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LFMN
Nice, France
Runway 04R
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight57,152 kg
Fuel3,732 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

92.68 %
LFKC
Calvi/Sainte-Catherine, France
Runway 18
Elevation131 ft asl
Weight56,699 kg
Fuel3,279 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
6 Nov 2026 0:28 123 nm Airbus A320neo 453 kg
Departure Score
90.81 %
Enroute Score
95.93 %
Arrival Score
91.30 %

What went well

Touchdown 341 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 3.05 m off the centreline, no bounce
Rollout controlled — 38 % of the runway used

What held you back

Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 250 kt against 170 kt at 8 %, −3.06 points
Firm touchdown — 770 fpm, −2.41 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 770 fpm−1.33
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.95
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.98 G at contact−0.13
Enroute Descent — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; speed limits at 69 %, −0.84 points
Arrival Landing — GPWS warning; Flare profile at 36 %, Threshold height at 64 ft agl was above target at 81 %, −1.44 points

Next time

Departure

Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 170 kt and hold it there.

What happened: Climb speed was 80 kt fast at 250 kt during the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Close the throttles further on final so you cross the threshold at 139 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.

What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 150 kt, 11 kt above the 139 kt target, and the flare was not begun until 1.2 ft, well inside the normal flare band. Carrying excess speed that late into the approach usually leaves the flare started late and the touchdown arriving firm.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 139 kt at the threshold

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.

Read more in VRef Explained

Start to finish · 16 stages, 14 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 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, Average speed was 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 0 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
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

Events

Info Battery Master On 8 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 8 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 8 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 8 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 8 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport. Takeoff distance 1,170 m 40 % of runway. Rotation speed was 138 kt. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,170 m40 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 138 ktTarget 141 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.51 m left0.51 m left to 0.11 m right 0.51 -0.11 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.96 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 5.0 ° -0.3 5.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04R LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 168 kt152 kt min to max 184 kt 152 184 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.1 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.09 g 0.97 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 486 fpm174 fpm min to max 651 fpm 174 651 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 0 34 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °3.8 ° min to max 6.0 ° 5.1 4.1 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04R LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 192 kt184 kt min to max 216 kt 184 216 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.9 ° 1.7 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.78 g min to max 1.25 g 1.02 1.12 g
Info Average VSI 945 fpm600 fpm min to max 2,170 fpm 654 600 fpm
Info Average altitude 101 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 376 ft agl 34 376 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °4.1 ° min to max 7.9 ° 4.1 6.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 60 ft agl · 186 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 229 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 229 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 369 ft agl · 202 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 402 ft agl · 218 kt
Departure Climb 3 63.24Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 04R LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
8 % Climb speed 250 kt221 kt min to max 264 ktTarget 170 kt, 80 kt fast 221 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.6 °0.0 ° min to max 25.6 ° 0.2 25.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.22 g 1.22 1.09 g
100 % Landing gear up at 150 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.9 °0.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.4 2.4 °
Info Average VSI 1,134 fpm799 fpm min to max 1,549 fpm 908 829 fpm
Info Average altitude 614 ft agl386 ft agl min to max 789 ft agl 386 789 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °2.9 ° min to max 7.4 ° 7.4 4.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 608 ft agl · 256 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Armed 608 ft agl · 256 kt
Enroute Climb 99.94Enroute climb started 1 mile south of Nice (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France). Climbing from 839 ft asl to 12,639 ft asl, an increase of 11,799 ft in 5 minutes and covering 24 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 249 kt242 kt min to max 268 kt 250 251 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 28.2 °0.1 ° min to max 28.2 ° 25.3 0.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.06 g0.92 g min to max 1.73 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 3,154 fpm60 fpm min to max 4,944 fpm 803 580 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,117 ft asl839 ft asl min to max 12,639 ft asl 839 12,639 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °2.0 ° min to max 15.4 ° 4.3 3.3 °
Info Turn coordination 1-4 min to max 7 5 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 18 miles south east of Antibes (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France) and lasted 10 minutes, covering 54 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,137 ft of 12,954 ft asl12,734 ft asl min to max 13,009 ft asl 12,734 13,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 263 kt250 kt min to max 325 kt 250 270 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.3 °0.0 ° min to max 25.3 ° 0.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.88 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination -1-8 min to max 2 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-0.5 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.3 1.2 °
Enroute Descent 87.39Enroute descent started 30 miles north west of Calvi (Corse, France). Descent from 13,006 ft asl to 5,318 ft asl, a decrease of 7,688 ft in 3 minutes and covering 18 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
69 % Average speed 271 kt250 kt min to max 329 kt 300 251 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.3 °0.0 ° min to max 25.3 ° 0.7 25.3 °
97 % Average g force 1.05 g0.35 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -1,243 fpm-3,985 fpm min to max 18 fpm 18 -428 fpm
Info Average altitude 6,700 ft asl5,318 ft asl min to max 13,006 ft asl 13,006 5,318 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-6.8 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.1 1.7 °
Info Turn coordination 30 min to max 9 0 4

