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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight249,219 kg
Fuel38,901 kg
Wind316° · 7 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

98.50 %
YSSY
Sydney, Australia
Runway 16R
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight226,410 kg
Fuel15,739 kg
Wind331° · 4 kn · 1 kn cross
10 Nov 2026 3:16 1264 nm Boeing 777-300ER 23,162 kg
Departure Score
98.47 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
97.04 %

What went well

Touched down at -280 fpm — a soft arrival
Threshold crossed at 38 ft and 145 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 4.52 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 172 kt against 204 kt at 81 %, −0.51 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 793 m at 63 %, −0.37 points
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 9.77 m right at 88 %, −0.35 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 204 kt.

What happened: Climb speed was 172 kt against a target of 204 kt, running 32 kt slow through the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 204 kt.

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.

What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 793 m against the 457 m aim point.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 15 stages, 13 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 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 0 4 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Off  · 6 kt
Info Navigation Lights On  · 6 kt
Info Beacon Lights On  · 6 kt
Info Strobe Lights Off  · 6 kt
Info Landing Lights Off  · 6 kt
Info Landing Gear Down  · 6 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted  · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On  · 6 kt
Info Flaps Position 2  · 6 kt
Info Taxi Lights On  · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On  · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights On  · 5 kt
Info Landing Lights On  · 5 kt
Info Taxi Lights Off  · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 5 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt4 kt min to max 4 kt 4 4 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 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 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,745 m 53 % of runway. Rotation speed was 154 kt. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 7 kt at 315 °. Crosswind: 7 kt Tailwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,745 m53 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 154 ktTarget 162 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.37 m left7.37 m left to 0.10 m right 2.81 4.03 m
99.98 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.24 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 6.1 ° -0.2 6.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On
Info Parking Brake Off  · 1 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 161 kt159 kt min to max 164 kt 159 164 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.1 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.14 g1.01 g min to max 1.22 g 1.08 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 669 fpm390 fpm min to max 929 fpm 390 929 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 0 21 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °6.7 ° min to max 10.4 ° 6.7 10.4 °
Departure Climb 2 99.99Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 166 kt164 kt min to max 170 kt 166 170 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.7 0.4 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.01 g0.74 g min to max 1.15 g 1.04 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 1,361 fpm1,143 fpm min to max 2,084 fpm 1,143 1,204 fpm
Info Average altitude 100 ft agl38 ft agl min to max 354 ft agl 38 354 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.5 °10.9 ° min to max 16.2 ° 11.4 13.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 333 ft agl · 169 kt
Departure Climb 3 92.36Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Climb speed 172 kt169 kt min to max 174 ktTarget 204 kt, 32 kt slow 169 174 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.8 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.82 g min to max 1.10 g 1.10 1.06 g
100 % Landing gear up at 302 ft aglTarget by 698 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.3 -0.1 °
Info Average VSI 2,532 fpm1,896 fpm min to max 2,788 fpm 1,896 2,403 fpm
Info Average altitude 677 ft agl400 ft agl min to max 946 ft agl 400 946 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.7 °13.8 ° min to max 17.4 ° 17.2 15.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile west of Wiri (Auckland, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,034 ft asl to 35,970 ft asl, an increase of 34,936 ft in 14 minutes and covering 93 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 261 kt175 kt min to max 323 kt 175 278 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 27.8 °0.0 ° min to max 27.8 ° 0.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.77 g min to max 1.19 g 0.97 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 2,421 fpm270 fpm min to max 3,824 fpm 2,553 270 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,423 ft asl1,034 ft asl min to max 35,970 ft asl 1,034 35,970 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °2.7 ° min to max 16.2 ° 15.0 2.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,303 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3,804 ft agl · 243 kt
