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BIKF
Reykjavík, Iceland
Runway 28
Elevation141 ft asl
Weight69,548 kg
Fuel20,721 kg
Wind2° · 11 kn · 11 kn cross

Flight Score

96.96 %
EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 08R
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight63,218 kg
Fuel14,289 kg
Wind80° · 10 kn
10 Nov 2026 2:49 1120 nm Boeing 737 MAX 8 6,432 kg
Departure Score
96.84 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.03 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll in a 11 kn crosswind — 7.87 m off at liftoff
Straight touchdown — 3.61 m off the centreline, no bounce
Rollout controlled — 39 % of the runway used

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 590 fpm, −1.18 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 590 fpm−1.01
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.77 G at contact−0.09
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.09
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 71 %, −0.52 points
Departure Roll — Strobe Lights at 0 %, Rotation speed was 130 kt at 89 %, −0.47 points

Next time

Departure

Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.

What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 10°, more roll than the climb out called for.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb

See Departure Climb 2

Arrival

Carry more power on approach to hold 139 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay into the flare.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 25 ft while already below the speed target, and the aircraft settled as the remaining energy ran out, usually carrying a firm touchdown with it at 589 fpm.

Watch for: Watch airspeed on short final against 139 kt, keeping it there through the flare.

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 · 20 stages, 18 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 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 26 kt 6 8 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 -0.8 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.3 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 10 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 10 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 10 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 10 ft agl
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 10 ft agl
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 10 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 10 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 3 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 9 ft agl
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 9 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 28 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport, Average speed was 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt8 kt min to max 17 kt 8 17 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.5 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 92.89Departure roll runway 28 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,348 m 44 % of runway. Rotation speed was 130 kt. Local weather - Temperature 6 °C. Wind 15 kt at 2 °. Crosswind: 15 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,348 m44 % of runway
89 % Rotation speed was 130 ktTarget 149 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.87 m right2.32 m left to 7.87 m right 2.27 -7.87 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 0.98 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.7 ° min to max 4.6 ° -0.4 4.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.0 2.3 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28 BIKF Keflavik International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 150 kt139 kt min to max 159 kt 139 159 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.8 °1.9 ° min to max 4.8 ° 2.4 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.17 g 0.98 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 413 fpm121 fpm min to max 562 fpm 121 562 fpm
Info Average altitude 19 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 0 47 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °4.2 ° min to max 7.4 ° 4.5 7.4 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 20 ft agl · 145 kt
Departure Climb 2 95.82Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28 BIKF Keflavik International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-1.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 167 kt159 kt min to max 194 kt 159 194 kt
85 % Steepest bank angle 10.3 °0.3 ° min to max 10.3 ° 4.8 3.1 °
96 % Average g force 1.05 g0.63 g min to max 1.49 g 1.07 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 812 fpm-311 fpm min to max 2,015 fpm 569 1,993 fpm
Info Average altitude 91 ft agl47 ft agl min to max 368 ft agl 47 368 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 10.6 ° 7.4 9.0 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 110 ft agl · 173 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 113 ft agl · 177 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 175 ft agl · 186 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 278 ft agl · 188 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 344 ft agl · 190 kt
Departure Climb 3 95.49Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 28 BIKF Keflavik International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
89 % Climb speed 214 kt195 kt min to max 229 ktTarget 183 kt, 31 kt fast 195 229 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.8 °0.5 ° min to max 4.8 ° 3.0 3.6 °
99.7 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.29 g 0.85 1.12 g
100 % Landing gear up at 5 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
Info Average VSI 1,470 fpm430 fpm min to max 2,593 fpm 1,915 2,593 fpm
Info Average altitude 586 ft agl399 ft agl min to max 851 ft agl 399 851 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.8 °5.6 ° min to max 12.1 ° 8.0 12.1 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 2 miles west of BIKF Keflavik International Airport Reykjavík (Sudurnes, Iceland). Climbing from 1,060 ft asl to 34,642 ft asl, an increase of 33,582 ft in 25 minutes and covering 169 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 259 kt213 kt min to max 287 kt 230 273 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 31.2 °0.0 ° min to max 31.2 ° 4.1 0.9 °
99.99 % Average g force 1.04 g0.62 g min to max 1.21 g 1.13 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,777 fpm725 fpm min to max 5,317 fpm 2,874 1,100 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,358 ft asl1,060 ft asl min to max 34,642 ft asl 1,060 34,642 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.5 °2.7 ° min to max 18.4 ° 12.6 3.9 °
Info Turn coordination -1-14 min to max 7 -2 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 22,913 ft agl · 399 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 23,129 ft agl · 400 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 67 miles south east of BIVI Vík Airport Vík (Sudurland, Iceland) and lasted 92 minutes, covering 757 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,242 ft of 35,001 ft asl34,849 ft asl min to max 35,050 ft asl 34,849 35,005 ft asl
100 % Average speed 261 kt242 kt min to max 272 kt 272 242 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 30.5 °0.0 ° min to max 30.5 ° 0.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.85 g min to max 1.24 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-17 min to max 17 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °1.4 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.9 3.6 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 33,677 ft agl · 463 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 33,677 ft agl · 463 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Standon (Staffordshire, England). Descent from 35,003 ft asl to 15,349 ft asl, a decrease of 19,654 ft in 12 minutes and covering 76 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 250 kt236 kt min to max 262 kt 241 252 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 29.9 °0.0 ° min to max 29.9 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.24 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,722 fpm-2,787 fpm min to max 174 fpm -33 -1,154 fpm
Info Average altitude 24,512 ft asl15,349 ft asl min to max 35,003 ft asl 35,003 15,349 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.7 0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 0-12 min to max 12 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 34,231 ft agl · 405 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 22,575 ft agl · 348 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 22,517 ft agl · 347 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 22,181 ft agl · 345 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 22,120 ft agl · 345 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 22,063 ft agl · 344 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Eynsham (Oxfordshire, England) and lasted 7 minutes, covering 36 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,258 ft of 15,045 ft asl15,011 ft asl min to max 15,158 ft asl 15,158 15,031 ft asl
100 % Average speed 253 kt247 kt min to max 264 kt 253 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 3 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.8 ° min to max 2.8 ° 0.8 2.6 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 14,572 ft agl · 317 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 14,440 ft agl · 316 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Fleet (Hampshire, England). Descent from 15,032 ft asl to 3,239 ft asl, a decrease of 11,793 ft in 8 minutes and covering 39 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 235 kt216 kt min to max 259 kt 250 216 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 30.8 °0.0 ° min to max 30.8 ° 0.1 30.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.71 g min to max 1.23 g 1.00 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -1,457 fpm-2,460 fpm min to max 4 fpm 4 -1,040 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,491 ft asl3,239 ft asl min to max 15,032 ft asl 15,032 3,239 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-1.8 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.6 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination -2-19 min to max 13 0 -7

