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KCLT
Charlotte, United States
Runway 36R
Elevation728 ft asl
Weight22,531 lbs
Fuel60 lbs
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

98.30 %
KRDU
Raleigh/Durham, United States
Runway 05R
Elevation397 ft asl
Weight22,531 lbs
Fuel60 lbs
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
7 Nov 2026 0:26 114 nm Cessna 750 Citation X
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.91 %

What went well

Touched down at -214 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 11.2 ft off the centreline, no bounce
1.14 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 1,000 ft gate 83 %, 500 ft gate 83 %, −1.11 points
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 86 %, −0.32 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown distance was 2,181 ft at 77 %, bank angle up to 3.1 ° at 87 %, −0.27 points

Next time

Arrival

Reduce power earlier on final so the speed settles to 111 kt before the gate.

What happened: The approach was 32 kt fast at the stabilisation gate, and carrying that extra speed over the threshold usually carries the touchdown long, which happened here by 681 ft.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 111 kt at the threshold.

See Arrival ApproachArrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 14 stages, 13 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 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 23 kt 0 23 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 ktmax 22 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-2.9 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.0 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.0 1.4 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 5 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 5 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 5 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 5 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 36R at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Takeoff distance 2,758 ft 31 % of runway. Rotation speed was 130 kt. Local weather - Temperature 64 °F. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,758 ft31 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 130 ktTarget 130 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 15.1 ft left15.1 ft left to 0.0 ft left 15.1 7.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.08 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.2 ° min to max 5.2 ° -0.6 5.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36R KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 147 kt142 kt min to max 151 kt 142 151 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.23 g1.08 g min to max 1.34 g 1.09 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 729 fpm274 fpm min to max 1,193 fpm 274 1,193 fpm
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °5.3 ° min to max 8.6 ° 5.3 8.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 29 ft agl · 151 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 53 ft agl · 153 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36R KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 157 kt151 kt min to max 179 kt 151 179 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,485 fpm1,209 fpm min to max 2,302 fpm 1,209 2,302 fpm
Info Average altitude 81 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 344 ft agl 27 344 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °7.9 ° min to max 8.9 ° 8.5 8.9 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 78 ft agl · 156 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36R KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 176 kt173 kt min to max 180 ktTarget 169 kt, 7 kt fast 180 173 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up at 24 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average VSI 2,340 fpm2,305 fpm min to max 2,370 fpm 2,347 2,367 fpm
Info Average altitude 662 ft agl382 ft agl min to max 930 ft agl 382 930 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °8.7 ° min to max 9.1 ° 8.9 9.1 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte (North Carolina, United States). Climbing from 1,702 ft asl to 12,002 ft asl, an increase of 10,300 ft in 5 minutes and covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 181 kt169 kt min to max 208 kt 173 208 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 22.2 °0.0 ° min to max 22.2 ° 2.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 2,217 fpm-224 fpm min to max 2,923 fpm 2,370 -224 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,487 ft asl1,702 ft asl min to max 12,002 ft asl 1,702 12,002 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °0.5 ° min to max 10.2 ° 9.2 0.5 °
Info Turn coordination 5-2 min to max 20 2 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 10,830 ft agl · 237 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 10,830 ft agl · 237 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of 3NC6 Mc Cachren Field Harrisburg (North Carolina, United States) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 54 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,100 ft of 12,003 ft asl11,998 ft asl min to max 12,020 ft asl 11,998 11,999 ft asl
100 % Average speed 332 kt215 kt min to max 342 kt 215 342 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Turn coordination 0-1 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-1.3 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 -1.2 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile east of Bennett (North Carolina, United States). Descent from 12,001 ft asl to 1,659 ft asl, a decrease of 10,341 ft in 9 minutes and covering 37 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 207 kt156 kt min to max 342 kt 342 156 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 24.2 °0.0 ° min to max 24.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.87 g min to max 1.18 g 1.01 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -1,137 fpm-1,876 fpm min to max 477 fpm -13 -860 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,006 ft asl1,659 ft asl min to max 12,001 ft asl 12,001 1,659 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-4.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° -1.3 -1.7 °
Info Turn coordination -1-28 min to max 16 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 11,460 ft agl · 405 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 5,700 ft agl · 229 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 5,722 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 5,789 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 5,789 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 5,789 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 5,789 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 5,757 ft agl · 230 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 5,757 ft agl · 230 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2,840 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,194 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,604 ft agl · 191 kt
Arrival Approach 83.33Final approach to runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport. Descent from 1,307 ft agl to 58 ft agl in 98 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
100 % On centrelinepassed at both gates
0 % On speedfailed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 961 ft agl · 144 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,016 ft agl · 145 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 649 ft agl · 146 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 464 ft agl · 141 kt
Arrival Landing 95.27Landing on runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport, runway length 7,495 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 123 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Threshold speed was well above target at 123 kt. Target 111 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
86 % The flare mostly held the target profile. Crossing the threshold 12 kt above target, the flare took the sink out 18 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft flew down from there. Touchdown was 2,181 ft past the threshold. Let it come lower before checking the descent - holding off high uses runway and leaves the touchdown to chance.
100 % Runway alignment max 18.7 ft left18.7 ft left to 8.5 ft left 8.6 11.6 ft
97 % Steepest bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.2 3.1 °
100 % Peak g force 1.19 g0.96 g min to max 1.19 g 1.10 1.02 g
Info Average speed 113 kt102 kt min to max 123 kt 123 102 kt
Info Average VSI -203 fpm-771 fpm min to max -35 fpm -771 -150 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 33 ft agl 33 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °1.1 ° min to max 5.0 ° 1.1 4.7 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,50001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,500-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 95.95Touchdown point was 785 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 102 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -214 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 59 °F. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -214 fpm.
77 % Touchdown distance was 2,181 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 102 ktTarget below 108 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 11.6 ft left11.4 ft left 11.6 11.2 ft
87 % Steepest bank angle 3.1 °1.8 ° min to max 3.1 ° 3.1 1.8 °
100 % Peak g force 1.14 g1.00 g min to max 1.14 g 1.02 1.07 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 101 kt100 kt min to max 102 kt 102 100 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °4.5 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 4.5 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 3,730 ft, 50 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 3,730 ft50 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 12.0 ft left12.0 ft left to 2.0 ft right 12.0 -1.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.01 g
Info Average speed 80 kt52 kt min to max 102 kt 102 52 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-1.1 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.5 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.3 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 31 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 31 kt9 kt min to max 51 kt 51 11 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.2 ° -1.0 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 5 ft agl · 31 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5 ft agl · 26 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt11 kt min to max 12 kt 11 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 -1.0 °-1.0 ° min to max -1.0 ° -1.0 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Engine 1 Stopped 5 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Engine 2 Stopped 5 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 12 kt

