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EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 08R
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight71,370 kg
Fuel21,252 kg
Wind40° · 6 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

92.77 %
EGKK
Gatwick, England
Runway 26L
Elevation194 ft asl
Weight70,919 kg
Fuel20,720 kg
Wind69° · 7 kn · 1 kn cross
31 Oct 2026 0:30 102 nm Airbus A320neo 532 kg
Departure Score
95.46 %
Enroute Score
97.60 %
Arrival Score
85.24 %

What went well

Touchdown 121 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 22 ft and 136 kt — both inside band
Rotated at 148 kt — on the 150 kt rotation target

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 673 fpm with one bounce, −3.86 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 673 fpm−2.11
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.09
  • Arrival Touchdown · bounced once−0.44
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.91 G at contact−0.21
Departure Climb 3 — overspeed warning; climb speed 222 kt against 170 kt at 52 %, −1.28 points
Arrival Approach — 1,000 ft gate 86 %, 500 ft gate 100 %, −0.79 points

Next time

Departure

Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 170 kt and hold it there.

What happened: Climb speed was 52 kt fast at 222 kt during the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

After the sink arrests at 30 ft, keep easing the yoke forward to let the aircraft continue settling rather than pausing above the runway.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 30 ft and the aircraft was held level there instead of being let down. Holding off high like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, and here the touchdown rate was 672 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuing descent through the flare all the way to touchdown.

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, 18 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 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 12 kt 0 11 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 11 ktmax 11 kt 0 11 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 -0.4 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 195 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, Average speed was 16 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 20 kt 12 19 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Armed 8 ft agl · 4 kt
Departure Roll 96.79Departure roll runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Takeoff distance 1,419 m 49 % of runway. Rotation speed was 148 kt. Local weather - Temperature 13 °C. Wind 7 kt at 40 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,419 m49 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 148 ktTarget 150 kt
84 % Runway alignment max 11.29 m right0.00 m left to 11.29 m right -7.02 -11.29 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 4.4 ° -0.2 4.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.8 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 190 kt180 kt min to max 199 kt 180 199 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.8 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.05 g min to max 1.13 g 1.05 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 547 fpm173 fpm min to max 952 fpm 173 952 fpm
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 0 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °4.5 ° min to max 6.7 ° 4.5 6.7 °
Departure Climb 2 99.75Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.5 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 205 kt199 kt min to max 218 kt 199 218 kt
99 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.2 ° min to max 5.4 ° 0.7 5.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.10 g min to max 1.16 g 1.12 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 1,420 fpm966 fpm min to max 3,186 fpm 966 3,186 fpm
Info Average altitude 98 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 345 ft agl 51 345 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °6.7 ° min to max 12.8 ° 6.7 12.8 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 68 ft agl · 201 kt
Departure Climb 3 80.76Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 08R EGKK London Gatwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
52 % Climb speed 222 kt218 kt min to max 225 ktTarget 170 kt, 52 kt fast 218 223 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.0 °0.9 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.6 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.99 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up at 5 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.3 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 -0.0 °
Info Average VSI 4,557 fpm3,514 fpm min to max 5,302 fpm 3,514 5,302 fpm
Info Average altitude 697 ft agl407 ft agl min to max 959 ft agl 407 959 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.9 °13.9 ° min to max 15.7 ° 13.9 15.5 °

