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KMSY
New Orleans, United States
Runway 29
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight149,777 lbs
Fuel15,708 lbs
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

99.28 %
KORD
Chicago, United States
Runway 27C
Elevation663 ft asl
Weight138,664 lbs
Fuel4,358 lbs
Wind270° · 1 kn
8 Nov 2026 2:13 795 nm Airbus A320ceo 11,350 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
98.91 %
Arrival Score
98.93 %

What went well

Touched down at -273 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,368 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 13 ft and 136 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Enroute Descent — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; speed limits at 86 %, −0.36 points
Arrival Taxi — Landing Lights at 17 %, −0.28 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown rate was -273 fpm at 95 %, −0.07 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 332 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 273 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering it.

Read more in Descent Planning

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 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 0 2 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 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.2 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 6 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 29 at KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Average speed was 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 2 kt2 kt min to max 2 kt 2 2 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.0 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
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 29 at KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Takeoff distance 3,901 ft 40 % of runway. Rotation speed was 138 kt. Local weather - Temperature 37 °F. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 3,901 ft40 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 138 ktTarget 135 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.6 ft right3.5 ft left to 4.6 ft right 1.7 -4.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 8.1 ° 0.2 8.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.4 2.2 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 157 kt150 kt min to max 164 kt 150 164 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.7 °0.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 2.4 2.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 544 fpm207 fpm min to max 734 fpm 207 716 fpm
Info Average altitude 15 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 37 ft agl 0 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °7.2 ° min to max 9.7 ° 8.2 7.4 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.3 1.1 °
100 % Average speed 167 kt164 kt min to max 172 kt 164 172 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.1 °0.4 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.0 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.96 g min to max 1.21 g 0.96 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 952 fpm709 fpm min to max 3,165 fpm 714 3,165 fpm
Info Average altitude 68 ft agl38 ft agl min to max 271 ft agl 38 271 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °7.4 ° min to max 16.8 ° 7.4 16.8 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 119 ft agl · 167 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 119 ft agl · 167 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 170 kt169 kt min to max 171 ktTarget 164 kt, 6 kt fast 171 170 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.6 °0.8 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.88 g min to max 0.99 g 0.97 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up at 74 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 1.5 °1.3 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.3 1.6 °
Info Average VSI 3,363 fpm3,119 fpm min to max 3,626 fpm 3,584 3,149 fpm
Info Average altitude 643 ft agl383 ft agl min to max 887 ft agl 383 887 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.3 °14.5 ° min to max 16.4 ° 16.4 15.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 796 ft agl · 167 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile west of KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport New Orleans (Louisiana, United States). Climbing from 1,126 ft asl to 37,010 ft asl, an increase of 35,884 ft in 19 minutes and covering 123 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 263 kt170 kt min to max 323 kt 170 252 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.2 °0.0 ° min to max 25.2 ° 3.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.75 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,033 fpm-17 fpm min to max 3,541 fpm 3,197 -17 fpm
Info Average altitude 15,053 ft asl1,126 ft asl min to max 37,012 ft asl 1,126 37,010 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °2.4 ° min to max 16.8 ° 16.4 3.6 °
Info Turn coordination 1-9 min to max 11 9 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,910 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2,014 ft agl · 202 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,118 ft agl · 218 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,108 ft agl · 286 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of 6MS2 Wells Farm Airport Crystal Springs (Mississippi, United States) and lasted 70 minutes, covering 517 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,350 ft of 37,020 ft asl36,995 ft asl min to max 37,030 ft asl 37,009 36,995 ft asl
