NZCH to NZDN Flight Report - Airbus A320

Flight from NZCH to NZDN

Sunday, 15 October 2023 09:44

Minutes 47

180 nm

Fuel 1,978 kg

Airbus A320

Departure

Runway 20 at NZCH

Christchurch Intl

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Altitude

105 ft asl

Weight

65,046 kg

Fuel

6,997 kg

Temperature

11 °C

Wind Speed

24 kt

Wind Direction

290.0 °

Headwind

8 kt

Crosswind

22 kt

Arrival

Runway 21 at NZDN

Dunedin

Dunedin Otago, New Zealand

3 ft asl

Altitude

63,068 kg

Weight

5,019 kg

Fuel

7 °C

Temperature

10 kt

Wind Speed

270.0 °

Wind Direction

9 kt

Headwind

5 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 91.91%

Departure Score 97.96%

Enroute Score 86.67%

Arrival Score 89.99%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

86.8 %

Touchdown

89.62 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

82.6 %

Threshold height at 63 ft agl was above target.

Threshold speed

92.67 %

Threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kt.

Flare

74.66 %

Good landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

83.27 %

Touchdown rate was fair at -209 ft/m.

Impact

100 %

Speed

98.32 %

Touchdown speed at 140 kt was a little fast.

Aim point

88.37 %

Touchdown point was 145 m beyond the touchdown zone.

Centreline

72.31 %

Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.5 m from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages NZCH to NZDN

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Departure Taxi

99.2 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
98 %	Average speed 12 kn 0 kn min to max 25 kn	2		8 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 13 kn max 13 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.01 g	1.00		1.00 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle -0.4 ° -0.9 ° min to max 0.2 °	-0.2		-0.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.0		0.1 °
Info	Battery Master On at 09:44:26
Info	Engine 2 Started at 09:44:26
Info	Landing Gear Down at 09:44:26
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 09:44:44
Info	Engine 1 Started at 09:45:34
Info	Parking Brake On at 09:45:43
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 09:46:53
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 09:49:51
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 09:49:58
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 09:49:59
Info	Parking Brake Off at 09:50:24
Info	Parking Brake On at 09:54:30
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 09:55:01
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 09:55:04
Info	Parking Brake Off at 09:55:18

Departure Roll

93.76 %

Departure roll runway 20 at NZCH Christchurch Intl. Takeoff distance 4,408 m 134 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 146 kn. Local weather - Temperature 11 °C. Wind 24 kn at 290 °. Crosswind: 22 kn Headwind: 8 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 4,408 m 134 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 146 kn Target 154 kn
68.81 %	Runway alignment max 15.61 m 10.56 m left to 5.05 m right	5.37		5.06 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.92 g min to max 1.07 g	0.99		1.05 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° -0.6 ° min to max 8.6 °	-0.0		8.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.4 °	0.1		2.4 °
Info	Parking Brake On at 09:56:25
Info	Parking Brake Off at 09:56:48
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 09:57:14

Departure Climb 1

99.34 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.1 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average speed 149 kn 146 kn min to max 151 kn	146		151 kn
97.34 %	Average bank angle 2.8 ° 2.5 ° min to max 3.0 °	2.5		2.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 1.00 g min to max 1.09 g	1.06		1.07 g
Info	Average VSI 429 ft/m 166 ft/m min to max 623 ft/m	166		623 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 16 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl	0		36 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.2 ° 8.7 ° min to max 10.7 °	8.7		10.7 °
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 09:57:39
Info	Landing Gear Up at 09:57:39

Departure Climb 2

99.47 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average speed 152 kn 151 kn min to max 155 kn	151		151 kn
97.89 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.8 °	2.8		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.11 g 0.96 g min to max 1.17 g	1.07		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI 1,126 ft/m 630 ft/m min to max 2,196 ft/m	630		2,196 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 104 ft agl 51 ft agl min to max 381 ft agl	51		381 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 13.3 ° 10.8 ° min to max 14.7 °	10.8		14.7 °

Departure Climb 3

98.02 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.4 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		-0.4 °
100 %	Average speed 147 kn 143 kn min to max 150 kn	147		146 kn
90.08 %	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 5.8 °	1.0		5.8 °
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.91 g min to max 1.05 g	0.92		0.91 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 2,186 ft/m 2,092 ft/m min to max 2,351 ft/m	2,167		2,340 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 702 ft agl 402 ft agl min to max 986 ft agl	402		986 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 15.9 ° 14.8 ° min to max 17.7 °	14.8		16.0 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 09:58:01

