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LEMD
Madrid, Spain
Runway 36L
Elevation1,949 ft asl
Weight78,852 kg
Fuel5,864 kg
Wind240° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

97.41 %
LPPT
Lisbon, Portugal
Runway 02
Elevation344 ft asl
Weight77,290 kg
Fuel4,237 kg
Wind319° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross
12 Sep 2026 0:58 337 nm Airbus A321neo 1,627 kg
Departure Score
99.78 %
Enroute Score
99.04 %
Arrival Score
93.41 %

What went well

Touchdown 112 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 13 ft and 148 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 3.79 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 474 fpm, −1.64 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.82
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 474 fpm−0.78
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.44 G at contact−0.04
Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 1,000 ft gate 86 %, 500 ft gate 100 %, −0.48 points
Enroute Descent — overspeed warning, then gear speed exceeded; speed limits at 93 %, −0.32 points
Arrival Landing — GPWS warning; Flare profile at 46 %, −0.90 points

Next time

Departure

Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.

What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 10 m off the runway centreline.

Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.

See Departure Roll

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 · 15 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 4 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 17 kt0 kt min to max 22 kt 4 18 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 14 ktmax 14 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 -0.6 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.0 0.4 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 9 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 9 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 9 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 9 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9 ft agl · 22 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 36L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Average speed was 17 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 16 kt16 kt min to max 17 kt 17 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 98.92Departure roll runway 36L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. Takeoff distance 1,751 m 40 % of runway. Rotation speed was 152 kt. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. Wind 2 kt at 239 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,751 m40 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 152 ktTarget 157 kt
95 % Runway alignment max 10.45 m right0.00 m left to 10.45 m right -10.45 -8.59 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.97 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 5.0 ° -0.2 5.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.4 °

Events

Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Armed 9 ft agl · 16 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36L LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 166 kt158 kt min to max 174 kt 158 174 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.98 g min to max 1.13 g 0.98 1.12 g
Info Average VSI 483 fpm150 fpm min to max 919 fpm 150 919 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 0 36 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °5.2 ° min to max 8.2 ° 5.2 8.2 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36L LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 178 kt174 kt min to max 190 kt 174 190 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g1.00 g min to max 1.18 g 1.12 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,385 fpm932 fpm min to max 2,614 fpm 932 2,614 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl37 ft agl min to max 347 ft agl 37 347 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °8.3 ° min to max 10.2 ° 8.3 9.4 °