Info Landing Lights Off 9,904 ft agl · 291 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 56 miles west of NZLD Limestone Downs Airport Limestone Downs (Auckland, New Zealand) and lasted 138 minutes, covering 1,037 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,299 ft of 36,003 ft asl35,687 ft asl min to max 36,182 ft asl 35,988 35,687 ft asl
100 % Average speed 276 kt273 kt min to max 279 kt 279 273 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 15.0 °0.0 ° min to max 15.0 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.88 g min to max 1.09 g 0.99 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-1.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.6 -1.0 °
Enroute Descent 99.99Enroute descent started 68 miles east of FC03 Sydney Static Carrier - CVN78 (State of New South Wales, Australia). Descent from 35,324 ft asl to 1,316 ft asl, a decrease of 34,008 ft in 25 minutes and covering 124 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 228 kt146 kt min to max 317 kt 276 146 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.1 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.03 g0.79 g min to max 1.39 g 0.94 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -1,088 fpm-4,782 fpm min to max 142 fpm -3,356 -805 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,768 ft asl1,316 ft asl min to max 35,324 ft asl 35,324 1,316 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-3.4 ° min to max 6.0 ° -2.0 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights On 9,827 ft agl · 283 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 5,171 ft agl · 258 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,504 ft agl · 236 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,956 ft agl · 206 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,947 ft agl · 206 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,697 ft agl · 165 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,562 ft agl · 158 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 16R at YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport. Descent from 1,316 ft agl to 68 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
Arrival Landing 98.32Landing on runway 16R at YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, runway length 3,881 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 146 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 146 kt. Target 141 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
93 % The flare held the target profile well. The flare was pumped rather than held: pitch changed direction 2 times on the way down. Touchdown was 793 m past the threshold. One smooth continuous input - chasing the runway with the elevator makes the next correction bigger, not smaller.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.40 m left5.40 m left to 4.94 m right 4.52 -3.93 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.4 °
100 % Peak g force 1.16 g0.92 g min to max 1.16 g 1.01 0.96 g
Info Average speed 142 kt134 kt min to max 146 kt 146 134 kt
Info Average VSI -371 fpm-688 fpm min to max -18 fpm -688 -250 fpm
Info Average altitude 1 ft agl-20 ft agl min to max 39 ft agl 39 -20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °2.9 ° min to max 6.7 ° 3.0 6.2 °
07515022530037545052560067575082590001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825900-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 92.16Touchdown point was 378 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 134 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -280 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 5 kt at 275 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Touchdown rate was -280 fpm.
63 % Touchdown distance was 793 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 134 ktTarget below 139 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.18 m right4.51 m right -3.93 -4.52 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.4 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.7 °
80 % Peak g force 1.66 g0.87 g min to max 1.66 g 0.96 0.87 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 133 kt132 kt min to max 134 kt 134 132 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °5.7 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 5.7 °
Arrival Rollout 94.73Total landing distance 1,938 m, 50 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.8 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,938 m50 % of runway.
88 % Runway alignment max 9.77 m right7.38 m left to 9.77 m right -9.72 -3.74 m
99.97 % Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.21 g 0.87 1.02 g
Info Average speed 114 kt78 kt min to max 134 kt 134 78 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.6 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.6 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.7 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 29 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 28 kt14 kt min to max 59 kt 59 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-0.9 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.9 -0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 17 kt 14 0 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 1.06 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.7 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights On  · 9 kt
Info Landing Lights Off  · 10 kt
Info Strobe Lights Off  · 10 kt
Info Flaps Position 4  · 12 kt
Info Flaps Position 1  · 12 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted  · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake On  · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off  · 1 kt