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile south west of NZCH Christchurch Intl Christchurch (Canterbury, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,143 ft asl to 22,399 ft asl, an increase of 21,257 ft in 11 minutes and covering 57 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Climb speed 246 kn 147 kn min to max 328 kn Target 240 kn	147		326 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 6.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 23.5 °	6.7		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.87 g min to max 1.13 g	0.94		1.02 g
Info	Average VSI 2,236 ft/m 514 ft/m min to max 4,130 ft/m	2,282		1,518 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 9,355 ft asl 1,143 ft asl min to max 22,399 ft asl	1,143		22,399 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.7 ° 2.2 ° min to max 16.2 °	16.0		3.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 09:58:34
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 09:59:26
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 09:59:32
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 10:08:19

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 6 miles south east of Canterbury Bight (, New Zealand) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 40 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 22,670 ft asl 22,609 ft asl min to max 22,712 ft asl	22,609		22,634 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 323 kn 322 kn min to max 324 kn	324		323 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.0		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.95 g min to max 1.00 g	0.95		1.00 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.4 ° 1.4 ° min to max 2.1 °	2.1		1.4 °

Enroute Descent

60 %

Enroute descent started 8 miles north east of NZOU Oamaru Oamaru (Otago, New Zealand). Descent from 22,634 ft asl to 4,131 ft asl, a decrease of 18,503 ft in 12 minutes and covering 63 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 268 kn 206 kn min to max 323 kn	323		207 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.5 ° 0.0 ° min to max 16.8 °	0.0		16.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.78 g min to max 1.18 g	1.00		1.04 g
Info	Average VSI -1,336 ft/m -2,335 ft/m min to max 1 ft/m	1		-202 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 11,530 ft asl 4,131 ft asl min to max 22,634 ft asl	22,634		4,131 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.7 ° -2.0 ° min to max 6.0 °	1.4		4.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 10:22:37
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 10:23:29

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 8 miles north east of NZOU Oamaru Oamaru (Otago, New Zealand).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 172 kn 146 kn min to max 208 kn	208		146 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 16.6 °	16.6		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.95 g min to max 1.11 g	1.00		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -654 ft/m -1,027 ft/m min to max -179 ft/m	-179		-709 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,366 ft asl 1,291 ft asl min to max 4,128 ft asl	4,128		1,291 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.7 ° -0.4 ° min to max 4.4 °	4.1		0.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 10:27:19
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 10:28:46
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 10:28:53
Info	Landing Gear Down at 10:29:57
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 10:30:03
Info	Flaps Position 5 at 10:30:07
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 10:30:18

Arrival Final 4

100 %

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,276 ft agl to 971 ft agl. A decrease of 305 ft in 26 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 3.0 ° 3.0 ° min to max 3.1 ° Target 3.0 °	3.0		3.1 °
100 %	Average speed 146 kn 144 kn min to max 147 kn	146		147 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.97 g min to max 1.03 g	1.00		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -707 ft/m -750 ft/m min to max -673 ft/m	-724		-682 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,124 ft agl 971 ft agl min to max 1,276 ft agl	1,276		971 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.2 ° 0.6 ° min to max 1.8 °	1.0		0.6 °

Arrival Final 3

100 %

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 959 ft agl to 651 ft agl. A decrease of 308 ft in 25 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 3.1 ° 3.1 ° min to max 3.1 ° Target 3.0 °	3.1		3.1 °
100 %	Average speed 145 kn 140 kn min to max 147 kn	145		144 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.0		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.3 °	0.1		0.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.96 g min to max 1.05 g	0.98		0.97 g
Info	Average VSI -711 ft/m -756 ft/m min to max -614 ft/m	-700		-614 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 801 ft agl 651 ft agl min to max 959 ft agl	959		651 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.1 ° 0.4 ° min to max 1.9 °	0.5		0.8 °

Arrival Final 2

100 %

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 639 ft agl to 328 ft agl. A decrease of 312 ft in 25 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 3.1 ° 3.1 ° min to max 3.2 ° Target 3.0 °	3.1		3.2 °
100 %	Average speed 145 kn 140 kn min to max 148 kn	144		145 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.1		0.2 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.93 g min to max 1.06 g	0.95		1.06 g
Info	Average VSI -710 ft/m -858 ft/m min to max -572 ft/m	-658		-745 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 480 ft agl 328 ft agl min to max 639 ft agl	639		328 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° -0.7 ° min to max 3.0 °	0.6		2.3 °

