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LSZH
Zurich, Switzerland
Runway 28
Elevation426 m asl
Weight64,680 kg
Fuel7,577 kg
Wind21° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

94.99 %
EGGD
Bristol, England
Runway 09
Elevation185 m asl
Weight61,120 kg
Fuel3,935 kg
Wind20° · 7 kn · 6 kn cross
12 Nov 2026 1:44 550 nm Airbus A320ceo 3,642 kg
Departure Score
99.90 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
85.07 %

What went well

Touchdown 169 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 10 m and 133 kt — both inside band
Rotated at 136 kt — on the 150 kt rotation target

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 3.7 m/s with one bounce, −2.60 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 3.7 m/s−1.33
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.87
  • Arrival Touchdown · bounced once−0.27
  • Arrival Touchdown · 2.00 G at contact−0.13
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 19.16 m left at 51 %, −1.48 points
Arrival Approach — 305 m gate 86 %, 152 m gate 100 %, −0.48 points
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 43 %, −0.95 points

Next time

Arrival

Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.

What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 17 stages, 15 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 8 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 19 kt 0 7 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.0 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.7 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 2.7 m agl
Info Engine 1 Started 2.7 m agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 2.7 m agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2.7 m agl
Info Landing Gear Down 2.7 m agl
Info Engine 2 Started 2.7 m agl
Info Flaps Position 2 2.7 m agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2.7 m agl · 4 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2.7 m agl · 5 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2.4 m agl · 12 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2.4 m agl · 11 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 28 at LSZH Zürich Airport, Average speed was 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 6 kt3 kt min to max 7 kt 7 3 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 99.52Departure roll runway 28 at LSZH Zürich Airport. Takeoff distance 1,733 m 70 % of runway. Rotation speed was 136 kt. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 3 kt at 21 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,733 m70 % of runway
98 % Rotation speed was 136 ktTarget 150 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.18 m right0.47 m left to 5.18 m right 0.45 -2.30 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.7 ° min to max 9.4 ° -0.7 9.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.0 0.5 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 28 LSZH Zürich Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 156 kt150 kt min to max 161 kt 150 161 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.6 °0.6 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.6 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 2.4 m/s0.7 m/s min to max 4.0 m/s 0.7 4.0 m/s
Info Average altitude 3.4 m agl-0.3 m agl min to max 10.5 m agl 0.0 10.5 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.6 °9.5 ° min to max 11.9 ° 9.5 11.9 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 28 LSZH Zürich Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 165 kt162 kt min to max 176 kt 162 176 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.7 °0.2 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 1.09 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 5.7 m/s4.0 m/s min to max 8.6 m/s 4.0 8.6 m/s
Info Average altitude 26.7 m agl10.6 m agl min to max 111.9 m agl 10.6 111.9 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °10.8 ° min to max 12.1 ° 11.9 10.8 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 40.8 m agl · 171 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 40.8 m agl · 171 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 304.8 m agl from 28 LSZH Zürich Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 180 kt175 kt min to max 182 ktTarget 164 kt, 16 kt fast 177 175 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.4 °0.2 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.10 g 0.98 0.93 g
100 % Landing gear up at 31.2 m aglTarget by 121.9 m agl
Info Heading variation 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.3 °
Info Average VSI 13.1 m/s8.8 m/s min to max 17.2 m/s 8.8 16.8 m/s
Info Average altitude 210.5 m agl120.1 m agl min to max 330.8 m agl 120.1 330.8 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.6 °10.5 ° min to max 15.5 ° 10.6 15.5 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Hofstetten (Kanton Zurich, Switzerland). Climbing from 774 m asl to 9,756 m asl, an increase of 8,982.5 m in 14 minutes and covering 90 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 260 kt169 kt min to max 296 kt 174 275 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 30.1 °0.0 ° min to max 30.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.86 g min to max 1.18 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 11.5 m/s-0.6 m/s min to max 19.3 m/s 16.5 0.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 4,239 m asl774 m asl min to max 9,758 m asl 774 9,756 m asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °2.3 ° min to max 15.6 ° 15.6 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-14 min to max 14 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 486.8 m agl · 179 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 523.3 m agl · 188 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2,628.6 m agl · 320 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Thiefosse (Grand Est, France) and lasted 42 minutes, covering 288 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±640 m of 9,756 m asl9,749 m asl min to max 9,766 m asl 9,757 9,754 m asl
100 % Average speed 274 kt270 kt min to max 278 kt 275 270 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 1 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °2.2 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.3 2.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 5 miles south of Fairlight (East Sussex, England). Descent from 9,745 m asl to 2,244 m asl, a decrease of 7,501.3 m in 22 minutes and covering 107 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 240 kt220 kt min to max 264 kt 264 240 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 23.3 °0.0 ° min to max 23.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.10 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -5.6 m/s-6.6 m/s min to max -4.2 m/s -4.2 -5.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 5,501 m asl2,244 m asl min to max 9,745 m asl 9,745 2,244 m asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.6 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.1 1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-8 min to max 3 0 0

