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KATL
Atlanta, United States
Runway 09L
Elevation1,017 ft asl
Weight73,648 kg
Fuel6,235 kg
Wind88° · 4 kn

Flight Score

98.22 %
KRDU
Raleigh/Durham, United States
Runway 05R
Elevation397 ft asl
Weight71,145 kg
Fuel3,564 kg
Wind70° · 8 kn · 4 kn cross
23 Oct 2026 1:17 336 nm Airbus A321neo 2,671 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.66 %

What went well

Touchdown 116 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 20 ft and 134 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 2.56 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 544 fpm, −1.78 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 544 fpm−0.95
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.64
  • Arrival Touchdown · 2.22 G at contact−0.18

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 17 minutes and covered 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 15 kt 0 12 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 ktmax 11 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.0 0.3 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Off  · 3 kt
Info Navigation Lights On  · 3 kt
Info Beacon Lights Off  · 3 kt
Info Strobe Lights Off  · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Off  · 3 kt
Info Landing Gear Down  · 3 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted  · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 3 kt
Info Beacon Lights On  · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On  · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1  · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights On  · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights On  · 9 kt
Info Landing Lights On  · 9 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 09L at KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Average speed was 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 12 kt12 kt min to max 12 kt 12 12 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 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 09L at KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Takeoff distance 2,149 m 57 % of runway. Rotation speed was 163 kt. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 4 kt at 88 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,149 m57 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 163 ktTarget 154 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.29 m right0.00 m left to 2.29 m right -1.87 -1.67 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.07 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 4.2 ° -0.3 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 09L KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 174 kt169 kt min to max 179 kt 169 179 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g1.07 g min to max 1.16 g 1.08 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 721 fpm425 fpm min to max 986 fpm 425 986 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 0 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °4.3 ° min to max 7.2 ° 4.3 7.2 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 09L KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 180 kt179 kt min to max 182 kt 179 181 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.00 g min to max 1.17 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,319 fpm1,023 fpm min to max 2,440 fpm 1,023 2,440 fpm
Info Average altitude 72 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 318 ft agl 35 318 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °7.3 ° min to max 10.3 ° 7.3 10.3 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Off 162 ft agl · 184 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 09L KATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 181 kt180 kt min to max 182 ktTarget 174 kt, 7 kt fast 181 182 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up at 406 ft aglTarget by 788 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average VSI 2,580 fpm2,479 fpm min to max 2,742 fpm 2,479 2,742 fpm
Info Average altitude 607 ft agl365 ft agl min to max 860 ft agl 365 860 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.7 °10.3 ° min to max 11.0 ° 10.3 11.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 486 ft agl · 184 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of Forest Park (Georgia, United States). Climbing from 1,918 ft asl to 36,889 ft asl, an increase of 34,971 ft in 24 minutes and covering 140 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 252 kt183 kt min to max 272 kt 183 252 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.5 °0.0 ° min to max 14.6 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.88 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,867 fpm484 fpm min to max 3,093 fpm 2,784 566 fpm
Info Average altitude 19,012 ft asl1,918 ft asl min to max 36,889 ft asl 1,918 36,889 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °2.0 ° min to max 11.6 ° 11.0 2.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3,154 ft agl · 210 kt
Info Landing Lights Off 9,638 ft agl · 290 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Ridge Spring (South Carolina, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 23 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,349 ft of 36,994 ft asl36,969 ft asl min to max 37,000 ft asl 36,978 36,969 ft asl
100 % Average speed 252 kt252 kt min to max 253 kt 252 253 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 0.96 0.96 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.0 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north of Lexington (South Carolina, United States). Descent from 36,797 ft asl to 20,907 ft asl, a decrease of 15,890 ft in 13 minutes and covering 82 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 262 kt253 kt min to max 268 kt 254 266 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.4 °0.0 ° min to max 11.9 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,248 fpm-1,923 fpm min to max 119 fpm -988 117 fpm
