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KMEM
Memphis, United States
Runway 18C
Elevation269 ft asl
Weight543,743 lbs
Fuel105,280 lbs
WindCalm

Flight Score

99.33 %
KSEA
Seattle, United States
Runway 16R
Elevation413 ft asl
Weight471,427 lbs
Fuel32,662 lbs
Wind99° · 4 kn · 4 kn cross
25 Oct 2026 3:57 1687 nm McDonnell Douglas MD-11 72,618 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
98.00 %

What went well

Touchdown 765 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 22 ft and 165 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 8.8 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 292 fpm, −0.67 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 292 fpm−0.34
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.31
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.32 G at contact−0.01

Next time

Arrival

Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.

What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 0 7 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 10 kt 0 7 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 -0.2 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 16 ft agl
Info Engine 3 Started 16 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 16 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 16 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 16 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 16 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 16 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 16 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 18C at KMEM Memphis International Airport, Average speed was 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 6 kt5 kt min to max 6 kt 6 5 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 18C at KMEM Memphis International Airport. Takeoff distance 7,029 ft 63 % of runway. Rotation speed was 162 kt. Local weather - Temperature 78 °F. Wind 0 kt at 240 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 7,029 ft63 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 162 ktTarget 153 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.8 ft right0.4 ft left to 3.8 ft right -2.6 0.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 6.7 ° -0.2 6.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 18C KMEM Memphis International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 185 kt178 kt min to max 189 kt 178 189 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.03 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 549 fpm81 fpm min to max 1,128 fpm 81 1,128 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 0 36 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °6.7 ° min to max 9.6 ° 6.7 9.6 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 18C KMEM Memphis International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 190 kt189 kt min to max 191 kt 189 191 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g1.00 g min to max 1.13 g 1.11 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,613 fpm1,151 fpm min to max 2,874 fpm 1,151 2,874 fpm
Info Average altitude 83 ft agl37 ft agl min to max 342 ft agl 37 342 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.8 °9.6 ° min to max 13.5 ° 9.6 13.5 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 89 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 115 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Deactivated 400 ft agl · 194 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 18C KMEM Memphis International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 190 kt189 kt min to max 191 ktTarget 193 kt, 3 kt slow 191 189 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.96 g
100 % Landing gear up at 64 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
Info Average VSI 3,061 fpm2,934 fpm min to max 3,109 fpm 2,934 3,089 fpm
Info Average altitude 640 ft agl389 ft agl min to max 897 ft agl 389 897 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °13.7 ° min to max 14.0 ° 13.7 14.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 864 ft agl · 194 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south of KMEM Memphis International Airport Memphis (Tennessee, United States). Climbing from 1,297 ft asl to 31,997 ft asl, an increase of 30,700 ft in 16 minutes and covering 105 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 273 kt188 kt min to max 311 kt 189 297 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.1 °0.0 ° min to max 21.8 ° 0.7 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.76 g min to max 1.13 g 0.97 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,098 fpm1 fpm min to max 3,298 fpm 3,077 1 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,935 ft asl1,297 ft asl min to max 31,997 ft asl 1,297 31,997 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °2.8 ° min to max 14.0 ° 14.0 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 3-12 min to max 19 -2 1

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Deactivated 1,497 ft agl · 193 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2,080 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5,290 ft agl · 258 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,117 ft agl · 313 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles west of Batesville (Arkansas, United States) and lasted 90 minutes, covering 708 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,100 ft of 32,000 ft asl31,988 ft asl min to max 32,275 ft asl 31,998 32,275 ft asl
100 % Average speed 297 kt296 kt min to max 308 kt 297 307 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 0.2 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-11 min to max 10 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.4 ° min to max 3.4 ° 2.8 2.6 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 14 miles south east of KLSK Lusk Municipal Airport Lusk (Wyoming, United States). Climbing from 32,287 ft asl to 33,480 ft asl, an increase of 1,193 ft in 2 minutes and covering 12 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 304 kt299 kt min to max 307 kt 307 299 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 748 fpm-33 fpm min to max 1,234 fpm -33 830 fpm
Info Average altitude 32,809 ft asl32,286 ft asl min to max 33,480 ft asl 32,287 33,480 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.4 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.4 3.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 1 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 7 miles south of Lusk (Wyoming, United States) and lasted 93 minutes, covering 744 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,181 ft of 33,997 ft asl33,616 ft asl min to max 34,015 ft asl 33,623 33,616 ft asl
100 % Average speed 295 kt283 kt min to max 298 kt 298 283 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 13.5 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 0-11 min to max 15 0 3
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.5 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.6 0.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north of Tieton (Washington, United States). Descent from 33,280 ft asl to 11,970 ft asl, a decrease of 21,309 ft in 10 minutes and covering 69 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 293 kt248 kt min to max 336 kt 279 248 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.5 °0.0 ° min to max 26.0 ° 0.6 25.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.82 g min to max 1.18 g 0.95 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -1,545 fpm-3,330 fpm min to max 11 fpm -2,139 11 fpm
Info Average altitude 18,287 ft asl11,970 ft asl min to max 33,280 ft asl 33,280 11,970 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-2.8 ° min to max 3.8 ° -0.0 3.8 °
Info Turn coordination 3-6 min to max 22 1 13

