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KSEA
Seattle, United States
Runway 16L
Elevation430 ft asl
Weight487,629 lbs
Fuel63,440 lbs
Wind20° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

99.91 %
KLAX
Los Angeles, United States
Runway 25L
Elevation125 ft asl
Weight452,062 lbs
Fuel27,548 lbs
Wind259° · 6 kn
26 Oct 2026 2:04 883 nm McDonnell Douglas MD-11 35,892 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.74 %

What went well

Touched down at -185 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,513 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 27 ft and 163 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown rate was -185 fpm at 94 %, −0.08 points

Next time

Arrival

Nothing to change in the speed, the height or the flare. Keep the landing attitude held until the mains are on, so the aircraft is not let down onto the runway in the last moment.

What happened: The touchdown rate was 185 fpm. Nothing before it explains that: threshold speed and height were within limits and the flare was flown normally.

Watch for: Touchdown rate: a little less than 185 fpm next time

See Arrival 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 · 17 stages, 15 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 10 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 0 7 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 -0.2 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.2 °

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 Landing Gear Down 16 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 16 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 16 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 16 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 8 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 16L at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Average speed was 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 7 kt6 kt min to max 9 kt 6 9 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
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 16L at KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Takeoff distance 6,250 ft 53 % of runway. Rotation speed was 158 kt. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 2 kt at 20 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 6,250 ft53 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 158 ktTarget 156 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 8.4 ft left8.4 ft left to 0.0 ft left 1.1 6.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.5 ° min to max 6.0 ° -0.4 6.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.1 1.4 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 16L KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 185 kt179 kt min to max 191 kt 179 191 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.03 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 445 fpm-31 fpm min to max 1,148 fpm -31 1,148 fpm
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 19 ft agl 0 19 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °6.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 6.0 9.4 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 16L KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 193 kt192 kt min to max 196 kt 192 196 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.7 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.7 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.13 g1.02 g min to max 1.16 g 1.16 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 1,831 fpm1,374 fpm min to max 2,889 fpm 1,374 2,889 fpm
Info Average altitude 81 ft agl30 ft agl min to max 297 ft agl 30 297 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °10.0 ° min to max 13.0 ° 10.0 13.0 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 94 ft agl · 193 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 126 ft agl · 194 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 16L KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 198 kt196 kt min to max 198 ktTarget 193 kt, 5 kt fast 196 198 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.5 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up at 46 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 3,325 fpm2,987 fpm min to max 3,542 fpm 2,987 3,542 fpm
Info Average altitude 574 ft agl345 ft agl min to max 775 ft agl 345 775 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °13.2 ° min to max 14.3 ° 13.2 14.3 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south east of Normandy Park (Washington, United States). Climbing from 1,245 ft asl to 32,987 ft asl, an increase of 31,742 ft in 15 minutes and covering 102 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 287 kt197 kt min to max 310 kt 199 291 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.1 °0.0 ° min to max 21.3 ° 0.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 2,103 fpm29 fpm min to max 4,365 fpm 3,584 29 fpm
Info Average altitude 20,057 ft asl1,245 ft asl min to max 32,987 ft asl 1,245 32,987 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °2.6 ° min to max 15.6 ° 14.4 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-21 min to max 13 0 1

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4,927 ft agl · 242 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,094 ft agl · 282 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles north west of 19WA Key Way Airport Stevenson (Washington, United States) and lasted 77 minutes, covering 656 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,150 ft of 32,998 ft asl32,663 ft asl min to max 33,011 ft asl 32,992 32,663 ft asl
100 % Average speed 292 kt287 kt min to max 293 kt 292 287 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 17.5 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.03 g
Info Turn coordination 0-14 min to max 13 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.3 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.6 0.3 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 6 miles south west of Taft Heights (California, United States). Descent from 32,309 ft asl to 2,971 ft asl, a decrease of 29,339 ft in 17 minutes and covering 100 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 255 kt207 kt min to max 333 kt 286 210 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.0 ° min to max 25.6 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.12 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,489 fpm-4,105 fpm min to max 172 fpm -2,246 -1,475 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,432 ft asl2,971 ft asl min to max 32,309 ft asl 32,309 2,971 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-5.4 ° min to max 3.5 ° -0.3 -0.4 °
Info Turn coordination -2-21 min to max 7 -1 0

