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EGSS
London, England
Runway 04
Elevation338 ft asl
Weight64,247 kg
Fuel7,907 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

92.42 %
LIEO
Olbia (SS), Italy
Runway 23
Elevation26 ft asl
Weight61,400 kg
Fuel4,969 kg
Wind269° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
6 Nov 2026 2:29 961 nm Airbus A320neo 2,937 kg
Departure Score
90.90 %
Enroute Score
94.79 %
Arrival Score
91.58 %

What went well

Touchdown 259 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 50 ft and 151 kt — both inside band
Rollout controlled — 34 % of the runway used

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 249 kt against 170 kt at 9 %, −3.03 points
Firm touchdown — 731 fpm, −2.14 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 731 fpm−1.33
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.69
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.91 G at contact−0.12
Enroute Descent — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; speed limits at 49 %, −1.36 points

Next time

Departure

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

What happened: Climb speed was 79 kt fast at 249 kt during the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb

See Departure Climb 3

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

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 · 15 stages, 14 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 Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 04 at EGSS London Stansted Airport. Takeoff distance 1,120 m 41 % of runway. Rotation speed was 138 kt. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,120 m41 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 138 ktTarget 145 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.77 m left1.77 m left to 0.00 m left 1.72 1.77 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.93 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max 5.5 ° 0.2 5.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 8 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 8 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 8 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 EGSS London Stansted Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 170 kt154 kt min to max 184 kt 154 184 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.1 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.09 g 0.94 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 488 fpm168 fpm min to max 668 fpm 168 668 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl 0 38 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °4.9 ° min to max 7.0 ° 5.7 5.3 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 EGSS London Stansted Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 192 kt184 kt min to max 217 kt 184 217 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.8 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.78 g min to max 1.22 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 949 fpm377 fpm min to max 2,246 fpm 672 380 fpm
Info Average altitude 108 ft agl39 ft agl min to max 392 ft agl 39 392 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °5.3 ° min to max 9.1 ° 5.3 6.4 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 61 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 231 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 231 ft agl · 198 kt
Departure Climb 3 63.61Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 04 EGSS London Stansted Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
9 % Climb speed 249 kt222 kt min to max 258 ktTarget 170 kt, 79 kt fast 222 249 kt
99 % Steepest bank angle 25.1 °0.4 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.4 25.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.15 g 0.99 1.09 g
100 % Landing gear up at 148 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.4 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -0.9 °
Info Average VSI 985 fpm421 fpm min to max 1,548 fpm 421 641 fpm
Info Average altitude 610 ft agl398 ft agl min to max 819 ft agl 398 819 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °3.4 ° min to max 7.0 ° 5.9 4.9 °

Events

Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 601 ft agl · 257 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Armed 601 ft agl · 257 kt
Enroute Climb 99.96Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Henham (Essex, England). Climbing from 1,165 ft asl to 24,421 ft asl, an increase of 23,255 ft in 7 minutes and covering 37 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 258 kt241 kt min to max 311 kt 249 307 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 28.3 °0.0 ° min to max 28.3 ° 25.2 0.1 °
99.6 % Average g force 1.05 g0.88 g min to max 1.71 g 1.09 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 3,465 fpm553 fpm min to max 4,857 fpm 629 1,898 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,122 ft asl1,165 ft asl min to max 24,421 ft asl 1,165 24,421 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °3.1 ° min to max 17.1 ° 4.9 3.2 °
Info Turn coordination -1-7 min to max 5 -5 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Wing (Buckinghamshire, England) and lasted 115 minutes, covering 842 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,729 ft of 24,994 ft asl24,585 ft asl min to max 25,024 ft asl 24,585 25,005 ft asl
100 % Average speed 303 kt297 kt min to max 306 kt 305 303 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.4 °0.0 ° min to max 25.4 ° 0.3 9.6 °
99.98 % Average g force 1.02 g0.21 g min to max 1.12 g 0.99 0.21 g
Info Turn coordination 0-5 min to max 5 0 -5
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-6.1 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.2 -6.1 °
Enroute Descent 79.59Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Monti (Sardegna, Italy). Descent from 24,974 ft asl to 3,036 ft asl, a decrease of 21,938 ft in 10 minutes and covering 57 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
49 % Average speed 302 kt250 kt min to max 326 kt 304 252 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.3 °0.2 ° min to max 25.3 ° 6.7 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.49 g min to max 1.23 g 0.49 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -3,161 fpm-4,921 fpm min to max 8 fpm -2,544 -47 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,374 ft asl3,036 ft asl min to max 24,974 ft asl 24,974 3,036 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.8 °-6.1 ° min to max 2.8 ° -6.1 2.5 °
Info Turn coordination -1-6 min to max 6 4 2

