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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight243,943 kg
Fuel20,883 kg
Wind1° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

95.85 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight242,239 kg
Fuel19,240 kg
Wind1° · 5 kn · 5 kn cross
12 Nov 2026 0:13 27 nm Airbus A350-1000 1,644 kg
Departure Score
96.66 %
Pattern Score
98.96 %
Arrival Score
91.94 %

What went well

Touchdown 379 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 40 ft and 144 kt — both inside band
Rollout controlled — 34 % of the runway used

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 500 fpm, −2.10 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.16
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 500 fpm−0.93
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.37 G at contact−0.01
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.11 points
Arrival Taxi — Landing Lights at 1 %, −0.41 points
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 37 %, −1.31 points

Next time

Arrival

Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.

What happened: The flare began late at 3.8 ft, 7.5 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.

Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

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

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

Start to finish · 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 90.00Departure roll runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 2,426 m 74 % of runway. Rotation speed was 145 kt. Local weather - Temperature 34 °C. Wind 3 kt at 0 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,426 m74 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 145 ktTarget 157 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.43 m left4.43 m left to 1.21 m right 4.43 -0.87 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.1 ° min to max 6.0 ° -0.1 6.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.0 2.7 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 163 kt159 kt min to max 168 kt 159 168 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.2 °0.2 ° min to max 3.2 ° 2.6 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g1.06 g min to max 1.22 g 1.06 1.21 g
Info Average VSI 340 fpm98 fpm min to max 889 fpm 98 889 fpm
Info Average altitude 4 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 14 ft agl 0 14 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °6.1 ° min to max 9.9 ° 6.1 9.9 °
Departure Climb 2 99.99Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 186 kt172 kt min to max 198 kt 172 193 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.6 °0.1 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.8 4.6 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.01 g0.72 g min to max 1.18 g 1.18 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 1,955 fpm663 fpm min to max 3,787 fpm 1,398 682 fpm
Info Average altitude 779 ft agl38 ft agl min to max 1,525 ft agl 38 1,525 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °5.1 ° min to max 15.0 ° 11.2 5.6 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 98 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 136 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 136 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,377 ft agl · 205 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,415 ft agl · 202 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,439 ft agl · 202 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,439 ft agl · 202 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Right hand pattern entry from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 2 nm in 30 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 193 kt192 kt min to max 195 kt 193 192 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.7 °6.8 ° min to max 25.7 ° 6.8 25.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.26 g 1.03 1.14 g
Info Average VSI -1 fpm-1,501 fpm min to max 1,249 fpm 726 -783 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,658 ft agl1,530 ft agl min to max 1,757 ft agl 1,537 1,530 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °-0.4 ° min to max 7.4 ° 5.9 2.8 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.3 °-17.7 ° min to max 16.7 ° -17.7 16.7 °
100 % Average speed 188 kt187 kt min to max 191 kt 191 187 kt
100 % Average g force 1.13 g1.07 g min to max 1.19 g 1.19 1.11 g
Info Average VSI -238 fpm-719 fpm min to max -7 fpm -719 -41 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,479 ft agl1,464 ft agl min to max 1,517 ft agl 1,517 1,464 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 25.5 °25.3 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.3 25.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °3.3 ° min to max 4.6 ° 3.3 4.4 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 4 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 34.7 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 186 kt186 kt min to max 187 kt 187 186 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.6 °23.9 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.5 23.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.06 g min to max 1.14 g 1.12 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 3 fpm-69 fpm min to max 87 fpm -35 -63 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,462 ft agl1,453 ft agl min to max 1,466 ft agl 1,463 1,465 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °4.2 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.5 4.3 °
Pattern Downwind 100.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 10 nm in 176 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.7 °-20.9 ° min to max 11.9 ° -20.9 11.9 °
100 % Average altitude 1,457 ft agl1,350 ft agl min to max 1,560 ft agl 1,456 1,456 ft agl
100 % Average speed 187 kt170 kt min to max 202 kt 185 170 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.10 g
Info Average VSI 0 fpm-740 fpm min to max 518 fpm -63 -82 fpm
Info Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 25.0 ° 21.0 25.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °2.2 ° min to max 5.9 ° 4.5 4.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,492 ft agl · 196 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,500 ft agl · 188 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,495 ft agl · 179 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 95.44Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 6 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 26.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 26.2 °.
100 % Average speed 168 kt167 kt min to max 169 kt 169 167 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.6 °22.1 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.2 22.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.08 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 14 fpm-71 fpm min to max 54 fpm -71 7 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,454 ft agl1,445 ft agl min to max 1,464 ft agl 1,454 1,464 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °4.6 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.6 4.7 °
Pattern Base Leg 97.31Pattern Base Leg. Distance was 1 nm in 30 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Heading 5.9 °-9.6 ° min to max 16.9 ° -9.6 16.9 °
100 % Average speed 168 kt167 kt min to max 169 kt 167 168 kt
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.09 g 1.08 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -17 fpm-85 fpm min to max 60 fpm 14 -46 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,457 ft agl1,454 ft agl min to max 1,459 ft agl 1,454 1,454 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 10.4 °5.4 ° min to max 20.8 ° 20.8 10.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.8 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 3.8 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 64 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 155 kt145 kt min to max 169 kt 169 150 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 31.2 °0.2 ° min to max 31.2 ° 8.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.74 g min to max 1.18 g 0.99 0.74 g
Info Average VSI -7 fpm-605 fpm min to max 317 fpm 16 -605 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,449 ft agl1,422 ft agl min to max 1,474 ft agl 1,454 1,447 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °-0.4 ° min to max 6.7 ° 4.0 -0.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,372 ft agl · 177 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,519 ft agl · 157 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,496 ft agl to 75 ft agl in 94 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
50 % Sink ratefailed at one of the two 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 677 ft agl · 146 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 616 ft agl · 149 kt
Arrival Landing 84.32Landing on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,284 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 145 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 145 kt. Target 145 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
37 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The flare began at 4 ft agl above the runway, lower than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 379 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.21 m right1.74 m right to 6.21 m right -1.74 -6.21 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.0 0.6 °
100 % Peak g force 1.04 g0.96 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 0.98 g
Info Average speed 144 kt142 kt min to max 145 kt 145 142 kt
Info Average VSI -509 fpm-664 fpm min to max -432 fpm -664 -489 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 40 ft agl 40 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °3.5 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.5 4.4 °
07515022530037545001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 88.74Touchdown distance was good at 379 m. Touchdown speed at 142 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was very hard at -500 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 32 °C. Wind 5 kt at 1 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
44 % Touchdown rate was -500 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 379 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 142 ktTarget below 142 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.34 m right6.25 m right -6.21 -6.07 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.0 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 0.8 °
97 % Peak g force 1.37 g0.98 g min to max 1.37 g 0.98 1.31 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 142 kt142 kt min to max 142 kt 142 142 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.6 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.4 3.6 °
Arrival Rollout 99.64Total landing distance 1,158 m, 35 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,158 m35 % of runway.
99 % Runway alignment max 7.99 m left7.99 m left to 0.15 m right 7.99 1.58 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 1.00 g
Info Average speed 112 kt73 kt min to max 144 kt 144 73 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.3 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.5 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.2 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 53 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 52 kt24 kt min to max 73 kt 73 24 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.3 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 18 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.3 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Flaps Position 3 14 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 14 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Engine 2 Stopped 14 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Parking Brake On 14 ft agl · 3 kt

