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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight151,986 kg
Fuel11,992 kg
Wind220° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

95.98 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight150,711 kg
Fuel10,711 kg
Wind240° · 6 kn · 1 kn cross
20 Oct 2026 0:09 23 nm Airbus A350-900 1,281 kg
Departure Score
99.95 %
Pattern Score
93.35 %
Arrival Score
94.63 %

What went well

Touched down at -176 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 3.94 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 98 %

What held you back

Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 1,469 ft agl at 7 %, −1.33 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 915 m at 0 %, −1.33 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.5 ° at 38 %, −0.88 points

Next time

Arrival

Reduce power earlier on final to bring threshold speed back to 123 kt.

What happened: You crossed the threshold at 143 kt against a target of 123 kt, and touchdown ended up well past the normal point. Carrying excess threshold speed usually carries the touchdown long as the aircraft floats before settling.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 123 kt at the threshold.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 17 stages, 14 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 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.26 g0.00 g min to max 1.03 g 0.00 1.03 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 11 ft agl
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,006 m 27 % of runway. Rotation speed was 152 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 4 kt at 220 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,006 m27 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 152 ktTarget 148 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.94 m right1.01 m left to 4.94 m right 1.01 -4.46 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.09 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 3.1 ° -0.3 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 167 kt161 kt min to max 171 kt 161 171 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.1 3.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.25 g1.09 g min to max 1.39 g 1.09 1.39 g
Info Average VSI 387 fpm57 fpm min to max 900 fpm 57 900 fpm
Info Average altitude 4 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 12 ft agl 0 12 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °3.1 ° min to max 8.7 ° 3.1 8.7 °
Departure Climb 2 99.85Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 185 kt173 kt min to max 208 kt 173 188 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 2.4 °
99 % Average g force 1.13 g0.63 g min to max 1.44 g 1.43 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 2,242 fpm791 fpm min to max 4,626 fpm 1,359 791 fpm
Info Average altitude 557 ft agl23 ft agl min to max 1,367 ft agl 23 1,367 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.2 °4.2 ° min to max 16.7 ° 10.7 4.2 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 169 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 169 ft agl · 176 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 2 nm in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 174 kt169 kt min to max 186 kt 186 170 kt
100 % Average bank angle 22.0 °6.9 ° min to max 24.9 ° 6.9 24.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.92 g min to max 1.15 g 0.98 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 174 fpm7 fpm min to max 564 fpm 564 25 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,440 ft agl1,386 ft agl min to max 1,462 ft agl 1,386 1,462 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.6 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.1 3.6 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,406 ft agl · 181 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,406 ft agl · 181 kt
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 12 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.3 °-17.3 ° min to max 15.8 ° 15.8 -17.3 °
100 % Average speed 170 kt170 kt min to max 171 kt 170 170 kt
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.06 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 23 fpm-4 fpm min to max 66 fpm 66 49 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,464 ft agl1,462 ft agl min to max 1,466 ft agl 1,462 1,466 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 24.7 °24.6 ° min to max 24.9 ° 24.8 24.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °3.6 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.6 3.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 57.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 170 kt168 kt min to max 171 kt 169 170 kt
100 % Average bank angle 23.8 °19.2 ° min to max 24.8 ° 24.7 19.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.06 g min to max 1.10 g 1.07 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 4 fpm-28 fpm min to max 44 fpm 17 14 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,466 ft agl1,463 ft agl min to max 1,473 ft agl 1,467 1,473 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °3.7 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.7 4.1 °
Pattern Downwind 72.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 9 nm in 176 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.4 °-19.0 ° min to max 16.3 ° 16.3 -19.0 °
7 % Average altitude 1,469 ft agl1,462 ft agl min to max 1,477 ft agl 1,473 1,463 ft agl
100 % Average speed 169 kt160 kt min to max 173 kt 172 163 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.11 g 1.06 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -3 fpm-150 fpm min to max 212 fpm 30 26 fpm
Info Average bank angle 3.6 °1.1 ° min to max 23.5 ° 17.8 23.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.5 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.0 4.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,346 ft agl · 172 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,221 ft agl · 171 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,213 ft agl · 171 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 81.45Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 7 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
38 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.5 °.
100 % Average speed 165 kt163 kt min to max 167 kt 163 166 kt
100 % Average bank angle 23.0 °18.2 ° min to max 23.8 ° 23.6 18.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.95 g min to max 1.12 g 1.08 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 31 fpm-71 fpm min to max 141 fpm -4 141 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,465 ft agl1,463 ft agl min to max 1,471 ft agl 1,463 1,471 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °3.5 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.7 3.5 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 2.8 °-17.5 ° min to max 17.1 ° 17.1 -17.5 °
100 % Average speed 165 kt163 kt min to max 166 kt 166 165 kt
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.91 g min to max 1.14 g 1.06 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -10 fpm-336 fpm min to max 162 fpm 162 92 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,456 ft agl1,446 ft agl min to max 1,466 ft agl 1,459 1,450 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 20.5 °14.2 ° min to max 24.0 ° 17.1 24.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.5 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.2 3.6 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 70 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 157 kt148 kt min to max 165 kt 165 148 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.4 °0.3 ° min to max 29.4 ° 24.1 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.17 g 1.07 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -105 fpm-788 fpm min to max 287 fpm 83 -782 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,445 ft agl1,334 ft agl min to max 1,469 ft agl 1,452 1,334 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.5 0.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,340 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,354 ft agl · 151 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,403 ft agl to 78 ft agl in 100 seconds. Not scored on a circuit: the stabilisation gate is shown for reference.
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
50 % On speedfailed at one of the two gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates
Arrival Landing 94.47Landing on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,671 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 143 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Threshold speed was well above target at 143 kt. Target 123 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
98 % The flare tracked the target profile closely. Crossing the threshold 20 kt above target, the aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 915 m past the threshold. The flare cannot burn off excess energy - fix the approach speed and the float goes with it.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.62 m left6.62 m left to 4.37 m right 6.62 -4.35 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average speed 135 kt125 kt min to max 143 kt 143 125 kt
Info Average VSI -241 fpm-653 fpm min to max 52 fpm -653 -162 fpm
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl-10 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 47 -10 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °0.4 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.4 3.2 °
0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,05001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,050-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 84.05Touchdown point was 496 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 125 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was good at -176 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 6 kt at 240 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown rate was -176 fpm.
0 % Touchdown distance was 915 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 125 ktTarget below 121 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.35 m right4.19 m right -4.35 -3.94 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 125 kt125 kt min to max 125 kt 125 125 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.5 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.2 2.5 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,273 m, 35 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,273 m35 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 3.00 m right1.33 m left to 3.00 m right 1.33 -3.00 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average speed 90 kt59 kt min to max 117 kt 117 59 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.5 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 47 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 40 kt24 kt min to max 59 kt 59 24 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.5 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kt5 kt min to max 18 kt 18 6 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.6 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 152 kt, 4 kt above the 148 kt target, and lifted off at 160 kt 1.6 s later, the nose coming up at 1.8° a second.

