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ZBAA
Beijing, China
Runway 36R
Elevation98 ft asl
Weight309,383 kg
Fuel116,866 kg
WindCalm

Flight Score

97.81 %
EGLL
London, England
Runway 09L
Elevation75 ft asl
Weight218,094 kg
Fuel24,927 kg
Wind39° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
8 Nov 2026 12:23 5439 nm Airbus A350-1000 91,939 kg
Departure Score
99.88 %
Enroute Score
99.97 %
Arrival Score
93.57 %

What went well

Threshold crossed at 40 ft and 143 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 0.13 m off the centreline, no bounce
Rollout controlled — 48 % of the runway used

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 512 fpm, −0.80 points on the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 512 fpm−0.77
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.43 G at contact−0.02
Arrival Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, Landing Lights at 1 %, −0.66 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 874 m at 54 %, −0.46 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 631 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 511 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.

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 99.40Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Average speed 17 kt0 kt min to max 30 kt 4 13 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 11 ktmax 21 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 -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.3 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 14 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 14 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 36R at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport, Average speed was 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kt14 kt min to max 14 kt 14 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.0 °
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 36R at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,980 m 52 % of runway. Rotation speed was 175 kt. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 0 kt at 346 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,980 m52 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 175 ktTarget 164 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.25 m left4.25 m left to 0.00 m left 3.21 3.22 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.2 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.1 3.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36R ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 188 kt183 kt min to max 192 kt 183 192 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.5 °0.1 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.1 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.18 g1.07 g min to max 1.27 g 1.07 1.24 g
Info Average VSI 496 fpm86 fpm min to max 1,136 fpm 86 1,136 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 29 ft agl 0 29 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °4.0 ° min to max 9.1 ° 4.0 9.1 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36R ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 195 kt192 kt min to max 203 kt 192 203 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.6 °0.8 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g0.92 g min to max 1.23 g 1.23 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 1,611 fpm1,192 fpm min to max 2,229 fpm 1,192 2,056 fpm
Info Average altitude 92 ft agl31 ft agl min to max 361 ft agl 31 361 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °9.2 ° min to max 10.7 ° 9.2 10.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 164 ft agl · 189 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 200 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 236 ft agl · 191 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36R ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 212 kt204 kt min to max 220 ktTarget 202 kt, 10 kt fast 204 220 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.7 °0.2 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.9 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 0.96 1.03 g
100 % Landing gear up at 81 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.5 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.5 °
Info Average VSI 2,475 fpm2,037 fpm min to max 3,349 fpm 2,046 3,349 fpm
Info Average altitude 616 ft agl396 ft agl min to max 891 ft agl 396 891 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.8 °10.8 ° min to max 14.9 ° 10.8 14.9 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north of ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing (Beijing Shi, China). Climbing from 1,096 ft asl to 8,801 ft asl, an increase of 7,706 ft in 3 minutes and covering 12 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 238 kt220 kt min to max 249 kt 220 249 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.8 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.82 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 2,370 fpm576 fpm min to max 3,690 fpm 3,491 576 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,310 ft asl1,096 ft asl min to max 8,801 ft asl 1,096 8,801 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °5.2 ° min to max 15.1 ° 15.1 5.2 °
Info Turn coordination 3-1 min to max 15 0 13

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 7,983 ft agl · 271 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 7,983 ft agl · 271 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 12 miles north of Shunyi (Beijing Shi, China) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±943 ft of 8,860 ft asl8,851 ft asl min to max 8,864 ft asl 8,851 8,859 ft asl
100 % Average speed 250 kt249 kt min to max 250 kt 249 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 9.8 °0.6 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.7 9.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 0.97 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 1611 min to max 25 13 23
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °4.1 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.5 4.4 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 15 miles west of ZGUO Gulou Airport Gulou (Beijing Shi, China). Climbing from 8,857 ft asl to 33,829 ft asl, an increase of 24,972 ft in 20 minutes and covering 137 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 317 kt249 kt min to max 334 kt 250 293 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 14.4 °0.0 ° min to max 14.4 ° 9.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 1,291 fpm-33 fpm min to max 2,551 fpm -33 987 fpm
Info Average altitude 23,457 ft asl8,856 ft asl min to max 33,829 ft asl 8,857 33,829 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.1 ° min to max 9.1 ° 4.6 4.2 °
Info Turn coordination 113 min to max 22 18 17

