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VNKT
Kathmandu, Nepal
Runway 20
Elevation4,357 ft asl
Weight48,922 kg
Fuel7,913 kg
Wind230° · 3 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

97.92 %
VQPR
Paro, Bhutan
Runway 15
Elevation7,349 ft asl
Weight46,159 kg
Fuel5,095 kg
Wind269° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
21 Oct 2026 0:47 268 nm Boeing 737-600 2,818 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
93.77 %

What went well

Touchdown 382 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 27 ft and 127 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 1.86 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 500 ft gate 80 %, −1.67 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown rate was -280 fpm at 76 %, −0.40 points

Next time

Arrival

Be established on the glideslope before the gate, with small corrections made early rather than a large one late.

What happened: The approach was off the glideslope at the stabilisation gate.

Watch for: Glideslope indication at the gate

See Arrival Approach

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 19 stages, 14 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 16 kt0 kt min to max 25 kt 0 12 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 10 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-1.8 ° min to max -0.9 ° -1.4 -1.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.1 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 21 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 20 at VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport, Average speed was 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kt13 kt min to max 15 kt 13 15 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-1.8 ° min to max -1.8 ° -1.8 -1.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 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 20 at VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport. Takeoff distance 994 m 36 % of runway. Rotation speed was 121 kt. Local weather - Temperature 27 °C. Wind 2 kt at 230 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 994 m36 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 121 ktTarget 123 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.27 m left0.27 m left to 0.23 m right -0.06 -0.23 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.12 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-2.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° -1.7 9.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 20 VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 137 kt132 kt min to max 142 kt 132 142 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.23 g1.14 g min to max 1.29 g 1.14 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 639 fpm133 fpm min to max 1,162 fpm 133 1,162 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °9.7 ° min to max 12.7 ° 9.7 12.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 17 ft agl · 148 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 20 VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 146 kt142 kt min to max 160 kt 142 160 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.93 g min to max 1.16 g 1.16 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 1,685 fpm1,178 fpm min to max 3,024 fpm 1,178 3,024 fpm
Info Average altitude 76 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 302 ft agl 27 302 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.0 °12.7 ° min to max 14.0 ° 12.7 12.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 377 ft agl · 177 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 20 VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 173 kt163 kt min to max 180 ktTarget 183 kt, 10 kt slow 163 180 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.90 g min to max 1.08 g 0.90 1.06 g
100 % Landing gear up at 5 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.4 °
Info Average VSI 3,493 fpm2,976 fpm min to max 4,303 fpm 3,017 4,303 fpm
Info Average altitude 604 ft agl355 ft agl min to max 867 ft agl 355 867 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.1 °12.3 ° min to max 16.0 ° 12.3 16.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 535 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 772 ft agl · 195 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu (Bagmati Province, Nepal). Climbing from 5,304 ft asl to 26,980 ft asl, an increase of 21,676 ft in 14 minutes and covering 101 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 257 kt182 kt min to max 341 kt 182 320 kt
100 % Average bank angle 15.6 °0.0 ° min to max 30.1 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.79 g min to max 1.28 g 0.99 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 3,472 fpm-362 fpm min to max 6,241 fpm 4,481 -362 fpm
Info Average altitude 15,424 ft asl5,304 ft asl min to max 27,013 ft asl 5,304 26,980 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °0.5 ° min to max 16.8 ° 16.5 0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 4-35 min to max 36 1 2

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,684 ft agl · 209 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 5,727 ft agl · 265 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 5,727 ft agl · 265 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 12 miles north of Bhojpur (Province 1, Nepal) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 75 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,850 ft of 26,997 ft asl26,868 ft asl min to max 27,070 ft asl 26,998 26,868 ft asl
100 % Average speed 324 kt321 kt min to max 330 kt 321 330 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.0 °0.0 ° min to max 17.6 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.81 g min to max 1.18 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination -1-51 min to max 37 -3 -34
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.7 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.0 -0.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 24,655 ft agl · 495 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 24,648 ft agl · 495 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north of Namchi (Sikkim, India). Descent from 26,682 ft asl to 14,741 ft asl, a decrease of 11,941 ft in 6 minutes and covering 42 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 248 kt216 kt min to max 331 kt 331 247 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.1 °0.0 ° min to max 30.7 ° 0.6 23.9 °
100.00 % Average g force 1.05 g0.89 g min to max 1.31 g 1.09 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -1,310 fpm-3,084 fpm min to max -283 fpm -1,181 -413 fpm
Info Average altitude 17,777 ft asl14,741 ft asl min to max 26,682 ft asl 26,682 14,741 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-2.9 ° min to max 0.9 ° -0.6 0.2 °
Info Turn coordination -2-26 min to max 39 4 -1

