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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight151,997 kg
Fuel11,993 kg
Wind220° · 3 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

93.86 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight150,857 kg
Fuel10,701 kg
Wind220° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
20 Oct 2026 0:12 24 nm Airbus A350-900 1,292 kg
Departure Score
99.87 %
Pattern Score
93.74 %
Arrival Score
87.96 %

What went well

Touched down at -121 fpm — a soft arrival
Threshold crossed at 44 ft and 129 kt — both inside band
Flare on profile — 100 %

What held you back

Arrival Taxi — peak taxi speed 114 kt at 0 %, Landing Lights at 1 %, −3.75 points
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 1,469 ft agl at 7 %, −1.33 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 17.6 ° at 50 %, −0.71 points

Next time

Arrival

Level off earlier after the climb-out, using a timely power reduction to join downwind at the correct circuit altitude.

What happened: The downwind leg was flown high, at 1,469 ft agl against the published circuit altitude.

Watch for: Altimeter: the published circuit altitude throughout the downwind leg.

See Pattern Downwind

Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.

Read more in How to Taxi Anywhere

Start to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 896 m 24 % of runway. Rotation speed was 160 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 4 kt at 219 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 896 m24 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 160 ktTarget 148 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.80 m left1.80 m left to 0.00 m left 1.79 0.42 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.11 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 2.6 ° -0.3 2.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 15 ft agl · 4 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.79Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 177 kt169 kt min to max 186 kt 169 186 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
98 % Average g force 1.29 g1.11 g min to max 1.45 g 1.11 1.45 g
Info Average VSI 464 fpm60 fpm min to max 1,363 fpm 60 1,363 fpm
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 0 21 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °2.7 ° min to max 9.5 ° 2.7 9.5 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 18 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 18 ft agl · 170 kt
Departure Climb 2 99.80Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 202 kt186 kt min to max 225 kt 186 202 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.1 2.6 °
98 % Average g force 1.13 g0.70 g min to max 1.45 g 1.45 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 2,165 fpm154 fpm min to max 5,044 fpm 1,446 1,142 fpm
Info Average altitude 580 ft agl24 ft agl min to max 1,305 ft agl 24 1,305 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °2.6 ° min to max 15.8 ° 9.8 6.7 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 82 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 82 ft agl · 187 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 2 nm in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 180 kt169 kt min to max 200 kt 200 169 kt
100 % Average bank angle 21.9 °5.2 ° min to max 24.9 ° 5.2 24.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.83 g min to max 1.14 g 0.91 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 304 fpm8 fpm min to max 1,202 fpm 1,202 8 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,432 ft agl1,325 ft agl min to max 1,467 ft agl 1,325 1,466 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.5 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.6 3.6 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 12 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 1.7 °-16.0 ° min to max 15.9 ° 15.9 -16.0 °
100 % Average speed 170 kt169 kt min to max 170 kt 170 169 kt
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.06 g min to max 1.11 g 1.09 1.10 g
Info Average VSI 5 fpm-11 fpm min to max 48 fpm -1 1 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,466 ft agl1,465 ft agl min to max 1,468 ft agl 1,466 1,468 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 24.7 °24.6 ° min to max 24.9 ° 24.8 24.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °3.7 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.7 3.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 51.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 169 kt169 kt min to max 170 kt 169 169 kt
100 % Average bank angle 24.1 °20.1 ° min to max 24.8 ° 24.8 20.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.07 g min to max 1.10 g 1.09 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 11 fpm-10 fpm min to max 62 fpm 10 62 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,468 ft agl1,466 ft agl min to max 1,471 ft agl 1,467 1,471 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °3.5 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 3.5 °
Pattern Downwind 71.98Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 8 nm in 170 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 0.5 °-70.9 ° min to max 19.2 ° 19.2 -15.5 °
7 % Average altitude 1,469 ft agl1,462 ft agl min to max 1,479 ft agl 1,471 1,467 ft agl
100 % Average speed 169 kt162 kt min to max 172 kt 170 164 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.11 g 1.07 1.11 g
Info Average VSI -4 fpm-113 fpm min to max 151 fpm 79 -109 fpm
Info Average bank angle 2.3 °0.0 ° min to max 24.4 ° 18.7 24.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.6 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 3.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,316 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,220 ft agl · 172 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,218 ft agl · 171 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 85.08Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 6 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 17.6 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
