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KLAX
Los Angeles, United States
Runway 25L
Elevation125 ft asl
Weight558,475 lbs
Fuel122,785 lbs
Wind240° · 4 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

99.90 %
KEWR
Newark, United States
Runway 04R
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight479,976 lbs
Fuel43,941 lbs
Wind326° · 8 kn · 7 kn cross
30 Oct 2026 4:32 2167 nm McDonnell Douglas MD-11 78,844 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.71 %

What went well

Touched down at -190 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,284 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 32 ft and 171 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown rate was -190 fpm at 93 %, −0.10 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 189 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 189 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 · 21 stages, 19 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 8 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 3 8 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 ktmax 8 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 2.5 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 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 2 16 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 16 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 16 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 25L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 7 kt7 kt min to max 8 kt 7 8 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 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 25L at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport. Takeoff distance 6,798 ft 61 % of runway. Rotation speed was 152 kt. Local weather - Temperature 75 °F. Wind 4 kt at 239 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 6,798 ft61 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 152 ktTarget 154 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.9 ft right0.3 ft left to 4.9 ft right -2.3 -0.7 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.6 ° min to max 7.9 ° -0.4 7.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25L KLAX Los Angeles International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 179 kt175 kt min to max 182 kt 175 182 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.04 g min to max 1.13 g 1.04 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 644 fpm206 fpm min to max 1,206 fpm 206 1,206 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 33 ft agl 0 33 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °8.0 ° min to max 11.0 ° 8.0 11.0 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25L KLAX Los Angeles International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 183 kt182 kt min to max 184 kt 182 184 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g1.00 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,671 fpm1,235 fpm min to max 2,886 fpm 1,235 2,886 fpm
Info Average altitude 83 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 341 ft agl 34 341 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.0 °11.0 ° min to max 14.5 ° 11.0 14.5 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 88 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 116 ft agl · 186 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25L KLAX Los Angeles International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 183 kt182 kt min to max 184 ktTarget 193 kt, 10 kt slow 184 182 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.96 g
100 % Landing gear up at 66 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average VSI 3,155 fpm2,939 fpm min to max 3,240 fpm 2,939 3,230 fpm
Info Average altitude 647 ft agl392 ft agl min to max 911 ft agl 392 911 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.1 °14.8 ° min to max 15.3 ° 14.8 15.3 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of El Segundo (California, United States). Climbing from 1,094 ft asl to 32,991 ft asl, an increase of 31,898 ft in 19 minutes and covering 127 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 249 kt175 kt min to max 309 kt 182 287 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.9 °0.0 ° min to max 27.3 ° 0.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.77 g min to max 1.18 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,753 fpm37 fpm min to max 3,497 fpm 3,222 37 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,214 ft asl1,094 ft asl min to max 32,991 ft asl 1,094 32,991 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.7 °3.1 ° min to max 15.3 ° 15.3 3.1 °
Info Turn coordination -5-32 min to max 16 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3,336 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5,438 ft agl · 264 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,906 ft agl · 314 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 12 miles south east of KBYS Bicycle Lake Army Air Field Fort Irwin/Barstow (California, United States) and lasted 204 minutes, covering 1,790 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,150 ft of 32,998 ft asl32,971 ft asl min to max 33,172 ft asl 32,997 33,172 ft asl
100 % Average speed 287 kt284 kt min to max 289 kt 287 285 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 19.0 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 0-56 min to max 56 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.5 ° min to max 5.2 ° 3.1 5.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 7 miles south west of Sheffield (Pennsylvania, United States). Climbing from 33,450 ft asl to 34,999 ft asl, an increase of 1,548 ft in 3 minutes and covering 30 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 289 kt282 kt min to max 292 kt 282 288 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 487 fpm-13 fpm min to max 1,238 fpm 1,238 -13 fpm
Info Average altitude 34,333 ft asl33,450 ft asl min to max 34,999 ft asl 33,450 34,999 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °2.6 ° min to max 4.3 ° 4.3 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-2 min to max 4 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 9 miles east of Wilcox (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 7 minutes, covering 62 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,250 ft of 34,999 ft asl34,993 ft asl min to max 35,009 ft asl 34,998 34,999 ft asl
100 % Average speed 288 kt288 kt min to max 289 kt 288 289 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-7 min to max 2 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.6 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.7 2.7 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of 73PN Finkhaven Airport Trout Run (Pennsylvania, United States). Descent from 35,005 ft asl to 13,484 ft asl, a decrease of 21,521 ft in 8 minutes and covering 70 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 302 kt262 kt min to max 335 kt 289 332 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 8.6 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -2,865 fpm-4,310 fpm min to max -23 fpm -72 -1,493 fpm
Info Average altitude 26,415 ft asl13,484 ft asl min to max 35,005 ft asl 35,005 13,484 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-3.1 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.7 -0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 0-6 min to max 8 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Towamensing Trails (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 11 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,162 ft of 13,024 ft asl12,977 ft asl min to max 13,234 ft asl 13,234 12,978 ft asl
100 % Average speed 330 kt330 kt min to max 332 kt 332 330 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-1 min to max 7 0 -1
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °0.1 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.1 1.8 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead 50PA Pegasus Air Park Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania, United States). Descent from 12,976 ft asl to 2,898 ft asl, a decrease of 10,078 ft in 8 minutes and covering 44 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 251 kt231 kt min to max 330 kt 330 242 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.8 °0.0 ° min to max 10.5 ° 0.0 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.77 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 0.83 g
Info Average VSI -990 fpm-3,570 fpm min to max 206 fpm 11 206 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,650 ft asl2,812 ft asl min to max 12,976 ft asl 12,976 2,898 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °-3.5 ° min to max 3.6 ° 1.8 3.5 °
Info Turn coordination 3-7 min to max 25 2 4