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 15,261 ft agl · 358 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15,229 ft agl · 357 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 14,918 ft agl · 341 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 13,552 ft agl · 338 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 13,019 ft agl · 336 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 12,240 ft agl · 331 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 12,565 ft agl · 329 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 14 miles south of Ha (Haa Dzongkhag, Bhutan) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,237 ft of 15,005 ft asl14,710 ft asl min to max 15,353 ft asl 14,735 15,111 ft asl
100 % Average speed 245 kt236 kt min to max 251 kt 248 244 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 20.4 ° 20.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.80 g min to max 1.14 g 1.13 1.05 g
Info Turn coordination 0-4 min to max 4 -4 4
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.6 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.3 -0.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 3,501 ft agl · 320 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 3,501 ft agl · 320 kt
Enroute Descent 2 99.98Enroute descent started 5 miles south of Ha (Haa Dzongkhag, Bhutan). Descent from 14,980 ft asl to 8,442 ft asl, a decrease of 6,538 ft in 6 minutes and covering 23 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 183 kt116 kt min to max 253 kt 240 135 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.1 °0.2 ° min to max 33.3 ° 5.7 13.0 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.05 g0.69 g min to max 1.38 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,140 fpm-3,534 fpm min to max 1,019 fpm -986 -2,936 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,563 ft asl8,442 ft asl min to max 14,980 ft asl 14,980 8,442 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-8.5 ° min to max 5.5 ° -1.1 -7.8 °
Info Turn coordination 2-39 min to max 36 -1 8