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 29,838 ft agl · 476 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 29,838 ft agl · 476 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 8 miles east of Qagan Nur (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China) and lasted 678 minutes, covering 5,147 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,195 ft of 34,100 ft asl33,659 ft asl min to max 34,132 ft asl 33,899 33,659 ft asl
100 % Average speed 297 kt290 kt min to max 303 kt 290 297 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 15.9 °0.0 ° min to max 15.9 ° 0.4 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.12 g 0.93 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 185 min to max 34 18 21
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °0.9 ° min to max 4.1 ° 2.8 0.9 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 30,152 ft agl · 478 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 30,152 ft agl · 478 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 31,396 ft agl · 481 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 30,457 ft agl · 486 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 34,256 ft agl · 495 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 32 miles north west of Koksijde (Flanders, Belgium). Descent from 33,493 ft asl to 7,393 ft asl, a decrease of 26,100 ft in 13 minutes and covering 79 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 306 kt220 kt min to max 329 kt 298 220 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 16.6 °0.0 ° min to max 16.6 ° 0.9 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -2,054 fpm-3,386 fpm min to max -644 fpm -998 -952 fpm
Info Average altitude 20,685 ft asl7,393 ft asl min to max 33,493 ft asl 33,493 7,393 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-2.3 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.9 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 9-3 min to max 28 20 0
Enroute Level 3 99.78Enroute level cruise started overhead EGSG Stapleford Aerodrome Romford (Essex, England) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 32 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Altitude held within ±859 ft of 6,864 ft asl6,398 ft asl min to max 7,754 ft asl 7,189 6,398 ft asl
100 % Average speed 220 kt217 kt min to max 221 kt 217 219 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 0.9 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.17 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-7 min to max 0 0 -7
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °-0.2 ° min to max 4.6 ° -0.2 1.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 7,006 ft agl · 238 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 6,996 ft agl · 243 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 7,027 ft agl · 243 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north of Bourne End (Buckinghamshire, England). Descent from 6,363 ft asl to 1,384 ft asl, a decrease of 4,979 ft in 5 minutes and covering 15 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 185 kt137 kt min to max 226 kt 219 153 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 27.9 °0.0 ° min to max 27.9 ° 6.6 0.0 °
99.99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.86 g min to max 1.31 g 1.01 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -970 fpm-2,283 fpm min to max 51 fpm -1,017 -739 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,614 ft asl1,384 ft asl min to max 6,363 ft asl 6,363 1,384 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-1.2 ° min to max 5.4 ° 1.7 1.0 °
Info Turn coordination -7-48 min to max 21 -12 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 3,414 ft agl · 194 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,267 ft agl · 179 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3,131 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 3,115 ft agl · 172 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport. Descent from 1,343 ft agl to 83 ft agl in 100 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

Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 704 ft agl · 139 kt
Arrival Landing 96.60Landing on runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, runway length 3,602 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 144 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 144 kt. Target 141 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
86 % The flare mostly held the target profile. The flare arrested the sink and then let it come back - 631 fpm of it - so the aircraft dropped the last few feet. Touchdown was 874 m past the threshold. Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established.
100 % Runway alignment max 0.54 m right0.18 m right to 0.54 m right -0.23 -0.53 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Peak g force 1.07 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 0.97 g
Info Average speed 138 kt132 kt min to max 144 kt 144 132 kt
Info Average VSI -245 fpm-609 fpm min to max -86 fpm -609 -370 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl-11 ft agl min to max 40 ft agl 40 -11 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °3.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 3.2 4.3 °
0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,05001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,050-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 81.21Touchdown point was 462 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 132 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -512 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 5 °C. Wind 2 kt at 40 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
42 % Touchdown rate was -512 fpm.
54 % Touchdown distance was 874 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 132 ktTarget below 137 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.53 m right0.34 m right -0.53 -0.13 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.2 °
93 % Peak g force 1.43 g0.97 g min to max 1.43 g 0.97 1.19 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 132 kt132 kt min to max 132 kt 132 132 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.3 ° min to max 4.3 ° 4.3 2.3 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,784 m, 50 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,784 m50 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.22 m left1.22 m left to 0.74 m right 1.22 -0.30 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 91 kt64 kt min to max 128 kt 128 64 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 44 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 41 kt8 kt min to max 64 kt 64 11 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.6 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 90.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 23 kt 5 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.3 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Taxi Lights
Info Flaps Position 3 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 14 ft agl

Takeoff from ZBAA 36R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed99.25
30kt peak11 kt in turns

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,980m52 %
Runway alignment100.00
4.25m L
Rotation speed100.00
175kttarget 164, 11 late

Rotated late, and slowly

The nose came up at 175 kt, 11 kt after the 164 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.6° a second, slower than the 2 to 3 airliners use.

The pull started after the rotate speed and was then slow. Start it on the rotate speed and make it one positive, continuous movement at the normal rate for this aircraft.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
182ktat 4.0°
Rotation
1.6°/sover 2.1 s, gaining 7 kt
35 ft
193ktat 9.3°, 3.7 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
1.5°steepest
Gear up100.00
81ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
212kttarget 202

Plan view the roll down the 3,806 m runway.