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,663 ft agl · 305 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 3,497 ft agl · 248 kt
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Warren Township (New Jersey, United States) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±643 ft of 2,660 ft asl2,478 ft asl min to max 2,968 ft asl 2,866 2,856 ft asl
100 % Average speed 201 kt188 kt min to max 248 kt 246 189 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.5 °0.1 ° min to max 22.4 ° 2.3 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.22 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination -7-28 min to max 11 0 -1
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °1.6 ° min to max 6.9 ° 2.9 5.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,693 ft agl · 253 kt
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Sewaren (New Jersey, United States). Descent from 2,865 ft asl to 1,290 ft asl, a decrease of 1,574 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 173 kt170 kt min to max 190 kt 190 170 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.4 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -775 fpm-1,411 fpm min to max -354 fpm -354 -889 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,723 ft asl1,290 ft asl min to max 2,865 ft asl 2,865 1,290 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °0.7 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.8 3.4 °
Info Turn coordination -3-15 min to max 8 0 -1

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,779 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 2,445 ft agl · 194 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,305 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 2,171 ft agl · 183 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 04R at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport. Descent from 1,325 ft agl to 76 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 956 ft agl · 172 kt
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 04R at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, runway length 8,813 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 171 kt. The target of 170 kt includes 6 kt for the gust in METAR KEWR 310051Z 32013G19KT 10SM FEW055 SCT250 13/01 A3025.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 171 kt. The target of 170 kt includes 6 kt for the gust in METAR KEWR 310051Z 32013G19KT 10SM FEW055 SCT250 13/01 A3025. Target 170 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 28.5 ft right7.2 ft right to 28.5 ft right -28.5 -7.2 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.01 g min to max 1.14 g 1.05 1.01 g
Info Average speed 168 kt164 kt min to max 171 kt 171 164 kt
Info Average VSI -393 fpm-789 fpm min to max -146 fpm -789 -146 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl-8 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 -8 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °4.0 ° min to max 6.6 ° 4.0 6.6 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 956 ft agl · 172 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 29 ft agl · 167 kt
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 98.55Touchdown distance was good at 1,284 ft. Touchdown speed at 164 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was good at -190 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 8 kt at 326 °. Crosswind: 7 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Touchdown rate was -190 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,284 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 164 ktTarget below 161 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.2 ft right5.9 ft right -7.2 -4.4 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.5 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.01 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.07 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 164 kt163 kt min to max 164 kt 164 163 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °6.6 ° min to max 6.7 ° 6.6 6.6 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 5,760 ft, 65 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 5,760 ft65 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.1 ft left4.1 ft left to 2.2 ft right 4.1 -2.2 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average speed 120 kt80 kt min to max 158 kt 158 80 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-0.4 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.6 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.5 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 54 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 49 kt8 kt min to max 79 kt 79 8 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.4 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 14 kt2 kt min to max 19 kt 7 2 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 -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 15 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 16 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 16 ft agl · 11 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 152 kt, on the 154 kt target, and lifted off at 175 kt 7.5 s later, the nose coming up at 1.0° a second. Climb 3 averaged 183 kt, 10 kt under its 193 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 193210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1548.0° off · 1.0°/s11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 11 kt -0.4° 0 s
80 kt1,264 ft 80 kt -0.3° 26.6 s
Rotate4,517 ft · target 154 152 kt 0.3° 43.2 s
Liftoff6,599 ft · +23 kt from rotation 175 kt 8.0° 50.7 s
35 ft7,844 ft · 4.1 s after liftoff 182 kt 11.1° 54.8 s
Gear up8,281 ft · 66 ft · full marks to 400 ft 183 kt 12.1° 56.2 s
Climb 310,875 ft · 393 ft to 912 ft · target 193 183 kt avg 14.8° 65 s
End of Climb 313,904 ft · 912 ft 182 kt 15.3° 76 s

