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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight12,980 kg
Fuel2,512 kg
Wind20° · 16 kn · 12 kn cross

Flight Score

95.32 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight12,980 kg
Fuel2,333 kg
Wind20° · 15 kn · 11 kn cross
3 Nov 2026 0:11 22 nm Cessna Citation Longitude 179 kg
Departure Score
95.87 %
Pattern Score
95.70 %
Arrival Score
94.40 %

What went well

Landed straight in a 11 kn crosswind — 4.21 m off the centreline, no bounce
Held the centreline on the roll in a 12 kn crosswind — 2.23 m off at liftoff
Flare on profile — 96 %

What held you back

Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 1,593 ft agl at 0 %, −1.43 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.12 points
Firm touchdown — 386 fpm, −0.98 points on the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 386 fpm−0.95
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.32 G at contact−0.02

Next time

Departure

Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.

What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 6.6°.

Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level

See Departure Climb 1

Arrival

Level the wings with coordinated aileron on short final so bank stays near wings-level through touchdown.

What happened: Wings were not level through the landing phase, with bank angle at 3.6° on short final.

Watch for: Watch the bank angle indicator, holding it near wings-level through the landing and touchdown.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 15 stages, 13 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 Roll 89.90Departure roll runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,961 m 60 % of runway. Rotation speed was 124 kt. Local weather - Temperature 21 °C. Wind 16 kt at 20 °. Crosswind: 12 kt Headwind: 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,961 m60 % of runway
99.5 % Rotation speed was 124 ktTarget 110 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.38 m right2.23 m left to 3.38 m right 0.24 2.23 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° -0.0 4.6 °
Info Average bank angle 3.4 °0.1 ° min to max 6.4 ° 0.1 5.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 97.77Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 148 kt139 kt min to max 158 kt 139 158 kt
91 % Average bank angle 6.6 °3.9 ° min to max 9.2 ° 4.8 4.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g0.99 g min to max 1.24 g 1.01 1.22 g
Info Average VSI 715 fpm364 fpm min to max 1,109 fpm 364 1,109 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.7 °4.6 ° min to max 10.7 ° 4.6 10.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 48 ft agl · 159 kt
Departure Climb 2 99.95Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 162 kt160 kt min to max 168 kt 160 167 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.9 °3.5 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.0 3.5 °
99 % Average g force 1.19 g1.07 g min to max 1.27 g 1.21 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 1,905 fpm1,390 fpm min to max 3,466 fpm 1,390 3,466 fpm
Info Average altitude 74 ft agl39 ft agl min to max 218 ft agl 39 218 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.8 °11.5 ° min to max 15.7 ° 11.5 15.7 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 78 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 117 ft agl · 165 kt
Pattern Entry 99.91Right hand pattern entry from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 55 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 187 kt168 kt min to max 197 kt 169 197 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.0 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 5.0 22.7 °
99 % Average g force 0.98 g0.59 g min to max 1.41 g 0.92 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 1,640 fpm-516 fpm min to max 3,676 fpm 3,676 -516 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,407 ft agl339 ft agl min to max 1,817 ft agl 339 1,810 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °-1.6 ° min to max 14.3 ° 14.3 -1.6 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,665 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,679 ft agl · 197 kt
Pattern Crosswind 99.97Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 2 nm in 43 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.7 °-13.8 ° min to max 18.2 ° -13.8 18.2 °
100 % Average speed 191 kt182 kt min to max 203 kt 201 186 kt
99.7 % Average g force 1.08 g0.95 g min to max 1.38 g 0.95 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 423 fpm-967 fpm min to max 1,598 fpm -783 -25 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,968 ft agl1,761 ft agl min to max 2,127 ft agl 1,797 2,098 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 12.5 °0.0 ° min to max 27.9 ° 22.6 27.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °-2.2 ° min to max 5.7 ° -2.2 2.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,761 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,066 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,113 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 2,113 ft agl · 195 kt
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 5 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 70.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 186 kt183 kt min to max 191 kt 186 184 kt
100 % Average bank angle 27.5 °27.1 ° min to max 28.0 ° 27.9 27.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.09 g min to max 1.17 g 1.17 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 58 fpm0 fpm min to max 119 fpm 23 42 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,106 ft agl2,098 ft agl min to max 2,116 ft agl 2,098 2,116 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °1.8 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.6 2.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,119 ft agl · 191 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,118 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 2,064 ft agl · 189 kt
Pattern Downwind 70.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 7 nm in 119 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -4.8 °-21.0 ° min to max 8.1 ° -21.0 8.1 °
0 % Average altitude 1,593 ft agl1,455 ft agl min to max 2,130 ft agl 2,116 1,455 ft agl
100 % Average speed 183 kt146 kt min to max 203 kt 184 146 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.20 g 1.16 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -322 fpm-1,427 fpm min to max 288 fpm 16 4 fpm