Info Average altitude 27,030 ft asl20,842 ft asl min to max 36,797 ft asl 36,797 20,907 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-1.7 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.2 1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north east of Wallace (South Carolina, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,546 ft of 20,970 ft asl20,924 ft asl min to max 20,992 ft asl 20,924 20,987 ft asl
100 % Average speed 265 kt265 kt min to max 266 kt 265 265 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °1.3 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 1.3 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Hamlet (North Carolina, United States). Descent from 20,986 ft asl to 6,117 ft asl, a decrease of 14,869 ft in 11 minutes and covering 54 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 256 kt245 kt min to max 270 kt 266 245 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.5 °0.0 ° min to max 18.9 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.18 g 0.99 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -1,317 fpm-1,994 fpm min to max 119 fpm -12 -1,071 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,230 ft asl6,117 ft asl min to max 20,986 ft asl 20,986 6,117 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-2.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.2 0.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights On 10,507 ft agl · 290 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Moncure (North Carolina, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±800 ft of 5,982 ft asl5,869 ft asl min to max 6,005 ft asl 6,005 5,869 ft asl
100 % Average speed 221 kt217 kt min to max 240 kt 240 218 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °0.8 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.0 0.8 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles north of Moncure (North Carolina, United States). Descent from 5,637 ft asl to 1,730 ft asl, a decrease of 3,907 ft in 4 minutes and covering 13 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 182 kt153 kt min to max 224 kt 221 153 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.0 ° min to max 10.0 ° 0.1 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -967 fpm-2,010 fpm min to max -33 fpm -1,297 -821 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,070 ft asl1,730 ft asl min to max 5,637 ft asl 5,637 1,730 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-5.4 ° min to max 4.9 ° 1.0 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 3,647 ft agl · 222 kt
Info Taxi Lights On 3,633 ft agl · 218 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,298 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,835 ft agl · 172 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,468 ft agl · 157 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport. Descent from 1,379 ft agl to 60 ft agl in 110 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
Arrival Landing 90.44Landing on runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport, runway length 2,284 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 134 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 134 kt. Target 137 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
62 % The flare wandered off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 2.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 116 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.88 m right2.20 m right to 2.88 m right -2.78 -2.42 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.1 °
100 % Peak g force 1.15 g1.03 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 1.15 g
Info Average speed 134 kt134 kt min to max 134 kt 134 134 kt
Info Average VSI -616 fpm-672 fpm min to max -534 fpm -672 -534 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 21 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °2.8 ° min to max 5.5 ° 2.8 5.5 °
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 82.92Touchdown distance was good at 116 m. Touchdown speed at 134 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -544 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 8 kt at 70 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
28 % Touchdown rate was -544 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 116 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 134 ktTarget below 136 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.83 m right2.49 m right -2.42 -2.56 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.5 °
45 % Peak g force 2.22 g0.87 g min to max 2.22 g 1.15 0.87 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 133 kt133 kt min to max 134 kt 134 133 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °4.2 ° min to max 5.5 ° 5.5 4.2 °
Arrival Rollout 99.94Total landing distance 1,209 m, 53 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,209 m53 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.12 m right0.00 m left to 5.12 m right -2.06 -2.24 m
99 % Average g force 0.99 g0.80 g min to max 1.37 g 0.86 0.99 g
Info Average speed 98 kt64 kt min to max 128 kt 128 64 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max 4.1 ° 4.1 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 45 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 38 kt15 kt min to max 64 kt 64 15 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 1.01 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 21 kt 15 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 15 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.5 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.6 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.5 1.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1  · 5 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted  · 4 kt
Info Landing Lights Off  · 6 kt
Info Strobe Lights Off  · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On  · 4 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 163 kt, 9 kt above the 154 kt target, and lifted off at 169 kt 2.3 s later, the nose coming up at 1.8° a second. Climb 3 averaged 181 kt, 7 kt over its 174 kt target.