Takeoff from KLAX 25L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
6,798ft61 %
Rotation speed100.00
152kttarget 154, 2 slow
Liftoff speed
175kt
Runway alignment100.00
4.9ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
66ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
183kttarget 193
Rate of climb100.00
644fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 912 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,015 ft of runway left; gear up at 66 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,200 fpm on average to 912 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 3183 kt avgtarget 193THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 152 kttarget 154Liftoff 175 ktGear up 66 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 11,080 ft runway.

Rolled from 221 ft in, never more than 4 ft off the centreline. Airborne 61 % 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 ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 4.1 ft RROLL 221 FT INAirborne 6,820 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 6,820 ft of 11,080 ft · 62 %
Behind the start of the roll, 221 ftTakeoff roll, 6,599 ft Left ahead, 4,260 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 rate800 fpm850 fpm
On glideslope3.0°2.9°
On centreline0.4° off0.3° off
On speed+6.6 kt+6.5 kt
Wings level0° bank1° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.3 nm, then not again: right of the centreline from 0.3 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 KEWR 04R

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 50 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° BAND1,2836313372141,000 ft gate7 of 71,012 ft · 171 kt500 ft gate7 of 7502 ft · 171 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 6× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.3 nm, then 30 ft right of it from 0.3 nm to the threshold.

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 nmTHR500 ft L0500 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND182 ft R36 ft R16 ft R12 ft R122 ft R40 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +8 kt on the approach speed of 164 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 164+7 kt+6 kt+7 kt+7 kt+7 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KEWR 04R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
32ft
Threshold speed100.00
171kttarget 170, 1 fast
Centreline offset100.00
28.5ft R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,284ft
Centreline100.00
7.2ft R
Speed100.00
164kttarget 161, 3 fast
Touchdown rate92.76
-190fpm
Impact100.00
1.11G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

6 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 164 kt. Touched down with 1° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 326° at 8 kt · 4 kt head · 6 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 159 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 39 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 · 5,070 ft30 kt · 5,986 fttouchdown6,225 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 6,009 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 26 ft. Touched down 1,284 ft in, 284 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 6,009 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.

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 26 ft · −796 fpm · 4.4° · 171 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −177 fpm · 6.6°−189 fpm · 6.6° nose up · 164 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 32 ft, down at 1,284 ft

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

The sink went from 800 fpm at the flare to 190 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.2° 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−189 fpm at touchdown6.6° at touchdown, +2.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 6,009 ft of the 8,813 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 7 ft of it down the rollout.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,284 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,284 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 5,609 ft of 8,813 ft · 64 %
In the air over the runway, 1,284 ftRollout, 4,325 ft Left over, 3,204 ft
Rollout distance100.00
4,325ft64 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
4.1ft L

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The MD-11 taxied from the parking area to runway 25L at KLAX for five minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Takeoff was on runway 25L, using 6,798 ft (61 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 152 kt. Local weather was 75 °F with wind 4 kt from 239°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 23 seconds, averaging 2,137 fpm and reaching 182 kt at the top.

The climb continued from 1,094 ft asl to 32,991 ft asl in 19 minutes, covering 127 nm, beginning about 1 mile northwest of El Segundo.

Cruise was level between 33,000 ft asl and 35,000 ft asl for 213 minutes, covering 1,882 nm, starting 12 miles southeast of KBYS Bicycle Lake Army Air Field.

Descent from 35,005 ft asl to 1,290 ft asl took 24 minutes over 148 nm, beginning 1 mile northwest of 73PN Finkhaven Airport. Level-offs occurred at 13,000 ft asl and 2,700 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 04R at KEWR began at 1,325 ft agl and descended to 76 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 was landing gear down at 2,779 ft agl at 195 kt; final flap position 6 was selected at 2,171 ft agl at 183 kt.

Landing was on runway 04R, whose length is 8,813 ft. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 171 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 1,284 ft down the runway at 164 kt, a little fast, with a touchdown rate of minus 190 fpm and very good runway alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 5,760 ft (65 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was perfect.

Local weather at KEWR was 55 °F with wind 8 kt from 326°, a 7 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area for eight minutes, covering 2 nm.

The flight covered a total of 2,167 nm in 272 minutes and used 78,844 lb of fuel.

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