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 12,451 ft agl · 345 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 11,085 ft agl · 302 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,781 ft agl · 285 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Boyle Heights (California, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 13 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±637 ft of 2,584 ft asl2,423 ft asl min to max 2,735 ft asl 2,735 2,423 ft asl
100 % Average speed 208 kt180 kt min to max 210 kt 209 180 kt
100 % Average bank angle 19.9 °0.0 ° min to max 28.1 ° 0.2 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.97 g min to max 1.13 g 1.05 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 16-11 min to max 37 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °0.4 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.4 3.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 2,473 ft agl · 222 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Florence-Graham (California, United States). Descent from 2,368 ft asl to 1,336 ft asl, a decrease of 1,032 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 179 kt168 kt min to max 191 kt 180 168 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.9 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.05 g 0.96 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -1,057 fpm-1,245 fpm min to max -535 fpm -535 -938 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,690 ft asl1,336 ft asl min to max 2,368 ft asl 2,368 1,336 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.3 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.9 3.1 °
Info Turn coordination -3-36 min to max 23 0 -7

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,163 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,859 ft agl · 192 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 25L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport. Descent from 1,261 ft agl to 22 ft agl in 88 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 988 ft agl · 173 kt
Arrival Landing 99.99Landing on runway 25L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport, runway length 11,080 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 164 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 164 kt. Target 158 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 5.7 ft left5.7 ft left to 0.5 ft left 0.5 1.6 ft
99.9 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.7 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 1.04 0.98 g
Info Average speed 161 kt156 kt min to max 164 kt 164 156 kt
Info Average VSI -313 fpm-606 fpm min to max -141 fpm -606 -224 fpm
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl-11 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 27 -11 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °4.8 ° min to max 6.6 ° 4.8 6.4 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 988 ft agl · 173 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 32 ft agl · 165 kt
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,75001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750-110-88-66-44-22022446688110Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 98.73Touchdown point was 155 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 156 kt was good. Touchdown rate was good at -185 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 73 °F. Wind 6 kt at 260 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Touchdown rate was -185 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,513 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 156 ktTarget below 156 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.6 ft left0.4 ft left 1.6 -1.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.98 g min to max 1.17 g 0.98 1.06 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 155 kt154 kt min to max 156 kt 156 154 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °6.4 ° min to max 6.4 ° 6.4 6.4 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 5,726 ft, 52 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 5,726 ft52 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 9.2 ft right2.7 ft left to 9.2 ft right -9.2 1.9 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average speed 114 kt76 kt min to max 151 kt 151 76 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-0.4 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.4 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 54 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 49 kt10 kt min to max 76 kt 76 11 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.4 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 16 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 16 ft agl · 14 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt1 kt min to max 22 kt 11 1 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 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 6 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 158 kt, on the 156 kt target, and lifted off at 178 kt 5.4 s later, the nose coming up at 1.1° a second. Climb 3 held close to its 193 kt target, at 198 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 1566.0° off · 1.1°/s10° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 8 kt -0.4° 0 s
80 kt1,112 ft 80 kt -0.3° 17.2 s
Rotate4,429 ft · target 156 158 kt 0.1° 33.0 s
Liftoff5,985 ft · +20 kt from rotation 178 kt 6.0° 38.4 s
35 ft7,828 ft · 5.8 s after liftoff 192 kt 10.3° 44.2 s
Gear up8,221 ft · 46 ft · full marks to 400 ft 193 kt 11.4° 45.9 s
Climb 310,555 ft · 345 ft to 774 ft · target 193 198 kt avg 13.2° 53.2 s
End of Climb 313,250 ft · 774 ft 198 kt 14.3° 61 s

Takeoff from KSEA 16L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
6,250ft53 %
Rotation speed100.00
158kttarget 156, 2 fast
Liftoff speed
178kt
Runway alignment100.00
8.4ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
46ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
198kttarget 193
Rate of climb100.00
445fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 774 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,772 ft of runway left; gear up at 46 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,090 fpm on average to 774 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 3198 kt avgtarget 193THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 158 kttarget 156Liftoff 178 ktGear up 46 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 11,885 ft runway.