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 13,026 ft agl · 416 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Covington (Washington, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,099 ft of 12,047 ft asl11,689 ft asl min to max 12,390 ft asl 11,970 11,778 ft asl
100 % Average speed 248 kt244 kt min to max 251 kt 248 247 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.7 °0.2 ° min to max 24.2 ° 24.2 2.7 °
99.97 % Average g force 0.98 g0.69 g min to max 1.28 g 1.11 0.94 g
Info Turn coordination 3-6 min to max 15 13 4
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °-2.4 ° min to max 9.3 ° 3.7 -2.4 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Newcastle (Washington, United States). Descent from 11,192 ft asl to 1,727 ft asl, a decrease of 9,465 ft in 8 minutes and covering 30 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 224 kt166 kt min to max 260 kt 256 166 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.1 °0.0 ° min to max 25.3 ° 1.1 0.6 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.40 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,100 fpm-4,025 fpm min to max 332 fpm -4,025 -830 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,995 ft asl1,727 ft asl min to max 11,192 ft asl 11,192 1,727 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-4.0 ° min to max 5.4 ° -4.0 3.6 °
Info Turn coordination -8-21 min to max 6 2 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,549 ft agl · 285 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 9,405 ft agl · 253 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 3,180 ft agl · 197 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,041 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3,073 ft agl · 194 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 2,116 ft agl · 172 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 16R at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Descent from 1,355 ft agl to 52 ft agl in 84 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 979 ft agl · 168 kt
Arrival Landing 95.36Landing on runway 16R at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, runway length 8,490 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 165 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 165 kt. Target 162 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
81 % The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.5° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 765 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 12.2 ft right10.7 ft right to 12.2 ft right -12.2 -10.7 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.03 g min to max 1.07 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Average speed 164 kt163 kt min to max 165 kt 165 163 kt
Info Average VSI -456 fpm-614 fpm min to max -350 fpm -614 -350 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl-7 ft agl min to max 22 ft agl 22 -7 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °5.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.0 5.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 979 ft agl · 168 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 30 ft agl · 164 kt
025050075001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 94.65Touchdown distance was good at 765 ft. Touchdown speed at 163 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -292 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 52 °F. Wind 4 kt at 99 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Touchdown rate was -292 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 765 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 163 ktTarget below 160 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 10.7 ft right10.0 ft right -10.7 -8.8 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.1 °
96 % Average g force 1.14 g1.02 g min to max 1.32 g 1.03 1.15 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 163 kt163 kt min to max 163 kt 163 163 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °5.5 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.8 5.5 °
Arrival Rollout 99.98Total landing distance 5,088 ft, 60 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 5,088 ft60 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.2 ft left6.2 ft left to 3.2 ft right 3.2 0.6 ft
99.8 % Average g force 1.00 g0.88 g min to max 1.34 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 125 kt82 kt min to max 162 kt 162 82 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.8 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.5 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 53 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 51 kt21 kt min to max 81 kt 81 22 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 16 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 25 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 25 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 22 kt 22 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 13 ktmax 13 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.7 ° -0.5 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 19 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 162 kt, 9 kt above the 153 kt target, and lifted off at 178 kt 5.4 s later, the nose coming up at 1.2° a second. Climb 3 held close to its 193 kt target, at 190 kt on average.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 193210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1536.7° off · 1.2°/s10° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 5 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt1,238 ft 80 kt 0.0° 31.0 s
Rotate5,182 ft · target 153 162 kt 0.4° 49.6 s
Liftoff6,768 ft · +16 kt from rotation 178 kt 6.7° 55.0 s
35 ft8,507 ft · 5.5 s after liftoff 189 kt 9.5° 61 s
Gear up9,075 ft · 64 ft · full marks to 400 ft 190 kt 11.0° 62 s
Climb 311,837 ft · 389 ft to 897 ft · target 193 190 kt avg 13.7° 71 s
End of Climb 315,081 ft · 897 ft 189 kt 14.0° 82 s

Takeoff from KMEM 18C

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
7,029ft63 %
Rotation speed100.00
162kttarget 153, 9 fast
Liftoff speed
178kt
Runway alignment100.00
3.8ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
64ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
190kttarget 193
Rate of climb100.00
549fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 897 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,346 ft of runway left; gear up at 64 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,030 fpm on average to 897 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3190 kt avgtarget 193THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 162 kttarget 153Liftoff 178 ktGear up 64 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 11,126 ft runway.