Events

Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 14,367 ft agl · 310 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 6,946 ft agl · 255 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 6,946 ft agl · 255 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Plumpton (East Sussex, England) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 20 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±661 ft of 3,027 ft asl2,986 ft asl min to max 3,215 ft asl 3,215 2,993 ft asl
100 % Average speed 216 kt198 kt min to max 222 kt 216 200 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 31.4 °0.0 ° min to max 31.4 ° 30.4 0.2 °
99.99 % Average g force 1.06 g0.89 g min to max 1.32 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination -2-14 min to max 7 -6 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °2.7 ° min to max 8.9 ° 2.7 6.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,445 ft agl · 223 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 2,445 ft agl · 223 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,650 ft agl · 228 kt
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Wisborough Green (West Sussex, England). Descent from 2,991 ft asl to 1,481 ft asl, a decrease of 1,510 ft in 3 minutes and covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 189 kt136 kt min to max 204 kt 198 136 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 23.0 °0.0 ° min to max 23.0 ° 9.4 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.16 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -473 fpm-1,337 fpm min to max 259 fpm 41 99 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,268 ft asl1,479 ft asl min to max 3,015 ft asl 2,991 1,481 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °1.7 ° min to max 8.6 ° 6.4 8.2 °
Info Turn coordination 2-3 min to max 12 10 1

