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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight326,290 kg
Fuel95,525 kg
Wind300° · 23 kn · 17 kn cross

Flight Score

92.18 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 23L
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight324,859 kg
Fuel46,116 kg
Wind300° · 17 kn · 13 kn cross
4 Sep 2026 0:07 19 nm Boeing 747-8 49,409 kg
Departure Score
99.93 %
Pattern Score
98.34 %
Arrival Score
78.28 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll in a 17 kn crosswind — 8.56 m off at liftoff
Touchdown 269 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 48 ft and 152 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 694 fpm with one bounce, −6.46 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 694 fpm−3.29
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−2.28
  • Arrival Touchdown · bounced once−0.67
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.76 G at contact−0.22
Arrival Landing — Runway alignment max 22.27 m left at 74 %, −0.51 points
Pattern Base Leg — Heading 7.7 ° at 82 %, −0.39 points

Next time

Arrival

Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.

What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 13 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 0 18 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.88 g0.00 g min to max 1.00 g 0.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 18 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 18 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 18 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 18 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 18 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 18 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 18 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 18 ft agl · 13 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,093 m 30 % of runway. Rotation speed was 132 kt. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 23 kt at 300 °. Crosswind: 17 kt Headwind: 15 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,093 m30 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 132 ktTarget 144 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 8.56 m left8.56 m left to 4.32 m right 4.40 8.56 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.98 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-0.2 ° min to max 9.0 ° -0.2 9.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.3 0.6 °
Departure Climb 1 99.92Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.7 % Heading variation -0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -1.0 °
100 % Average speed 173 kt163 kt min to max 181 kt 163 181 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.7 °0.3 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.5 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.13 g0.98 g min to max 1.22 g 0.98 1.22 g
Info Average VSI 419 fpm20 fpm min to max 1,101 fpm 20 1,101 fpm
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.4 °9.0 ° min to max 13.9 ° 9.0 13.9 °
Departure Climb 2 99.87Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 182 kt177 kt min to max 184 kt 181 177 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.4 °0.1 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.8 3.4 °
99 % Average g force 1.22 g0.97 g min to max 1.28 g 1.23 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,806 fpm1,135 fpm min to max 3,932 fpm 1,135 3,932 fpm
Info Average altitude 74 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 334 ft agl 27 334 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 15.5 °14.0 ° min to max 18.2 ° 14.0 17.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 123 ft agl · 185 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 86 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 180 kt174 kt min to max 183 kt 179 178 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 20.4 °0.4 ° min to max 20.4 ° 5.8 19.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.85 g0.70 g min to max 1.18 g 1.02 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 1,223 fpm-1,380 fpm min to max 4,062 fpm 4,019 -189 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,443 ft agl397 ft agl min to max 1,635 ft agl 397 1,402 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °0.5 ° min to max 17.6 ° 17.6 6.2 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 23L NZAA Auckland International Airport. Distance was 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.2 °-17.2 ° min to max 13.8 ° 13.8 -17.2 °
100 % Average speed 177 kt173 kt min to max 181 kt 178 174 kt
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.97 g min to max 1.19 g 1.19 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 319 fpm-129 fpm min to max 650 fpm -96 -129 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,470 ft agl1,400 ft agl min to max 1,523 ft agl 1,400 1,521 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 18.2 °15.7 ° min to max 21.4 ° 19.1 21.3 °
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °5.3 ° min to max 8.0 ° 7.9 5.3 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 3 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 82.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 176 kt174 kt min to max 179 kt 174 179 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 20.8 °16.0 ° min to max 20.8 ° 20.8 17.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.01 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 53 fpm-312 fpm min to max 209 fpm -222 182 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,505 ft agl1,486 ft agl min to max 1,534 ft agl 1,518 1,534 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.5 °5.0 ° min to max 7.2 ° 5.0 6.2 °
Pattern Downwind 96.54Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 5 nm in 98 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Heading 6.7 °-6.3 ° min to max 24.3 ° 24.3 -6.3 °
100 % Average altitude 1,511 ft agl1,470 ft agl min to max 1,559 ft agl 1,540 1,559 ft agl
100 % Average speed 173 kt160 kt min to max 184 kt 179 164 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.13 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 7 fpm-456 fpm min to max 426 fpm 190 381 fpm