Events

Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 630 ft agl · 221 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south of Horley (Surrey, England). Climbing from 1,255 ft asl to 5,386 ft asl, an increase of 4,131 ft in 1 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 186 kt156 kt min to max 228 kt 219 228 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.0 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.77 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 3,876 fpm-785 fpm min to max 5,492 fpm 5,351 -785 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,761 ft asl1,255 ft asl min to max 5,458 ft asl 1,255 5,386 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 16.5 °4.3 ° min to max 19.8 ° 16.6 4.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,288 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 4,335 ft agl · 184 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4,550 ft agl · 186 kt
Enroute Level 85.80Enroute level cruise started overhead Lingfield (Surrey, England) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 29 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±766 ft of 5,316 ft asl4,864 ft asl min to max 5,821 ft asl 5,317 5,339 ft asl
93 % Average speed 256 kt238 kt min to max 288 kt 256 270 kt
69 % Average bank angle 32.9 °0.1 ° min to max 55.4 ° 0.6 0.1 °
94 % Average g force 1.23 g0.84 g min to max 1.75 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °0.2 ° min to max 10.8 ° 3.1 1.2 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,317 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,467 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,257 ft agl
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Disarmed 4,866 ft agl · 268 kt
Enroute Descent 93.38Enroute descent started overhead EGXI Crockham Hill Airfield Westerham (Kent, England). Descent from 5,187 ft asl to 4,556 ft asl, a decrease of 631 ft in 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
83 % Average speed 246 kt220 kt min to max 266 kt 266 220 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -380 fpm-1,035 fpm min to max 301 fpm -975 30 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,661 ft asl4,397 ft asl min to max 5,187 ft asl 5,187 4,556 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °1.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 1.0 6.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,186 ft agl
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±728 ft of 4,488 ft asl4,181 ft asl min to max 4,562 ft asl 4,562 4,181 ft asl
100 % Average speed 199 kt186 kt min to max 216 kt 216 194 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 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 9.3 °7.2 ° min to max 11.4 ° 7.2 9.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Horsted Keynes (West Sussex, England). Climbing from 4,088 ft asl to 4,872 ft asl, an increase of 784 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 206 kt193 kt min to max 216 kt 194 216 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.4 °0.0 ° min to max 17.2 ° 0.1 17.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 869 fpm-486 fpm min to max 1,486 fpm -486 1,486 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,480 ft asl3,980 ft asl min to max 4,872 ft asl 4,088 4,872 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °9.4 ° min to max 14.3 ° 9.4 11.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north east of Plumpton (East Sussex, England). Descent from 4,896 ft asl to 4,365 ft asl, a decrease of 531 ft in 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 255 kt217 kt min to max 273 kt 217 272 kt
100 % Average bank angle 24.7 °15.6 ° min to max 30.1 ° 17.2 15.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.88 g min to max 1.27 g 0.92 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -312 fpm-2,012 fpm min to max 1,493 fpm 1,493 -141 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,708 ft asl4,365 ft asl min to max 5,049 ft asl 4,896 4,365 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °-0.4 ° min to max 9.0 ° 9.0 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,894 ft agl
Enroute Level 3 97.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Fletching (East Sussex, England) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±718 ft of 4,473 ft asl4,161 ft asl min to max 4,720 ft asl 4,363 4,649 ft asl
85 % Average speed 214 kt180 kt min to max 271 kt 271 180 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.4 °0.2 ° min to max 25.2 ° 13.2 25.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 1.04 0.95 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °2.3 ° min to max 13.1 ° 2.3 2.6 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,362 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 4,311 ft agl · 213 kt
Enroute Descent 3 99.79Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of Lingfield (Surrey, England). Descent from 4,624 ft asl to 2,421 ft asl, a decrease of 2,202 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 177 kt144 kt min to max 208 kt 180 157 kt
99.8 % Average bank angle 24.5 °5.2 ° min to max 40.1 ° 26.3 20.3 °
99 % Average g force 1.12 g0.96 g min to max 1.44 g 0.96 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -1,442 fpm-3,851 fpm min to max -252 fpm -1,404 -1,210 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,203 ft asl2,421 ft asl min to max 4,624 ft asl 4,624 2,421 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-5.6 ° min to max 8.0 ° 2.1 4.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 3,365 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,722 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,931 ft agl · 213 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,843 ft agl · 202 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Crawley Down (West Sussex, England) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±620 ft of 2,263 ft asl1,744 ft asl min to max 2,588 ft asl 2,402 2,442 ft asl
100 % Average speed 167 kt146 kt min to max 194 kt 157 186 kt
100 % Average bank angle 19.0 °0.2 ° min to max 34.2 ° 21.7 6.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.79 g min to max 1.26 g 1.07 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °0.2 ° min to max 15.6 ° 4.9 3.2 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Edenbridge (Kent, England). Descent from 2,446 ft asl to 1,512 ft asl, a decrease of 934 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 173 kt136 kt min to max 189 kt 186 136 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.1 °0.0 ° min to max 31.8 ° 10.3 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.88 g min to max 1.20 g 1.00 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -468 fpm-2,369 fpm min to max 430 fpm 204 -389 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,142 ft asl1,512 ft asl min to max 2,592 ft asl 2,446 1,512 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °-4.0 ° min to max 7.0 ° 3.2 6.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,656 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,376 ft agl · 158 kt
Arrival Approach 92.86Final approach to runway 26L at EGKK London Gatwick Airport. Descent from 1,335 ft agl to 33 ft agl in 96 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
50 % On speedfailed at one of the two gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 49 ft agl · 138 kt
Arrival Landing 87.77Landing on runway 26L at EGKK London Gatwick Airport, runway length 2,882 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 137 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 137 kt. Target 138 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
51 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The flare took the sink out 30 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft flew down from there. Touchdown was 121 m past the threshold. Let it come lower before checking the descent - holding off high uses runway and leaves the touchdown to chance.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.63 m left4.63 m left to 3.39 m left 3.39 4.63 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average speed 136 kt135 kt min to max 138 kt 137 136 kt
Info Average VSI -668 fpm-673 fpm min to max -652 fpm -672 -652 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl4 ft agl min to max 22 ft agl 22 4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °5.0 ° min to max 6.2 ° 5.0 6.2 °
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 75.10Touchdown distance was good at 121 m. Touchdown speed at 136 kt was good. Touchdown rate was heavy at -673 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 7 kt at 69 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
5 % Touchdown rate was -673 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 121 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 136 ktTarget below 138 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.16 m left5.41 m left 4.63 6.16 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.2 0.3 °
62 % Average g force 1.10 g0.85 g min to max 1.91 g 1.01 1.16 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 133 kt131 kt min to max 136 kt 136 131 kt
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °5.4 ° min to max 8.4 ° 6.2 5.4 °