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON 2,828.5 m agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2,506.4 m agl · 273 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Purton (Wiltshire, England) and lasted 7 minutes, covering 30 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±262 m of 2,134 m asl2,040 m asl min to max 2,192 m asl 2,192 2,040 m asl
100 % Average speed 240 kt239 kt min to max 240 kt 240 240 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 27.3 °0.0 ° min to max 27.3 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.12 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 11 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °1.1 ° min to max 3.5 ° 1.1 2.0 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Bristol (City of Bristol, England). Descent from 2,016 m asl to 574 m asl, a decrease of 1,442.3 m in 7 minutes and covering 27 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 214 kt181 kt min to max 241 kt 240 181 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.1 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.96 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -3.6 m/s-5.5 m/s min to max 0.5 m/s -2.5 -4.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 1,093 m asl574 m asl min to max 2,016 m asl 2,016 574 m asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °-0.4 ° min to max 5.3 ° 2.0 -0.4 °
Info Turn coordination -4-14 min to max 15 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 850.1 m agl · 212 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 629.7 m agl · 188 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 602.0 m agl · 188 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 594.1 m agl · 187 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 580.3 m agl · 186 kt
Arrival Approach 92.86Final approach to runway 09 at EGGD Bristol Airport. Descent from 422.6 m agl to 3.2 m agl in 89 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 Landing Gear Down 580.3 m agl · 186 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 462.4 m agl · 179 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 347.5 m agl · 176 kt
Arrival Landing 85.71Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol Airport, runway length 1,997 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 134 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 134 kt. Target 135 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 15.2 m agl
43 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.3° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 169 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.54 m right2.36 m right to 2.54 m right -2.54 -2.36 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.9 °0.5 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.9 °
100 % Peak g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average speed 132 kt130 kt min to max 134 kt 134 130 kt
Info Average VSI -3.7 m/s-3.8 m/s min to max -3.7 m/s -3.8 -3.7 m/s
Info Average altitude 5.6 m agl1.2 m agl min to max 9.9 m agl 9.9 1.2 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °3.2 ° min to max 6.0 ° 3.3 6.0 °
07515003.416.83101417Runway Distance mLanding Height m075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 73.98Touchdown distance was good at 169 m. Touchdown speed at 130 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -3.7 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 3 °C. Wind 11 kt at 19 °. Crosswind: 10 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -3.7 m/s.
100 % Touchdown distance was 169 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 130 ktTarget below 128 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.36 m right1.94 m right -2.36 -1.34 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.2 °0.2 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.9 1.1 °
60 % Peak g force 2.00 g1.01 g min to max 2.00 g 1.01 1.57 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 130 kt130 kt min to max 130 kt 130 130 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °6.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 6.0 6.7 °
Arrival Rollout 77.73Total landing distance 1,278 m, 64 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 19.2 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,278 m64 % of runway.
51 % Runway alignment max 19.16 m left19.16 m left to 0.00 m left 7.74 12.52 m
99 % Average g force 0.99 g0.78 g min to max 1.46 g 1.13 1.01 g
Info Average speed 103 kt64 kt min to max 126 kt 126 64 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-2.2 ° min to max 8.4 ° 6.9 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 3.5 °0.0 ° min to max 10.0 ° 1.0 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 45 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 42 kt11 kt min to max 64 kt 64 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.9 ° min to max 1.7 ° -0.1 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.08 g 1.02 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 2.7 m agl · 46 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2.7 m agl · 44 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2.4 m agl · 34 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2.4 m agl · 21 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2.7 m agl · 23 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 6 kt0 kt min to max 15 kt 14 2 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 7 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 0.1 °-2.6 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2.7 m agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2.7 m agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2.7 m agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2.7 m agl · 2 kt

