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NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Fuel11,998 kg

Flight Score

97.51 %
NZAA
Auckland, New Zealand
Runway 05R
Fuel10,476 kg
1 Nov 2026 0:08 20 nm Airbus A350-1000 1,522 kg
Departure Score
99.15 %
Enroute Score
99.66 %
Arrival Score
93.71 %

What went well

Touchdown 389 m in — inside the full-score zone
Rollout held the centreline — 6.59 m off at taxi speed
Held the centreline on the roll — 5.22 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 464 fpm, −1.70 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.91
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 464 fpm−0.76
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.38 G at contact−0.02
Arrival Taxi — Landing Lights at 1 %, −0.33 points
Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 180 kt against 202 kt at 92 %, −0.27 points
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 45 %, −0.92 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 202 kt.

What happened: Climb speed was 180 kt against a target of 202 kt, running 22 kt slow through the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 202 kt.

See Departure Climb 3

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

On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.

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

Start to finish · 13 stages, 11 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 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 0 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.89 g min to max 1.00 g 0.89 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Parking Brake On 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 15 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 14 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake On 14 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 14 ft agl · 12 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,130 m 34 % of runway. Rotation speed was 156 kt. Local weather - Temperature 23 °C. Wind 16 kt at 20 °. Crosswind: 13 kt Headwind: 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,130 m34 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 156 ktTarget 153 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.22 m left5.22 m left to 2.23 m right 0.09 5.22 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.10 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.0 4.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.0 1.2 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 169 kt164 kt min to max 173 kt 164 173 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.1 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.28 g1.11 g min to max 1.37 g 1.11 1.37 g
Info Average VSI 578 fpm96 fpm min to max 1,304 fpm 96 1,304 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 20 ft agl 0 20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °4.8 ° min to max 11.5 ° 4.8 11.5 °
Departure Climb 2 99.80Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 175 kt173 kt min to max 179 kt 173 177 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.2 °
98 % Average g force 1.29 g0.93 g min to max 1.38 g 1.38 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 2,019 fpm1,393 fpm min to max 3,602 fpm 1,393 3,602 fpm
Info Average altitude 68 ft agl24 ft agl min to max 293 ft agl 24 293 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.8 °11.8 ° min to max 14.5 ° 11.8 14.5 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 248 ft agl · 179 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 248 ft agl · 179 kt
Departure Climb 3 96.81Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05R NZAA Auckland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Climb speed 180 kt178 kt min to max 182 ktTarget 202 kt, 22 kt slow 178 180 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.5 °0.7 ° min to max 21.1 ° 0.7 21.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 0.95 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up at 127 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.3 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 3,818 fpm3,628 fpm min to max 3,966 fpm 3,628 3,966 fpm
Info Average altitude 616 ft agl347 ft agl min to max 856 ft agl 347 856 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.8 °14.4 ° min to max 15.2 ° 14.4 15.2 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead NZAA Auckland International Airport Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand). Climbing from 955 ft asl to 1,273 ft asl, an increase of 318 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 183 kt181 kt min to max 185 kt 181 184 kt
100 % Average bank angle 25.7 °21.5 ° min to max 28.7 ° 25.7 21.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.82 g min to max 1.13 g 1.06 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 3,768 fpm3,187 fpm min to max 4,044 fpm 3,972 3,187 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,117 ft asl955 ft asl min to max 1,273 ft asl 955 1,273 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 13.2 °10.7 ° min to max 15.4 ° 15.2 10.7 °
Info Turn coordination 111 min to max 19 19 4
Enroute Level 99.32Enroute level cruise started overhead NZAA Auckland International Airport Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 16 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Altitude held within ±569 ft of 1,414 ft asl746 ft asl min to max 1,667 ft asl 1,372 746 ft asl
100 % Average speed 169 kt135 kt min to max 184 kt 182 138 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.8 °0.0 ° min to max 25.6 ° 16.4 19.4 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.02 g0.65 g min to max 1.28 g 0.88 1.06 g
Info Turn coordination 9-34 min to max 59 2 12
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °-2.6 ° min to max 9.6 ° 9.1 3.7 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 836 ft agl · 140 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,503 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,503 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,502 ft agl · 174 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,498 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,328 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,302 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 979 ft agl · 151 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 817 ft agl · 141 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Descent from 803 ft agl to 49 ft agl in 73 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
100 % On speedpassed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 836 ft agl · 140 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 609 ft agl · 147 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 334 ft agl · 138 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 817 ft agl · 141 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 535 ft agl · 147 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 310 ft agl · 140 kt
Arrival Landing 86.24Landing on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport, runway length 3,284 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 135 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 135 kt. Target 138 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 1.0° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 389 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
99 % Runway alignment max 10.06 m right8.24 m right to 10.06 m right -9.86 -8.24 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.3 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.94 g min to max 1.01 g 0.97 1.01 g
Info Average speed 134 kt131 kt min to max 136 kt 135 131 kt
Info Average VSI -289 fpm-471 fpm min to max -96 fpm -97 -470 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl12 ft agl min to max 37 ft agl 37 12 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °3.2 ° min to max 4.5 ° 3.9 4.5 °
07515022530037545001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 87.26Touchdown distance was good at 388 m. Touchdown speed at 131 kt was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -464 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 19 kt at 20 °. Crosswind: 14 kt Headwind: 12 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
43 % Touchdown rate was -464 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 389 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 131 ktTarget below 134 kt
94 % Runway alignment max 8.24 m right7.72 m right -8.24 -7.08 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.5 1.0 °
93 % Average g force 1.19 g1.01 g min to max 1.38 g 1.01 1.26 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 131 kt131 kt min to max 131 kt 131 131 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °4.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.5 4.0 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 795 m, 24 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.8 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 795 m24 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 7.82 m left7.82 m left to 0.00 m left 7.68 6.59 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 95 kt61 kt min to max 120 kt 120 61 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.0 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.9 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 53 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 40 kt14 kt min to max 61 kt 61 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.3 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 14 ft agl · 57 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 14 ft agl · 28 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 13 kt11 kt min to max 14 kt 14 12 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Flaps Position 1 14 ft agl · 32 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 156 kt, and lifted off at 164 kt 1.8 s later, the nose coming up at 2.4° a second. Climb 3 averaged 180 kt, 22 kt under its 202 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 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 202210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFF4.8° off · 2.4°/s13° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 31 kt 0.0° 0 s
80 kt187 m 80 kt 0.0° 7.1 s
Rotate924 m 156 kt 0.5° 20.1 s
Liftoff1,068 m · +8 kt from rotation 164 kt 4.8° 22.0 s
35 ft1,318 m · 3.1 s after liftoff 174 kt 12.6° 25.0 s
Gear up1,508 m · 127 ft · full marks to 400 ft 178 kt 13.6° 27.8 s
Climb 31,848 m · 347 ft to 856 ft · target 202 180 kt avg 14.4° 32.1 s
End of Climb 32,549 m · 856 ft 180 kt 15.2° 39.9 s