Takeoff from KCLT 36R

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on
Taxi speed100.00
23kt peak12 kt in turns

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
2,758ft31 %
Runway alignment100.00
15.1ft L
Rotation speed100.00
130kton target

A clean takeoff

Rotated at 130 kt against the 130 kt rotate speed, the nose rising at 2.9° a second, then held 8.5° from 35 ft, within 1.2° 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
141ktat 5.3°
Rotation
2.9°/sover 2.0 s, gaining 11 kt
35 ft
152ktat 8.5°, 3.2 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
0.1°steepest
Gear up100.00
24ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
176kttarget 169

Plan view the roll down the 8,853 ft runway.

Rolled from 576 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 15 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft left. Airborne 31 % 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 15.1 ft LROLL 576 FT INAirborne 2,770 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,770 ft of 8,853 ft · 31 %
Behind the start of the roll, 576 ftTakeoff roll, 2,194 ft Left ahead, 6,083 ft

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 930 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 5,257 ft of runway left; gear up at 24 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,920 fpm on average to 930 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 3176 kt avgtarget 169THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 472 ft · 2.0 sRotate 130 kttarget 130Liftoff 141 ktGear up 24 ftfull marks to 400 ft
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 169180 kt12060020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 472 ft · 2.0 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 130held 8.5°5.3° off · 2.9°/s8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 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 2.1 to 2.9° a second, the middle half of rotation rates flown by other Cessna 750 Citation X pilots over the last 180 days (54 takeoffs). A trace steeper than both green lines is a faster rotation than most, one shallower than both a slower one.

