Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.
Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight SimulatorStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 in the score
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 60 kt with 3.6° of pitch.
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 figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 516 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,473 ft of runway left; then climbing at 610 fpm on average to 516 ft.
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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 5,124 ft runway.
Rolled from 681 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 14 ft at the widest, and lifted off 9 ft left. Airborne 34 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
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.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
On the glideslope from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.3 nm, then high to the threshold (up to 100 ft over).
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: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 1.5 nm, never more than 720 ft off the centreline.
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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +1 kt and +11 kt on the approach speed of 70 kt.
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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 240° at 8 kt · 8 kt head · 1 kt across
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.
From 58 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 10 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 g.
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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 123 ft, 73 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,627 ft in, 1,627 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 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.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 630 fpm at 111 ft to 100 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.7° on the way down.
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.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,124 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 8 ft left of the centreline, and stayed within 8 ft of it down the rollout.
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.
Touched down 2,627 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a PA28 Archer II, then departed from runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,134 feet, which accounted for 22% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 61 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 8 knots at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started overhead KSEZ Sedona Airport, with the aircraft climbing from an altitude of 5,334 feet above sea level to 5,422 feet above sea level, an increase of 88 feet in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile southwest of KSEZ Sedona Airport and lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 223.0 degrees at an altitude of 674 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway.
The landing on runway 21 was notable, with the touchdown point being very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 60 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -103 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 8 knots at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 8 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,336 feet, which accounted for 65% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The total flight distance was 6 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 9 minutes. The aircraft used 6 pounds of fuel during the flight.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values