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.

210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1483.1° off · 1.8°/s12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation began

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 12 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt209 m 80 kt -0.2° 8.8 s
Rotate841 m · target 148 152 kt 0.2° 19.4 s
Liftoff962 m · +8 kt from rotation 160 kt 3.1° 21.1 s
35 ft1,240 m · 3.3 s after liftoff 174 kt 12.0° 24.3 s
End of the climb4,076 m · 1,367 ft 188 kt 4.2° 54.9 s

Takeoff from NZAA 23L

Takeoff roll100.00
1,006m27 %
Rotation speed100.00
152kttarget 148, 4 fast
Liftoff speed
160kt
Runway alignment100.00
4.94m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
386fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 1,367 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,386 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,430 fpm on average to 1,367 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.

1,500 ft750 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 152 kttarget 148Liftoff 160 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 3,671 m runway.

Rolled from 45 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 5.1 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.8 m right. Airborne 27 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 5.11 m RROLL 45 M INAirborne 1,007 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,007 m of 3,671 m · 27 %
Behind the start of the roll, 45 mTakeoff roll, 962 m Left ahead, 2,665 m

The circuit to NZAA 23L

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.7 nm out at 170 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft25°125°224°329°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,443 ft
Bank
25°
Speed
171 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
25°
Height
1,469 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
169 kt
Out
2.1 nm 1.7 suits 170 kt

High on downwind: 1,469 ft against 1,000 ft, 469 ft above.