Info Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 27.2 ° 27.2 26.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-3.4 ° min to max 4.2 ° 2.1 4.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,629 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,629 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,449 ft agl · 175 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,416 ft agl · 173 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 100.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 7 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 55.0 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 55.0 °.
100 % Average speed 146 kt143 kt min to max 150 kt 144 149 kt
100 % Average bank angle 28.3 °26.8 ° min to max 29.1 ° 26.8 29.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.16 g1.08 g min to max 1.26 g 1.09 1.19 g
Info Average VSI 11 fpm-262 fpm min to max 639 fpm -25 639 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,444 ft agl1,432 ft agl min to max 1,456 ft agl 1,456 1,448 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °3.4 ° min to max 7.0 ° 4.0 7.0 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was 5 nm in 128 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.4 °-23.5 ° min to max 16.7 ° -23.5 16.7 °
100 % Average speed 140 kt108 kt min to max 159 kt 149 125 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.76 g min to max 1.18 g 1.15 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -2 fpm-1,208 fpm min to max 1,301 fpm 756 -906 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,496 ft agl1,426 ft agl min to max 1,655 ft agl 1,451 1,455 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 27.9 ° 27.9 2.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-3.4 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.0 -1.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,512 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 1,495 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 1,495 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 1,495 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,497 ft agl · 145 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 1 nm in 37 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 127 kt123 kt min to max 132 kt 126 124 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.0 °0.4 ° min to max 26.0 ° 4.3 7.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.92 g min to max 1.17 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -596 fpm-1,072 fpm min to max -270 fpm -775 -572 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,269 ft agl1,078 ft agl min to max 1,441 ft agl 1,441 1,078 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-2.5 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.2 -0.4 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,400 ft agl · 129 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,340 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 1,340 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 1,340 ft agl · 126 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,256 ft agl to 49 ft agl in 118 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
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 991 ft agl · 126 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 520 ft agl · 130 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 113 ft agl · 124 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 525 ft agl · 133 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 236 ft agl · 130 kt
Arrival Landing 96.30Landing on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,284 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 124 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Threshold speed was well above target at 124 kt. Target 112 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
96 % Excellent landing flare. It lost 4.0 points, for 470 fpm of sink coming back after the flare.
100 % Runway alignment max 9.02 m right4.83 m left to 9.02 m right -9.02 -4.33 m
83 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 1.8 6.9 °
100 % Peak g force 1.15 g0.87 g min to max 1.15 g 1.05 0.87 g
Info Average speed 117 kt106 kt min to max 124 kt 124 106 kt
Info Average VSI -249 fpm-511 fpm min to max 5 fpm -511 -222 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 35 ft agl 35 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °0.4 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.4 0.7 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 113 ft agl · 124 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 25 ft agl · 120 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 11 ft agl · 118 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 11 ft agl · 118 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 11 ft agl · 118 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 11 ft agl · 118 kt
07515022530037545052560001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 86.89Touchdown point was 119 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 106 kt was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -386 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 21 °C. Wind 16 kt at 20 °. Crosswind: 12 kt Headwind: 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Touchdown rate was -386 fpm.
90 % Touchdown distance was 549 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 106 ktTarget below 111 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.47 m right4.38 m right -4.33 -4.21 m
44 % Average bank angle 3.5 °0.1 ° min to max 7.0 ° 6.9 0.1 °
96 % Peak g force 1.32 g0.87 g min to max 1.32 g 0.87 1.20 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 105 kt104 kt min to max 106 kt 106 104 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 -0.1 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 787 m, 24 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 787 m24 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.81 m left5.81 m left to 0.00 m left 5.81 3.98 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 77 kt51 kt min to max 96 kt 96 51 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-0.2 ° min to max 6.6 ° 0.0 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.5 1.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 44 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 33 kt0 kt min to max 50 kt 50 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 27 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 124 kt, 14 kt above the 110 kt target, and lifted off at 139 kt 1.9 s later, the nose coming up at 2.2° 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.