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 9,074 ft agl
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 19 miles north of L'Ile-Rousse (Corse, France) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±766 ft of 5,154 ft asl5,036 ft asl min to max 5,311 ft asl 5,311 5,036 ft asl
100 % Average speed 250 kt249 kt min to max 251 kt 251 250 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 25.4 °0.6 ° min to max 25.4 ° 25.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.11 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-10 min to max 4 4 -1
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °1.1 ° min to max 2.5 ° 1.7 2.0 °
Enroute Descent 2 92.34Enroute descent started 11 miles north west of L'Ile-Rousse (Corse, France). Descent from 5,027 ft asl to 1,409 ft asl, a decrease of 3,619 ft in 3 minutes and covering 12 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Average speed 183 kt156 kt min to max 267 kt 250 159 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 9.8 °0.0 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.5 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.87 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -861 fpm-1,998 fpm min to max -4 fpm -66 -869 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,304 ft asl1,409 ft asl min to max 5,027 ft asl 5,027 1,409 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-4.3 ° min to max 2.0 ° 2.0 0.2 °
Info Turn coordination 0-1 min to max 4 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,783 ft agl
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 3,194 ft agl · 250 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Disarmed 4,780 ft agl · 274 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,210 ft agl · 258 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3,210 ft agl · 258 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3,163 ft agl · 242 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,891 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,852 ft agl · 210 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Activated 2,760 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,742 ft agl · 196 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 18 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport. Descent from 1,320 ft agl to 23 ft agl in 89 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 998 ft agl · 159 kt
Arrival Landing 78.45Landing on runway 18 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport, runway length 2,312 m. Threshold height at 64 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 151 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 151 kt. Target 139 kt
81 % Threshold height at 64 ft agl was above target.Target 50 ft agl
36 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. Crossing the threshold 12 kt above target, the flare began at 1 ft agl above the runway, lower than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 341 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.06 m right3.34 m right to 4.06 m right -3.77 -3.34 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.9 °0.2 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.2 1.9 °
100 % Peak g force 1.08 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average speed 148 kt146 kt min to max 151 kt 151 146 kt
Info Average VSI -635 fpm-834 fpm min to max -478 fpm -834 -478 fpm
Info Average altitude 37 ft agl16 ft agl min to max 64 ft agl 64 16 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.2 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.2 2.4 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 998 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 43 ft agl · 148 kt
07515022530037501325385063Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-20-16-12-8-4048121620Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 78.04Touchdown distance was good at 341 m. Touchdown speed at 146 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -770 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -770 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 341 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 146 ktTarget below 139 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.34 m right3.19 m right -3.34 -3.05 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.9 0.4 °
61 % Peak g force 1.98 g1.00 g min to max 1.98 g 1.00 1.28 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 145 kt145 kt min to max 146 kt 146 145 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.8 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 1.9 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 998 ft agl · 159 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 9 ft agl · 145 kt
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 920 m, 40 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 920 m40 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 0.84 m left0.84 m left to 0.00 m left 0.27 0.84 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.00 g
Info Average speed 109 kt73 kt min to max 144 kt 144 73 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °0.6 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.1 0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 42 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 42 kt4 kt min to max 73 kt 73 4 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.6 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.3 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl · 52 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 2 kt0 kt min to max 3 kt 3 0 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 -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °1.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.0 1.1 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 1 kt

Takeoff from LFMN 04R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,170m40 %
Runway alignment100.00
0.51m L
Rotation speed100.00
138kttarget 141, 3 early

A clean takeoff

Rotated at 138 kt against the 141 kt rotate speed, the nose rising at 2.2° a second, then held 5.4° from 35 ft, within 5.1° top to bottom.

Rotated on speed at a steady rate, and the climb attitude held. This is the takeoff to repeat: the same speed check, the same pull, the same attitude.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
151ktat 5.1°
Rotation
2.2°/sover 2.2 s, gaining 13 kt
35 ft
185ktat 4.3°, 5.6 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
2.6°steepest
Gear up100.00
150ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed8.10
250kttarget 170

Plan view the roll down the 2,952 m runway.