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 878 ft agl · 157 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 5,032 ft agl · 312 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 5,031 ft agl · 313 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 4,308 ft agl · 274 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 4,479 ft agl · 273 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 3,816 ft agl · 255 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 2,572 ft agl · 226 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,867 ft agl · 231 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 3,641 ft agl · 211 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 3,904 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Flaps Position 8 3,911 ft agl · 194 kt
Arrival Approach 40.00Not counted in the flight scoreFinal approach to runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport. Descent from 2,249 ft agl to 46 ft agl in 52 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
0 % Sink ratefailed
0 % On glideslopefailed
0 % On speedfailed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 940 ft agl · 175 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 560 ft agl · 152 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 687 ft agl · 163 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 27 ft agl · 156 kt
Arrival Landing (GA) 86.83Not counted in the flight scoreLanding on runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport, runway length 2,102 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 136 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Threshold speed was well above target at 136 kt. Target 120 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
89 % The flare mostly held the target profile. Crossing the threshold 16 kt above target, the flare took all the sink out 16 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft then dropped the rest of the way, 228 fpm of sink coming back. Touchdown was 382 m past the threshold. Hold the attitude and let it settle rather than pushing - that excess speed is what turns a normal flare into a balloon, so the fix is on the approach, not in the flare.
88 % Runway alignment max 14.86 m left14.86 m left to 6.27 m right -6.27 14.86 m
49 % Average bank angle 11.1 °0.3 ° min to max 21.5 ° 21.5 13.5 °
80 % Average g force 1.33 g1.07 g min to max 1.60 g 1.60 1.07 g
Info Average speed 135 kt132 kt min to max 136 kt 136 132 kt
Info Average VSI -496 fpm-1,089 fpm min to max -7 fpm -1,089 -7 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl5 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 21 5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °2.0 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.4 2.0 °
Go-around Go-Around runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport at 28 ft agl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 134 kt115 kt min to max 152 kt 131 132 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.8 °0.0 ° min to max 37.8 ° 14.2 8.6 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.06 g0.72 g min to max 1.45 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average altitude 1,325 ft agl28 ft agl min to max 3,386 ft agl 28 460 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-8.2 ° min to max 20.5 ° 2.0 0.2 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 354 ft agl · 167 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 960 ft agl · 164 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 1,009 ft agl · 170 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 638 ft agl · 161 kt
Arrival Approach 80.00Final approach to runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport. Descent from 1,057 ft agl to 51 ft agl in 48 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
0 % On glideslopefailed
100 % On speedpassed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Go-around 960 ft agl · 164 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 186 ft agl · 148 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 638 ft agl · 161 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 115 ft agl · 149 kt
Arrival Landing 99.82Landing on runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport, runway length 2,102 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 127 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 127 kt. Target 120 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
99.9 % Runway alignment max 5.59 m left5.59 m left to 1.33 m left 5.59 1.33 m
98 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.93 g min to max 1.14 g 1.06 0.96 g
Info Average speed 124 kt119 kt min to max 127 kt 127 119 kt
Info Average VSI -488 fpm-754 fpm min to max -285 fpm -754 -313 fpm
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl-13 ft agl min to max 28 ft agl 28 -13 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °1.5 ° min to max 3.4 ° 1.6 2.4 °
07515022530037545001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.26Touchdown distance was good at 382 m. Touchdown speed at 119 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -280 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
76 % Touchdown rate was -280 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 382 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 119 ktTarget below 120 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.86 m left1.52 m left 1.33 1.86 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 1.0 °
99 % Average g force 1.08 g0.96 g min to max 1.26 g 0.96 1.07 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 118 kt118 kt min to max 119 kt 119 118 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °1.6 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 1.6 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 896 m, 43 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 896 m43 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.08 m left4.08 m left to 0.00 m left 4.08 3.38 m
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 0.98 g
Info Average speed 108 kt69 kt min to max 135 kt 135 69 kt
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-3.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 -3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.4 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 32 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 36 kt0 kt min to max 68 kt 68 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-3.0 ° min to max -0.6 ° -3.0 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.2 0.7 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 1.01 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 8 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 8 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 8 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 8 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 8 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 8 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 1 kt

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Rotated at 121 kt, on the 123 kt target, and lifted off at 131 kt 2.2 s later, the nose coming up at 5.1° a second. Climb 3 averaged 173 kt, 10 kt under its 183 kt target.

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 figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 183180 kt12060020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1239.7° off · 5.1°/s13° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 17 kt -1.7° 0 s
80 kt267 m 80 kt -2.1° 9.8 s
Rotate646 m · target 123 121 kt -1.5° 16.4 s
Liftoff804 m · +10 kt from rotation 131 kt 9.7° 18.6 s
Gear up911 m · 5 ft · full marks to 400 ft 138 kt 12.2° 20.1 s
35 ft1,027 m · 2.9 s after liftoff 143 kt 12.8° 21.5 s
Climb 31,688 m · 355 ft to 867 ft · target 183 173 kt avg 12.3° 30.0 s
End of Climb 32,541 m · 867 ft 180 kt 16.0° 38.7 s

Takeoff from VNKT 20

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
994m36 %
Rotation speed100.00
121kttarget 123, 2 slow
Liftoff speed
131kt
Runway alignment100.00
0.27m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
5ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
173kttarget 183
Rate of climb100.00
639fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 867 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,559 m of runway left; gear up at 5 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,600 fpm on average to 867 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 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 3173 kt avgtarget 183THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 121 kttarget 123Liftoff 131 ktGear up 5 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,782 m runway.

Rolled from 195 m in, never more than 0.3 m off the centreline. Airborne 35 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 0.33 m RROLL 195 M INAirborne 999 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 999 m of 2,782 m · 36 %
Behind the start of the roll, 195 mTakeoff roll, 804 m Left ahead, 1,783 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.