Events

Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 64 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 64 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 88 ft agl · 186 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36L LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 195 kt191 kt min to max 198 ktTarget 174 kt, 21 kt fast 191 198 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Landing gear up at 57 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 3,156 fpm2,672 fpm min to max 3,966 fpm 2,672 3,966 fpm
Info Average altitude 628 ft agl390 ft agl min to max 917 ft agl 390 917 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.6 °9.3 ° min to max 12.6 ° 9.3 12.6 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 2 miles north west of Paracuellos de Jarama (Comunidad de Madrid, Spain). Climbing from 2,981 ft asl to 32,898 ft asl, an increase of 29,917 ft in 13 minutes and covering 86 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 292 kt185 kt min to max 320 kt 198 274 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.1 °0.0 ° min to max 27.3 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.77 g min to max 1.22 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 2,485 fpm-121 fpm min to max 4,649 fpm 4,120 358 fpm
Info Average altitude 15,596 ft asl2,981 ft asl min to max 32,898 ft asl 2,981 32,898 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °3.3 ° min to max 14.4 ° 12.9 3.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,586 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 1,586 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 1,586 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 2,144 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 2,144 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2,675 ft agl · 208 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 3,068 ft agl · 274 kt
Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Deactivated 3,068 ft agl · 274 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 3,068 ft agl · 274 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 8,403 ft agl · 321 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 8,435 ft agl · 323 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 28,442 ft agl · 466 kt
Info Autopilot Mach Hold Activated 28,442 ft agl · 466 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Deactivated 28,442 ft agl · 466 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Hoyocasero (Castilla y Leon, Spain) and lasted 15 minutes, covering 120 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,147 ft of 33,002 ft asl32,938 ft asl min to max 33,023 ft asl 32,938 32,999 ft asl
100 % Average speed 277 kt276 kt min to max 279 kt 277 276 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 15.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °3.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 3.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Mach Hold Deactivated 32,070 ft agl · 462 kt
Info Autopilot Mach Hold Activated 32,117 ft agl · 462 kt
Enroute Descent 97.13Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of La Codosera (Extremadura, Spain). Descent from 33,001 ft asl to 1,632 ft asl, a decrease of 31,369 ft in 21 minutes and covering 123 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average speed 261 kt200 kt min to max 307 kt 276 212 kt
100 % Average bank angle 12.2 °0.0 ° min to max 26.1 ° 0.1 0.4 °
99.6 % Average g force 1.03 g0.33 g min to max 1.24 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -1,448 fpm-3,868 fpm min to max -1 fpm -1 -949 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,868 ft asl1,632 ft asl min to max 33,001 ft asl 33,001 1,632 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-4.4 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.1 0.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 3,723 ft agl · 260 kt
Fail Safe Gear speed Exceeded 3,124 ft agl · 250 kt
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 2,192 ft agl · 238 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 31,891 ft agl · 461 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 31,891 ft agl · 461 kt
Info Autopilot Airspeed Hold Activated 25,220 ft agl · 452 kt
Info Autopilot Mach Hold Deactivated 25,220 ft agl · 452 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 10,479 ft agl · 314 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10,395 ft agl · 313 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 5,545 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 5,545 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Armed 5,545 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 5,545 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Activated 5,545 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Captured Activated 4,028 ft agl · 260 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3,803 ft agl · 259 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 3,362 ft agl · 259 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 3,362 ft agl · 259 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,124 ft agl · 250 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 2,836 ft agl · 237 kt
Info Safe Gear speed Exceeded 2,834 ft agl · 236 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,738 ft agl · 225 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 2,738 ft agl · 225 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Arm Disarmed 2,738 ft agl · 225 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 1,686 ft agl · 231 kt
Arrival Approach 92.86Final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport). Descent from 1,303 ft agl to 19 ft agl in 83 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
50 % On speedfailed at one of the two gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 978 ft agl · 185 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,060 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 866 ft agl · 178 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 753 ft agl · 167 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 557 ft agl · 153 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 429 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 429 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 429 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 429 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 429 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 47 ft agl · 152 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 47 ft agl · 152 kt
Arrival Landing 86.49Landing on runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport), runway length 3,710 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 148 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 148 kt. Target 149 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
46 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 112 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
100 % Runway alignment max 3.70 m right2.84 m right to 3.70 m right -2.84 -3.70 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.1 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.03 g min to max 1.06 g 1.03 1.06 g
Info Average speed 148 kt148 kt min to max 148 kt 148 148 kt
Info Average VSI -467 fpm-513 fpm min to max -408 fpm -513 -408 fpm
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl4 ft agl min to max 13 ft agl 13 4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °4.3 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.3 4.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 978 ft agl · 185 kt
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 87.69Touchdown distance was good at 112 m. Touchdown speed at 148 kt was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -474 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 23 °C. Wind 3 kt at 320 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
41 % Touchdown rate was -474 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 112 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 148 ktTarget below 148 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.83 m right3.80 m right -3.70 -3.79 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.3 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.3 0.6 °
89 % Average g force 1.14 g1.05 g min to max 1.44 g 1.06 1.08 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 148 kt148 kt min to max 148 kt 148 148 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °2.4 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.8 2.4 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 978 ft agl · 185 kt
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,878 m, 51 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,878 m51 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.69 m left4.69 m left to 1.18 m right 2.87 -0.29 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.07 0.98 g
Info Average speed 138 kt77 kt min to max 149 kt 149 77 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.5 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.3 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.5 0.3 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 978 ft agl · 185 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 10 ft agl · 150 kt
Info Autopilot AutoThrottle Arm Disarmed 9 ft agl · 145 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 33 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 33 kt14 kt min to max 71 kt 71 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.6 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.3 0.3 °
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 9 ft agl · 39 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 17 kt5 kt min to max 26 kt 14 5 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 -0.5 °-1.7 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Captured Deactivated 9 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 15 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 9 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 9 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 9 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Localizer Deactivated 9 ft agl · 17 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 9 ft agl · 8 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 152 kt, 5 kt below the 157 kt target, and lifted off at 157 kt 1.6 s later, the nose coming up at 2.9° a second. Climb 3 averaged 195 kt, 21 kt over its 174 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 174210 kt14070020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 1575.2° off · 2.9°/s8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 16 kt -0.3° 0 s
80 kt390 m 80 kt -0.2° 17.4 s
Rotate1,469 m · target 157 152 kt 0.6° 34.7 s
Liftoff1,603 m · +5 kt from rotation 157 kt 5.2° 36.3 s
35 ft2,048 m · 5.0 s after liftoff 174 kt 8.2° 41.3 s
Gear up2,171 m · 57 ft · full marks to 400 ft 177 kt 9.7° 42.6 s
Climb 33,059 m · 391 ft to 917 ft · target 174 195 kt avg 9.3° 52.2 s
End of Climb 34,100 m · 917 ft 198 kt 12.6° 62 s

