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LPPD
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Runway 30
Elevation220 ft asl
Weight183,300 kg
Fuel22,883 kg
Wind210° · 4 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

97.51 %
EHAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Runway 27
Elevation-10 ft asl
Weight164,085 kg
Fuel3,544 kg
Wind289° · 10 kn · 4 kn cross
5 Sep 2026 3:53 1691 nm Airbus A330-900 19,338 kg
Departure Score
94.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
98.52 %

What went well

Touchdown 407 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 32 ft and 141 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 1.80 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 1,034 ft agl at 0 %, −2.00 points
Firm touchdown — 336 fpm, −0.49 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 336 fpm−0.45
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.40 G at contact−0.03
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.01

Next time

Departure

Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.

What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 1,034 ft agl.

Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Hold a little more back pressure through the last of the flare to arrest the sink before 336 fpm develops.

What happened: Touchdown sink rate was 336 fpm, a firm arrival with no other fault on this landing to account for it.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: minimal sink at touchdown

See Arrival Touchdown

Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 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 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 17 kt0 kt min to max 28 kt 0 10 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 4 ktmax 4 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-3.0 ° min to max -1.4 ° -1.8 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 14 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 14 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 14 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 14 ft agl
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 14 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 14 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 14 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 30 at LPPD João Paulo II Airport, Average speed was 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt10 kt min to max 10 kt 10 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-1.4 ° min to max -1.4 ° -1.4 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
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 30 at LPPD João Paulo II Airport. Takeoff distance 1,367 m 61 % of runway. Rotation speed was 153 kt. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 4 kt at 209 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,367 m61 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 153 ktTarget 147 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.18 m right0.17 m left to 1.18 m right -0.45 -1.18 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-1.4 ° min to max 8.3 ° -1.4 8.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.5 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 LPPD João Paulo II Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 169 kt164 kt min to max 172 kt 164 172 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.5 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.17 g1.02 g min to max 1.23 g 1.02 1.22 g
Info Average VSI 688 fpm266 fpm min to max 1,357 fpm 266 1,357 fpm
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 41 ft agl 0 41 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.6 °8.4 ° min to max 13.9 ° 8.4 13.9 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 LPPD João Paulo II Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 176 kt173 kt min to max 186 kt 173 186 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.2 ° min to max 8.4 ° 0.6 8.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.88 g min to max 1.22 g 1.22 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 1,788 fpm1,392 fpm min to max 2,271 fpm 1,392 2,271 fpm
Info Average altitude 105 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 354 ft agl 43 354 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.0 °11.2 ° min to max 13.9 ° 13.9 12.6 °
Departure Climb 3 70.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 LPPD João Paulo II Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 190 kt187 kt min to max 193 ktTarget 184 kt, 6 kt fast 187 193 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.0 °1.8 ° min to max 9.2 ° 8.6 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.02 1.08 g
0 % Landing gear up at 1,034 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl, 634 ft agl late
Info Heading variation -0.7 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -1.3 °
Info Average VSI 2,639 fpm2,354 fpm min to max 2,988 fpm 2,354 2,988 fpm
Info Average altitude 539 ft agl390 ft agl min to max 697 ft agl 390 697 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.1 °12.6 ° min to max 14.3 ° 12.6 14.3 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Relva (Azores, Portugal). Climbing from 995 ft asl to 39,986 ft asl, an increase of 38,992 ft in 29 minutes and covering 209 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 264 kt194 kt min to max 291 kt 194 250 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.0 °0.0 ° min to max 24.9 ° 1.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.83 g min to max 1.21 g 1.06 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 1,728 fpm231 fpm min to max 3,898 fpm 3,194 231 fpm
Info Average altitude 19,977 ft asl995 ft asl min to max 39,986 ft asl 995 39,986 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °2.6 ° min to max 16.8 ° 14.6 3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 1,048 ft agl · 199 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,165 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,701 ft agl · 204 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,745 ft agl · 327 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10,757 ft agl · 328 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started Latitude: 38.4728211 Longitude: -21.7654666 and lasted 165 minutes, covering 1,322 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,500 ft of 40,000 ft asl39,977 ft asl min to max 40,017 ft asl 39,998 40,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 249 kt248 kt min to max 250 kt 250 249 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 12.9 ° 0.0 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.6 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.3 3.0 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south west of Wez-Velvain (Wallonia, Belgium). Descent from 40,002 ft asl to 7,695 ft asl, a decrease of 32,307 ft in 20 minutes and covering 123 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 284 kt247 kt min to max 310 kt 249 250 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.0 °0.0 ° min to max 22.8 ° 1.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,740 fpm-6,053 fpm min to max 7 fpm -6 -352 fpm