Takeoff from NZAA 05R

Runway alignment100.00
5.22m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
127ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed92.03
180kttarget 202

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 856 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,898 m of runway left; gear up at 127 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,870 fpm on average to 856 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 3180 kt avgtarget 202THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 156 ktLiftoff 164 ktGear up 127 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,284 m runway.

Rolled from 68 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 5.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 5.6 m left. Airborne 34 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 5.50 m LROLL 68 M INAirborne 1,136 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,136 m of 3,284 m · 35 %
Behind the start of the roll, 68 mTakeoff roll, 1,068 m Left ahead, 2,148 m

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

99.14Centreline offset10.06 m R
Flare 45.31The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.0° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 389 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The approach to NZAA 05R

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 2.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 120 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° BAND718491312201
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 334 m right of the centreline at 2.7 nm, then inside it from 2.3 to 2.1 nm, then drifted 249 m right between 2.1 and 0.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.8 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° BAND98 m R248 m R70 m R13 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

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Flight narrative

The Airbus A350-1000 departed from runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport. Takeoff used 1,130 m of runway, 34 % of the available length, and rotation occurred at 156 kt. Local weather was 23 °C with wind 16 kt from 020°, giving a 13 kt crosswind component and a 10 kt headwind component.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 15 seconds, averaging 2,666 fpm and reaching 180 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 955 ft asl to 1,273 ft asl in under a minute, covering less than 1 nm while remaining overhead Auckland.

Level flight was maintained at 1,400 ft asl for 6 minutes, covering 16 nm, still over Auckland.

During final approach to runway 05R, descent was from 803 ft agl to 49 ft agl in 73 seconds. At 500 ft above the runway the stabilisation checks were met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, on glideslope, on speed.

Landing was on runway 05R, whose length is 3,284 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was 135 kt. The flare was described as very poor, with little round-out before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 388 m down the runway at 131 kt, a speed judged good. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 464 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 8.2 m from the centreline. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 795 m, 24 % of the runway. Rollout alignment was slightly off, 7.8 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was 20 °C with wind 19 kt from 020°, giving a 14 kt crosswind component and a 12 kt headwind component.

Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm. The entire flight covered 20 nm in 8 minutes and used 1,522 kg of fuel.

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