Rolled from 137 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 4.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.3 m left. Airborne 52 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 4.29 m LROLL 137 M INAirborne 1,991 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,991 m of 3,806 m · 52 %
Behind the start of the roll, 137 mTakeoff roll, 1,854 m Left ahead, 1,814 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 891 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,464 m of runway left; gear up at 81 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,020 fpm on average to 891 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 3212 kt avgtarget 202THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140160KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 189 m · 2.1 sRotate 175 kttarget 164Liftoff 182 ktGear up 81 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 202240 kt16080020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 189 m · 2.1 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 164held 10.6°4.0° off · 1.6°/s9° 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 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 FT4.0° off · 1.6°/s9° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationNose 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 rate700 fpm830 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.1°
On centreline0.0° off0.0° off
On speed+1.0 kt+4.5 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 EGLL 09L

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 30 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° BAND1,3016653521911,000 ft gate7 of 71,027 ft · 142 kt500 ft gate7 of 7537 ft · 146 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 52× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 6 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 nmTHR18 m L018 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND6 m L2 m L1 m L0 m L3 m L1 m L
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 −2 kt and +13 kt on the approach speed of 141 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 141+13 kt−1 kt+4 kt+4 kt+3 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGLL 09L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
40ft
Threshold speed100.00
143kttarget 141, 2 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.54m R
Bank100.00
0.1°steepest
Flare86.38

The flare mostly held the target profile

The flare arrested the sink and then let it come back - 631 fpm of it - so the aircraft dropped the last few feet. Touchdown was 874 m past the threshold. Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established.

Touchdown

Past threshold54.36
874m
Centreline100.00
0.53m R
Speed100.00
131kttarget 137 or less
Touchdown rate41.89
-512fpm
Impact93.45
1.43G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.7°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
865m48 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.22m L

Taxi in

Lights0.50
Wrongtaxi lights off, landing lights on
Taxi speed100.00
23kt peak

Side view — the last 1,861 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 40 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 35 ft; ballooned 2 ft from 26 ft. Touched down 874 m in, 570 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 1,861 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 held off 601 m from the lowest point 80 ft400 Flare 35 ft · −344 fpm · 3.6° · 143 ktballooned +2 ft · from 26 ft to 28 ft−511 fpm · 4.3° nose up · 132 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 40 ft, down at 874 m

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

The sink went from 340 fpm at the flare to 80 fpm at 27 ft, then back up to 510 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.7° on the way down. Into the flare at 143 kt, on the 141 kt approach speed, and 132 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−511 fpm at touchdown4.3° at touchdown, +0.7° from the flareclimbing 79 fpm
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,861 m of the 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.2 m of it down the rollout. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 039° at 2 kt · 1 kt head · 1 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 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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 874 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 874 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 511 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 1,740 m of 3,602 m · 48 %
In the air over the runway, 874 mRollout, 865 m Left over, 1,862 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 129 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 26 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 · 924 m30 kt · 1,080 mtouchdown1,123 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A350-1000 taxied from the parking area to runway 36R at ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport in 9 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 36R with a take-off distance of 1,980 m (52 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 175 kt. The local weather was 4 °C, wind 0 kt from 346°, with no cross-wind or head-wind component.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 24 seconds, averaging 1,868 fpm and reaching 220 kt at the top of the climb.

The climb continued from 1,096 ft asl to 33,829 ft asl in 25 minutes, covering 156 nm, beginning 1 mile north of ZBAA. A brief level-off occurred at 8,900 ft asl.

Cruise was maintained at 34,100 ft asl for 678 minutes, covering 5,147 nm, beginning 8 miles east of Qagan Nur.

Descent from 33,493 ft asl to 7,393 ft asl lasted 13 minutes and covered 79 nm, starting 32 miles north-west of Koksijde.

A level segment at 6,900 ft asl continued for 8 minutes, covering 32 nm, beginning overhead EGSG Stapleford Aerodrome Romford.

Further descent from 6,363 ft asl to 1,384 ft asl took 5 minutes and covered 15 nm, starting 1 mile north of Bourne End.

Final approach to runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport descended from 1,343 ft agl to 83 ft agl in 100 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 was landing gear down at 3,267 ft agl at 179 kt and final flap position 4 at 3,115 ft agl at 172 kt.

Landing on runway 09L (runway length 3,602 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 144 kt. The flare was described as very good; the aircraft dropped onto the runway at the end of the flare. Touchdown occurred 462 m beyond the touchdown zone at 132 kt, with a very hard rate of minus 512 fpm. Alignment on touchdown and rollout was perfect. Local weather was 5 °C, wind 2 kt from 040° (cross-wind 2 kt, head-wind 1 kt). No bounce was observed.

Total landing distance was 1,784 m (50 % of the runway).

The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered 5,439 nm in 743 minutes and used 91,939 kg of fuel.

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