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KSAN
San Diego, United States
Runway 27
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight245,996 kg
Fuel72,728 kg
Wind280° · 4 kn

Flight Score

96.15 %
EGLL
London, England
Runway 27L
Elevation75 ft asl
Weight188,652 kg
Fuel14,957 kg
Wind240° · 8 kn · 4 kn cross
24 Oct 2026 9:13 4979 nm Airbus A350-900 57,771 kg
Departure Score
92.35 %
Enroute Score
99.62 %
Arrival Score
96.48 %

What went well

Threshold crossed at 43 ft and 138 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 1.05 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 92 %

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 0 ft agl at 0 %, −2.00 points
Arrival Taxi — Landing Lights at 1 %, −0.49 points
Firm touchdown — 252 fpm, −0.38 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 252 fpm−0.25
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.14

Next time

Departure

Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.

What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.

Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of 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

Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 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 99.80Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.5 % Average speed 19 kt0 kt min to max 30 kt 1 16 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 13 ktmax 14 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.3 °

Events

Info Engine 2 Started 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport, Average speed was 21 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 17 kt7 kt min to max 20 kt 17 7 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,230 m 53 % of runway. Rotation speed was 158 kt. Local weather - Temperature 26 °C. Wind 4 kt at 280 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,230 m53 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 158 ktTarget 153 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.28 m left7.28 m left to 2.04 m right 0.95 7.28 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.5 ° min to max 5.4 ° -0.5 5.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.5 1.1 °
Departure Climb 1 97.25Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 27 KSAN San Diego International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 174 kt170 kt min to max 177 kt 170 177 kt
89 % Average bank angle 4.7 °0.8 ° min to max 8.8 ° 1.0 7.3 °
99 % Average g force 1.25 g1.07 g min to max 1.42 g 1.07 1.41 g
Info Average VSI 564 fpm120 fpm min to max 1,328 fpm 120 1,328 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 0 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °5.4 ° min to max 13.7 ° 5.4 13.7 °
Departure Climb 2 94.69Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 27 KSAN San Diego International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.8 °
100 % Average speed 175 kt172 kt min to max 178 kt 177 176 kt
79 % Average bank angle 5.8 °0.3 ° min to max 12.2 ° 7.0 6.3 °
99 % Average g force 1.26 g1.06 g min to max 1.40 g 1.40 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 2,457 fpm1,369 fpm min to max 3,979 fpm 1,369 3,979 fpm
Info Average altitude 104 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 280 ft agl 29 280 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.6 °13.9 ° min to max 19.0 ° 13.9 19.0 °
Departure Climb 3 70.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 27 KSAN San Diego International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 171 kt166 kt min to max 175 ktTarget 175 kt, 4 kt slow 175 166 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.3 °1.0 ° min to max 5.2 ° 4.5 2.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.85 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.86 g
0 % Landing gear up at 0 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -1.8 °-2.3 ° min to max -1.4 ° -1.4 -2.3 °
Info Average VSI 4,201 fpm3,856 fpm min to max 4,431 fpm 4,169 3,856 fpm
Info Average altitude 592 ft agl345 ft agl min to max 844 ft agl 345 844 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 18.4 °17.3 ° min to max 19.4 ° 19.0 17.3 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KSAN San Diego International Airport San Diego (California, United States). Climbing from 941 ft asl to 34,998 ft asl, an increase of 34,056 ft in 34 minutes and covering 233 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 271 kt158 kt min to max 307 kt 161 290 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.6 °0.2 ° min to max 29.7 ° 0.6 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.83 g min to max 1.18 g 0.87 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,210 fpm20 fpm min to max 3,658 fpm 3,658 20 fpm
Info Average altitude 15,087 ft asl941 ft asl min to max 34,998 ft asl 941 34,998 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °2.4 ° min to max 17.0 ° 17.0 2.4 °
Info Turn coordination 11-9 min to max 112 82 12