Takeoff from NZAA 05R

Taxi out

Lights0.00
Offlanding and strobes

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
2,426m74 %
Runway alignment100.00
4.43m L
Rotation speed100.00
145kttarget 157, 12 early

Rotated early

The nose came up at 145 kt, 12 kt before the 157 kt rotate speed.

The rotate speed is set for the weight and the flap, and the nose should not start up before it. Lifting it early brings the aircraft to its liftoff attitude with less speed in hand, and on a long fuselage that is the tail-strike case. Keep the hands still until the speed is there, then make one smooth, continuous pull.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
158ktat 6.1°
Rotation
2.0°/sover 2.8 s, gaining 13 kt
35 ft
172ktat 11.2°, 2.9 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
3.2°steepest

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

Rolled from 1,414 m in, drifted 4.7 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 74 % 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 ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 4.73 m LROLL 1,414 M INAirborne 2,432 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,432 m of 3,284 m · 74 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,414 mTakeoff roll, 1,018 m Left ahead, 853 m

Side view from the start of the roll to 1,525 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 526 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,990 fpm on average to 1,525 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 dark stretch of the roll is the run with the nose up and the wheels still on, with its length and time under the runway.

1,750 ft875 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 231 m · 2.8 sRotate 145 kttarget 157Liftoff 158 ktSCALE CHANGES3.7 km past the runway
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.

