Landing quality is determined by vertical speed (V/S) at touchdown. Lower is better.
🛬 Landing Quality Ranking
The smoothest virtual pilots ranked by butter rate and landing precision.
Top Landing Pilots
#
Pilot
rankingsLanding.table.score
rankingsLanding.table.flights
Level
🥇
👨✈️Takky JP
109.97
27
26 Senior First Officer
🥈
🎖️WOH1429
99.61
108
45 Master Pilot
🥉
⭐Rmazara
89.35
28
31 Captain
4
🏆PILOT Dai
88.23
134
47 Legend
5
🌟StuartLake
78.85
47
37 Senior Captain
6
🧭EZS1560
75.28
11
15 Instrument Pilot
7
🌟ianewsfr
75.22
63
37 Senior Captain
8
⭐Jose Hypnotic Gonzalez
73.6
41
34 Captain
9
👨✈️nobody_pilotleague
72.74
20
27 Senior First Officer
10
🏢martinz2002
72.54
8
17 Commercial Pilot
11
✈️Nico K.
70.22
4
10 Private Pilot
12
🏢AeroPatrick
68.82
9
18 Commercial Pilot
13
⭐Swift Alan
68.34
42
33 Captain
14
🌟wheels-up
68.26
49
38 Senior Captain
15
👨✈️nikaslan
64.86
23
29 Senior First Officer
16
⭐NightHawk1867
63.54
41
31 Captain
17
🛩️BOMONT Denis
61.02
10
25 Airline Pilot
18
🧭Olivier Georget
58.18
4
13 Instrument Pilot
19
🏢DIVING52
53.77
6
16 Commercial Pilot
20
🏢wangzhidan80310@gmail.com
49.3
6
16 Commercial Pilot
21
📚Sebek
47.22
7
1 Student Pilot
22
🧭Vitalii Nikitov
36.24
2
12 Instrument Pilot
23
🧭elhink
36.22
3
12 Instrument Pilot
24
✈️bluebear4530
31.51
1
9 Private Pilot
25
🛫gubral
28.6
2
5 Solo Pilot
26
📚Rodson Mazara
26.47
1
3 Student Pilot
27
👨✈️Tang x
25.79
25
30 Senior First Officer
28
🛫Paul Bidwell
25.03
3
5 Solo Pilot
29
🏢RICKRED
24.82
11
20 Commercial Pilot
30
🧭Jake Hillyard
21.49
5
14 Instrument Pilot
31
📚Zhiwei Hu
19.07
1
1 Student Pilot
32
🛫Hans
17.15
1
6 Solo Pilot
33
✈️lyd830
15.7
1
8 Private Pilot
34
📚m4rt1
14.72
1
1 Student Pilot
35
🌟T. Turner
0
43
37 Senior Captain
36
🛩️RTH1990
0
21
25 Airline Pilot
37
👨✈️CHIANINUS
0
21
28 Senior First Officer
38
👨✈️Weverton Oliveira
0
15
27 Senior First Officer
39
👨✈️MaritoKaz
0
12
27 Senior First Officer
40
🛩️Kennyyip
0
12
24 Airline Pilot
Landing Quality Thresholds
<60
Butter (<60 fpm)
60-100
Excellent
100-150
Good
>200
Hard (>200 fpm)
FAQ
What is a butter landing?
A butter landing is defined as touching down with a vertical speed between 0 and -60 fpm. It's exceptionally smooth and represents professional-level technique.
How is butter rate calculated?
Butter rate is the percentage of your landings that qualify as butter (V/S < 60 fpm). Only valid landings with recorded touchdown data are counted.
Does aircraft type affect the ranking?
Yes, we normalize landing scores by aircraft category. A butter landing in a heavy jet (A380) is harder to achieve than in a light GA aircraft.
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