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KPHL
Philadelphia, United States
Runway 27L
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight458,283 lbs
Fuel62,752 lbs
Wind310° · 6 kn · 5 kn cross

Flight Score

100.00 %
KMEM
Memphis, United States
Runway 36C
Elevation269 ft asl
Weight425,801 lbs
Fuel29,515 lbs
Wind349° · 3 kn · 1 kn cross
22 Oct 2026 2:07 793 nm McDonnell Douglas MD-11 33,237 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
100.00 %

What went well

Touched down at -226 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,279 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 31 ft and 159 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Nothing — every scored stage stayed inside its band. Clean flight.

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 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 23 kt 0 2 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Engine 3 Started 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 16 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 16 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 16 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 27L at KPHL Philadelphia International Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 8 kt6 kt min to max 9 kt 6 9 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 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 27L at KPHL Philadelphia International Airport. Takeoff distance 3,883 ft 38 % of runway. Rotation speed was 160 kt. Local weather - Temperature 76 °F. Wind 6 kt at 309 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 3,883 ft38 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 160 ktTarget 152 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 14.8 ft right2.0 ft left to 14.8 ft right 0.4 -14.8 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.1 ° min to max 6.3 ° -0.1 6.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.0 0.9 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 27L KPHL Philadelphia International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 183 kt178 kt min to max 188 kt 178 188 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.9 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.13 g1.03 g min to max 1.18 g 1.03 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 686 fpm138 fpm min to max 1,377 fpm 138 1,377 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 23 ft agl 0 23 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °6.3 ° min to max 9.9 ° 6.3 9.9 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 27L KPHL Philadelphia International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 190 kt188 kt min to max 194 kt 188 194 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g1.04 g min to max 1.17 g 1.16 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 2,009 fpm1,555 fpm min to max 3,448 fpm 1,555 3,448 fpm
Info Average altitude 79 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 310 ft agl 35 310 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.4 °10.3 ° min to max 14.5 ° 10.3 14.5 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 101 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 137 ft agl · 193 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 27L KPHL Philadelphia International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 195 kt194 kt min to max 196 ktTarget 193 kt, 2 kt fast 195 194 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 0.97 g
100 % Landing gear up at 55 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average VSI 4,014 fpm3,594 fpm min to max 4,220 fpm 3,594 4,220 fpm
Info Average altitude 620 ft agl361 ft agl min to max 890 ft agl 361 890 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.7 °14.8 ° min to max 16.1 ° 14.8 16.1 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south of Folcroft (Pennsylvania, United States). Climbing from 996 ft asl to 31,990 ft asl, an increase of 30,993 ft in 14 minutes and covering 85 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 264 kt177 kt min to max 314 kt 194 295 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 20.5 °0.0 ° min to max 20.5 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.24 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,672 fpm1 fpm min to max 5,412 fpm 4,230 9 fpm
Info Average altitude 16,794 ft asl996 ft asl min to max 31,992 ft asl 996 31,990 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °2.3 ° min to max 16.2 ° 16.2 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination -1-37 min to max 16 8 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 6,391 ft agl · 239 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,929 ft agl · 294 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of PA23 Kingsdale Air Park Littlestown (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 45 minutes, covering 352 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,100 ft of 31,996 ft asl31,927 ft asl min to max 32,007 ft asl 31,991 31,997 ft asl
100 % Average speed 295 kt271 kt min to max 300 kt 295 295 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 17.9 °0.0 ° min to max 17.9 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-10 min to max 12 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °2.1 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.3 2.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 6 miles south west of 48KY Westlake Regional Hospital Heliport Columbia (Kentucky, United States). Climbing from 31,993 ft asl to 33,702 ft asl, an increase of 1,709 ft in 2 minutes and covering 12 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 292 kt285 kt min to max 296 kt 295 285 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.18 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,135 fpm6 fpm min to max 2,028 fpm 32 1,497 fpm
Info Average altitude 32,648 ft asl31,993 ft asl min to max 33,702 ft asl 31,993 33,702 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 2.2 4.2 °
Info Turn coordination 0-2 min to max 11 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south of 2KY1 Kitty Hawk Farm Ultralightport Paint Lick (Kentucky, United States) and lasted 27 minutes, covering 217 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,195 ft of 33,998 ft asl33,897 ft asl min to max 34,007 ft asl 33,897 33,994 ft asl
100 % Average speed 282 kt266 kt min to max 286 kt 282 266 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 6.9 °0.0 ° min to max 6.9 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-10 min to max 9 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °2.4 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 2.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of TN16 Huntingdon Airport Huntingdon (Tennessee, United States). Descent from 33,993 ft asl to 2,986 ft asl, a decrease of 31,007 ft in 18 minutes and covering 108 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 247 kt207 kt min to max 329 kt 262 210 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.7 °0.0 ° min to max 25.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.72 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,456 fpm-4,065 fpm min to max 279 fpm 28 -66 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,002 ft asl2,979 ft asl min to max 33,999 ft asl 33,993 2,986 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-3.2 ° min to max 5.0 ° 2.9 3.3 °
Info Turn coordination 1-26 min to max 31 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 11,708 ft agl · 317 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,851 ft agl · 283 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 7,214 ft agl · 282 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Hernando (Mississippi, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±649 ft of 2,976 ft asl2,936 ft asl min to max 3,018 ft asl 2,982 2,936 ft asl
100 % Average speed 208 kt197 kt min to max 210 kt 209 197 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 28.0 °1.8 ° min to max 28.0 ° 6.5 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.98 g min to max 1.14 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 14-15 min to max 31 20 -14
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °0.7 ° min to max 4.6 ° 3.5 0.7 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south west of 3J4 Bald Eagle Air Park Nesbit (Tennessee, United States). Descent from 2,754 ft asl to 1,570 ft asl, a decrease of 1,184 ft in 1 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 170 kt162 kt min to max 188 kt 188 163 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,034 fpm-1,290 fpm min to max -667 fpm -1,218 -1,035 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,993 ft asl1,570 ft asl min to max 2,754 ft asl 2,754 1,570 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °0.7 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.7 2.5 °
Info Turn coordination -2-21 min to max 10 -1 0