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 grey band is the run between the nose coming up and the wheels leaving the runway. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The rotation detail below draws the rotation against the rates for this aircraft and its tail-strike pitch, where the slope reads properly. The grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare.

210 kt14070020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 231 m · 2.8 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 157held 9.9°6.1° off · 2.0°/s11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude held

Rotation detail the pitch over the seconds from rotation to 35 ft, where the slope reads properly.

How to read this

The pitch over the seconds from the nose starting to come up to 35 ft, stretched so the slope reads properly. The green dot is where the nose started up, the grey band runs to the wheels leaving, and the figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up. The two dashed green lines rising from the rotation point are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at: a trace steeper than both is a faster rotation, one shallower than both a slower one.

20°10°0°2°/s3°/sROTATELIFTOFF35 FT6.1° off · 2.0°/s11° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationNose up, wheels on the runway

The circuit to NZAA 05R

Right-hand, 1,500 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 189 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, 1,500 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.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,500 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft26°126°226°331°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,702 ft
Bank
26°
Speed
193 kt

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

2Onto downwind
Bank
26°
Height
1,457 ft on 1,500 ft
Speed
187 kt
Out
2.9 nm 1.9 suits 189 kt

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

3Base turn
Angle
26° target 45°
Bank
26°
Height
1,444 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 26° 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
31°
Overshoot
520 m
Speed
155 kt

Overshot: went 520 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 downwind100Downwind100Base turn95Base97Final 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 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 170 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° BAND1,4631,014634552377220
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 223 m left of the centreline, then inside the band from 3.5 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND223 m L1 m L10 m R28 m L30 m L13 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 22 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −4 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 145 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 145+4 kt+8 kt−4 kt+0 kt+1 kt+1 kt−0 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 05R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
40ft
Threshold speed100.00
144kttarget 145, 1 slow
Centreline offset100.00
6.21m R
Bank100.00
1.1°steepest
Flare37.29

The flare strayed well off the target profile

The flare began at 4 ft agl above the runway, lower than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 379 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
379m
Centreline100.00
6.34m R
Speed100.00
142kttarget 142 or less
Touchdown rate44.44
-500fpm
Impact97.02
1.37G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
1.0°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
736m34 % used
Rollout alignment99.19
7.99m L

Taxi in

Lights50.50
Onlanding lights, 99% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
18kt peak

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

Crossed the threshold at 40 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 4 ft. Touched down 379 m in, 74 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.

40 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 4 ft · −509 fpm · 4.1° · 143 ktdescent slowed at 2 ft · −510 fpm · 4.3°−500 fpm · 4.4° nose up · 142 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 40 ft, down at 379 m

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

The sink stayed between 500 fpm and 510 fpm from the flare to the runway. The pitch barely changed. Into the flare at 143 kt, on the 145 kt approach speed, and 142 kt at touchdown.

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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−500 fpm at touchdown4.4° at touchdown, +0.2° 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 6.1 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.7 m left by the end of the rollout. 4 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 142 kt. Touched down with the nose 5° into wind, wings level.

Wind 001° at 5 kt · 2 kt head · 4 kt across

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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. 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 4 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 379 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 379 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 500 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 1,115 m of 3,284 m · 34 %
In the air over the runway, 379 mRollout, 736 m Left over, 2,169 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 145 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 31 s, an average deceleration of 0.19 g.

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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 · 904 m30 kt · 1,262 mtouchdown1,312 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A350-1000 departed from runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. The take-off roll was 2,426 m, using 74 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 145 kt. Local weather at departure was temperature 34 °C, wind 3 kt from 360°, with a 3 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl took 45 seconds, averaging 1,884 fpm and reaching 193 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then entered a right-hand circuit for runway 05R. The downwind leg was 10 nm and lasted 176 seconds at 1,460 ft agl; the base leg was 1 nm and lasted 30 seconds.

During final approach to runway 05R, descent was from 1,496 ft agl to 75 ft agl in 94 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level; the sink-rate check was not met at one gate.

Landing was on runway 05R, whose length is 3,284 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 145 kt. The flare was very poor, starting late. Touchdown occurred 379 m from the threshold at a speed of 142 kt, which was a little fast, and with a very hard rate of minus 500 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.3 m from the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 1,158 m, 35 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 m from the centreline.

Local weather at landing was temperature 32 °C, wind 5 kt from 001°, with a 5 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

The overall flight covered 27 nm, lasted 13 minutes, and used 1,644 kg of fuel.

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