20°10°0°2.9°/s2.1°/sROTATELIFTOFF35 FT5.3° off · 2.9°/s8° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2.1 to 2.9°/s, other Cessna 750 Citation X pilotsNose up, wheels on the runway

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with six 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.

Six checks, two gates1,000 ft 83.335 of 6500 ft 83.335 of 6
Gear down
Sink rate700 fpm710 fpm
On glideslope2.9°3.0°
On centreline0.0° off
On speed+32 kt+32 kt
Wings level0° bank0° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: speed more than 28 kt above the approach speed of 111 kt.

At the 500 ft gate: speed more than 17 kt above the approach speed of 111 kt.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: fast all the way.

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 downSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to KRDU 05R

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 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, 1,000 ft 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° BAND1,2856723842371,000 ft gate5 of 6on speed1,011 ft · 143 kt500 ft gate5 of 6on speed542 ft · 143 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 30 ft 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 nmTHR70 ft L070 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND11 ft L9 ft L2 ft L11 ft L9 ft L7 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 28 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 17 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 4 nm to the threshold (up to +49 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.

100120140160 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 111+49 kt+33 kt+26 kt+19 kt+12 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KRDU 05R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
33ft
Threshold speed95.82
122kttarget 111, 11 fast
Centreline offset100.00
18.7ft L
Bank97.40
3.1°steepest
Flare86.30

The flare mostly held the target profile

Crossing the threshold 12 kt above target, the flare took the sink out 18 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft flew down from there. Touchdown was 2,181 ft past the threshold. Let it come lower before checking the descent - holding off high uses runway and leaves the touchdown to chance.

Touchdown

Past threshold77.30
2,181ft
Centreline100.00
11.6ft L
Speed100.00
101kttarget 108 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-214fpm
Impact100.00
1.14G
BouncesOk
None
Bank87.15
3.1°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
1,456ft48 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
12.0ft L

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
12kt peak

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Began the flare at 40 ft, 81 ft before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 33 ft, 17 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,181 ft in, 1,181 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 began at 40 ft, 81 ft before the threshold−899 fpm · 0.2° · 123 ktdescent slowed at 18 ft · −42 fpm · 3.4°−213 fpm · 4.7° nose up · 102 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 33 ft, down at 2,181 ft

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

The sink went from 900 fpm at the flare to 210 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.5° on the way down. Into the flare at 123 kt, 12 kt over the 111 kt approach speed, and 102 kt at touchdown.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°descent slowedtouchdown−213 fpm at touchdown4.7° at touchdown, +4.5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,495 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 11 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 2 ft right by the end of the rollout. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 3.1° of bank.

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

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 2,181 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 2,181 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 3,637 ft of 7,495 ft · 49 %
In the air over the runway, 2,181 ftRollout, 1,456 ft Left over, 3,858 ft

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 103 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 15 s, an average deceleration of 0.25 g.

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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 · 1,410 ft30 kt · 1,818 fttouchdown1,891 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Cessna 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 36R at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 36R with a takeoff distance of 2,758 ft (31 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 130 kt. The local weather was 64 °F with wind 1 kt from 270°, a crosswind of 1 kt and no headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 26 seconds, averaging 1,855 fpm and reaching 173 kt at the top of the segment.

The aircraft then climbed from 1,702 ft asl to 12,002 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering 17 nm, beginning about 1 mile north-east of KCLT.

Level flight was maintained at 12,000 ft asl for 8 minutes, covering 54 nm, starting about 1 mile north-east of 3NC6 Mc Cachren Field, Harrisburg.

Descent from 12,001 ft asl to 1,659 ft asl lasted 9 minutes and covered 37 nm, beginning about 1 mile east of Bennett.

Final approach to runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh-Durham International Airport descended from 1,307 ft agl to 58 ft agl in 98 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and wings level; speed was not met. Configuration was landing gear down at 1,604 ft agl at 191 kt, and final flap position 4 at 649 ft agl at 146 kt.

Landing on runway 05R (runway length 7,495 ft) occurred with a good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 123 kt. The flare was described as very good but held off too high. Touchdown was 785 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 102 kt, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 214 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 3,730 ft (50 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was very good.

The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered 114 nm in 26 minutes and used 0 lbs of fuel.

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