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 9,448 ft agl
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 13 miles north east of Golfo Aranci (Sardegna, Italy). Climbing from 3,027 ft asl to 4,512 ft asl, an increase of 1,484 ft in 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 251 kt247 kt min to max 257 kt 251 257 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.78 g min to max 1.19 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 800 fpm-1,981 fpm min to max 2,028 fpm -50 -1,981 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,831 ft asl3,020 ft asl min to max 4,759 ft asl 3,027 4,512 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °-1.8 ° min to max 7.2 ° 2.5 -1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 2 1 1

Events

Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Disarmed 3,199 ft agl · 257 kt
Enroute Descent 2 94.41Enroute descent started 6 miles north east of Golfo Aranci (Sardegna, Italy). Descent from 4,179 ft asl to 1,312 ft asl, a decrease of 2,867 ft in 3 minutes and covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Average speed 199 kt156 kt min to max 272 kt 256 157 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.5 °0.0 ° min to max 25.5 ° 0.0 0.2 °
99 % Average g force 1.06 g0.87 g min to max 1.86 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,070 fpm-4,736 fpm min to max 865 fpm -1,997 -809 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,087 ft asl1,312 ft asl min to max 4,179 ft asl 4,179 1,312 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-8.4 ° min to max 5.6 ° -1.8 1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-9 min to max 9 1 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,178 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,052 ft agl
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 2,408 ft agl · 256 kt
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 2,410 ft agl · 225 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2,466 ft agl · 282 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2,365 ft agl · 269 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,406 ft agl · 240 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,410 ft agl · 228 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,408 ft agl · 211 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,407 ft agl · 208 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 23 at LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. Descent from 1,327 ft agl to 73 ft agl in 90 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 993 ft agl · 161 kt
Arrival Landing 89.59Landing on runway 23 at LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, runway length 2,441 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 152 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 152 kt. Target 143 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
58 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 259 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.13 m right4.29 m right to 5.13 m right -4.29 -5.12 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.4 °0.5 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.5 1.4 °
100 % Peak g force 1.07 g1.00 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Average speed 150 kt148 kt min to max 152 kt 152 148 kt
Info Average VSI -903 fpm-977 fpm min to max -758 fpm -977 -758 fpm
Info Average altitude 23 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 51 ft agl 51 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.9 ° min to max 3.2 ° 1.9 3.1 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 993 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 44 ft agl · 150 kt
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 78.24Touchdown distance was good at 258 m. Touchdown speed at 148 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -731 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.1 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 1 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -731 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 259 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 148 ktTarget below 143 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.12 m right5.12 m right -5.12 -5.12 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 0.2 °
65 % Peak g force 1.91 g1.05 g min to max 1.91 g 1.05 1.21 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 148 kt147 kt min to max 148 kt 148 147 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.4 ° min to max 3.1 ° 3.1 2.6 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 993 ft agl · 161 kt
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 868 m, 36 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 868 m36 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.10 m right0.00 m left to 2.10 m right -2.10 -1.33 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.10 g 1.10 0.99 g
Info Average speed 111 kt74 kt min to max 146 kt 146 74 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.7 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 44 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 42 kt10 kt min to max 74 kt 74 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.4 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl · 53 kt
Arrival Taxi 90.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 20 kt 10 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 12 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 -0.4 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.6 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Taxi Lights
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl · 1 kt

Takeoff from EGSS 04

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,120m41 %
Runway alignment100.00
1.77m L
Rotation speed100.00
138kttarget 145, 7 early

Rotated early, and slowly

The nose came up at 138 kt, 7 kt before the 145 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.8° a second, slower than the 2.0 to 3.0 other Airbus A320neo 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
153ktat 5.7°
Rotation
1.8°/sover 3.0 s, gaining 15 kt
35 ft
182ktat 5.1°, 5.5 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
2.1°steepest
Gear up100.00
148ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed9.29
249kttarget 170

Plan view the roll down the 2,744 m runway.