Rolled from 285 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 8 ft at the widest, and lifted off 7 ft 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 8.4 ft LROLL 285 FT INAirborne 6,270 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 6,270 ft of 11,885 ft · 53 %
Behind the start of the roll, 285 ftTakeoff roll, 5,985 ft Left ahead, 5,615 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 rate780 fpm850 fpm
On glideslope2.9°3.1°
On centreline0.2° off0.1° off
On speed+8.1 kt+7.4 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 KLAX 25L

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 60 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° BAND1,2666703431711,000 ft gate7 of 71,005 ft · 166 kt500 ft gate7 of 7543 ft · 165 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 17× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 70 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 nmTHR180 ft L0180 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND34 ft L43 ft L9 ft R38 ft R69 ft L17 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 40 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 +6 kt and +11 kt on the approach speed of 158 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 158+11 kt+6 kt+7 kt+7 kt+6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KLAX 25L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
27ft
Threshold speed100.00
163kttarget 158, 5 fast
Centreline offset100.00
5.7ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,513ft
Centreline100.00
1.6ft L
Speed100.00
155kttarget 156 or less
Touchdown rate93.64
-185fpm
Impact100.00
1.17G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 259° at 6 kt · 6 kt head · 0 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 153 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 37 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 · 4,749 ft30 kt · 5,540 fttouchdown5,762 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 5,978 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 27 ft, 23 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 18 ft. Touched down 1,513 ft in, 513 ft past 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 5,978 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.

27 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 18 ft · −419 fpm · 5.3° · 163 ktdescent slowed at 5 ft · −144 fpm · 6.5°−185 fpm · 6.4° nose up · 156 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 27 ft, down at 1,513 ft

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

The sink went from 420 fpm at the flare to 180 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.1° on the way down.

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−185 fpm at touchdown6.4° at touchdown, +1.1° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,978 ft of the 11,080 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 14 ft right at the widest.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,513 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,513 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 5,578 ft of 11,080 ft · 50 %
In the air over the runway, 1,513 ftRollout, 4,065 ft Left over, 5,502 ft
Rollout distance100.00
4,065ft50 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
9.2ft R

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The MD-11 taxied from the parking area to runway 16L at KSEA, a movement that lasted 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Takeoff was performed on runway 16L with a takeoff distance of 6,250 ft, which was 53 % of the runway. Rotation occurred at 158 kt. Local weather at departure was temperature 60 °F, wind 2 kt from 020°, crosswind 1 kt, tailwind 1 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 19 seconds, averaging 2,090 fpm and reaching 198 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 1,245 ft asl to 32,987 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 102 nm and beginning 1 mile south-east of Normandy Park.

The aircraft level-flew at 33,000 ft asl for 77 minutes, covering 656 nm, starting 4 miles north-west of 19WA Key Way Airport Stevenson.

Descent from 32,309 ft asl to 1,336 ft asl lasted 21 minutes and covered 116 nm, beginning 6 miles south-west of Taft Heights.

Final approach to runway 25L at KLAX began with a descent from 1,261 ft agl to 22 ft agl in 88 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 position 6 at 1,859 ft agl with a speed of 192 kt.

Landing on runway 25L, which is 11,080 ft long, featured a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 164 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 155 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 156 kt, with a descent rate of minus 185 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 5,726 ft, 52 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at KLAX was temperature 73 °F, wind 6 kt from 260°, crosswind 0 kt, headwind 6 kt.

After landing, the MD-11 taxied to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering 1 nm.

The flight covered a total distance of 883 nm in 124 minutes and used 35,892 lbs of fuel.

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