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ZBAA
Beijing, China
Runway 18L
Elevation98 ft asl
Weight192,890 kg
Fuel25,392 kg
Wind0° · 3 kn

Flight Score

95.60 %
ZGGG
Guangzhou (Huadu), China
Runway 20L
Elevation43 ft asl
Weight169,507 kg
Fuel1,548 kg
Wind351° · 4 kn · 2 kn cross
18 Oct 2026 4:12 1618 nm Airbus A330-900 23,844 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
86.80 %

What went well

Touched down at -145 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 1.46 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 96 %

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Threshold speed was good at 142 kt at 0 %, Touched down 227 m short of the threshold, so it was never crossed in the air at 0 %, −3.41 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down 227 m short of the threshold at 1 %, −0.99 points

Next time

Arrival

Reduce power earlier on final to bring threshold speed back to 139 kt.

What happened: You crossed the threshold at 142 kt against a target of 139 kt, and touchdown followed at 227 m, well short of the 457 m aim point. Carrying extra speed over the threshold usually floats the flare and carries the touchdown point short.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator, target 139 kt at the threshold.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.

Read more in VRef Explained

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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 17 minutes and covered 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 21 kt 3 21 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 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-1.6 ° min to max -1.2 ° -1.4 -1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 14 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 18L at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport. Takeoff distance 2,015 m 53 % of runway. Rotation speed was 150 kt. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 3 kt at 0 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,015 m53 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 150 ktTarget 150 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.46 m right2.20 m left to 7.46 m right 2.12 -7.46 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.04 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.5 ° min to max 5.9 ° -1.3 5.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 18L ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 184 kt178 kt min to max 188 kt 178 188 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.05 g min to max 1.09 g 1.05 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 380 fpm35 fpm min to max 797 fpm 35 797 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 28 ft agl 0 28 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °6.0 ° min to max 8.7 ° 6.0 8.7 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 18L ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.3 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 191 kt188 kt min to max 198 kt 188 198 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.99 g min to max 1.09 g 1.09 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,165 fpm813 fpm min to max 2,302 fpm 813 2,302 fpm
Info Average altitude 76 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 326 ft agl 29 326 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °8.7 ° min to max 11.5 ° 8.7 11.4 °
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 18L ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 199 kt198 kt min to max 203 ktTarget 184 kt, 15 kt fast 198 203 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.96 g
100 % Landing gear up at 766 ft aglTarget by 806 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.7 °0.6 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 0.8 °
Info Average VSI 2,413 fpm2,356 fpm min to max 2,473 fpm 2,356 2,419 fpm
Info Average altitude 647 ft agl365 ft agl min to max 931 ft agl 365 931 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °10.9 ° min to max 11.4 ° 11.4 11.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 883 ft agl · 207 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 926 ft agl · 208 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 2 miles south of ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing (Beijing Shi, China). Climbing from 1,178 ft asl to 14,819 ft asl, an increase of 13,641 ft in 6 minutes and covering 32 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 261 kt204 kt min to max 291 kt 204 291 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.0 ° min to max 10.8 ° 0.0 10.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.85 g min to max 1.11 g 0.97 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 2,131 fpm634 fpm min to max 3,277 fpm 2,402 1,103 fpm
Info Average altitude 9,052 ft asl1,178 ft asl min to max 14,819 ft asl 1,178 14,819 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °3.1 ° min to max 11.1 ° 11.0 3.2 °
Info Turn coordination -2-21 min to max 11 1 -6

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,354 ft agl · 236 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3,082 ft agl · 244 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3,905 ft agl · 246 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Langfang (Hebei Sheng, China) and lasted 13 minutes, covering 79 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,242 ft of 14,999 ft asl14,836 ft asl min to max 15,008 ft asl 14,836 15,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 290 kt289 kt min to max 291 kt 291 290 kt
100 % Average bank angle 12.2 °0.0 ° min to max 23.4 ° 8.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.14 g 0.97 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 6-8 min to max 23 -4 -1
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.5 ° min to max 3.1 ° 3.1 1.7 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 4 miles south east of Renqiu (Hebei Sheng, China). Climbing from 15,000 ft asl to 21,001 ft asl, an increase of 6,001 ft in 5 minutes and covering 31 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 290 kt290 kt min to max 293 kt 290 290 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.0 ° min to max 17.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 580 fpm-137 fpm min to max 2,454 fpm -4 -16 fpm
Info Average altitude 16,237 ft asl14,996 ft asl min to max 21,001 ft asl 15,000 21,001 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °1.3 ° min to max 5.2 ° 1.7 1.7 °
Info Turn coordination 4-7 min to max 14 -1 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 5 miles north east of Baoding (Hebei Sheng, China) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,550 ft of 21,000 ft asl20,992 ft asl min to max 21,006 ft asl 21,000 21,000 ft asl
100 % Average speed 290 kt290 kt min to max 290 kt 290 290 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.6 °0.4 ° min to max 21.6 ° 2.1 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.95 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination -8-23 min to max 7 0 1
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.6 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.7 1.8 °
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started 7 miles west of Baoding (Hebei Sheng, China). Climbing from 21,000 ft asl to 35,999 ft asl, an increase of 14,999 ft in 13 minutes and covering 99 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 288 kt273 kt min to max 292 kt 290 273 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 10.6 ° 1.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,063 fpm1 fpm min to max 2,072 fpm 13 1 fpm
Info Average altitude 30,315 ft asl21,000 ft asl min to max 36,003 ft asl 21,000 35,999 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °1.7 ° min to max 4.7 ° 1.7 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 6 1 -1
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 17 miles north of Yangquan (Shanxi Sheng, China) and lasted 137 minutes, covering 1,103 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,300 ft of 35,999 ft asl35,983 ft asl min to max 36,024 ft asl 36,001 35,996 ft asl
100 % Average speed 273 kt272 kt min to max 274 kt 274 272 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.0 ° min to max 18.9 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 0-16 min to max 19 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °2.1 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.5 2.1 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 15 miles south of Lianzhou (Guangdong Sheng, China). Descent from 35,993 ft asl to 1,262 ft asl, a decrease of 34,732 ft in 20 minutes and covering 110 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 230 kt139 kt min to max 320 kt 273 144 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.2 °0.0 ° min to max 24.4 ° 0.2 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.89 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -1,764 fpm-6,062 fpm min to max 10 fpm -3 -961 fpm
Info Average altitude 11,922 ft asl1,262 ft asl min to max 35,996 ft asl 35,993 1,262 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-6.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 2.4 3.8 °
Info Turn coordination 1-35 min to max 37 0 -5