180 kt12060020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1104.6° off · 2.2°/s12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation began

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 112 kt 0.0° 0 s
80 kt0 m 112 kt 0.0° 0 s
Rotate119 m · target 110 124 kt 0.5° 2.1 s
Liftoff235 m · +15 kt from rotation 139 kt 4.6° 4.0 s
35 ft565 m · 4.3 s after liftoff 160 kt 11.5° 8.2 s
End of the climb914 m · 218 ft 167 kt 15.7° 13.3 s

Takeoff from NZAA 05R

Takeoff roll100.00
1,961m60 %
Rotation speed99.51
124kttarget 110, 14 fast
Liftoff speed
139kt
Runway alignment100.00
3.38m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb97.77
715fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 218 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 992 m of runway left.

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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 124 kttarget 110Liftoff 139 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 3,284 m runway.

Rolled from 1,727 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.1 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m left, in 12 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 59 % 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 ↓CROSS12 kn75 %widest 3.09 m RROLL 1,727 M INAirborne 1,962 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,962 m of 3,284 m · 60 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,727 mTakeoff roll, 235 m Left ahead, 1,322 m

The circuit to NZAA 05R

Right-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, 1.9 nm out at 187 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.

01,0002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft25°128°229°326°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,677 ft
Bank
25°
Speed
192 kt

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

2Onto downwind
Bank
28°
Height
1,593 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
183 kt
Out
5.4 nm 1.9 suits 187 kt

High on downwind: 1,593 ft against 1,000 ft, 593 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
55° target 45°
Bank
29°
Height
1,449 ft

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

4Final turn
Bank
26°
Overshoot
120 m
Speed
127 kt

Overshot: went 120 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 downwind100Downwind70Base turn100Base100Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 05R

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 3.9 nm, where the final began, 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° BAND1,000713540417208
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.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 3.9 nm, never more than 209 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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND47 m L16 m R19 m L28 m L12 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 28 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 17 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 3.9 nm, where the final began, to 1.4 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +19 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.

100120140160 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 113+9 kt+9 kt+11 kt+14 kt+17 kt+11 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 05R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
35ft
Threshold speed95.87
123kttarget 112, 11 fast
Centreline offset100.00
9.02m R

Touchdown

Past threshold89.91
549m
Centreline100.00
4.47m R
Speed100.00
105kttarget 111 or less
Touchdown rate57.05
-386fpm
Impact96.00
1.32G
BouncesOk
None
The flare96.03

Excellent landing flare. It lost 4.0 points, for 470 fpm of sink coming back after the flare.

The crosswind

11 kt across from the left, which takes about 6° of crab to hold the centreline at 106 kt. Touched down with the nose 23° into wind, 7° of bank.

Wind 020° at 15 kt · 9 kt head · 11 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 101 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 18 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 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 · 216 m30 kt · 461 mtouchdown479 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 35 ft, 15 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 32 ft. Touched down 549 m in, 245 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.

35 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 32 ft · −368 fpm · 0.8° · 124 ktdescent slowed at 6 ft · −106 fpm · 2.6°−386 fpm · 0.7° nose up · 106 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 35 ft, down at 549 m

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

The sink went from 370 fpm at the flare to 80 fpm at 6 ft, then back up to 390 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

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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−386 fpm at touchdown0.7° at touchdown, −0.1° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.2 m right of the centreline and drifted to 7.4 m left on 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 11 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 549 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 549 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 386 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 758 m of 3,284 m · 23 %
In the air over the runway, 549 mRollout, 209 m Left over, 2,526 m
Rollout distance100.00
209m23 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
5.81m L

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The Cessna Citation Longitude departed from runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff used 1,961 m, 60 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 124 kt. Local weather was 21 °C with wind 16 kt from 020°, giving a 12 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl lasted 8 seconds, averaging 1,459 fpm and reaching 167 kt at the top of the climb.

The right-hand circuit around runway 05R lasted 7 minutes. The downwind leg was 7 nm, flown in 119 seconds at 1,590 ft agl, and the base leg was 5 nm, flown in 128 seconds.

During final approach the aircraft descended from 1,256 ft agl to 49 ft agl in 118 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level.

Landing was on runway 05R, which is 3,284 m long. The threshold speed was 124 kt, well above target. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown occurred 119 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 106 kt, with a firm rate of -386 fpm. The touchdown point was 4.5 m off the centreline but runway rollout alignment was very good. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 787 m, 24 % of the runway.

The flight covered 22 nm in 11 minutes and consumed 179 kg of fuel.

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