Info Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 20.4 ° 18.8 16.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °3.5 ° min to max 8.1 ° 6.3 6.8 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,542 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 1,562 ft agl · 176 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 100.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 6 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 41.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 41.8 °.
100 % Average speed 163 kt161 kt min to max 166 kt 164 162 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 19.3 °12.5 ° min to max 19.3 ° 16.6 19.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.07 g 1.02 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -104 fpm-447 fpm min to max 382 fpm 382 -447 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,559 ft agl1,515 ft agl min to max 1,581 ft agl 1,565 1,515 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °4.7 ° min to max 6.5 ° 6.5 5.3 °
Pattern Base Leg 91.86Pattern Base Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 52 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Heading 7.7 °-10.0 ° min to max 30.9 ° 30.9 -10.0 °
100 % Average speed 165 kt154 kt min to max 171 kt 163 154 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.12 g 1.08 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 30 fpm-445 fpm min to max 592 fpm -445 -348 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,490 ft agl1,431 ft agl min to max 1,548 ft agl 1,493 1,524 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 6.5 °0.4 ° min to max 19.9 ° 19.8 17.2 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.0 ° min to max 8.0 ° 5.8 3.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 1,462 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Battery Master On 19 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 19 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 19 ft agl
Info Engine 3 Started 19 ft agl
Info Engine 4 Started 19 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 19 ft agl
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 19 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 19 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 19 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 3 19 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 6 1,411 ft agl · 163 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 2 nm in 62 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 150 kt144 kt min to max 154 kt 153 147 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 18.5 °0.0 ° min to max 18.5 ° 15.8 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -700 fpm-1,263 fpm min to max -332 fpm -359 -748 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,204 ft agl760 ft agl min to max 1,517 ft agl 1,517 760 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.5 ° min to max 5.5 ° 2.7 5.3 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 794 ft agl · 148 kt
Arrival Approach Final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 1,194 ft agl to 84 ft agl in 101 seconds. Not scored on a circuit: the stabilisation gate is shown for reference.
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
0 % On centrelinefailed at both gates
100 % On speedpassed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 794 ft agl · 148 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 790 ft agl · 153 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 737 ft agl · 150 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 402 ft agl · 152 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 753 ft agl · 154 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 737 ft agl · 152 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 596 ft agl · 158 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 344 ft agl · 157 kt
Arrival Landing 83.25Landing on runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,671 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 153 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 153 kt. Target 148 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
45 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.7° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 269 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
74 % Runway alignment max 22.27 m left22.27 m left to 9.28 m left 22.27 9.28 m
96 % Steepest bank angle 5.2 °0.0 ° min to max 5.2 ° 5.2 0.7 °
100 % Peak g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average speed 151 kt146 kt min to max 153 kt 153 146 kt
Info Average VSI -732 fpm-776 fpm min to max -694 fpm -776 -694 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 48 ft agl 48 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.8 ° min to max 5.8 ° 3.0 5.8 °
07515022530037501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 73.32Touchdown distance was good at 269 m. Touchdown speed at 146 kt was good. Touchdown rate was heavy at -694 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 17 kt at 300 °. Crosswind: 13 kt Headwind: 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
1 % Touchdown rate was -694 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 269 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 146 ktTarget below 147 kt
89 % Runway alignment max 9.28 m left7.32 m left 9.28 6.08 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.5 °0.4 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.7 0.9 °
74 % Peak g force 1.76 g0.99 g min to max 1.76 g 0.99 1.20 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 145 kt144 kt min to max 146 kt 146 144 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °5.8 ° min to max 7.2 ° 5.8 7.2 °

Takeoff from NZAA 23L

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,093m30 %
Runway alignment100.00
8.56m L
Rotation speed100.00
132kttarget 144, 12 early

Rotated early, and slowly

The nose came up at 132 kt, 12 kt before the 144 kt rotate speed, and rose at 1.2° a second, slower than the 2 to 3 airliners use.

The nose started up before the rotate speed and then came up slowly, as if easing it off early. Wait for the rotate speed, then make one steady pull at the normal rate for this aircraft.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
162ktat 9.0°
Rotation
1.2°/sover 6.7 s, gaining 30 kt
35 ft
182ktat 14.7°, 4.0 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
2.7°steepest

Plan view the roll down the 3,671 m runway.