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 148 kt, on the 150 kt target, and lifted off at 179 kt 6.1 s later, the nose coming up at 0.7° a second. Climb 3 averaged 222 kt, 52 kt over its 170 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 170240 kt16080020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1504.5° off · 0.7°/s6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 29 kt -0.2° 0 s
80 kt245 m 80 kt -0.1° 9.1 s
Rotate992 m · target 150 148 kt 0.3° 22.1 s
Liftoff1,493 m · +31 kt from rotation 179 kt 4.5° 28.2 s
Gear up1,619 m · 5 ft · full marks to 400 ft 186 kt 5.1° 29.6 s
35 ft1,869 m · 4.0 s after liftoff 196 kt 6.4° 32.2 s
Climb 32,833 m · 407 ft to 959 ft · target 170 222 kt avg 13.9° 42.0 s
End of Climb 33,586 m · 959 ft 223 kt 15.5° 48.5 s

Takeoff from EGKK 08R

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,419m49 %
Rotation speed100.00
148kttarget 150, 2 slow
Liftoff speed
179kt
Runway alignment83.97
11.29m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
5ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed51.90
222kttarget 170
Rate of climb100.00
546fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 959 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,111 m of runway left; gear up at 5 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,830 fpm on average to 959 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 3222 kt avgtarget 170THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 148 kttarget 150Liftoff 179 ktGear up 5 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,911 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 12 m at the widest, and lifted off 12 m right. Airborne 48 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS3 kn75 %widest 11.70 m RAirborne 1,424 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,424 m of 2,911 m · 49 %
Takeoff roll, 1,424 m Left ahead, 1,487 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 85.716 of 7500 ft 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate780 fpm1,120 fpm
On glideslope2.9°3.4°
On centreline0.6° off0.2° off
On speed−5.9 kt+3.9 kt
Wings level0° bank1° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: speed more than 5 kt below the approach speed of 138 kt.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 3.1 nm, about 1,000 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 1,000 ft gate and before the 500 ft gate. The last to settle was the speed.

