max 16.1 ° 12.3 1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 12 9 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,219 ft agl · 254 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,283 ft agl · 255 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles south east of Hastings (East Sussex, England) and lasted 142 minutes, covering 1,039 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,748 ft of 25,000 ft asl24,954 ft asl min to max 25,031 ft asl 24,954 24,996 ft asl
100 % Average speed 303 kt292 kt min to max 306 kt 305 305 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.5 °0.0 ° min to max 25.5 ° 0.7 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-5 min to max 5 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.6 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.0 0.7 °
Enroute Descent 99.75Enroute descent started 6 miles south west of Palma di Montechiaro (Sicilia, Italy). Descent from 24,995 ft asl to 13,170 ft asl, a decrease of 11,826 ft in 5 minutes and covering 34 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 319 kt304 kt min to max 330 kt 304 323 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
98 % Average g force 0.97 g0.20 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -2,334 fpm-3,998 fpm min to max 6 fpm 6 -669 fpm
Info Average altitude 18,926 ft asl13,170 ft asl min to max 24,996 ft asl 24,995 13,170 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-6.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 -1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-1 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 30 miles south of Licata (Sicilia, Italy) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,156 ft of 13,039 ft asl13,002 ft asl min to max 13,114 ft asl 13,114 13,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 323 kt321 kt min to max 324 kt 321 323 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.4 -0.1 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 24 miles north west of Zebbug (Iz-Zebbug, Malta). Descent from 13,003 ft asl to 3,584 ft asl, a decrease of 9,419 ft in 3 minutes and covering 18 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 307 kt267 kt min to max 331 kt 323 267 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -2,827 fpm-3,981 fpm min to max -5 fpm -5 -1,870 fpm
Info Average altitude 7,643 ft asl3,584 ft asl min to max 13,003 ft asl 13,003 3,584 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.2 °-6.5 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 9,209 ft agl
Enroute Level 3 98.47Enroute level cruise started 5 miles north west of Gharb (L-Gharb, Malta) and lasted 12 minutes, covering 49 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±664 ft of 3,010 ft asl2,964 ft asl min to max 3,278 ft asl 3,278 2,964 ft asl
92 % Average speed 240 kt157 kt min to max 264 kt 264 161 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 26.6 °0.0 ° min to max 26.6 ° 0.0 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.92 g min to max 1.18 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination -1-8 min to max 3 0 1
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-1.8 ° min to max 4.5 ° -1.8 0.7 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,277 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,048 ft agl
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 2,997 ft agl · 254 kt
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 2,994 ft agl · 228 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Disarmed 2,628 ft agl · 261 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,003 ft agl · 262 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3,003 ft agl · 262 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,989 ft agl · 241 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,994 ft agl · 231 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,992 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,991 ft agl · 209 kt
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 6 miles south east of Birzebbuga (Birzebbuga, Malta). Descent from 2,820 ft asl to 1,530 ft asl, a decrease of 1,290 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 158 kt156 kt min to max 160 kt 160 158 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -841 fpm-901 fpm min to max -827 fpm -901 -848 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,860 ft asl1,530 ft asl min to max 2,820 ft asl 2,820 1,530 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °1.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.0 1.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 1 1 0
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 31 at LMML Malta International Airport. Descent from 1,303 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 89 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 994 ft agl · 160 kt
Arrival Landing 90.83Landing on runway 31 at LMML Malta International Airport, runway length 3,351 m. Threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 153 kt. Target 143 kt
96 % Threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target.Target 50 ft agl
67 % The flare wandered off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.6° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 298 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 0.72 m right0.06 m right to 0.72 m right -0.06 -0.66 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.0 °0.4 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 0.9 °
100 % Peak g force 1.07 g1.02 g min to max 1.07 g 1.02 1.06 g
Info Average speed 151 kt149 kt min to max 153 kt 153 149 kt
Info Average VSI -912 fpm-1,054 fpm min to max -720 fpm -1,054 -720 fpm
Info Average altitude 26 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 57 ft agl 57 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.8 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.8 3.2 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 994 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 34 ft agl · 152 kt
07515022530001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 79.46Touchdown distance was good at 298 m. Touchdown speed at 149 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was heavy at -673 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
6 % Touchdown rate was -673 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 298 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 149 ktTarget below 143 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.66 m right0.61 m right -0.66 -0.54 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.9 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.3 °
65 % Peak g force 1.90 g1.06 g min to max 1.90 g 1.06 1.25 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 149 kt148 kt min to max 149 kt 149 148 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.5 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.2 2.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 994 ft agl · 160 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 10 ft agl · 149 kt
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 928 m, 28 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 928 m28 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 0.52 m right0.00 m left to 0.52 m right -0.45 -0.48 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.01 g
Info Average speed 112 kt75 kt min to max 147 kt 147 75 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.5 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.8 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 47 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 46 kt0 kt min to max 74 kt 74 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl · 52 kt
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl · 1 kt
Arrival Taxi 90.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 15 kt1 kt min to max 20 kt 18 1 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 10 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Taxi Lights

Takeoff from EGMC 05

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,150m62 %
Runway alignment100.00
0.48m R
Rotation speed100.00
137kttarget 145, 8 early

Rotated early

The nose came up at 137 kt, 8 kt before the 145 kt rotate speed.