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,021 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,791 ft agl · 186 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,610 ft agl · 174 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 36C at KMEM Memphis International Airport. Descent from 1,354 ft agl to 110 ft agl in 86 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 997 ft agl · 168 kt
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 36C at KMEM Memphis International Airport, runway length 11,146 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 160 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 160 kt. Target 154 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 18.2 ft right5.9 ft right to 18.2 ft right -18.2 -5.9 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.4 °
100 % Peak g force 1.09 g1.00 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 1.02 g
Info Average speed 158 kt154 kt min to max 160 kt 160 154 kt
Info Average VSI -385 fpm-682 fpm min to max -218 fpm -682 -218 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl-6 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl 31 -6 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °4.3 ° min to max 6.3 ° 4.3 6.3 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 997 ft agl · 168 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 34 ft agl · 161 kt
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 1,278 ft. Touchdown speed at 154 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -226 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 75 °F. Wind 3 kt at 349 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -226 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,279 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 154 ktTarget below 151 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.9 ft right5.4 ft right -5.9 -5.0 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Peak g force 1.23 g1.02 g min to max 1.23 g 1.02 1.09 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 154 kt153 kt min to max 154 kt 154 153 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °6.2 ° min to max 6.3 ° 6.3 6.2 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 5,603 ft, 50 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 5,603 ft50 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.1 ft left2.1 ft left to 1.2 ft right -0.8 1.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 1.09 1.00 g
Info Average speed 117 kt77 kt min to max 153 kt 153 77 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-0.1 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 51 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 48 kt13 kt min to max 77 kt 77 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.6 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 16 ft agl · 18 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 15 kt2 kt min to max 24 kt 13 4 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 ktmax 10 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 -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.6 0.0 °

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Engine 2 Stopped 16 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 10 kt

Takeoff from KPHL 27L

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
23kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
3,883ft38 %
Runway alignment100.00
14.8ft R
Rotation speed100.00
160kttarget 152, 8 late

Rotated late, and slowly

The nose came up at 160 kt, 8 kt after the 152 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.3° 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
177ktat 6.3°
Rotation
1.3°/sover 4.5 s, gaining 17 kt
35 ft
188ktat 10.3°, 4.2 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
1.3°steepest
Gear up100.00
55ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
195kttarget 193

Plan view the roll down the 10,112 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 14 ft at the widest, and lifted off 14 ft right. Airborne 38 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS4 kn75 %widest 13.9 ft RAirborne 3,901 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 3,901 ft of 10,112 ft · 39 %
Takeoff roll, 3,901 ft Left ahead, 6,211 ft

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 890 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 4,909 ft of runway left; gear up at 55 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,620 fpm on average to 890 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 3195 kt avgtarget 193THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 1,250 ft · 4.5 sRotate 160 kttarget 152Liftoff 177 ktGear up 55 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 193210 kt14070020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 1,250 ft · 4.5 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 152held 12.5°6.3° off · 1.3°/s10° 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. The red dashed line is 9.5°, the pitch at which this aircraft's tail touches the runway with the wheels still on it, drawn from rotation to liftoff only: once the wheels leave, every foot climbed adds tail clearance.