100 % Average speed 258 kt253 kt min to max 261 kt 253 260 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 19.4 °0.0 ° min to max 19.4 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 0-5 min to max 4 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °1.6 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 1.6 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead 9IL9 Silver Cross Hospital Heliport New Lenox (Illinois, United States). Descent from 36,825 ft asl to 11,010 ft asl, a decrease of 25,815 ft in 12 minutes and covering 83 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 318 kt257 kt min to max 342 kt 260 340 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -2,217 fpm-3,583 fpm min to max 19 fpm -1,026 19 fpm
Info Average altitude 23,127 ft asl11,008 ft asl min to max 36,825 ft asl 36,825 11,010 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-3.4 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.8 0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south east of IS41 Vogen Restricted Landing Area Newark (Illinois, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,050 ft of 11,008 ft asl10,999 ft asl min to max 11,011 ft asl 11,009 11,009 ft asl
100 % Average speed 280 kt250 kt min to max 340 kt 340 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.8 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.9 3.0 °
Enroute Descent 2 94.55Enroute descent started 2 miles south of 85LL Wormley Airport Oswego (Illinois, United States). Descent from 11,009 ft asl to 1,928 ft asl, a decrease of 9,080 ft in 11 minutes and covering 46 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Average speed 229 kt140 kt min to max 263 kt 250 140 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.2 °0.0 ° min to max 25.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.86 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -860 fpm-2,445 fpm min to max 344 fpm 1 -651 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,515 ft asl1,928 ft asl min to max 11,009 ft asl 11,009 1,928 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-1.2 ° min to max 6.2 ° 3.0 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination -2-11 min to max 7 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,184 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,026 ft agl · 281 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,562 ft agl · 261 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,562 ft agl · 261 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,577 ft agl · 260 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,503 ft agl · 219 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,477 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,502 ft agl · 186 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,508 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,353 ft agl · 158 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Descent from 1,298 ft agl to 106 ft agl in 103 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 99.81Landing on runway 27C at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport, runway length 11,580 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 137 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 137 kt. Target 137 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
99 % Excellent landing flare. It lost 0.8 points, for 332 fpm of sink coming back after the flare.
100 % Runway alignment max 19.6 ft right2.6 ft right to 19.6 ft right -2.6 -19.6 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.3 0.7 °
100 % Peak g force 1.12 g0.94 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 0.99 g
Info Average speed 132 kt127 kt min to max 137 kt 137 127 kt
Info Average VSI -202 fpm-520 fpm min to max -78 fpm -520 -238 fpm
Info Average altitude 4 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 13 ft agl 13 -4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °5.8 ° min to max 7.2 ° 6.5 7.2 °
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344557Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-110-88-66-44-22022446688110Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 98.96Touchdown distance was good at 1,367 ft. Touchdown speed at 127 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -273 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 22 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 34 °F. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown rate was -273 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,368 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 127 ktTarget below 129 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 21.7 ft right20.8 ft right -19.6 -21.7 ft
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.3 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.3 °
100 % Peak g force 1.25 g0.99 g min to max 1.25 g 0.99 1.16 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 127 kt126 kt min to max 127 kt 127 126 kt
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °7.1 ° min to max 7.2 ° 7.2 7.1 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 3,691 ft, 32 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 3,691 ft32 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 23.5 ft right0.0 ft left to 23.5 ft right -23.5 -13.0 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.00 g
Info Average speed 100 kt63 kt min to max 124 kt 124 63 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-0.6 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.2 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 27 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 25 kt0 kt min to max 63 kt 63 18 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.5 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 9 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 9 ft agl · 25 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 9 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 9 ft agl · 22 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.85Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 21 kt 18 2 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 ktmax 10 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 15 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 8 kt