Takeoff from LSZH 28

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
19kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,733m70 %
Runway alignment100.00
5.18m R
Rotation speed97.60
136kttarget 150, 14 early

Rotated early, and slowly

The nose came up at 136 kt, 14 kt before the 150 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.8° a second, slower than the 2.1 to 2.9 other Airbus A320ceo pilots fly.

The nose started up before the rotate speed and then came up slowly, as if easing it off early. Wait for the rotate speed, then make one steady pull at the normal rate for this aircraft.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
150ktat 9.5°
Rotation
1.8°/sover 5.3 s, gaining 14 kt
11 m
162ktat 12.0°, 5.5 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
2.6°steepest
Gear up100.00
31mfull marks to 122 m
Climb 3 speed100.00
180kttarget 164

Plan view the roll down the 2,486 m runway.

Rolled from 79 m in, drifted 4.9 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 69 % 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 ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 4.92 m RROLL 79 M INAirborne 1,737 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,737 m of 2,486 m · 70 %
Behind the start of the roll, 79 mTakeoff roll, 1,658 m Left ahead, 749 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 331 m.

Reached 11 m with 283 m of runway left; gear up at 31 m, inside the 122 m that gets full marks; then climbing at 9.2 m/s on average to 331 m.

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.

381 m190 m0CLIMB 3180 kt avgtarget 164THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 405 m · 5.3 sRotate 136 kttarget 150Liftoff 150 ktGear up 31 mfull marks to 122 m
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 164210 kt14070020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 405 m · 5.3 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 150held 12.3°9.5° off · 1.8°/s12° at 11 mAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 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 11 m, where the slope reads properly.

How to read this

The pitch over the seconds from the nose starting to come up to 11 m, 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 2.1 to 2.9° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320ceo pilots over the last 180 days (235 takeoffs); the grey pair are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at. A trace steeper than both green lines is a faster rotation than most, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 11.7°, 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°3°/s2.9°/s2.1°/s2°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF11 M9.5° off · 1.8°/s12° at 11 mROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.1 to 2.9°/s, other Airbus A320ceo pilots2 to 3°/s from rotation, airlinersTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 305 m and 152 m above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.

Seven checks, two gates305 m 85.716 of 7152 m 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate5.2 m/s4.5 m/s
On glideslope3.4°3.2°
On centreline0.1° off0.0° off
On speed+44 kt+20 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

At the 305 m gate: speed more than 34 kt above the approach speed of 135 kt.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 1.6 nm, about 180 m above the runway, to the threshold, after the 305 m gate and before the 152 m 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 3.0 m/s, 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 EGGD 09

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 3.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 40 m 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 98 m for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 15 m. 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.