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 1,101 ft agl · 164 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 1,101 ft agl · 164 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,200 ft agl · 167 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,728 ft agl · 292 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,746 ft agl · 292 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,765 ft agl · 293 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 32,685 ft agl · 498 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 32,685 ft agl · 498 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 6 miles south east of Walnut Creek (Arizona, United States) and lasted 43 minutes, covering 395 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,250 ft of 35,000 ft asl34,992 ft asl min to max 35,013 ft asl 34,999 34,997 ft asl
100 % Average speed 291 kt288 kt min to max 294 kt 291 291 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.2 ° min to max 17.9 ° 0.6 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 110 min to max 22 11 11
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °2.1 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.4 2.3 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of Parachute (Colorado, United States). Climbing from 34,996 ft asl to 36,786 ft asl, an increase of 1,790 ft in 3 minutes and covering 30 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 281 kt276 kt min to max 291 kt 291 276 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.1 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.5 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 552 fpm68 fpm min to max 1,406 fpm 68 449 fpm
Info Average altitude 36,008 ft asl34,996 ft asl min to max 36,786 ft asl 34,996 36,786 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °2.7 ° min to max 3.8 ° 2.7 3.5 °
Info Turn coordination 1110 min to max 13 11 13
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south of 41CO Flying Dog Ranch Airstrip Buford (Colorado, United States) and lasted 198 minutes, covering 1,852 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,345 ft of 37,000 ft asl36,892 ft asl min to max 37,011 ft asl 36,892 37,000 ft asl
100 % Average speed 277 kt273 kt min to max 282 kt 274 275 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 22.2 ° 0.6 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.13 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 120 min to max 36 12 12
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °2.2 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.3 2.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 28,404 ft agl · 489 kt
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started 35 miles north of Labrador City (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada). Climbing from 37,001 ft asl to 38,662 ft asl, an increase of 1,661 ft in 3 minutes and covering 28 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 273 kt266 kt min to max 276 kt 275 266 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.7 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 0.7 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 545 fpm-52 fpm min to max 835 fpm 24 496 fpm
Info Average altitude 37,566 ft asl36,994 ft asl min to max 38,662 ft asl 37,001 38,662 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °2.4 ° min to max 3.6 ° 2.4 3.3 °
Info Turn coordination 1211 min to max 21 13 12
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 36 miles north east of Labrador City (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) and lasted 232 minutes, covering 2,254 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,437 ft of 39,000 ft asl38,602 ft asl min to max 39,041 ft asl 38,745 38,602 ft asl
100 % Average speed 264 kt255 kt min to max 270 kt 265 264 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 21.5 ° 0.6 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 12-9 min to max 41 13 12
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.3 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.3 0.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 37,542 ft agl · 478 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 37,542 ft agl · 478 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 37,762 ft agl · 480 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 37,695 ft agl · 484 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Deactivated 37,926 ft agl · 486 kt
Enroute Descent 97.33Enroute descent started 6 miles west of Rhossili (City and County of Swansea, Wales). Descent from 38,274 ft asl to 1,378 ft asl, a decrease of 36,895 ft in 27 minutes and covering 178 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average speed 225 kt139 kt min to max 292 kt 264 140 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.5 °0.0 ° min to max 30.4 ° 0.8 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.84 g min to max 1.30 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -1,139 fpm-3,012 fpm min to max 347 fpm -2,250 -658 fpm
Info Average altitude 10,628 ft asl1,378 ft asl min to max 38,274 ft asl 38,274 1,378 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-2.0 ° min to max 5.7 ° -0.3 1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 6-35 min to max 45 10 6

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 8,688 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 8,344 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 21,467 ft agl · 407 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 6,815 ft agl · 244 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,286 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3,356 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,175 ft agl · 181 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3,150 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,767 ft agl · 159 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport. Descent from 1,344 ft agl to 87 ft agl in 116 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 806 ft agl · 136 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 290 ft agl · 128 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 676 ft agl · 140 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 356 ft agl · 135 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 260 ft agl · 136 kt
Arrival Landing 97.35Landing on runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, runway length 3,641 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 138 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 138 kt. Target 135 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
92 % The flare held the target profile well. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 2.4° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 523 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 7.91 m right1.92 m right to 7.91 m right -7.30 -1.92 m
94 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.06 g
Info Average speed 135 kt131 kt min to max 139 kt 138 131 kt
Info Average VSI -397 fpm-590 fpm min to max -289 fpm -586 -314 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl-8 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 44 -8 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °2.2 ° min to max 5.6 ° 2.2 5.6 °
07515022530037545052560001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.23Touchdown point was 102 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 131 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -252 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 10 °C. Wind 7 kt at 242 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Touchdown rate was -252 fpm.
93 % Touchdown distance was 523 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 131 ktTarget below 131 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.92 m right1.47 m right -1.92 -1.05 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.8 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.6 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g1.06 g min to max 1.22 g 1.06 1.20 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 131 kt131 kt min to max 131 kt 131 131 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °5.5 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.6 5.5 °
Arrival Rollout 97.18Total landing distance 1,903 m, 52 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.0 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,903 m52 % of runway.
94 % Runway alignment max 10.05 m left10.05 m left to 1.64 m right 2.54 0.00 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.01 g
Info Average speed 99 kt63 kt min to max 125 kt 125 63 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.3 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.8 0.5 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 45 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 39 kt22 kt min to max 63 kt 63 22 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.5 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 92.65Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Average speed 16 kt0 kt min to max 31 kt 22 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 14 ktmax 15 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Flaps Position 2 15 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 15 ft agl · 8 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 158 kt, 5 kt above the 153 kt target, and lifted off at 169 kt 3.1 s later, the nose coming up at 1.6° a second. Climb 3 held close to its 175 kt target, at 171 kt on average.