20°10°0°2°/s3°/sTAIL STRIKE 9.5°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT6.3° off · 1.3°/s10° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 100.007 of 7500 ft 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate780 fpm880 fpm
On glideslope2.9°2.9°
On centreline0.3° off0.2° off
On speed+8.9 kt+7.5 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 KMEM 36C

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° BAND1,2756473291771,000 ft gate7 of 7994 ft · 163 kt500 ft gate7 of 7509 ft · 162 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 13× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 90 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 nmTHR240 ft L0240 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND94 ft R52 ft R2 ft R25 ft R87 ft R28 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 39 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 23 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 154 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 154+9 kt+8 kt+7 kt+6 kt+6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KMEM 36C

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
31ft
Threshold speed100.00
159kttarget 154, 5 fast
Centreline offset100.00
18.2ft R
Bank100.00
0.4°steepest
Flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,279ft
Centreline100.00
5.9ft R
Speed100.00
154kttarget 151, 3 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-226fpm
Impact100.00
1.23G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.4°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
4,159ft49 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.1ft L

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
24kt peak10 kt in turns

Side view — the last 5,838 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 31 ft, 19 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 23 ft. Touched down 1,279 ft in, 279 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 5,838 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.

31 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 23 ft · −609 fpm · 5° · 159 ktdescent slowed at 0 ft · −225 fpm · 6.3°−225 fpm · 6.3° nose up · 154 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 31 ft, down at 1,279 ft

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

The sink went from 610 fpm at the flare to 220 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.3° on the way down. Into the flare at 159 kt, 5 kt over the 154 kt approach speed, and 154 kt at touchdown.

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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−225 fpm at touchdown6.3° at touchdown, +1.3° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,838 ft of the 11,146 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 5 ft right of the centreline, and stayed within 6 ft of it down the rollout. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 349° at 3 kt · 3 kt head · 0 kt across

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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 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,279 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,279 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 5,438 ft of 11,146 ft · 49 %
In the air over the runway, 1,279 ftRollout, 4,159 ft Left over, 5,708 ft

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 154 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 38 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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 · 4,805 ft30 kt · 5,685 fttouchdown5,913 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The MD-11 taxied from the parking area to runway 27L at KPHL for 12 minutes, covering 2 nm, and then departed on runway 27L. Takeoff used 3,883 ft, 38 % of the runway, with rotation at 159 kt. The local weather was 76 °F, wind 6 kt from 309°, giving a 5 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 18 seconds, averaging 2,679 fpm and reaching 194 kt at the top. The climb continued from 996 ft asl to 31,990 ft asl in 14 minutes, covering 85 nm, beginning 1 mile south of Folcroft. Level flight at 32,000 ft asl lasted 45 minutes, covering 352 nm, starting 2 mi north-east of PA-23 Kingsdale Air Park. A further climb from 31,993 ft asl to 33,702 ft asl took 2 minutes over 12 nm, beginning 6 mi south-west of 48KY Westlake Regional Hospital Heliport. Level flight at 34,000 ft asl continued for 27 minutes, covering 217 nm, starting 2 mi south of 2KY1 Kitty Hawk Farm Ultralightport.

Descent from 33,993 ft asl to 1,570 ft asl took 21 minutes, covering 117 nm, beginning 1 mi north-west of TN-16 Huntingdon Airport, with a brief level-off at 3,000 ft asl. The final approach to runway 36C at KMEM began at 1,354 ft agl and descended to 110 ft agl in 86 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 1,610 ft agl, 174 kt.

Landing on runway 36C used a good threshold height; threshold speed was 160 kt. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown occurred 1,278 ft down the runway at 154 kt, a little fast, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 226 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 5,603 ft, 50 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at KMEM was 75 °F, wind 3 kt from 349°, with 0 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area for 6 minutes, covering 1 nm. The flight covered a total of 793 nm in 127 minutes and consumed 33,237 lb of fuel.

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