Info Average altitude 20,192 ft asl7,695 ft asl min to max 40,002 ft asl 40,002 7,695 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-5.6 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10,715 ft agl · 290 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 10,695 ft agl · 290 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Burgerveen (Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±881 ft of 7,314 ft asl6,999 ft asl min to max 7,618 ft asl 7,618 7,181 ft asl
100 % Average speed 237 kt218 kt min to max 250 kt 250 221 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.3 ° min to max 3.6 ° 1.5 2.9 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Lijnden (Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands). Descent from 7,124 ft asl to 2,289 ft asl, a decrease of 4,835 ft in 5 minutes and covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 191 kt141 kt min to max 220 kt 220 141 kt
100 % Average bank angle 15.4 °0.1 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.2 9.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.92 g min to max 1.18 g 1.04 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -940 fpm-2,044 fpm min to max -86 fpm -395 -136 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,257 ft asl2,289 ft asl min to max 7,124 ft asl 7,124 2,289 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °0.3 ° min to max 7.6 ° 3.2 7.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3,556 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,335 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,010 ft agl · 177 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,993 ft agl · 175 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,970 ft agl · 164 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 2,346 ft agl · 156 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Muiden (Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±614 ft of 2,202 ft asl1,979 ft asl min to max 2,289 ft asl 2,289 1,979 ft asl
100 % Average speed 141 kt136 kt min to max 145 kt 140 140 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.6 °0.3 ° min to max 11.7 ° 10.8 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °3.5 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.0 5.4 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Diemen (Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands). Descent from 1,947 ft asl to 1,268 ft asl, a decrease of 679 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 140 kt136 kt min to max 143 kt 141 138 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.90 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -606 fpm-865 fpm min to max -292 fpm -292 -865 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,600 ft asl1,268 ft asl min to max 1,947 ft asl 1,947 1,268 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °2.8 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.4 4.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 27 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Descent from 1,326 ft agl to 51 ft agl in 111 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Landing flappassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 718 ft agl · 136 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 69 ft agl · 138 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 692 ft agl · 140 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 62 ft agl · 139 kt
Arrival Landing 99.83Landing on runway 27 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, runway length 3,448 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 141 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 141 kt. Target 138 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
99 % Excellent landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 2.51 m left2.51 m left to 0.02 m right -0.02 2.51 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.12 g 0.91 0.93 g
Info Average speed 144 kt141 kt min to max 145 kt 141 144 kt
Info Average VSI -306 fpm-388 fpm min to max -158 fpm -305 -188 fpm
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °3.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 3.1 3.2 °
07515022530037545001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 92.79Touchdown distance was good at 407 m. Touchdown speed at 144 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -336 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 10 kt at 290 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 9 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
66 % Touchdown rate was -336 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 407 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 144 ktTarget below 138 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.52 m left2.23 m left 2.51 1.80 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.6 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.6 1.4 °
91 % Average g force 1.08 g0.90 g min to max 1.40 g 0.93 1.11 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 144 kt143 kt min to max 144 kt 144 143 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °3.2 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.2 4.0 °
Arrival Rollout 99.99Total landing distance 1,095 m, 32 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,095 m32 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.81 m right0.00 m left to 2.81 m right -2.67 -2.68 m
99.9 % Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.12 g 1.10 0.97 g
Info Average speed 123 kt73 kt min to max 133 kt 133 73 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-1.8 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.1 -1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 28 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 21 kt8 kt min to max 67 kt 67 19 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-1.8 ° min to max -1.0 ° -1.3 -1.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.3 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 14 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 14 ft agl · 24 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 17 kt8 kt min to max 21 kt 19 8 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-1.9 ° min to max -0.2 ° -1.8 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 153 kt, 6 kt above the 147 kt target, and lifted off at 163 kt 2.9 s later, the nose coming up at 2.9° a second. Climb 3 averaged 190 kt, 6 kt over its 184 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 184210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1478.4° off · 2.9°/s14° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 11 kt -1.4° 0 s
80 kt349 m 80 kt -0.2° 22.7 s
Rotate1,246 m · target 147 153 kt 0.0° 37.2 s
Liftoff1,489 m · +10 kt from rotation 163 kt 8.4° 40.1 s
35 ft1,743 m · 2.9 s after liftoff 172 kt 13.8° 43.0 s
Climb 32,736 m · 391 ft to 698 ft · target 184 190 kt avg 12.6° 54.4 s
End of Climb 33,427 m · 698 ft 193 kt 14.3° 61 s