Events

Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 2,669 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 2,669 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 2,669 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 2,669 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,623 ft agl · 211 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 2,623 ft agl · 211 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 2,005 ft agl · 205 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,451 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,337 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,306 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,126 ft agl · 163 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,118 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,118 ft agl · 161 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Ockley (Surrey, England) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±574 ft of 1,502 ft asl1,475 ft asl min to max 1,515 ft asl 1,482 1,503 ft asl
100 % Average speed 144 kt131 kt min to max 150 kt 136 146 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 0.97 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 0-2 min to max 2 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °4.3 ° min to max 9.6 ° 8.0 6.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 1,050 ft agl · 151 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,007 ft agl · 148 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Descent from 1,313 ft agl to 226 ft agl in 108 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Landing flappassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 952 ft agl · 142 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 338 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,007 ft agl · 148 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 966 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 966 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 966 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 837 ft agl · 143 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 335 ft agl · 147 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 215 ft agl · 147 kt
Arrival Landing 90.85Landing on runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, runway length 2,911 m. Threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 132 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 132 kt. Target 139 kt
96 % Threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target.Target 50 ft agl
71 % The flare wandered off the target profile. The flare took all the sink out 25 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft settled on from there, 530 fpm of sink coming back, having crossed the threshold below target speed. Touchdown was 537 m past the threshold. Carry the speed to the flare and hold it lower - the aircraft ran out of lift before the wheels arrived, so the fix is energy on the approach, not attitude.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.93 m right3.91 m right to 5.93 m right -5.52 -3.91 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.2 °0.4 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Lowest g force 0.83 g0.83 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 127 kt119 kt min to max 133 kt 132 119 kt
Info Average VSI -421 fpm-762 fpm min to max -182 fpm -762 -548 fpm
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 57 ft agl 57 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °4.2 ° min to max 7.6 ° 6.8 6.1 °

Events

Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 36 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 36 ft agl · 126 kt
07515022530037545052560001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 82.26Touchdown point was 114 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 119 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -590 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 8 °C. Wind 9 kt at 60 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
25 % Touchdown rate was -590 fpm.
91 % Touchdown distance was 537 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 119 ktTarget below 138 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.91 m right3.75 m right -3.91 -3.61 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.0 °
73 % Peak g force 1.77 g1.00 g min to max 1.77 g 1.00 1.16 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 118 kt118 kt min to max 119 kt 119 118 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °6.0 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.1 6.1 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,160 m, 40 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,160 m40 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.35 m right0.00 m left to 1.35 m right -1.35 -0.12 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 0.99 g
Info Average speed 84 kt57 kt min to max 111 kt 111 57 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-1.2 ° min to max 6.8 ° 6.2 -0.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 43 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 33 kt0 kt min to max 56 kt 56 18 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.8 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.01 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 9 ft agl · 18 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 10 ft agl · 30 kt
Arrival Taxi 97.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 20 kt 17 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 13 ktmax 14 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.5 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Parking Brake On 10 ft agl · 9 kt

Takeoff from BIKF 28

Taxi out

Lights75.00
Offstrobes
Taxi speed100.00
26kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,348m44 %
Runway alignment100.00
7.87m R
Rotation speed89.44
130kttarget 149, 19 early

Rotated early, and slowly

The nose came up at 130 kt, 19 kt before the 149 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.5° a second, slower than the 2.6 to 3.5 other Boeing 737 MAX 8 pilots fly.

The nose started up before the rotate speed and then came up slowly, as if easing it off early. Wait for the rotate speed, then make one steady pull at the normal rate for this aircraft.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
138ktat 4.5°
Rotation
1.5°/sover 2.8 s, gaining 8 kt
35 ft
155ktat 6.1°, 6.1 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
4.8°steepest
Gear up100.00
5ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed88.79
214kttarget 183

Plan view the roll down the 3,052 m runway.

Rolled from 119 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 7.1 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.2 m right, in 11 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 44 % 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 ↓CROSS11 kn75 %widest 7.13 m RROLL 119 M INAirborne 1,351 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,351 m of 3,052 m · 44 %
Behind the start of the roll, 119 mTakeoff roll, 1,233 m Left ahead, 1,701 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 851 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,246 m of runway left; gear up at 5 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,100 fpm on average to 851 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. 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 3214 kt avgtarget 183THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 190 m · 2.8 sRotate 130 kttarget 149Liftoff 138 ktGear up 5 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

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

Climb 3 target 183240 kt16080020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 190 m · 2.8 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 149held 7.3°4.5° off · 1.5°/s6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

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 2.6 to 3.5° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Boeing 737 MAX 8 pilots over the last 180 days (80 takeoffs); the grey pair are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at. A trace steeper than both green lines is a faster rotation than most, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 11°, the pitch at which this aircraft's tail touches the runway with the wheels still on it, drawn from rotation to liftoff only: once the wheels leave, every foot climbed adds tail clearance.