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON 9,290 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 17,775 ft agl · 402 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 17,775 ft agl · 402 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8,828 ft agl · 249 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 5,530 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,229 ft agl · 207 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3,259 ft agl · 206 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,597 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,795 ft agl · 189 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,286 ft agl · 165 kt
Go-around Go-Around runway 20L at ZGGG Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 252 ft agl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Average speed 193 kt135 kt min to max 314 kt 143 142 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.3 °0.0 ° min to max 25.6 ° 0.7 0.9 °
99.95 % Average g force 1.03 g0.41 g min to max 1.49 g 1.12 0.98 g
Info Average altitude 4,380 ft agl245 ft agl min to max 6,889 ft agl 252 1,227 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °-1.3 ° min to max 16.8 ° 7.6 2.5 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from an earlier stage 281 ft agl · 148 kt
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,643 ft agl
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 954 ft agl · 215 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 239 ft agl · 155 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,446 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,533 ft agl · 193 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,570 ft agl · 197 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 2,611 ft agl · 201 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2,892 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 6,413 ft agl · 229 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 5,675 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4,982 ft agl · 208 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 828 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,164 ft agl · 209 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,917 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,867 ft agl · 184 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,890 ft agl · 166 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,895 ft agl · 167 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 2,896 ft agl · 165 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 20L at ZGGG Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Descent from 1,268 ft agl to 65 ft agl in 87 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
Arrival Landing 48.88Landing on runway 20L at ZGGG Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, runway length 3,101 m. Touched down 227 m short of the threshold, so it was never crossed in the air. Threshold speed was good at 142 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Threshold speed was good at 142 kt. Target 139 kt
0 % Touched down 227 m short of the threshold, so it was never crossed in the air.Target 50 ft agl
96 % Great landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 8.14 m left8.14 m left to 4.73 m left 8.14 4.73 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °1.6 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.9 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.00 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 1.11 g
Info Average speed 141 kt140 kt min to max 142 kt 142 140 kt
Info Average VSI -533 fpm-646 fpm min to max -286 fpm -646 -286 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 40 ft agl 40 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °3.6 ° min to max 5.5 ° 3.7 5.4 °
07515022530037545052501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 85.12Touchdown was 226 m short of the threshold. Touchdown speed at 140 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -145 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 4 kt at 351 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -145 fpm.
1 % Touched down 227 m short of the thresholdTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 140 ktTarget below 139 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.73 m left3.22 m left 4.73 1.46 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.6 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 1.11 0.99 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 139 kt139 kt min to max 140 kt 140 139 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °3.4 ° min to max 5.4 ° 5.4 3.4 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,746 m, 56 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,746 m56 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.00 m left2.00 m left to 0.00 m left 0.16 2.00 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Average speed 133 kt75 kt min to max 146 kt 146 75 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-1.7 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 -1.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 41 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 46 kt27 kt min to max 67 kt 67 27 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-1.8 ° min to max -1.2 ° -1.4 -1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 16 kt0 kt min to max 28 kt 25 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-1.7 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.7 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 3 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl · 10 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 150 kt, on the 150 kt target, and lifted off at 177 kt 8.0 s later, the nose coming up at 0.9° a second. Climb 3 averaged 199 kt, 15 kt over its 184 kt target.