Takeoff from LPPD 30

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,367m61 %
Rotation speed100.00
153kttarget 147, 6 fast
Liftoff speed
163kt
Runway alignment100.00
1.18m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up0.00
1,034ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
190kttarget 184
Rate of climb100.00
688fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 698 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 621 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,020 fpm on average to 698 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 3190 kt avgtarget 184THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 153 kttarget 147Liftoff 163 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,246 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, never more than 1 m off the centreline. Airborne 61 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS3 kn75 %widest 1.04 m RAirborne 1,371 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,371 m of 2,246 m · 61 %
Takeoff roll, 1,371 m Left ahead, 875 m

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 rate730 fpm270 fpm
On glideslope3.0°3.5°
On centreline0.1° off0.1° off
On speed+4.9 kt+5.7 kt
Wings level2° 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 EHAM 27

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 80 ft above the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,3096763602041,000 ft gate7 of 71,042 ft · 143 kt500 ft gate7 of 7
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 45× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 8 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 nmTHR21 m L021 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND5 m L8 m L1 m L4 m R1 m R
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 +9 kt on the approach speed of 138 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 138+4 kt−2 kt+1 kt+5 kt+3 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EHAM 27

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
32ft
Threshold speed100.00
141kttarget 138, 3 fast
Centreline offset100.00
2.51m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
407m
Centreline100.00
2.52m L
Speed100.00
143kttarget 137, 6 fast
Touchdown rate66.11
-336fpm
Impact91.43
1.40G
BouncesOk
None
The flare99.32

Excellent landing flare. It lost 0.7 points, partly for taking only 407 fpm of the sink out.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the right, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 144 kt. Touched down with the nose 4° into wind, wings level.

Wind 289° at 10 kt · 9 kt head · 3 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 28 ft. Touched down 407 m in, 102 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.

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 28 ft · −519 fpm · 3.4° · 142 ktdescent slowed at 6 ft · −111 fpm · 4.2°−336 fpm · 3.2° nose up · 144 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 32 ft, down at 407 m

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

The sink went from 520 fpm at the flare to 110 fpm at 6 ft, then back up to 340 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

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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°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−336 fpm at touchdown3.2° at touchdown, −0.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,448 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.8 m left of the centreline, and stayed within 2.8 m of it down the rollout.

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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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 407 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 407 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 336 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 1,051 m of 3,448 m · 30 %
In the air over the runway, 407 mRollout, 644 m Left over, 2,397 m
Rollout distance100.00
644m30 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.81m R

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The Airbus A330-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 30 at LPPD João Paulo II Airport in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 30, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 164 kt and left the ground after a take-off distance of 1,367 m, which represented 61 % of the runway; local weather was 28 °C with wind 4 kt at 209 °, a crosswind component of 4 kt and a headwind component of 1 kt.

Climb commenced overhead Relva in the Azores, with the airplane ascending from 995 ft asl to 39,986 ft asl, an increase of 38,992 ft achieved in 29 minutes while covering 209 nm.

The first cruise segment began at latitude 38.4728211, longitude -21.7654666 and continued for 165 minutes, during which 1,322 nm were flown.

Descent started 1 mile south-west of Wez-Velvain in Wallonia, Belgium, with the aircraft descending from 40,002 ft asl to 7,695 ft asl, a loss of 32,307 ft in 20 minutes over a distance of 123 nm.

A brief cruise segment followed 1 mile north-west of Burgerveen in the Netherlands, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.

The next descent began overhead Lijnden, Netherlands, with a reduction from 7,124 ft asl to 2,289 ft asl, a decrease of 4,835 ft completed in 5 minutes across 17 nm.

A further cruise segment started overhead Muiden, Netherlands, lasting 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.

For the final approach to runway 27 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 267.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,249 ft agl.

Landing on runway 27, which is 3,448 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 141 kt; touchdown occurred 407 m down the runway at a speed of 144 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 188 fpm. Local weather at the time was 18 °C with wind 10 kt at 290 °, a crosswind of 4 kt and a headwind of 9 kt. The total landing distance was 1,095 m, representing 32 % of the runway.

Runway rollout alignment was recorded as perfect.

The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

In total, the flight covered 1,691 nm, lasted 233 minutes, and consumed 19,338 kg of fuel.

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