Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Improve the taxi
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
Read more in How to Taxi AnywhereStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,815 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 222 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 05R at Auckland International Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,184 meters, which accounted for 66% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 173 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots at a direction of 70 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile west of Wiri, a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 107 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,052 feet above sea level to 34,354 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,302 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 13 miles north of Urenui, a town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 47 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it began its enroute descent, which started 4 miles east of Hawera, another town in the Taranaki region. The descent took 23 minutes and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 34,368 feet above sea level to 1,307 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,061 feet. The final approach to runway 34 at Wellington International Airport was then initiated from the south, with the aircraft heading at 3.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,264 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 34 at Wellington International Airport was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 144 knots and a distance of 222 meters. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target speed, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -524 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 12 knots at a direction of 30 degrees.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 273 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 64 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,962 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Wellington International Airport, achieving a score of 96.8%. The final approach to runway 34 was conducted from the south, with a heading of 3.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,264 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 144 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 222 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -524 feet per minute was quite hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been descending at a steeper angle than intended.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 20°C and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 30°. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 10 knots, which the pilot successfully managed during the landing. The runway length of 1,815 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance, with the total landing distance being 942 meters, or 52% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had successfully aligned the aircraft with the runway centerline during the final approach. Similarly, the runway rollout alignment was also perfect, suggesting that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and had brought it to a stop in a safe and controlled manner. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop in a safe and controlled manner.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values