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KMSP
Minneapolis, United States
Runway 12L
Elevation830 ft asl
Weight68,037 kg
Fuel9,727 kg
Wind190° · 16 kn · 15 kn cross

Flight Score

99.22 %
KDCA
Washington, United States
Runway 19
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight63,007 kg
Fuel4,605 kg
WindCalm
28 Oct 2026 2:20 919 nm Airbus A320ceo 5,122 kg
Departure Score
99.80 %
Enroute Score
99.47 %
Arrival Score
98.40 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll in a 14 kn crosswind — 2.41 m off at liftoff
Touchdown 482 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 33 ft and 138 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 332 fpm, −0.46 points on the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 332 fpm−0.44
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.36 G at contact−0.02
Enroute Climb — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; speed limits at 93 %, −0.18 points
Departure Climb 3 — scored 99.00 %, −0.07 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 310 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 332 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 17 stages, 15 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 17 kt 0 6 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 ktmax 10 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.0 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.0 0.9 °

Events

Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 8 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 12L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 5 18 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-1.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.2 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 12L at KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,574 m 63 % of runway. Rotation speed was 145 kt. Local weather - Temperature 23 °C. Wind 16 kt at 190 °. Crosswind: 15 kt Headwind: 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,574 m63 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 145 ktTarget 151 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.45 m left5.45 m left to 4.26 m right -2.58 -2.41 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.06 g 0.99 0.99 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 10.8 ° 0.3 10.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.2 1.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12L KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 155 kt154 kt min to max 156 kt 154 156 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.22 g1.00 g min to max 1.30 g 1.00 1.25 g
Info Average VSI 641 fpm148 fpm min to max 1,292 fpm 148 1,292 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.0 °11.1 ° min to max 18.5 ° 11.1 18.5 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 22 ft agl · 159 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 41 ft agl · 160 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12L KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 157 kt156 kt min to max 160 kt 156 159 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.2 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g0.93 g min to max 1.25 g 1.25 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 1,847 fpm1,361 fpm min to max 2,646 fpm 1,361 2,646 fpm
Info Average altitude 80 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 316 ft agl 29 316 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 18.1 °16.4 ° min to max 18.5 ° 18.5 17.2 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 109 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 109 ft agl · 161 kt
Departure Climb 3 99.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 12L KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 156 kt155 kt min to max 158 ktTarget 164 kt, 8 kt slow 158 158 kt
95 % Average bank angle 16.7 °3.0 ° min to max 26.0 ° 3.0 26.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 0.94 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up at 61 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.8 °-2.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -2.3 °
Info Average VSI 2,493 fpm2,353 fpm min to max 2,660 fpm 2,660 2,404 fpm
Info Average altitude 548 ft agl358 ft agl min to max 721 ft agl 358 721 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 17.7 °17.1 ° min to max 18.4 ° 17.1 17.1 °
Enroute Climb 97.33Enroute climb started 1 mile west of Mendota Heights (Minnesota, United States). Climbing from 1,578 ft asl to 36,777 ft asl, an increase of 35,199 ft in 20 minutes and covering 138 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average speed 261 kt155 kt min to max 290 kt 158 251 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.7 °0.0 ° min to max 25.8 ° 25.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.85 g min to max 1.12 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,924 fpm-332 fpm min to max 4,060 fpm 2,338 734 fpm
Info Average altitude 17,186 ft asl1,578 ft asl min to max 36,777 ft asl 1,578 36,777 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °3.5 ° min to max 18.2 ° 17.4 4.6 °
Info Turn coordination 0-14 min to max 18 -9 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,861 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 2,243 ft agl · 221 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,434 ft agl · 237 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,201 ft agl · 293 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 8 miles west of Rib Lake (Wisconsin, United States) and lasted 77 minutes, covering 613 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,350 ft of 37,001 ft asl36,916 ft asl min to max 37,048 ft asl 36,998 37,005 ft asl
100 % Average speed 249 kt243 kt min to max 250 kt 250 248 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 18.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.09 g 0.97 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 0-3 min to max 4 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °2.8 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.9 3.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of State College (Pennsylvania, United States). Descent from 37,004 ft asl to 3,110 ft asl, a decrease of 33,894 ft in 25 minutes and covering 145 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 252 kt216 kt min to max 277 kt 248 216 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.1 °0.0 ° min to max 24.5 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -1,291 fpm-3,021 fpm min to max 9 fpm 9 -848 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,207 ft asl3,110 ft asl min to max 37,004 ft asl 37,004 3,110 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-1.9 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 2-1 min to max 6 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,798 ft agl · 291 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead North Bethesda (Maryland, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±651 ft of 3,006 ft asl2,993 ft asl min to max 3,050 ft asl 3,022 3,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 196 kt170 kt min to max 212 kt 212 170 kt
100 % Average bank angle 17.7 °0.0 ° min to max 25.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.95 g min to max 1.16 g 1.02 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination -5-11 min to max 1 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °3.4 ° min to max 6.8 ° 4.4 4.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,556 ft agl · 220 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,615 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,648 ft agl · 198 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Cabin John (Maryland, United States). Descent from 3,007 ft asl to 201 ft asl, a decrease of 2,807 ft in 4 minutes and covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 142 kt137 kt min to max 177 kt 170 138 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.4 °0.0 ° min to max 18.2 ° 0.0 6.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.09 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -732 fpm-1,495 fpm min to max 24 fpm 14 -740 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,178 ft asl201 ft asl min to max 3,008 ft asl 3,007 201 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-0.8 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.5 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-6 min to max 12 0 2