20°10°0°2°/s3.5°/s3°/s2.6°/sTAIL STRIKE 11°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT4.5° off · 1.5°/s6° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.6 to 3.5°/s, other Boeing 737 MAX 8 pilots2 to 3°/s from rotation, airlinersTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

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 rate840 fpm530 fpm
On glideslope3.1°2.3°
On centreline0.2° off0.2° off
On speed+3.1 kt−0.6 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 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 EGKK 08R

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

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

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 170 ft below the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,1455603511981,000 ft gate7 of 71,070 ft · 142 kt500 ft gate7 of 7414 ft · 138 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 26× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 14 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 nmTHR37 m L037 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND14 m R11 m R10 m R5 m R13 m R10 m R
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 −7 kt and +15 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+10 kt+1 kt+12 kt+14 kt−7 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGKK 08R

Over the threshold

Threshold height96.13
56ft
Threshold speed96.59
131kttarget 139, 8 slow
Centreline offset100.00
5.93m R
Bank100.00
1.2°steepest
Flare70.69

The flare wandered off the target profile

The flare took all the sink out 25 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft settled on from there, 530 fpm of sink coming back, having crossed the threshold below target speed. Touchdown was 537 m past the threshold. Carry the speed to the flare and hold it lower - the aircraft ran out of lift before the wheels arrived, so the fix is energy on the approach, not attitude.

Touchdown

Past threshold91.31
537m
Centreline100.00
3.91m R
Speed100.00
118kttarget 138 or less
Touchdown rate24.53
-590fpm
Impact73.21
1.77G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.4°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
589m39 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.35m R

Taxi in

Lights70.50
Onlanding lights, 59% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
20kt peak13 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 56 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 41 ft. Touched down 537 m in, 232 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.

56 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 41 ft · −459 fpm · 5.7° · 132 ktdescent slowed at 25 ft · −90 fpm · 6.7°−589 fpm · 6.1° nose up · 119 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 56 ft, down at 537 m

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

The sink went from 460 fpm at the flare to 80 fpm at 25 ft, then back up to 590 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed. Into the flare at 132 kt, 7 kt under the 139 kt approach speed, and 119 kt at touchdown.

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−589 fpm at touchdown6.1° at touchdown, +0.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,911 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.6 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.1 m right by the end of the rollout. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 080° at 10 kt · 9 kt head · 0 kt across

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 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 ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 537 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 537 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.77 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,125 m of 2,911 m · 39 %
In the air over the runway, 537 mRollout, 589 m Left over, 1,786 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 113 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 22 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 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 · 596 m30 kt · 800 mtouchdown832 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

The rest of the report

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Flight narrative

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport in 7 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 28 with a distance of 1,348 m, which was 44 % of the runway length. Rotation occurred at 130 kt. Local weather was 6 °C, wind 15 kt from 002°, with a 15 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 44 seconds, averaging 1,018 fpm and reaching 229 kt at the top of the climb.

Climb continued from 1,060 ft asl to 34,642 ft asl in 25 minutes, covering 169 nm, beginning 2 miles west of BIKF.

Level flight at 35,000 ft asl lasted 92 minutes, covering 757 nm, beginning 67 miles south-east of BIVI Vík Airport.

Descent from 35,003 ft asl to 15,349 ft asl took 12 minutes over 76 nm, starting overhead Standon.

A further level segment at 15,000 ft asl lasted 7 minutes, covering 36 nm, starting overhead Eynsham.

Descent from 15,032 ft asl to 1,503 ft asl lasted 18 minutes, covering 72 nm, beginning 1 mile south of Fleet, with brief level-offs at 3,000 ft asl and 1,500 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport descended from 1,313 ft agl to 226 ft agl in 108 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration on final was flap 7 at 837 ft agl with a speed of 143 kt.

Landing on runway 08R (length 2,911 m) had a threshold height of 57 ft agl, slightly above target, and a threshold speed of 132 kt, slightly below target. The flare was described as fair; the aircraft ran out of speed in the flare. Touchdown occurred 114 m beyond the touchdown zone at 119 kt, with a very hard rate of minus 590 fpm. The touchdown point was 4.3 m off the centreline. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,160 m, 40 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 8 °C, wind 9 kt from 060°, with a 3 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind.

Taxi from the runway to parking took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered 1,120 nm in 169 minutes and used 6,432 kg of fuel.

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