50 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 17.6 °.
100 % Average speed 166 kt165 kt min to max 168 kt 165 166 kt
100 % Average bank angle 24.3 °21.8 ° min to max 24.8 ° 24.4 21.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.95 g min to max 1.21 g 1.15 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 2 fpm-75 fpm min to max 111 fpm -75 24 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,466 ft agl1,464 ft agl min to max 1,468 ft agl 1,465 1,466 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.3 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.5 2.7 °
Pattern Base Leg 99.09Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 18 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Heading 5.3 °-15.8 ° min to max 20.2 ° 20.2 -15.8 °
100 % Average speed 166 kt165 kt min to max 167 kt 166 166 kt
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.99 g min to max 1.14 g 1.06 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -16 fpm-120 fpm min to max 75 fpm 39 75 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,449 ft agl1,444 ft agl min to max 1,452 ft agl 1,450 1,444 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 18.6 °11.3 ° min to max 24.7 ° 19.3 24.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °1.6 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.2 2.6 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 58 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 159 kt146 kt min to max 166 kt 166 146 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.7 °0.2 ° min to max 24.8 ° 24.5 7.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.14 g 1.10 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -125 fpm-817 fpm min to max 263 fpm 82 -817 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,440 ft agl1,334 ft agl min to max 1,460 ft agl 1,445 1,334 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °-0.1 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 0.6 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,334 ft agl · 164 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,341 ft agl · 160 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,418 ft agl to 78 ft agl in 102 seconds. Not scored on a circuit: the stabilisation gate is shown for reference.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Landing flappassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
50 % On speedfailed at one of the two gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates
Arrival Landing 99.53Landing on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,671 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 130 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 130 kt. Target 123 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % The flare tracked the target profile exactly. The aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 623 m past the threshold. Threshold speed was not the cause here - hold the aim point on the approach and let the aircraft settle rather than holding it off, and the touchdown comes back to the numbers.
95 % Runway alignment max 8.70 m left8.70 m left to 6.19 m left 7.15 6.19 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.3 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.3 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.10 g 1.05 0.97 g
Info Average speed 127 kt121 kt min to max 130 kt 130 121 kt
Info Average VSI -345 fpm-776 fpm min to max -30 fpm -776 -83 fpm
Info Average altitude 1 ft agl-14 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 44 -14 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° 1.0 3.6 °
07515022530037545052560067575001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 97.28Touchdown point was 207 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 121 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -121 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 2 kt at 220 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -121 fpm.
82 % Touchdown distance was 623 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 121 ktTarget below 121 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.19 m left5.69 m left 6.19 5.32 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °1.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.7 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 0.97 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 121 kt120 kt min to max 121 kt 121 120 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °3.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 3.0 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,025 m, 28 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,025 m28 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.09 m right0.00 m left to 1.09 m right -0.98 -0.23 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 91 kt60 kt min to max 118 kt 118 60 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.9 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 43 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 41 kt30 kt min to max 59 kt 59 30 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.5 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Arrival Taxi 55.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 4 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 25 kt0 kt min to max 114 kt 25 114 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 15 ktmax 19 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.6 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Flaps Position 3 15 ft agl · 25 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl · 25 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 160 kt, 12 kt above the 148 kt target, and lifted off at 168 kt 1.1 s later, the nose coming up at 2.4° 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.