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,425 ft agl · 181 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,182 ft agl · 181 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2,097 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,871 ft agl · 165 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 19 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Descent from 462 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 31 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
100 % On speedpassed
Arrival Landing 99.37Landing on runway 19 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, runway length 2,186 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 138 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 138 kt. Target 137 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
99.8 % Excellent landing flare
94 % Runway alignment max 8.53 m right7.34 m right to 8.53 m right -7.39 -7.34 m
99.9 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.1 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.90 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 0.90 g
Info Average speed 135 kt130 kt min to max 138 kt 138 130 kt
Info Average VSI -363 fpm-764 fpm min to max -77 fpm -764 -211 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl-5 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 34 -5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.2 ° min to max 6.6 ° 3.2 4.1 °
07515022530037545052501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 92.64Touchdown point was 61 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 130 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -332 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. .
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
67 % Touchdown rate was -332 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 482 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 130 ktTarget below 129 kt
97 % Runway alignment max 7.34 m right7.29 m right -7.34 -7.23 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.5 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 0.5 °
94 % Average g force 1.06 g0.89 g min to max 1.36 g 0.90 1.30 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 130 kt130 kt min to max 130 kt 130 130 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.8 ° min to max 4.1 ° 4.1 3.8 °

Events

Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 129 kt
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,187 m, 54 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,187 m54 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.79 m left5.79 m left to 1.26 m right -1.26 1.40 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.14 g 1.14 1.00 g
Info Average speed 102 kt65 kt min to max 129 kt 129 65 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.7 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.8 -0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.4 0.6 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 46 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 45 kt15 kt min to max 65 kt 65 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-1.3 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.7 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.6 0.7 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 0.99 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 16 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt2 kt min to max 18 kt 16 2 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 10 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.0 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.7 0.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 9 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 9 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 9 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 9 ft agl · 6 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 145 kt, 6 kt below the 151 kt target, and lifted off at 153 kt 3.2 s later, the nose coming up at 3.2° a second. Climb 3 averaged 156 kt, 8 kt under its 164 kt target.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 164180 kt12060020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 15111.1° off · 3.2°/s19° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 27 kt 0.3° 0 s
80 kt276 m 80 kt 0.5° 10.1 s
Rotate1,242 m · target 151 145 kt 0.9° 27.0 s
Liftoff1,486 m · +8 kt from rotation 153 kt 11.1° 30.2 s
35 ft1,745 m · 3.2 s after liftoff 156 kt 18.5° 33.4 s
Gear up1,813 m · 61 ft · full marks to 400 ft 156 kt 18.3° 34.3 s
Climb 32,383 m · 359 ft to 721 ft · target 164 156 kt avg 17.1° 41.8 s
End of Climb 33,173 m · 721 ft 158 kt 17.1° 52.3 s

Takeoff from KMSP 12L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,574m63 %
Rotation speed100.00
145kttarget 151, 6 slow
Liftoff speed
153kt
Runway alignment100.00
5.45m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
61ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
156kttarget 164
Rate of climb100.00
640fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 721 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 656 m of runway left; gear up at 61 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,960 fpm on average to 721 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.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 3156 kt avgtarget 164THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 145 kttarget 151Liftoff 153 ktGear up 61 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,495 m runway.