Takeoff from LEMD 36L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,751m40 %
Rotation speed100.00
152kttarget 157, 5 slow
Liftoff speed
157kt
Runway alignment94.62
10.45m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
57ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
195kttarget 174
Rate of climb100.00
482fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 917 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,133 m of runway left; gear up at 57 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,160 fpm on average to 917 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 3195 kt avgtarget 174THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 152 kttarget 157Liftoff 157 ktGear up 57 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 4,334 m runway.

Rolled from 153 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 11 m at the widest, and lifted off 8.6 m right. Airborne 40 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 10.60 m RROLL 153 M INAirborne 1,756 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,756 m of 4,334 m · 41 %
Behind the start of the roll, 153 mTakeoff roll, 1,603 m Left ahead, 2,578 m

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 85.716 of 7500 ft 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,150 fpm900 fpm
On glideslope3.1°3.0°
On centreline0.2° off0.3° off
On speed+47 kt+7.0 kt
Wings level0° bank1° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: speed more than 36 kt above the approach speed of 142 kt.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 2.4 to 0.4 nm, then not again: low from 0.4 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 LPPT 02

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

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

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.4 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 70 ft under).

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° BAND1,2987003661481,000 ft gate6 of 7on speed1,070 ft · 189 kt500 ft gate7 of 7548 ft · 149 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 21× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 17 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 nmTHR46 m L046 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND11 m R16 m R10 m R1 m L16 m R15 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 4 nm to 2.4 nm (up to +72 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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.

140160180200220 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 142+72 kt+17 kt+15 kt+13 kt+6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on LPPT 02

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
13ft
Threshold speed100.00
148kttarget 149, 1 slow
Centreline offset100.00
3.70m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
112m
Centreline100.00
3.83m R
Speed100.00
147kttarget 148 or less
Touchdown rate41.15
-474fpm
Impact89.14
1.44G
BouncesOk
None
The flare45.95

The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 112 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 319° at 3 kt · 1 kt head · 2 kt across

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 149 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 40 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 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 · 1,898 m30 kt · 2,102 mtouchdown2,186 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,936 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 8 ft. Touched down 112 m in, 193 m short of 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 1,936 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.

13 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 8 ft · −523 fpm · 4.7° · 148 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −471 fpm · 4.8°−473 fpm · 4.8° nose up · 148 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 13 ft, down at 112 m

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

The sink stayed between 470 fpm and 520 fpm from the flare to the runway. 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−473 fpm at touchdown4.8° at touchdown, +0.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,936 m of the 3,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.8 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.4 m right 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 112 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 112 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 473 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 1,814 m of 3,710 m · 49 %
In the air over the runway, 112 mRollout, 1,703 m Left over, 1,896 m
Rollout distance100.00
1,703m49 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
4.69m L

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The Airbus A321neo taxied from the parking area to runway 36L at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, a movement that lasted 4 minutes and covered 1 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 36L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 158 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,751 m, which represented 40 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 239°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.

The climb commenced 2 miles north-west of Paracuellos de Jarama, climbing from 2,981 ft asl to 32,898 ft asl - an altitude gain of 29,917 ft - in 13 minutes while covering 86 nm.

Level cruise began 1 mile south of Hoyocasero and was maintained for 15 minutes, during which the aircraft progressed 120 nm.

Descent started 3 miles north-east of La Codosera, descending from 33,001 ft asl to 1,632 ft asl - a loss of 31,369 ft - over 21 minutes and a distance of 123 nm.

The final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport was executed from the south on a heading of 23.0° at 4 nm and 1,274 ft agl. The aircraft then descended from 1,303 ft agl to 19 ft agl in 83 seconds, scoring on the stabilisation gates.

Landing on runway 02 was performed on a runway 3,710 m long. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 148 kt. Touchdown distance was good at 115 m; touchdown speed at 148 kt was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 408 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.7 m from the centreline. Local weather reported 23 °C, wind 3 kt from 320°, a cross-wind of 3 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt. Total landing distance measured 1,878 m, 51 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.

After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

In total, the flight covered 341 nm, required 58 minutes from departure to arrival, and consumed 1,627 kg of fuel.

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