Rolled from 280 m in, never more than 0.4 m off the centreline. Airborne 39 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 0.45 m LROLL 280 M INAirborne 1,175 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,175 m of 2,952 m · 40 %
Behind the start of the roll, 280 mTakeoff roll, 895 m Left ahead, 1,778 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 789 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 1,284 m of runway left; gear up at 150 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,060 fpm on average to 789 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. 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 3250 kt avgtarget 170THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 168 m · 2.2 sRotate 138 kttarget 141Liftoff 151 ktGear up 150 ftfull marks to 400 ftSCALE CHANGES3.2 km past the runway
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 170270 kt18090020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 168 m · 2.2 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 141held 5.4°5.1° off · 2.2°/s4° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

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 2.0 to 3.0° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Airbus A320neo pilots over the last 180 days (154 takeoffs); the grey pair are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at. A trace steeper than both green lines is a faster rotation than most, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 11.7°, 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°2°/s2.0°/s3°/s3.0°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.7°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT5.1° off · 2.2°/s4° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.0 to 3.0°/s, other Airbus A320neo pilots2 to 3°/s from rotation, airlinersTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

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 rate860 fpm870 fpm
On glideslope3.1°3.2°
On centreline0.1° off
On speed+18 kt+19 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 4 nm to 1.3 nm, then not again: fast from 1.3 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 LFKC 18

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 40 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° BAND1,3617244042431,000 ft gate7 of 71,090 ft · 157 kt500 ft gate7 of 7594 ft · 158 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 45× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 7 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° BAND7 m R4 m L2 m L1 m R0 m L3 m L
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 from 4 nm to 1.3 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +19 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 139+20 kt+19 kt+19 kt+18 kt+12 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on LFKC 18

Over the threshold

Threshold height80.64
63ft
Threshold speed97.14
150kttarget 139, 11 fast
Centreline offset100.00
4.06m R
Bank100.00
1.9°steepest
Flare36.00

The flare strayed well off the target profile

Crossing the threshold 12 kt above target, the flare began at 1 ft agl above the runway, lower than this aircraft wants. Touchdown was 341 m past the threshold. Begin raising the nose earlier - a late flare leaves no time to arrest the sink.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
341m
Centreline100.00
3.34m R
Speed100.00
145kttarget 139, 6 fast
Touchdown rate0.00
-770fpm
Impact60.71
1.98G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
1.9°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
534m38 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
0.84m L

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
3kt peak

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

Crossed the threshold at 63 ft, 13 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 1 ft. Touched down 341 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.

63 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 1 ft · −768 fpm · 2.4° · 146 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −768 fpm · 2.4°−769 fpm · 2.4° nose up · 146 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 63 ft, down at 341 m

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

The sink stayed between 770 fpm and 770 fpm from the flare to the runway. The pitch barely changed. Into the flare at 146 kt, 7 kt over the 139 kt approach speed, and 146 kt at touchdown.

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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 UP0−750−1,5000°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−769 fpm at touchdown2.4° at touchdown, −0° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.1 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.8 m left by the end of the rollout. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 0 kt tail · 1 kt across

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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. 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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 341 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 341 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.98 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 875 m of 2,312 m · 38 %
In the air over the runway, 341 mRollout, 534 m Left over, 1,436 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 146 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 40 s, an average deceleration of 0.15 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012016060 kt · 636 m30 kt · 1,270 mtouchdown1,321 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Airbus A320neo departed from runway 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport. Takeoff used 1,170 m of runway (40 % of runway) and rotation occurred at 138 kt. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, crosswind 1 kt and tailwind 1 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 42 seconds, averaging 985 fpm and reaching 250 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 839 ft asl to 12,639 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering 24 nm while starting 1 mile south of Nice.

Level flight was maintained at 13,000 ft asl for 10 minutes, covering 54 nm and beginning 18 miles south-east of Antibes. Descent began from 13,006 ft asl to 1,409 ft asl in 8 minutes, covering 37 nm, starting 30 miles north-west of Calvi, with a brief level-off at 5,200 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 18 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport descended from 1,320 ft agl to 23 ft agl in 89 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 3,210 ft agl, 258 kt; final flap position 3 at 2,852 ft agl, 210 kt.

Landing on runway 18 (runway length 2,312 m) had a threshold height of 64 ft agl, which was above target, and a threshold speed of 151 kt, slightly above target. The flare was very poor, starting late. Touchdown occurred 341 m from the threshold at 146 kt, a little fast, with a very heavy rate of -770 fpm. The touchdown point was 3.3 m off the centreline but runway rollout alignment was perfect. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 920 m (40 % of runway).

Local weather at landing was 15 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, crosswind 1 kt and headwind 0 kt. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered 123 nm in 28 minutes and used 453 kg of fuel.

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