152305457610 m4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE4053082101133° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND22311060305 m gate6 of 7on speed355 m · 179 kt152 m gate7 of 7174 m · 155 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 39× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 3.8 nm, never more than 9 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 nmTHR24 m L024 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND0 m R3 m L4 m L6 m R2 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 34 kt fast at the 305 m gate, closing to 20 at 152 m and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.6 nm (up to +49 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 135+36 kt+7 kt+6 kt−2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGGD 09

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
10m
Threshold speed100.00
133kttarget 135, 2 slow
Centreline offset100.00
2.54m R
Bank100.00
0.9°steepest
Flare42.83

The flare strayed well off the target profile

The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.3° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 169 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
169m
Centreline100.00
2.36m R
Speed100.00
130kttarget 127, 3 fast
Touchdown rate0.00
-3.7m/s
Impact59.52
2.00G
Bounces80.00
1
Bank100.00
1.2°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
1,084m62 % used
Rollout alignment50.71
19.16m L

Taxi in

Lights50.50
Onlanding lights, 99% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
15kt peak7 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 10 m, 5 m below the 15 m target; began the flare late, at 2 m. Touched down 169 m in, 136 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: 24 m top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 15 m 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.

10 m over the threshold · target 15 m FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 3–14 M 24 m120 Flare 2 m · −4.0 m/s · 4.7° · 131 ktdescent slowed at 0 m · −3.7 m/s · 6°−3.7 m/s · 6° nose up · 130 kt Ideal — 15 m, down at 305 m This flight — 10 m, down at 169 m

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

The sink stayed between 3.7 m/s and 4.0 m/s from the flare to the runway. The nose came up 1.3° on the way down. Into the flare at 131 kt, 4 kt under the 135 kt approach speed, and 130 kt at touchdown.

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 −3 is 3 m a second 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 M/S · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−2.5−5.10°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−3.7 m/s at touchdown6° at touchdown, +1.3° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,997 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 19 m left on the rollout. 6 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 130 kt. Touched down with the nose 4° into wind, wings level.

Wind 020° at 7 kt · 3 kt head · 6 kt across

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. 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 169 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 169 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.00 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 1,252 m of 1,997 m · 63 %
In the air over the runway, 169 mRollout, 1,084 m Left over, 745 m

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The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at LSZH Zürich Airport, a movement of 1 nm that took 8 minutes. The take-off roll used 1 733 m, about 70 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 136 kt. Local weather at departure was 14 °C, wind 3 kt from 021°, with a 3 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.

Initial climb reached 304.8 m agl in 33 seconds, averaging 8.6 m/s, and the aircraft was at 175 kt at the top of this segment. The climb continued from 774 m asl to 9 756 m asl over 14 minutes, covering 90 nm and passing overhead Hofstetten. Level cruise at 9 754 m asl lasted 42 minutes for 288 nm, beginning 1 mile west of Thiefosse. Descent from 9 745 m asl to 2 244 m asl took 22 minutes over 107 nm, starting 5 miles south of Fairlight. A further level segment at 2 134 m asl lasted 7 minutes for 30 nm, beginning 2 miles east of Purton. The final descent from 2 016 m asl to 574 m asl lasted 7 minutes over 27 nm, beginning overhead Bristol.

On final approach to runway 09 at EGGD Bristol Airport, the aircraft descended from 422.6 m agl to 3.2 m agl in 89 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1 000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and wings level; the speed check was not met at one gate. Configuration on final was landing gear down at 580.3 m agl at 186 kt, and final flap position 5 at 347.5 m agl at 176 kt.

Landing was on runway 09, whose length is 1 997 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 134 kt. The flare was described as very poor, with little round-out. Touchdown occurred 169 m down the runway at 130 kt, noted as a little fast, with a very heavy touchdown rate of minus 3.7 m/s. Runway-touchdown alignment was very good. One bounce occurred on touchdown. Total landing distance was 1 278 m, 64 % of the runway, and the rollout ended misaligned by 19.2 m from the centreline.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement of less than 1 nm that took 3 minutes. The total flight covered 550 nm in 104 minutes and consumed 3 642 kg of fuel. Local weather at Bristol was 3 °C, wind 11 kt from 019°, with a 10 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind component.

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