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

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
154ktat 7.2°
Rotation
2.2°/sover 3.3 s, gaining 17 kt
35 ft
179ktat 5.3°, 5.9 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
4.2°steepest
Gear up100.00
9ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed19.49
243kttarget 170

Plan view the roll down the 1,843 m runway.

Rolled from 75 m in, never more than 0.6 m off the centreline. Airborne 62 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 0.60 m RROLL 75 M INAirborne 1,152 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,152 m of 1,843 m · 63 %
Behind the start of the roll, 75 mTakeoff roll, 1,077 m Left ahead, 690 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 869 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 259 m of runway left; gear up at 9 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,290 fpm on average to 869 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 3243 kt avgtarget 170THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 249 m · 3.3 sRotate 137 kttarget 145Liftoff 154 ktGear up 9 ftfull marks to 400 ftSCALE CHANGES3.7 km past the runway
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 170270 kt18090020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 249 m · 3.3 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 145held 6.8°7.2° off · 2.2°/s5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 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 2.0 to 3.0° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320neo pilots over the last 180 days (154 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°/s3.0°/s2°/s2.0°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT7.2° off · 2.2°/s5° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.0 to 3.0°/s, other Airbus A320neo 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 rate830 fpm720 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.2°
On centreline0.3° off0.5° off
On speed+13 kt+15 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.5 nm, then not again: fast from 0.5 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 LMML 31

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 40 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° BAND1,2986834122431,000 ft gate7 of 71,034 ft · 156 kt500 ft gate7 of 7578 ft · 158 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 13× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 29 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 nmTHR73 m L073 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND28 m L28 m L17 m L7 m L29 m L25 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 0.5 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +15 kt).

How to read this

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

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 143+16 kt+15 kt+14 kt+14 kt+10 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on LMML 31

Over the threshold

Threshold height96.27
56ft
Threshold speed100.00
153kttarget 143, 10 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.72m R
Bank100.00
1.0°steepest
Flare67.05

The flare wandered off the target profile

The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.6° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 298 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
298m
Centreline100.00
0.66m R
Speed100.00
148kttarget 142, 6 fast
Touchdown rate5.96
-673fpm
Impact65.48
1.90G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.9°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
584m26 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
0.52m R

Taxi in

Lights0.50
Wrongtaxi lights off, landing lights on
Taxi speed100.00
20kt peak9 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 56 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 36 ft. Touched down 298 m in, close to the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

56 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 36 ft · −979 fpm · 2.7° · 152 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −673 fpm · 3.2°−673 fpm · 3.2° nose up · 149 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 56 ft, down at 298 m

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

The sink went from 980 fpm at the flare to 670 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.5° on the way down. Into the flare at 152 kt, 9 kt over the 143 kt approach speed, and 149 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 UP0−750−1,5000°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−673 fpm at touchdown3.2° at touchdown, +0.5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,351 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 0.7 m of it down the rollout. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 0 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 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 ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 298 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 298 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.90 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 882 m of 3,351 m · 26 %
In the air over the runway, 298 mRollout, 584 m Left over, 2,469 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 149 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 107 s, an average deceleration of 0.06 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 · 683 m30 kt · 2,989 mtouchdown3,108 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A320neo departed from runway 05 at EGMC London Southend Airport. Rotation was achieved at 137 kt and the take-off run was 1,150 m, 62 % of the runway. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 38 seconds, averaging 1,245 fpm and reaching 248 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 991 ft asl to 24,943 ft asl in 10 minutes, covering 58 nm while starting 1 mile south of Canewdon.

Cruise was maintained at 25,000 ft asl for 142 minutes, covering 1,039 nm, beginning 3 miles south-east of Hastings. Descent began from 24,995 ft asl to 3,584 ft asl in 10 minutes over 62 nm, starting 6 miles south-west of Palma di Montechiaro, with a brief level-off at 13,000 ft asl.

A further level segment at 3,000 ft asl lasted 12 minutes and covered 49 nm, beginning 5 miles north-west of Gharb. The next descent from 2,820 ft asl to 1,530 ft asl took 2 minutes over 4 nm, starting 6 miles south-east of Birzebbuga.

Final approach to runway 31 at LMML Malta International Airport began with a descent from 1,303 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 89 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, on glideslope, on centreline, on speed, wings level.

Landing was made on runway 31, whose length is 3,351 m. The threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed of 153 kt was slightly above target. The flare was described as a fair landing flare with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 298 m down the runway at 149 kt, a little fast, with a heavy rate of -673 fpm. Alignment on touchdown and rollout was perfect. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 928 m, 28 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.

Local weather at the airport was 15 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered a total of 1,220 nm in 185 minutes and used 3,672 kg of fuel.

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