240 kt16080020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1482.7° off · 2.4°/s11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation began

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 15 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt172 m 80 kt -0.2° 7.1 s
Rotate761 m · target 148 160 kt 0.2° 16.7 s
Liftoff851 m · +8 kt from rotation 168 kt 2.7° 17.8 s
35 ft1,132 m · 3.1 s after liftoff 187 kt 10.6° 20.9 s
End of the climb4,286 m · 1,305 ft 202 kt 6.7° 51.4 s

Takeoff from NZAA 23L

Takeoff roll100.00
896m24 %
Rotation speed100.00
160kttarget 148, 12 fast
Liftoff speed
168kt
Runway alignment100.00
1.80m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.79
464fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 1,305 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,491 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,330 fpm on average to 1,305 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

1,500 ft750 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 160 kttarget 148Liftoff 168 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

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

Rolled from 48 m in, drifted 1.8 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 24 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 1.82 m LROLL 48 M INAirborne 899 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 899 m of 3,671 m · 24 %
Behind the start of the roll, 48 mTakeoff roll, 851 m Left ahead, 2,772 m

The circuit to NZAA 23L

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

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

How to read this

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

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

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

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

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft25°125°225°325°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,442 ft
Bank
25°
Speed
170 kt

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

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

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

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

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
18° target 45°
Bank
25°
Height
1,447 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 18° behind, against 45°.

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

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
25°
Overshoot
85 m none
Speed
159 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind100Downwind72Base turn85Base99Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 23L

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 70 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° BAND1,3841,053721553378193
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 7× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 1.2 nm, then drifted 38 m left between 1.2 and 0.4 nm, 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 nmTHR146 m L0146 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND56 m L15 m L30 m L34 m L36 m L19 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

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

Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 2.1 nm, then fast to 0.4 nm (up to +29 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

120140160180 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 123+24 kt+22 kt+24 kt+27 kt+18 kt+14 kt+7 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 23L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
44ft
Threshold speed100.00
129kttarget 123, 6 fast
Centreline offset95.26
8.70m L

Touchdown

Past threshold81.85
623m
Centreline100.00
6.19m L
Speed100.00
121kttarget 120, 1 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-121fpm
Impact100.00
1.03G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

The flare tracked the target profile exactly. The aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 623 m past the threshold. Threshold speed was not the cause here - hold the aim point on the approach and let the aircraft settle rather than holding it off, and the touchdown comes back to the numbers.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 220° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 1 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 118 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 35 s, an average deceleration of 0.13 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 · 394 m30 kt · 956 mtouchdown994 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 44 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 25 ft. Touched down 623 m in, 318 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.

44 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 25 ft · −553 fpm · 1.5° · 129 ktdescent slowed at 3 ft · −4 fpm · 4.2°−120 fpm · 3.6° nose up · 121 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 44 ft, down at 623 m

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

The sink went from 550 fpm at the flare to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.1° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−120 fpm at touchdown3.6° at touchdown, +2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

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

Touched down 5.3 m left of the centreline, and steered back to 0.6 m right by the end of 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. 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 623 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 623 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 982 m of 3,671 m · 27 %
In the air over the runway, 623 mRollout, 359 m Left over, 2,689 m
Rollout distance100.00
359m27 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
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The Airbus A350-900 departed from runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff used 896 m, 24 % of the runway, with rotation at 160 kt. Local weather was 16 °C, wind 4 kt from 219°, crosswind 2 kt, headwind 3 kt.

Initial climb reached 400 ft agl in 32 seconds, averaging 2,059 fpm and attaining 202 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then entered a left-hand circuit for runway 23L. The downwind leg was 8 nm and lasted 170 seconds at 1,490 ft agl; the base leg was less than 1 nm and took 18 seconds.

On final approach to runway 23L, descent was from 1,418 ft agl to 78 ft agl in 102 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and wings level; the speed check was not met at one gate.

Landing was on runway 23L, runway length 3,671 m, with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was 130 kt. The flare was described as perfect; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 207 m beyond the touchdown zone at 121 kt, a little fast, with a smooth rate of -121 fpm. The touchdown point was 6.2 m off the centreline. Local weather at landing was 17 °C, wind 2 kt from 220°, crosswind 1 kt, headwind 2 kt. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,025 m, 28 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Taxiing from the runway to parking took 4 minutes and covered 1 nm. The whole flight covered 24 nm in 12 minutes and used 1,292 kg of fuel.

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