Five checks, one gate500 ft 80.004 of 5
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,160 fpm
On glideslope4.0°
On speed+17 kt

At the 500 ft gate: glideslope more than 1° off the runway's 3°.

Still turning onto final at the lower gate, so the centreline and wings level are not asked there - the aeroplane was not lined up yet, and was banked because it was turning. The other checks are marked as usual.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: banked until 0.9 nm, high until 0.4 nm, left of the centreline from 1.4 nm and sinking too fast from 0.4 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 VQPR 15

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

High from 2.4 nm, where the final began, to 1.7 nm (up to 580 ft over), then back on it to 0.9 nm, then high to 0.4 nm (up to 110 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

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° BAND1,034477295500 ft gate4 of 5on glideslope722 ft · 137 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 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 1,113 m right of the centreline at 2.4 nm, then 162 m left of it from 1.4 nm to the threshold.

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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND529 m R162 m L66 m L67 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 30 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +7 kt and +21 kt on the approach speed of 120 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.

120140160180 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 120+20 kt+13 kt+8 kt+7 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on VQPR 15

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
27ft
Threshold speed100.00
127kttarget 120, 7 fast
Centreline offset99.87
5.59m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
382m
Centreline100.00
1.86m L
Speed100.00
118kttarget 120 or less
Touchdown rate76.42
-280fpm
Impact99.43
1.26G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.

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

How to read this

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.

The stop

From 137 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.43 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.

0408012016060 kt · 542 m30 kt · 614 mtouchdown639 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Began the flare at 31 ft, 22 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 27 ft, 23 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 382 m in, 77 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 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.

27 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 31 ft, 22 m before the threshold−635 fpm · 1.2° · 127 ktdescent slowed at 6 ft · −118 fpm · 2.8°−279 fpm · 2.4° nose up · 119 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 27 ft, down at 382 m

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

The sink went from 640 fpm at the flare to 280 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.2° on the way down.

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°descent slowedtouchdown−279 fpm at touchdown2.4° at touchdown, +1.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,102 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.9 m left of the centreline and drifted to 16 m right on the rollout.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 382 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 382 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 854 m of 2,102 m · 41 %
In the air over the runway, 382 mRollout, 472 m Left over, 1,248 m
Rollout distance100.00
472m41 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
4.08m L

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The Boeing 737-600 taxied from the parking area to runway 20 at VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 20 with a takeoff roll of 994 m, which is 36 % of the runway. Rotation occurred at 121 kt. Local weather was 27 °C, wind 2 kt from 230°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1 000 ft agl took 17 seconds, averaging 2 413 fpm and reaching 180 kt at the top of the segment.

Climb continued from 5 304 ft asl to 26 980 ft asl in 14 minutes, covering 101 nm while remaining overhead VNKT.

Level flight was held at 27 000 ft asl for 8 minutes, covering 75 nm, beginning 12 mi north of Bhojpur.

Descent from 26 682 ft asl to 8 442 ft asl took 14 minutes and covered 74 nm, starting 3 mi north of Namchi, with a brief level-off at 15 000 ft asl.

On final approach to runway 15 at VQPR Paro International Airport, descent from 2 249 ft agl to 46 ft agl was completed in 52 seconds. At 500 ft above the runway the stabilisation checks were: gear down, landing flap, wings level - met; sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed - not met. Configuration was landing gear down at 1 867 ft agl, 231 kt; final flap position 8 at 2 830 ft agl, 177 kt.

A go-around was executed on runway 15 at 28 ft agl.

A second final approach to runway 15 descended from 1 057 ft agl to 51 ft agl in 48 seconds. At 500 ft the stabilisation checks were: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, speed - met; glideslope, centreline, wings level - not met. Configuration remained gear down at 1 867 ft agl, 231 kt; flap 8 at 2 830 ft agl, 177 kt.

Landing on runway 15 was completed with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 127 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 382 m down the runway at 119 kt, with a fair rate of minus 280 fpm and very good runway alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 896 m, 43 % of the 2 102 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather was 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, with a 1 kt crosswind and no headwind.

The entire flight covered 268 nm in 47 minutes and used 2 818 kg of fuel.

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