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 184210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 1506.0° off · 0.9°/s9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 22 kt -1.3° 0 s
80 kt319 m 80 kt -1.4° 11.8 s
Rotate1,252 m · target 150 150 kt -0.9° 26.6 s
Liftoff1,958 m · +27 kt from rotation 177 kt 6.0° 34.6 s
35 ft2,409 m · 4.5 s after liftoff 189 kt 8.9° 39.2 s
Climb 33,640 m · 366 ft to 932 ft · target 184 199 kt avg 11.4° 51.1 s
Gear up4,713 m · 766 ft · full marks to 806 ft 200 kt 11.1° 61 s
End of Climb 35,154 m · 932 ft 203 kt 11.0° 65 s

Takeoff from ZBAA 18L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
2,015m53 %
Rotation speed100.00
150kton target
Liftoff speed
177kt
Runway alignment100.00
7.46m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
766ftfull marks to 806 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
199kttarget 184
Rate of climb100.00
380fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 932 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,330 m of runway left; gear up at 766 ft, inside the 806 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,820 fpm on average to 932 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 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 3199 kt avgtarget 184THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 150 kttarget 150Liftoff 177 ktGear up 766 ftfull marks to 806 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,806 m runway.

Rolled from 67 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 7.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.6 m right. 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 7.51 m RROLL 67 M INAirborne 2,025 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,025 m of 3,806 m · 53 %
Behind the start of the roll, 67 mTakeoff roll, 1,958 m Left ahead, 1,781 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 rate650 fpm830 fpm
On glideslope2.8°2.6°
On centreline0.0° off0.0° off
On speed+2.9 kt−2.4 kt
Wings level1° bank2° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.7 nm, then not again: low from 0.7 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 ZGGG 20L

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.7 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 120 ft under).

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° BAND1,244600281961,000 ft gate7 of 7969 ft · 142 kt500 ft gate7 of 7457 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 21× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 18 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 nmTHR46 m L046 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND4 m L6 m R18 m R5 m L3 m R2 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +6 kt on the approach speed of 139 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 139+4 kt+4 kt+1 kt+1 kt+1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on ZGGG 20L

Over the threshold

ThresholdFail
not crossed - landed short
Centreline offset100.00
8.14m L

Touchdown

Past threshold0.81
-227m
Centreline100.00
4.73m L
Speed100.00
140kttarget 139, 1 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-145fpm
Impact100.00
1.15G
BouncesOk
None
The flare95.54

The aircraft touched down before the threshold. Everything the flare is measured against - the profile, the crossing height, the aim point - is referenced to a threshold this landing never reached, so read the numbers below as what happened short of the runway, not on it. Landing short is the fault to fix before anything about the hold-off is worth judging.

The crosswind

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

Wind 351° at 4 kt · 4 kt tail · 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 148 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 37 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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 · 1,635 m30 kt · 1,772 mtouchdown1,843 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Began the flare late, at 8 ft; crossed the threshold at 40 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 227 m before the threshold.

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.

40 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 8 ft, 351 m before the threshold−433 fpm · 5° · 141 ktdescent slowed at 0 ft · −149 fpm · 5.4° Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 40 ft, down at -227 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,101 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

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 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 227 m SHORT of the threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 227 m short of the threshold. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,304 m of 3,101 m · 42 %
Rollout, 1,304 m Left over, 1,797 m
Rollout distance100.00
1,304m52 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.00m L

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The Airbus A330-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 18L at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport in 17 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Take-off was on runway 18L with a take-off distance of 2,015 m (53 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 150 kt. Local weather was 28 °C, wind 3 kt from 360°, crosswind 0 kt and tailwind 3 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 29 seconds at an average rate of 1,659 fpm, reaching 203 kt at the top of the segment.

The climb continued from 1,178 ft asl to 14,819 ft asl in 6 minutes, covering 32 nm, beginning 2 nm south of ZBAA.

Level flight at 15,000 ft asl lasted 13 minutes and covered 79 nm, starting overhead Langfang.

A further climb from 15,000 ft asl to 35,999 ft asl took 20 minutes over 141 nm, beginning 4 nm south-east of Renqiu, with a brief level-off at 21,000 ft asl.

Cruise at 36,000 ft asl was held for 137 minutes, covering 1,103 nm, starting 17 nm north of Yangquan.

Descent from 35,993 ft asl to 1,262 ft asl was completed in 20 minutes over 110 nm, beginning 15 nm south of Lianzhou.

A go-around was executed on runway 20L at ZGGG Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 252 ft agl.

On the subsequent final approach to runway 20L at ZGGG, descent from 1,268 ft agl to 65 ft agl took 87 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; speed was not met at one gate. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,597 ft agl and 200 kt, final flap position 5 at 1,286 ft agl and 165 kt.

Landing occurred on runway 20L (runway length 3,101 m). Touchdown was 227 m short of the threshold; the threshold was never crossed in the air. Threshold speed was 142 kt. The flare was described as great but started late. Touchdown speed was 140 kt, a little fast, with a smooth rate of -145 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather was 29 °C, wind 4 kt from 351°, crosswind 1 kt and tailwind 4 kt. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,746 m (56 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was perfect.

The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 7 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered 1,618 nm in 252 minutes and used 23,844 kg of fuel.

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