Takeoff from KMSY 29

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
16kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
3,901ft40 %
Runway alignment100.00
4.6ft R
Rotation speed100.00
138kttarget 135, 3 late

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
150ktat 8.3°
Rotation
2.3°/sover 3.5 s, gaining 12 kt
35 ft
163ktat 7.3°, 4.5 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
4.7°steepest
Gear up100.00
74ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
170kttarget 164

Plan view the roll down the 9,779 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, never more than 4 ft off the centreline. Airborne 40 % 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 4.0 ft RAirborne 3,919 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 3,919 ft of 9,779 ft · 40 %
Takeoff roll, 3,919 ft Left ahead, 5,860 ft

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 887 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 4,707 ft of runway left; gear up at 74 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,160 fpm on average to 887 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 3170 kt avgtarget 164THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 841 ft · 3.5 sRotate 138 kttarget 135Liftoff 150 ktGear up 74 ftfull marks to 400 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 164180 kt12060020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 841 ft · 3.5 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 135held 10.4°8.3° off · 2.3°/s7° 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 2.9° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320ceo pilots over the last 180 days (230 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°2.1°/s2°/s3°/s2.9°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT8.3° off · 2.3°/s7° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 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 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 rate700 fpm480 fpm
On glideslope2.8°2.5°
On centreline0.1° off0.2° off
On speed+1.8 kt+1.0 kt
Wings level0° bank1° 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 KORD 27C

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 110 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, 1,000 ft 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° BAND1,2075853562161,000 ft gate7 of 7960 ft · 139 kt500 ft gate7 of 7453 ft · 138 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 24× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 50 ft 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 nmTHR130 ft L0130 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND49 ft L22 ft L42 ft L21 ft L32 ft L26 ft 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 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −0 kt and +4 kt on the approach speed of 137 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 137+4 kt+2 kt+2 kt+2 kt−0 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KORD 27C

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
13ft
Threshold speed100.00
136kttarget 137, 1 slow
Centreline offset100.00
19.6ft R
Bank100.00
0.7°steepest
Flare99.25

Excellent landing flare

It lost 0.8 points, for 332 fpm of sink coming back after the flare.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,368ft
Centreline100.00
21.7ft R
Speed100.00
127kttarget 129 or less
Touchdown rate94.82
-273fpm
Impact100.00
1.25G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.7°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
2,188ft31 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
23.5ft R

Taxi in

Lights58.50
Onlanding lights, 83% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
21kt peak10 kt in turns

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Began the flare at 42 ft, 589 ft before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,368 ft in, 368 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 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.

13 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 42 ft, 589 ft before the threshold−770 fpm · 3.6° · 138 ktdescent slowed at 10 ft · −48 fpm · 6.6°−273 fpm · 7.2° nose up · 127 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 13 ft, down at 1,368 ft

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

The sink went from 770 fpm at the flare to 270 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.5° on the way down. Into the flare at 138 kt, on the 137 kt approach speed, and 127 kt at touchdown.

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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°descent slowedtouchdown−273 fpm at touchdown7.2° at touchdown, +3.5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,580 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 22 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 26 ft right at the widest. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,368 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,368 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 3,556 ft of 11,580 ft · 31 %
In the air over the runway, 1,368 ftRollout, 2,188 ft Left over, 8,024 ft

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 125 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 21 s, an average deceleration of 0.25 g.

How to read this

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.

0408012060 kt · 2,371 ft30 kt · 2,788 fttouchdown2,899 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 29 at KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 29 with a take-off distance of 3,901 ft (40 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 138 kt. The local weather was 37 °F with wind 1 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 22 seconds, averaging 1,864 fpm and reaching 170 kt at the top of the segment.

Climb continued from 1,126 ft asl to 37,010 ft asl in 19 minutes, covering 123 nm, beginning about 1 mile west of KMSY.

Level flight was held at 37,000 ft asl for 70 minutes, covering 517 nm, starting about 2 miles north-east of 6MS2 Wells Farm Airport.

Descent began from 36,825 ft asl to 1,928 ft asl in 26 minutes, covering 146 nm, starting overhead 9IL9 Silver Cross Hospital Heliport. A brief level-off occurred at 11,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport descended from 1,298 ft agl to 106 ft agl in 103 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, 261 kt; final flap position 5 at 1,353 ft agl, 158 kt.

Landing on runway 27C (runway length 11,580 ft) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 137 kt. The flare was described as excellent. Touchdown occurred 1,367 ft down the runway at 127 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 273 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 22 ft from the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 3,691 ft (32 % of the runway) and the rollout alignment was very good. Local weather was 34 °F with wind 1 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt headwind and 0 kt crosswind.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 12 minutes, covering 2 nm.

The total flight covered 795 nm in 133 minutes and used 11,350 lb of fuel.

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