Rolled from 67 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 8.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 8.4 m left, in 17 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 29 % 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 ↓CROSS17 kn75 %widest 8.25 m LROLL 67 M INAirborne 1,097 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,097 m of 3,671 m · 30 %
Behind the start of the roll, 67 mTakeoff roll, 1,030 m Left ahead, 2,574 m

Side view from the start of the roll to 334 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,235 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,970 fpm on average to 334 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 471 m · 6.7 sRotate 132 kttarget 144Liftoff 162 kt
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

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.

210 kt14070020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 471 m · 6.7 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 144held 15.9°9.0° off · 1.2°/s15° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude held

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 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at: a trace steeper than both is a faster rotation, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 12.1°, 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°/s2°/sTAIL STRIKE 12.1°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT9.0° off · 1.2°/s15° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

The circuit to NZAA 23L

Left-hand, 1,500 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.8 nm out at 175 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,500 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,500 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft20°121°219°318°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
1,554 ft
Bank
20°
Speed
174 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
21°
Height
1,511 ft on 1,500 ft
Speed
173 kt
Out
3.9 nm 1.8 suits 175 kt

Off heading: 7° from the leg's heading on average.

Spacing cues are relative to your eyepoint, so two simmers with different FOV settings following the same wingtip cue fly patterns half a mile different in width, and a wide FOV compresses depth so the runway on base looks further away than it is, biasing you towards a late turn. Pick a camera position and FOV, save it, and never change it, because every judgement you calibrate is calibrated to that picture.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
42° target 45°
Bank
19°
Height
1,550 ft

Off heading: 8° from the leg's heading on average.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
18°
Overshoot
none
Speed
150 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind100Downwind97Base turn100Base92Final turn100

The approach to NZAA 23L

The final from 4 nm.

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 280 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,167742686568404261
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

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 772 m left of the centreline, then inside it from 0.9 to 0.4 nm, then 26 m left of it from 0.4 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° BAND772 m L343 m L171 m L89 m L37 m L14 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 37 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 22 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 148 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 148+6 kt−1 kt−0 kt+5 kt+2 kt+5 kt+5 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZAA 23L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
48ft
Threshold speed100.00
152kttarget 148, 4 fast
Centreline offset73.52
22.27m L
Bank95.73
5.2°steepest
Flare45.29

The flare strayed well off the target profile

The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.7° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 269 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
269m
Centreline89.21
9.28m L
Speed100.00
146kttarget 147 or less
Touchdown rate1.24
-694fpm
Impact73.81
1.76G
Bounces80.00
1
Bank100.00
1.5°as the wheels touched

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

Crossed the threshold at 48 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 12 ft. Touched down 269 m in, close to 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.

48 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 12 ft · −676 fpm · 4.2° · 150 ktdescent slowed at 4 ft · −625 fpm · 5.5°−694 fpm · 5.8° nose up · 146 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 48 ft, down at 269 m

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

The sink stayed between 620 fpm and 690 fpm from the flare to the runway. The nose came up 1.6° on the way down. Into the flare at 150 kt, on the 148 kt approach speed, and 146 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−694 fpm at touchdown5.8° at touchdown, +1.6° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 6.1 m left of the centreline. 12 kt across from the right, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 146 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.

Wind 300° at 17 kt · 11 kt head · 12 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 12 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 269 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
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The 269 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.76 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 269 m of 3,671 m · 7 %
In the air over the runway, 269 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 3,402 m

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The Boeing 747-8 taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 23L, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,093 m, representing 30 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 162 kt. Ambient conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 23 kt from 300°, including a 17 kt cross-wind component and a 15 kt head-wind component.

Climb commenced immediately after liftoff, beginning overhead NZAA and rising from 940 ft asl to 1,626 ft asl, an increase of 687 ft achieved in less than 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm.

Level cruise was established 1 mile southwest of NZAA, persisting for 6 minutes and encompassing a distance of 15 nm.

The final approach to runway 23L was executed from the east, with the aircraft aligned on a heading of 256.0° at 3 nm and 787 ft agl.

Landing on runway 23L, which measures 3,671 m, was performed with a threshold speed of 153 kt. Touchdown occurred 270 m down the runway at 146 kt, with a heavy touchdown rate of minus 694 fpm and a lateral deviation of 8.3 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 20 °C with a wind of 17 kt from 300°, a 13 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component.

In total, the flight covered 20 nm, taking 7 minutes, and consumed 49,409 kg of fuel.

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