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 174210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 1544.3° off · 1.8°/s7° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0306090 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 15 kt -0.3° 0 s
80 kt411 m 80 kt -0.2° 42.4 s
Rotate1,876 m · target 154 163 kt 0.2° 67 s
Liftoff2,077 m · +6 kt from rotation 169 kt 4.3° 69 s
35 ft2,495 m · 5.3 s after liftoff 179 kt 7.3° 74 s
Climb 33,426 m · 365 ft to 860 ft · target 174 181 kt avg 10.3° 85 s
Gear up3,515 m · 406 ft · full marks to 788 ft 181 kt 10.3° 86 s
End of Climb 34,477 m · 860 ft 182 kt 11.0° 96 s

Takeoff from KATL 09L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
2,149m57 %
Rotation speed100.00
163kttarget 154, 9 fast
Liftoff speed
169kt
Runway alignment100.00
2.29m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
406ftfull marks to 788 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
181kttarget 174
Rate of climb100.00
720fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 860 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,199 m of runway left; gear up at 406 ft, inside the 788 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,910 fpm on average to 860 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 3181 kt avgtarget 174THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 163 kttarget 154Liftoff 169 ktGear up 406 ftfull marks to 788 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,770 m runway.

Rolled from 77 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 2 m right. Airborne 57 % 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 2.47 m RROLL 77 M INAirborne 2,153 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,153 m of 3,770 m · 57 %
Behind the start of the roll, 77 mTakeoff roll, 2,077 m Left ahead, 1,617 m

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 rate730 fpm700 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.0°
On centreline0.1° off0.1° off
On speed+12 kt+4.7 kt
Wings level1° 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 KRDU 05R

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° BAND1,3406943811971,000 ft gate7 of 71,061 ft · 149 kt500 ft gate7 of 7558 ft · 142 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 22× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 16 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 nmTHR43 m L043 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND16 m L7 m L3 m L7 m L12 m L6 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 34 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 −3 kt and +18 kt on the approach speed of 137 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 137+18 kt+7 kt+4 kt+1 kt−3 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KRDU 05R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
20ft
Threshold speed100.00
134kttarget 137, 3 slow
Centreline offset100.00
2.88m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
116m
Centreline100.00
2.83m R
Speed100.00
133kttarget 136 or less
Touchdown rate28.44
-544fpm
Impact44.57
2.22G
BouncesOk
None
The flare61.76

The flare wandered off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 2.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 116 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the right, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 134 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.

Wind 070° at 8 kt · 8 kt head · 3 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 128 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 44 s, an average deceleration of 0.12 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 · 1,128 m30 kt · 1,555 mtouchdown1,618 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 13 ft. Touched down 116 m in, 189 m short of 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.

20 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 13 ft · −697 fpm · 3.4° · 134 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −544 fpm · 5.5°−543 fpm · 5.5° nose up · 134 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 20 ft, down at 116 m

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

The sink went from 700 fpm at the flare to 540 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.2° 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−543 fpm at touchdown5.5° at touchdown, +2.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2.6 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 5 m 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 116 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 116 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.22 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,167 m of 2,284 m · 51 %
In the air over the runway, 116 mRollout, 1,050 m Left over, 1,118 m
Rollout distance100.00
1,050m51 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
5.12m R

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The Airbus A321neo taxied from the parking area to runway 09L at KATL, a movement that lasted 17 minutes and covered 3 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 09L with a take-off distance of 2,149 m (57 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 163 kt. Local weather at departure was 14 °C, wind 2 kt from 258°, with 0 kt crosswind and 1 kt tailwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 24 seconds, averaging 1,797 fpm and reaching 182 kt at the top of the segment.

The climb continued from 1,918 ft asl to 36,889 ft asl in 24 minutes, covering 140 nm, beginning 1 mile north-west of Forest Park.

Level cruise was held at 37,000 ft asl for 3 minutes, covering 23 nm, starting overhead Ridge Spring.

Descent began at 36,797 ft asl and proceeded to 1,730 ft asl in 32 minutes, covering 163 nm, starting 2 miles north of Lexington, with brief level-offs at 21,000 ft asl and 6,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 05R at KRDU started with a descent from 1,379 ft agl to 60 ft agl in 110 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level. Configuration was gear down at 3,647 ft agl at 222 kt; final flap position 4 was selected at 1,468 ft agl at 157 kt.

Landing on runway 05R, which is 2,284 m long, had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 134 kt. The flare was described as a fair landing flare with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 125 m down the runway at 134 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 477 fpm. Alignment at touchdown and during rollout was very good. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 1,211 m (53 % of the runway) and rollout alignment remained very good.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

The flight covered 336 nm in 77 minutes and used 2,671 kg of fuel.

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