Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 13°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 11 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 11 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 11 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
Read more in How to Taxi AnywhereStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,672 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 563 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 16L at YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,785 meters, which was 82% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 22°C temperature and winds of 8 knots at 219°. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb began 1 mile west of La Perouse, where the aircraft ascended from 940 feet above sea level to 34,938 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,999 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 142 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 84 miles south east of Smiths Lake and lasted for 204 minutes, covering a distance of 1,669 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 99 miles south east of NFOL Ono-i-Lau Airport, where it descended from 36,024 feet above sea level to 1,377 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,647 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 125 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 11 at NFTF Fua'amotu International Airport was made from the north west, with a heading of 122.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,256 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown point 149 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 130 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -89 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 27°C temperature and winds of 9 knots at 59°. The crosswind was 8 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,254 meters, which was 47% of the runway length.
The flight concluded with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, a process that took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,946 nautical miles, which was covered in 251 minutes, and the aircraft used 9,969 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at NFTF Fua'amotu International Airport, achieving a high score of 93.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 122.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,256 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with precision, and the aircraft landed smoothly on runway 11, which has a length of 2,672 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 138 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown point was 149 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 130 knots was also within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -89 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, demonstrating a controlled descent.
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a minor error in navigation. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been caused by the same factors.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 27°C and a wind speed of 9 knots at 59°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,254 meters, which is 47% of the runway length. Overall, the landing was successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of alignment and navigation.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values