Takeoff from NZAA 05R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
16kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,745m53 %
Runway alignment100.00
7.37m L
Rotation speed100.00
154kttarget 162, 8 early

Rotated early, and quickly

The nose came up at 154 kt, 8 kt before the 162 kt rotate speed, and rose at 5.0° a second, faster than the 2.1 to 3.1 other Boeing 777-300ER pilots fly.

Early and quick together is the classic tail-strike setup: the nose reaches its liftoff attitude before the aircraft has the speed to fly. Wait for the rotate speed, then pull smoothly at the normal rate for this aircraft and let it lift off at its own attitude.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
158ktat 6.7°
Rotation
5.0°/sover 1.3 s, gaining 4 kt
35 ft
166ktat 11.4°, 3.7 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
2.5°steepest
Gear up100.00
302ftfull marks to 698 ft
Climb 3 speed80.90
172kttarget 204

Plan view the roll down the 3,284 m runway.

Rolled from 90 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 7.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.5 m left, in 6 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 53 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS6 kn75 %widest 7.61 m LROLL 90 M INAirborne 1,753 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,753 m of 3,284 m · 53 %
Behind the start of the roll, 90 mTakeoff roll, 1,663 m Left ahead, 1,531 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 946 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,220 m of runway left; gear up at 302 ft, inside the 698 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,860 fpm on average to 946 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 3172 kt avgtarget 204THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 107 m · 1.3 sRotate 154 kttarget 162Liftoff 158 ktGear up 302 ftfull marks to 698 ft
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 204180 kt12060020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 107 m · 1.3 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 162held 13.3°6.7° off · 5.0°/s11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 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 2.1 to 3.1° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Boeing 777-300ER pilots over the last 180 days (76 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 9.5°, 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°3.1°/s3°/s2.1°/s2°/sTAIL STRIKE 9.5°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT6.7° off · 5.0°/s11° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.1 to 3.1°/s, other Boeing 777-300ER 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 rate820 fpm830 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.0°
On centreline0.1° off0.1° off
On speed+4.7 kt+4.2 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 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 YSSY 16R

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 40 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, 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° BAND1,2886553341871,000 ft gate7 of 71,032 ft · 146 kt500 ft gate7 of 7521 ft · 145 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 35× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 11 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 nmTHR27 m L027 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND11 m L9 m L5 m L7 m L10 m L6 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +4 kt and +7 kt on the approach speed of 141 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 141+5 kt+4 kt+4 kt+4 kt+5 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on YSSY 16R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
38ft
Threshold speed100.00
145kttarget 141, 4 fast
Centreline offset100.00
5.40m L
Bank100.00
1.2°steepest
Flare93.27

The flare held the target profile well

The flare was pumped rather than held: pitch changed direction 2 times on the way down. Touchdown was 793 m past the threshold. One smooth continuous input - chasing the runway with the elevator makes the next correction bigger, not smaller.

Touchdown

Past threshold63.33
793m
Centreline100.00
5.18m R
Speed100.00
133kttarget 139 or less
Touchdown rate93.38
-280fpm
Impact79.76
1.66G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.7°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
1,094m49 % used
Rollout alignment88.29
9.77m R

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
17kt peak

Side view — the last 2,009 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 38 ft, 12 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 13 ft; ballooned 3 ft from 5 ft. Touched down 793 m in, 488 m past 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 2,009 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.

38 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT held off 465 m from the lowest point 80 ft400 Flare 13 ft · −501 fpm · 4.4° · 146 ktballooned +3 ft · from 5 ft to 8 ft−279 fpm · 6.2° nose up · 134 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 38 ft, down at 793 m

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

From the flare the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 180 fpm before coming down at 280 fpm to touch. The nose came up 1.7° on the way down. Into the flare at 146 kt, 5 kt over the 141 kt approach speed, and 134 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−279 fpm at touchdown6.2° at touchdown, +1.7° from the flareclimbing 179 fpm
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 2,009 m of the 3,881 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.5 m right of the centreline and drifted to 10 m right on the rollout, back to 3.6 m right by the end. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 331° at 4 kt · 4 kt tail · 1 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 793 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 793 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,887 m of 3,881 m · 49 %
In the air over the runway, 793 mRollout, 1,094 m Left over, 1,994 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 136 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 34 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 · 1,225 m30 kt · 1,498 mtouchdown1,558 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Boeing 777-300ER departed Auckland International Airport (NZAA) on runway 05R. Take-off used 1,745 m, 53 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 154 kt. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 7 kt from 315°, a 7 kt crosswind and a 3 kt tailwind.

Initial climb reached 1,000 ft agl in 27 seconds, averaging 1,874 fpm and attaining 174 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 1,034 ft asl to 35,970 ft asl in 14 minutes, covering 93 nm and beginning 1 mile west of Wiri.

The aircraft cruised at 36,000 ft asl for 138 minutes, covering 1,037 nm, starting 56 miles west of Limestone Downs Airport (NZLD).

Descent began at 35,324 ft asl and proceeded to 1,316 ft asl in 25 minutes, covering 124 nm, starting 68 miles east of FC03 Sydney Static Carrier - CVN78.

On final approach to runway 16R at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (YSSY), descent from 1,316 ft agl to 68 ft agl took 90 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 1,562 ft agl, 158 kt; final flap position 6 was selected at 1,697 ft agl, 165 kt.

Landing was made on runway 16R, whose length is 3,881 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was 146 kt. The flare was described as great, with the pitch being pumped up and down. Touchdown occurred 378 m beyond the touchdown zone at 134 kt, with a fair rate of -280 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.2 m off the centreline. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 1,938 m, 50 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 9.8 m.

After landing, taxiing to the parking area took 6 minutes and covered 1 nm. The flight covered a total of 1,264 nm in 196 minutes and used 23,162 kg of fuel.

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