Rolled from 94 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 5.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m right, in 14 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 63 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS14 kn75 %widest 5.26 m LROLL 94 M INAirborne 1,580 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,580 m of 2,495 m · 63 %
Behind the start of the roll, 94 mTakeoff roll, 1,486 m Left ahead, 915 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.

Five checks, one gate300 ft 100.005 of 5
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate640 fpm
On glideslope3.1°
On speed+0.5 kt

Still turning onto final at the lower gate, so the centreline and wings level are not asked there - the aeroplane was not lined up yet, and was banked because it was turning. The other checks are marked as usual.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 0.6 nm, about 230 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate.

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 KDCA 19

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 2.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 140 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° BAND784573199300 ft gate5 of 5346 ft · 138 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 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 2,405 m right of the centreline at 2.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 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° BAND1746 m R892 m R6 m R168 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 34 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +0 kt and +2 kt on the approach speed of 137 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 137+1 kt+0 kt+2 kt+1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KDCA 19

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
33ft
Threshold speed100.00
138kttarget 137, 1 fast
Centreline offset94.34
8.53m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
482m
Centreline97.22
7.34m R
Speed100.00
130kttarget 129, 1 fast
Touchdown rate66.85
-332fpm
Impact93.71
1.36G
BouncesOk
None
The flare99.78

Excellent landing flare. It lost 0.2 points, for 310 fpm of sink coming back after the flare.

The crosswind

Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 130 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 25 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 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.

0408012060 kt · 738 m30 kt · 979 mtouchdown1,018 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 33 ft, 17 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 26 ft. Touched down 482 m in, 177 m past the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

33 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 26 ft · −732 fpm · 3.9° · 138 ktdescent slowed at 5 ft · −6 fpm · 5.9°−332 fpm · 4.1° nose up · 130 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 33 ft, down at 482 m

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

The sink went from 730 fpm at the flare to 330 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

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−332 fpm at touchdown4.1° at touchdown, +0.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,186 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7.2 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 3 m left by the end of the rollout.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 482 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 482 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 332 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 1,151 m of 2,186 m · 53 %
In the air over the runway, 482 mRollout, 669 m Left over, 1,035 m
Rollout distance100.00
669m53 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
5.79m L

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The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 12L at KMSP for six minutes, covering 1 nm.

Take-off was on runway 12L with a distance of 1,574 m, using 63 % of the runway. Rotation occurred at 145 kt. Local weather was 23 °C, wind 16 kt from 190°, giving a 15 kt crosswind and a 6 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 19 seconds, averaging 2,060 fpm and reaching 158 kt at the top. The climb continued from 1,578 ft asl to 36,777 ft asl in 20 minutes, covering 138 nm, beginning 1 mile west of Mendota Heights.

Level flight was held at 37,000 ft asl for 77 minutes, covering 613 nm, starting 8 miles west of Rib Lake.

Descent from 37,004 ft asl to 201 ft asl lasted 32 minutes and covered 164 nm, beginning 1 mile south-east of State College, with a brief level-off at 3,000 ft asl.

Final approach to runway 19 at KDCA descended from 462 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 31 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope and speed. Configuration was gear down at 2,425 ft agl at 181 kt; final flap position 5 was selected at 1,871 ft agl at 165 kt.

Landing on runway 19 (runway length 2,186 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 138 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 61 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt, noted as a little fast, with a firm rate of minus 332 fpm. The touchdown point was 7.3 m off the centreline but no bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 1,187 m, 54 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather was 16 °C.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in three minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

The flight covered a total of 919 nm in 140 minutes and used 5,122 kg of fuel.

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