Rolled from 273 ft in, never more than 4 ft off the centreline. Airborne 63 % 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 3.9 ft RROLL 273 FT INAirborne 7,041 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 7,041 ft of 11,126 ft · 63 %
Behind the start of the roll, 273 ftTakeoff roll, 6,768 ft Left ahead, 4,085 ft

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 rate980 fpm860 fpm
On glideslope3.1°3.2°
On centreline0.1° off0.3° off
On speed+4.4 kt+3.7 kt
Wings level0° bank1° 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 KSEA 16R

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 40 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, 1,000 ft 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° BAND1,3256873671841,000 ft gate7 of 71,054 ft · 166 kt500 ft gate7 of 7559 ft · 166 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 12× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 100 ft 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 nmTHR260 ft L0260 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND101 ft R20 ft R46 ft R18 ft R47 ft R49 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 24 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +3 kt and +5 kt on the approach speed of 162 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.

160180200220 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 162+4 kt+4 kt+4 kt+4 kt+3 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KSEA 16R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
22ft
Threshold speed100.00
165kttarget 162, 3 fast
Centreline offset100.00
12.2ft R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
765ft
Centreline100.00
10.7ft R
Speed100.00
163kttarget 159, 4 fast
Touchdown rate74.24
-292fpm
Impact96.00
1.32G
BouncesOk
None
The flare81.42

The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.5° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 765 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

4 kt across from the left, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 163 kt. Touched down with the nose 2° into wind, wings level.

Wind 099° at 4 kt · 1 kt head · 4 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 163 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 38 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012016060 kt · 5,036 ft30 kt · 5,934 fttouchdown6,171 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 5,331 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 22 ft, 28 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 18 ft. Touched down 765 ft in, 235 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 5,331 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

22 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 18 ft · −607 fpm · 5.2° · 165 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −342 fpm · 5.8°−291 fpm · 5.8° nose up · 163 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 22 ft, down at 765 ft

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

The sink went from 610 fpm at the flare to 290 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.5° on the way down.

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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−291 fpm at touchdown5.8° at touchdown, +0.5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,331 ft of the 8,490 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 9 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 11 ft right at the widest.

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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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 4 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 765 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 765 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 291 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 4,931 ft of 8,490 ft · 58 %
In the air over the runway, 765 ftRollout, 4,166 ft Left over, 3,559 ft
Rollout distance100.00
4,166ft58 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
6.2ft L

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The MD-11 taxied from the parking area to runway 18C at KMEM for five minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Takeoff was on runway 18C at KMEM. The aircraft used 7,029 ft of runway, which was 63 % of the available length. Rotation occurred at 162 kt. Local weather was 78 °F with wind 0 kt from 240°, crosswind 0 kt and headwind 0 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl lasted 24 seconds, averaging 1,995 fpm and reaching 189 kt at the top of the climb.

The climb continued from 1,297 ft asl to 31,997 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 105 nm and beginning about 1 mile south of KMEM.

Cruise was level between 32,000 ft asl and 34,000 ft asl for 185 minutes, covering 1,465 nm, starting about 4 miles west of Batesville.

Descent began at 33,280 ft asl and proceeded to 1,727 ft asl in 19 minutes, covering 107 nm, starting about 1 mile north of Tieton, with a brief level-off at 12,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 16R at KSEA descended from 1,355 ft agl to 52 ft agl in 84 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 landing gear down at 3,041 ft agl at 195 kt and final flap position 6 at 2,116 ft agl at 172 kt.

Landing on runway 16R used a threshold speed of 165 kt, described as good. The flare was very good, with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 771 ft down the runway at 163 kt, a little fast, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 292 fpm and very good runway alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 5,088 ft, 60 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather at KSEA was 52 °F with wind 4 kt from 099°, crosswind 4 kt and headwind 1 kt.

After landing, the MD-11 taxied to the parking area for ten minutes, covering 2 nm.

The flight covered 1,687 nm in 237 minutes and burned 72,618 lb of fuel.

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