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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 175180 kt12060020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1535.4° off · 1.6°/s15° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 12 kt -0.3° 0 s
80 kt286 m 80 kt 0.0° 12.8 s
Rotate1,302 m · target 153 158 kt 0.4° 29.5 s
Liftoff1,558 m · +11 kt from rotation 169 kt 5.4° 32.6 s
35 ft1,903 m · 3.9 s after liftoff 174 kt 15.0° 36.5 s
Climb 32,378 m · 346 ft to 844 ft · target 175 171 kt avg 19.0° 42.7 s
End of Climb 32,964 m · 844 ft 166 kt 17.3° 49.1 s

Takeoff from KSAN 27

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,230m53 %
Rotation speed100.00
158kttarget 153, 5 fast
Liftoff speed
169kt
Runway alignment100.00
7.28m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Climb 3 speed100.00
171kttarget 175
Rate of climb97.25
563fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 844 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 731 m of runway left; then climbing at 3,060 fpm on average to 844 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3171 kt avgtarget 175THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 158 kttarget 153Liftoff 169 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,310 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 7.4 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.6 m left. Airborne 53 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 7.40 m LAirborne 1,234 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,234 m of 2,310 m · 53 %
Takeoff roll, 1,234 m Left ahead, 1,076 m

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 rate550 fpm720 fpm
On glideslope3.1°3.1°
On centreline0.2° off0.4° off
On speed+5.4 kt+1.5 kt
Wings level1° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.6 nm, then not again: right of the centreline from 0.6 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 EGLL 27L

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 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. 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° BAND1,3026793421711,000 ft gate7 of 71,040 ft · 140 kt500 ft gate7 of 7537 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 13× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.6 nm, then 20 m right of it from 0.6 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 nmTHR73 m L073 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND5 m L26 m L8 m L20 m R9 m L17 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 −7 kt and +7 kt on the approach speed of 135 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 135+6 kt+2 kt−3 kt+5 kt+4 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGLL 27L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
43ft
Threshold speed100.00
138kttarget 135, 3 fast
Centreline offset100.00
7.91m R

Touchdown

Past threshold92.78
523m
Centreline100.00
1.92m R
Speed100.00
131kttarget 131 or less
Touchdown rate81.55
-252fpm
Impact100.00
1.22G
BouncesOk
None
The flare91.84

The flare held the target profile well. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 2.4° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 523 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the left, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 131 kt. Touched down with 1° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 240° at 8 kt · 7 kt head · 3 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 126 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 47 s, an average deceleration of 0.11 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 · 1,392 m30 kt · 1,775 mtouchdown1,846 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,987 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 43 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 30 ft. Touched down 523 m in, 218 m past the ideal 305 m.

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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 1,987 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.

43 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 30 ft · −305 fpm · 3.2° · 136 ktdescent slowed at 20 ft · −237 fpm · 3.6°−251 fpm · 5.6° nose up · 131 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 43 ft, down at 523 m

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

The sink went from 300 fpm at the flare to 250 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.4° on the way down.

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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−251 fpm at touchdown5.6° at touchdown, +2.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,987 m of the 3,641 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 10 m left on the rollout, back to 0.4 m left by the end.

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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 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 523 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 523 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,865 m of 3,641 m · 51 %
In the air over the runway, 523 mRollout, 1,341 m Left over, 1,777 m
Rollout distance100.00
1,341m51 % used
Rollout alignment93.74
10.05m L

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The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport in 10 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 27 with a distance of 1,230 m, which was 53 % of the runway length. Rotation occurred at 158 kt. Local weather was 26 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 280°, giving a headwind component of 4 kt and no cross-wind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 15 seconds, averaging 2,776 fpm and reaching 166 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 941 ft asl to 34,998 ft asl in 34 minutes, covering 233 nm while the aircraft remained overhead KSAN.

Level flight was maintained between 35,000 ft asl and 39,000 ft asl for 480 minutes, covering 4,558 nm, beginning 6 miles south-east of Walnut Creek.

Descent began at 38,274 ft asl and proceeded to 1,378 ft asl in 27 minutes, covering 178 nm, starting 6 miles west of Rhossili.

Final approach to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport descended from 1,344 ft agl to 87 ft agl in 116 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 3,286 ft agl with 190 kt, and final flap position 4 at 2,767 ft agl with 159 kt.

Landing was made on runway 27L, whose length is 3,641 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt. The flare was described as great, with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 102 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 131 kt, noted as a little fast, with a touchdown rate of -252 fpm and very good runway alignment. Local weather was 10 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 242°, giving a headwind component of 7 kt and a cross-wind of 3 kt. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,903 m, which is 52 % of the runway, and the rollout was slightly misaligned by 10.0 m from the centreline.

The aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered 4,979 nm in 553 minutes and used 57,771 kg of fuel.

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