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NZCH
Christchurch, New Zealand
Runway 20
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel1,334 kg

Flight Score

97.11 %
NZNS
Nelson, New Zealand
Runway 02
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight16,388 kg
Fuel954 kg
Wind185° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross
17 Jun 2024 0:41 136 nm ATR 42 380 kg
Departure Score
99.11 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
90.68 %

What went well

Touched down at -135 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 1.69 m off the centreline, no bounce
1.15 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 42 %, −1.36 points
Arrival Rollout — Landing distance 1,113 m at 66 %, −1.08 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 700 m at 73 %, −0.42 points

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Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 13 stages, 11 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.8 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.7 ° -0.8 -1.0 °
100 % Average speed 116 kn94 kn min to max 131 kn 94 131 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.97 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 1.14 g
Info Average VSI 595 ft/m277 ft/m min to max 953 ft/m 277 953 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl -4 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °-0.2 ° min to max 9.2 ° -0.2 9.2 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 5 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 8 ft agl · 119 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 8 ft agl · 119 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 24 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 24 ft agl · 126 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.0 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 134 kn132 kn min to max 144 kn 132 144 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.83 g min to max 1.15 g 1.14 0.83 g
Info Average VSI 1,448 ft/m972 ft/m min to max 2,454 ft/m 972 2,158 ft/m
Info Average altitude 102 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 372 ft agl 43 372 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °7.9 ° min to max 12.2 ° 9.3 7.9 °
Departure Climb 3 97.34Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.3 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 149 kn144 kn min to max 151 kn 145 150 kn
87 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 7.1 ° 0.5 6.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.88 g min to max 1.10 g 1.10 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 2,106 ft/m1,907 ft/m min to max 2,279 ft/m 2,007 1,928 ft/m
Info Average altitude 704 ft agl404 ft agl min to max 968 ft agl 404 968 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °7.4 ° min to max 10.6 ° 10.1 7.4 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead NZCH Christchurch Intl Christchurch (Canterbury, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,109 ft asl to 20,128 ft asl, an increase of 19,019 ft in 11 minutes and covering 20 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 159 kn151 kn min to max 163 kn 151 160 kn
100 % Average bank angle 16.6 °0.0 ° min to max 30.7 ° 6.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,883 ft/m959 ft/m min to max 2,776 ft/m 1,911 959 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8,747 ft asl1,109 ft asl min to max 20,128 ft asl 1,109 20,128 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °2.8 ° min to max 12.7 ° 7.3 6.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 1,085 ft agl · 154 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,459 ft agl · 156 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,067 ft agl · 154 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,266 ft agl · 165 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles west of Amberley (Canterbury, New Zealand) and lasted 16 minutes, covering 77 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 20,451 ft asl20,326 ft asl min to max 20,469 ft asl 20,326 20,456 ft asl
100 % Average speed 208 kn159 kn min to max 216 kn 159 209 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.75 g min to max 1.04 g 0.75 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.1 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 0.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 15 miles south east of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand). Descent from 20,247 ft asl to 1,916 ft asl, a decrease of 18,331 ft in 8 minutes and covering 32 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 217 kn143 kn min to max 248 kn 216 144 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.7 °0.0 ° min to max 29.7 ° 0.4 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.23 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -2,850 ft/m-4,484 ft/m min to max -8 ft/m -2,650 -1,780 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10,122 ft asl1,916 ft asl min to max 20,247 ft asl 20,247 1,916 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.4 °-10.2 ° min to max 1.2 ° -4.5 -7.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 10,758 ft agl · 300 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 10,505 ft agl · 299 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8,114 ft agl · 236 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3,023 ft agl · 196 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,024 ft agl · 191 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,899 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,335 ft agl · 148 kt
Arrival 100.00Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started 15 miles south east of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 119 kn109 kn min to max 144 kn 144 110 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 5.3 ° 0.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.18 g 1.04 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -554 ft/m-1,756 ft/m min to max -56 ft/m -1,756 -515 ft/m
Info Average altitude 928 ft asl339 ft asl min to max 1,886 ft asl 1,886 339 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-7.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° -7.2 -1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 1,523 ft agl · 146 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,395 ft agl · 138 kt
Arrival Final 1 96.31Approaching runway 02 at NZNS Nelson from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 319 ft agl to 82 ft agl. A decrease of 237 ft in 25 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Approach angle 3.5 °2.9 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 3.9 °
100 % Average speed 111 kn110 kn min to max 112 kn 110 110 kn
88 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.1 °
98 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 1.5 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -550 ft/m-753 ft/m min to max -393 ft/m -553 -541 ft/m
Info Average altitude 137 ft agl82 ft agl min to max 319 ft agl 319 82 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-3.0 ° min to max -0.7 ° -1.6 -1.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 76 ft agl · 110 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 79.57Landing on runway 02 at NZNS Nelson, runway length 1,334 m. Threshold height at 65 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was good at 110 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 110 kn. Target 110 kn
42 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average speed 108 kn103 kn min to max 110 kn 110 103 kn
Info Average VSI -333 ft/m-648 ft/m min to max -75 ft/m -540 -135 ft/m
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 65 ft agl 65 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-2.3 ° min to max 2.4 ° -1.2 1.9 °
07515022530037545052560067575082501225375062Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.73Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 103 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -135 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 12 °C. Wind 3 kn at 184 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Touchdown VSI was -135 ft/m.
73 % Touchdown distance was 700 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 103 knTarget 105 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.19 m1.94 m left 2.19 1.69 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.00 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 103 kn102 kn min to max 103 kn 103 102 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °1.4 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.9 1.4 °
Arrival Rollout 83.77Total landing distance 1,113 m, 83 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
66 % Landing distance 1,113 m83 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.73 m1.73 m left to 0.00 m left 1.62 1.53 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average speed 102 kn61 kn min to max 105 kn 105 61 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-1.7 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 -0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.1 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 15 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 15 kn8 kn min to max 53 kn 53 8 kn
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-1.4 ° min to max -0.7 ° -0.8 -0.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5 ft agl · 6 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 6 kn0 kn min to max 8 kn 8 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.8 ° -0.8 -0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 3 kt

Takeoff

100.00Rate of climb595 fpm

The approach to NZNS 02

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 390 ft below 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° BAND930739532428353226
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 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 747 m left of the centreline, then inside the band from 0.4 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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND747 m L513 m L230 m L101 m L43 m L18 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZNS 02

Over the threshold

Threshold height77.20
65ft
Threshold speed100.00
110kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.06m L

Touchdown

Past threshold73.11
703m
Centreline100.00
2.19m L
Speed100.00
102kt
Touchdown rate91.04
-135fpm
Impact100.00
1.15G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 185° at 3 kt · 3 kt tail · 0 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 106 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 14 s, an average deceleration of 0.29 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 · 443 m30 kt · 525 mtouchdown546 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,334 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 65 ft, 15 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 703 m in, 398 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 1,334 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.

65 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −135 fpm · 1.9° nose up · 103 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 65 ft, down at 703 m

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

The sink went from 540 fpm at 62 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.1° 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 UP0−500−1,000−3°4°10°touchdown−135 fpm at touchdown1.9° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,334 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.7 m left of the centreline, and stayed within 2.2 m of it down the rollout.

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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 703 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 703 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,083 m of 1,334 m · 81 %
In the air over the runway, 703 mRollout, 379 m Left over, 252 m
Rollout distance76.22
379m81 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.73m L

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