Arrival Final 1

98.92 %

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 318 ft agl to 63 ft agl. A decrease of 254 ft in 20 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
96.4 %	Approach angle 3.7 ° 3.2 ° min to max 4.1 ° Target 3.0 °	3.2		4.1 °
100 %	Average speed 145 kn 143 kn min to max 146 kn	144		146 kn
98.21 %	Heading variation 0.2 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.1		0.2 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.97 g min to max 1.02 g	1.01		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -698 ft/m -758 ft/m min to max -630 ft/m	-663		-693 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 124 ft agl 63 ft agl min to max 318 ft agl	318		63 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° 0.9 ° min to max 1.8 °	1.8		1.2 °

Arrival Landing

86.8 %

Landing on runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin, runway length 1,885 m. Threshold height at 63 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
92.67 %	Threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kn. Target 135 kn
82.6 %	Target 50 ft agl
74.66 %	Landing and flare profile
93.21 %	Heading variation 0.3 ° 0.2 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		0.4 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.1		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.97 g min to max 1.12 g	1.01		0.98 g
Info	Average speed 144 kn 139 kn min to max 146 kn	146		140 kn
Info	Average VSI -507 ft/m -702 ft/m min to max -196 ft/m	-692		-209 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 23 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 63 ft agl	63		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.6 ° 1.0 ° min to max 4.0 °	1.2		3.5 °

Arrival Touchdown

89.62 %

Touchdown point was 145 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 140 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -209 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 9 °C. Wind 10 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 9 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
83.27 %	Touchdown VSI was -209 ft/m.
88.37 %	Touchdown distance was 564 m Target 457 m
98.32 %	Speed at touchdown 140 kn Target 132 kn
72.31 %	Runway alignment max 9.54 m 9.24 m left	9.01		9.54 m
100 %	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.4		0.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.13 g 0.98 g min to max 1.21 g	0.98		1.07 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 138 kn 136 kn min to max 140 kn	140		137 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 3.3 ° 3.1 ° min to max 3.5 °	3.5		3.1 °

Arrival Rollout

44.58 %

Total landing distance 1,726 m, 92 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 17.9 m from centreline.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
33.69 %	Landing distance 1,726 m 92 % of runway.
43.36 %	Runway alignment max 17.93 m 17.93 m left to 0.00 m left	9.59		17.93 m
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.94 g min to max 1.06 g	1.06		0.99 g
Info	Average speed 118 kn 70 kn min to max 126 kn	126		70 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 2.5 ° -0.7 ° min to max 3.7 °	3.0		-0.7 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.3		0.2 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 18 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 24 kn 4 kn min to max 62 kn	62		10 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -0.8 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.7		-0.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.2		0.0 °
Info	Average g force 1.00 g 0.99 g min to max 1.02 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 10:33:36
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 10:33:39
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 10:33:40
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 10:33:42
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 10:33:48
Info	Strobe Lights Switched Off at 10:34:10

Arrival Taxi

100 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 15 kn 7 kn min to max 19 kn	10		7 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 0 kn max 0 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.01 g	1.00		0.99 g
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -0.5 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.3		-0.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.0 °
Info	Parking Brake On at 10:35:57
Info	Landing Lights ON should be OFF at 10:35:29
Info	Engine 1 Stopped at 10:36:06
Info	Engine 2 Stopped at 10:36:06
Info	Beacon Lights Switched Off at 10:36:09
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 10:36:10
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 10:36:10
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 10:36:11
Info	Beacon Lights Switched Off at 10:36:13

Takeoff on runway 20 at NZCH Christchurch Intl in the Airbus A320

97.96 %

99.2 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

98 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

93.76 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 4,408 m using 134.02 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 146 kn - Target 150 kn

Alignment

68.81 %

10.56 m left to 5.05 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

99.34 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

97.34 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

99.47 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

97.89 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

98.02 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 20 NZCH Christchurch Intl.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

90.08 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin in the Airbus A320

Landing Score 79.98 %

100 %

Final 4

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,276 ft agl to 971 ft agl. A decrease of 305 ft in 26 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

100 %

Final 3

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 959 ft agl to 651 ft agl. A decrease of 308 ft in 25 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

100 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 639 ft agl to 328 ft agl. A decrease of 312 ft in 25 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

98.92 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 318 ft agl to 63 ft agl. A decrease of 254 ft in 20 seconds.

Glideslope

96.4 %

Good glideslope alignment

Heading

98.21 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

96.4 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

98.21 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

86.8 %

Landing

Landing on runway 21 at NZDN Dunedin, runway length 1,885 m. Threshold height at 63 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kn.

Height

82.6 %

Threshold height at 63 ft agl was above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

92.67 %

Threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kt. Target 135 kt

Flare

74.66 %

Good landing flare

Centreline ft

93.21 %

Bank °