Downwind. Parallel to the runway, opposite the landing direction, at pattern altitude and roughly 90 kt. The single most important moment of the entire circuit is the point abeam your intended touchdown point. Power back (around 1,700 RPM in a 172 works as a starting value to calibrate), first stage of flap, pre-landing flow, and re-trim. Everything from abeam to touchdown is one continuous energy problem. Arrive at the abeam point high or fast and you'll pay for it ninety seconds later in the flare, which is why analysing only the touchdown so often misdiagnoses the fault.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
15° target 45°
Bank
24°
Height
1,448 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 15° behind, against 45°.

The stopwatch. From abeam the threshold, fly roughly 30 to 45 seconds before turning base, in nil wind at 172 speeds. Treat that as a starting value and calibrate it. If your finals keep coming out at 400 ft instead of 500, add a few seconds. Then adjust for wind, roughly a second per knot of headwind on final (a headwind on final is a tailwind on downwind, carrying you further from the field per second).

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
29°
Overshoot
233 m
Speed
157 kt

Overshot: went 233 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind100Downwind72Base turn81Base100Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 23L

The final from 4 nm.

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 60 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,3721,045733572375200
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 8× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.3 nm, then 10 m left of it from 0.3 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR119 m L0119 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND22 m L12 m L24 m L46 m L20 m L4 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 31 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 2.1 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +32 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.

120140160180 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 123+25 kt+23 kt+25 kt+30 kt+32 kt+25 kt+20 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 23L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
46ft
Threshold speed80.39
143kttarget 123, 20 fast
Centreline offset100.00
6.62m L

Touchdown

Past threshold0.00
915m
Centreline100.00
4.35m R
Speed100.00
125kttarget 120, 5 fast
Touchdown rate95.24
-176fpm
Impact100.00
1.12G
BouncesOk
None
The flare97.50

The flare tracked the target profile closely. Crossing the threshold 20 kt above target, the aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 915 m past the threshold. The flare cannot burn off excess energy - fix the approach speed and the float goes with it.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 5° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 240° at 6 kt · 6 kt head · 1 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 119 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 17 s, an average deceleration of 0.27 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 · 356 m30 kt · 565 mtouchdown588 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 46 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 19 ft; ballooned 3 ft from 9 ft. Touched down 915 m in, 610 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 1,524 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.

46 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT held off 522 m from the lowest point 80 ft400 Flare 19 ft · −414 fpm · 1.4° · 141 ktballooned +3 ft · from 9 ft to 12 ft−176 fpm · 3.2° nose up · 125 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 46 ft, down at 915 m

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

The sink went from 410 fpm at the flare to 180 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.8° 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°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−176 fpm at touchdown3.2° at touchdown, +1.8° from the flareclimbing 95 fpm
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.9 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.2 m right by the end of the rollout.

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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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 915 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 915 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,236 m of 3,671 m · 34 %
In the air over the runway, 915 mRollout, 322 m Left over, 2,435 m
Rollout distance100.00
322m34 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
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The Airbus A350-900 departed from runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. The take-off roll was 1,006 m, 27 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 152 kt. Local weather was 16 °C with wind 4 kt from 220°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl took 32 seconds, averaging 2,126 fpm and reaching 188 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then entered a left-hand circuit for runway 23L. The downwind leg was 9 nm and lasted 176 seconds at 1,490 ft agl; the base leg was less than 1 nm and lasted 16 seconds.

On final approach to runway 23L, descent was from 1,403 ft agl to 78 ft agl in 100 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and wings level; the speed check was not met at one gate.

Landing was on runway 23L, runway length 3,671 m, with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 143 kt. The flare was described as great; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 496 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 125 kt, a little fast, with a touchdown rate of -176 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was 15 °C with wind 6 kt from 240°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 6 kt headwind. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,273 m, 35 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good. Taxiing to parking from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered 23 nm in 9 minutes and used 1,281 kg of fuel.

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