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
🥇
🎖️PILOT Dai
95.51
116
45 Master Pilot
🥈
⭐StuartLake
93.22
44
35 Captain
🥉
🎖️Artur Steinle
92.98
90
43 Master Pilot
4
🛩️nobody_pilotleague
84.13
13
24 Airline Pilot
5
🌟wheels-up
84.07
48
37 Senior Captain
6
🛩️BOMONT Denis
79.17
9
23 Airline Pilot
7
⭐Swift Alan
78.72
30
31 Captain
8
🏢wangzhidan80310@gmail.com
61.05
6
16 Commercial Pilot
9
👨✈️NightHawk1867
58.78
36
30 Senior First Officer
10
👨✈️nikaslan
58.43
21
29 Senior First Officer
11
⭐Jose Hypnotic Gonzalez
50.38
37
33 Captain
12
🧭elhink
46.64
3
12 Instrument Pilot
13
🛫gubral
46.3
2
5 Solo Pilot
14
📚Sebek
42.56
6
1 Student Pilot
15
✈️lyd830
36.08
2
8 Private Pilot
16
🛩️Kennyyip
31.7
12
24 Airline Pilot
17
📚Zhiwei Hu
30.72
1
1 Student Pilot
18
🛩️Mictlantecuhtli
29.75
5
21 Airline Pilot
19
⭐ianewsfr
28.09
54
35 Captain
20
🏢RICKRED
27.58
11
20 Commercial Pilot
21
🛩️RTH1990
27.12
21
25 Airline Pilot
22
👨✈️Tang x
26.24
25
30 Senior First Officer
23
📚m4rt1
24.56
1
1 Student Pilot
24
🧭AeroPatrick
24.4
6
15 Instrument Pilot
25
🛫LOG19
21.92
2
7 Solo Pilot
26
🧭Jake Hillyard
21.49
5
14 Instrument Pilot
27
🛩️Rmazara
20.78
12
24 Airline Pilot
28
🛫EZS1560
19.34
4
7 Solo Pilot
29
🛫Hans
17.15
1
6 Solo Pilot
30
✈️Rockrider
9.28
1
9 Private Pilot
31
📚Paul Bidwell
8.4
1
3 Student Pilot
32
🌟T. Turner
0
43
37 Senior Captain
33
👨✈️CHIANINUS
0
21
28 Senior First Officer
34
👨✈️Weverton Oliveira
0
15
26 Senior First Officer
35
👨✈️MaritoKaz
0
12
27 Senior First Officer
36
👨✈️Thaltoz
0
7
28 Senior First Officer
37
👨✈️Bryan Morales
0
6
30 Senior First Officer
38
🛩️Alysson O. Pacheco
0
5
21 Airline Pilot
39
🧭DIVING52
0
5
15 Instrument Pilot
40
🛩️tianxianghuhtx
0
5
23 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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