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 EGKK 26L

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 100 ft above 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° BAND1,3247893491841,000 ft gate6 of 7on speed1,016 ft · 132 kt500 ft gate7 of 7607 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 4× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 87 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 nmTHR219 m L0219 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND87 m R27 m R21 m R16 m R66 m R12 m R
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 from 4 nm to 3.8 nm, then slow to 3.1 nm (up to −10 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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 138+4 kt+6 kt+6 kt+2 kt−1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGKK 26L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
22ft
Threshold speed100.00
136kttarget 138, 2 slow
Centreline offset100.00
4.63m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
121m
Centreline100.00
6.16m L
Speed100.00
136kttarget 138 or less
Touchdown rate4.95
-673fpm
Impact62.29
1.91G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare51.09

The flare strayed well off the target profile. The flare took the sink out 30 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft flew down from there. Touchdown was 121 m past the threshold. Let it come lower before checking the descent - holding off high uses runway and leaves the touchdown to chance.

The crosswind

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

Wind 069° at 7 kt · 7 kt tail · 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.

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

Began the flare at 44 ft, 151 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 22 ft, 28 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 121 m in, 184 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.

22 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 44 ft, 151 m before the threshold−811 fpm · 5.7° · 138 ktdescent slowed at 30 ft · −645 fpm · 5°−672 fpm · 6.2° nose up · 136 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 22 ft, down at 121 m

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

The sink went from 810 fpm at the flare to 670 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

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°descent slowedtouchdown−672 fpm at touchdown6.2° at touchdown, +0.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,882 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 6.2 m left of the centreline.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 121 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 121 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.91 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 121 m of 2,882 m · 4 %
In the air over the runway, 121 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,761 m

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The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 08R at EGKK London Gatwick Airport in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 08R with a take-off distance of 1,419 m (49 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 148 kt. Local weather at departure was 13 °C, wind 7 kt from 040°, giving a 5 kt crosswind and a 6 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 17 seconds, averaging 2,322 fpm and reaching 223 kt at the top. The climb continued from 1,255 ft asl to 5,386 ft asl in 1 minute, covering 4 nm, beginning 1 mile south of Horley.

The aircraft levelled at 5,300 ft asl for 6 minutes, covering 29 nm, starting overhead Lingfield. This was followed by three short climbs, descents and level legs between 4,100 ft asl and 5,200 ft asl over 5 minutes, covering 18 nm, from overhead EGXI Crockham Hill Airfield Westerham to overhead Horsted Keynes.

Descent began at 4,896 ft asl and proceeded to 1,512 ft asl in 13 minutes, covering 45 nm, starting 2 miles north-east of Plumpton, with brief level-offs at 4,500 ft asl and 2,300 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 26L at EGKK started from 1,335 ft agl and descended to 33 ft agl in 96 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway met gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and wings-level criteria; speed was not met at one gate. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,843 ft agl at 202 kt, and final flap position 4 at 1,376 ft agl at 158 kt.

Landing on runway 26L (runway length 2,882 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 137 kt. The flare was poor, held off too high. Touchdown occurred 121 m from the threshold at 136 kt, with a heavy rate of -673 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.2 m from the centreline. One bounce occurred on touchdown. Local weather at landing was 14 °C, wind 7 kt from 069°, giving a 1 kt crosswind and a 7 kt tailwind.

The total flight covered 102 nm in 30 minutes and used 532 kg of fuel.

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