Rolled from 40 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 1.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.5 m left. Airborne 41 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 1.81 m LROLL 40 M INAirborne 1,128 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,128 m of 2,744 m · 41 %
Behind the start of the roll, 40 mTakeoff roll, 1,089 m Left ahead, 1,616 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 819 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 1,125 m of runway left; gear up at 148 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 970 fpm on average to 819 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The dark stretch of the roll is the run with the nose up and the wheels still on, with its length and time under the runway. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3249 kt avgtarget 170THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 230 m · 3.0 sRotate 138 kttarget 145Liftoff 153 ktGear up 148 ftfull marks to 400 ftSCALE CHANGES4.2 km past the runway
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 170270 kt18090020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 230 m · 3.0 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 145held 6.3°5.7° off · 1.8°/s5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

Rotation detail the pitch over the seconds from rotation to 35 ft, where the slope reads properly.

How to read this

The pitch over the seconds from the nose starting to come up to 35 ft, stretched so the slope reads properly. The green dot is where the nose started up, the grey band runs to the wheels leaving, and the figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up. The two dashed green lines rising from the rotation point are 2.0 to 3.0° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320neo pilots over the last 180 days (154 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°2°/s2.0°/s3°/s3.0°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT5.7° off · 1.8°/s5° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.0 to 3.0°/s, other Airbus A320neo 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 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 rate850 fpm810 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.1°
On centreline0.4° off0.5° off
On speed+16 kt+14 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 0.6 nm, then not again: fast from 0.6 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 LIEO 23

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 20 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° BAND1,3056903782391,000 ft gate7 of 71,043 ft · 159 kt500 ft gate7 of 7557 ft · 157 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 7× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 55 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 nmTHR137 m L0137 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND55 m L27 m L15 m L5 m L41 m L23 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 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 0.6 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +15 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 143+13 kt+13 kt+16 kt+15 kt+9 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on LIEO 23

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
50ft
Threshold speed100.00
151kttarget 143, 8 fast
Centreline offset100.00
5.13m R
Bank100.00
1.4°steepest
Flare58.35

The flare strayed well off the target profile

The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 259 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
259m
Centreline100.00
5.12m R
Speed100.00
148kttarget 143, 5 fast
Touchdown rate0.00
-731fpm
Impact64.88
1.91G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
1.4°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
563m34 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.10m R

Taxi in

Lights0.50
Wrongtaxi lights off, landing lights on
Taxi speed100.00
20kt peak9 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 50 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 27 ft. Touched down 259 m in, 46 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.

50 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 27 ft · −920 fpm · 3.1° · 150 ktdescent slowed at 2 ft · −740 fpm · 3.2°−730 fpm · 3.1° nose up · 148 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 50 ft, down at 259 m

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

The sink went from 920 fpm at the flare to 730 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed. Into the flare at 150 kt, 7 kt over the 143 kt approach speed, and 148 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 −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−730 fpm at touchdown3.1° at touchdown, +0° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,441 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 5.1 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 1.4 m right by the end of the rollout. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 269° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 0 kt across

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The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 259 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 259 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.91 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 822 m of 2,441 m · 34 %
In the air over the runway, 259 mRollout, 563 m Left over, 1,620 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 148 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 36 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 g.

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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 · 665 m30 kt · 1,204 mtouchdown1,252 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A320neo departed from runway 04 at EGSS London Stansted Airport. Rotation was achieved at 138 kt and the take-off roll used 1,120 m (41 % of the runway). Local weather was 17 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 48 seconds, averaging 920 fpm and reaching 249 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 1,165 ft asl to 24,421 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 37 nm, beginning 1 mile east of Henham. Cruise was level at 25,000 ft asl for 115 minutes, covering 842 nm, beginning 1 mile east of Wing.

Descent began from 24,974 ft asl to 3,036 ft asl in 10 minutes, covering 57 nm, starting 1 mile south of Monti. A subsequent climb from 3,027 ft asl to 4,512 ft asl took 2 minutes over 7 nm, beginning 13 miles north-east of Golfo Aranci. The final descent from 4,179 ft asl to 1,312 ft asl lasted 3 minutes, covering 9 nm, starting 6 miles north-east of Golfo Aranci.

On final approach to runway 23 at LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,327 ft agl to 73 ft agl in 90 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was gear down at 2,466 ft agl at 282 kt; final flap position 3 was selected at 2,407 ft agl at 208 kt.

Landing was on runway 23, whose length is 2,441 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 152 kt. The flare was poor, with little round-out, and touchdown occurred at 148 kt, a little fast. Touchdown distance was good at 258 m, but the vertical rate was very heavy at minus 731 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.1 m off the centreline, though runway rollout alignment was perfect. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 868 m (36 % of the runway).

Taxi from the runway to the parking area took 7 minutes and covered 1 nm. The flight covered 961 nm in 149 minutes and used 2,937 kg of fuel. Local weather at Olbia was 18 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.

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