Delta Virtual Airlines Optimal Landings

The members of Delta Virtual Airlines are a skilled group - and they can prove it. Below is a list of the best landings and the Pilots who made them. Landings are rated on a combination of touchdown speed (relative to an optimum rate) and distance down the runway.

Delta Virtual Airlines OPTIMAL LANDINGS				TOP FLIGHTS WITHIN IN
#	PILOT NAME	DATE	FLIGHT	EQUIPMENT	TOUCHDOWN	DISTANCE	SCORE	AIRPORTS
1	Charles Watts	03/06/2026	DL2493 Leg 1	A321	-248 ft/min	1,251 ft	99.96	Charleston SC Runway 15
2	Perez Howson	05/08/2026	DL832 Leg 1	A321	-248 ft/min	1,257 ft	99.89	Atlanta GA Runway 26R
3	Joe Zinsky	02/19/2026	AZ1353 Leg 1	A320neo	-250 ft/min	1,240 ft	99.89	Trieste Italy Runway 09
4	Wesley Kelly	03/19/2026	DL9574 Leg 1	B777-200ER	-247 ft/min	1,242 ft	99.85	Talara Peru Runway 17
5	Bill Jacobs	04/04/2026	DL522 Leg 2	A320	-247 ft/min	1,240 ft	99.83	Atlanta GA Runway 09R
6	Bill Jacobs	03/29/2026	DL3245 Leg 2	B757-200	-252 ft/min	1,263 ft	99.81	Atlanta GA Runway 08L
7	Bill Jacobs	05/01/2026	DL1482 Leg 2	B757-200	-248 ft/min	1,236 ft	99.80	Atlanta GA Runway 26R
8	Bill Jacobs	03/18/2026	DL1298 Leg 1	A320	-245 ft/min	1,260 ft	99.77	Detroit-Wayne County MI Runway 21L
9	Peter Tiatto	04/06/2026	DL9572 Leg 1	L-1011-500	-253 ft/min	1,234 ft	99.75	Port au Prince Haiti Runway 10
10	Scott Simmons	04/12/2026	KLH773 Leg 6	B737-700	-259 ft/min	1,248 ft	99.74	Hato International Curacao Runway 11
11	Joe Zinsky	02/19/2026	AF1069 Leg 1	A320neo	-241 ft/min	1,248 ft	99.74	Paris-De Gaulle France Runway 08L
12	Aaron Large	04/12/2026	KLH792 Leg 1	B737-800	-255 ft/min	1,264 ft	99.72	Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Intl Argentina Runway 17
13	Steven Jones	03/28/2026	DVH6606 Leg 2	B777-300ER	-253 ft/min	1,268 ft	99.72	Mumbai India Runway 27
14	Bill Jacobs	04/13/2026	AF7571 Leg 1	A320	-258 ft/min	1,243 ft	99.71	Paris-Orly France Runway 25
15	Perez Howson	05/10/2026	DL1386 Leg 2	A319	-260 ft/min	1,254 ft	99.68	Atlanta GA Runway 27L
16	Wesley Kelly	03/13/2026	NW217 Leg 1	B777-200ER	-240 ft/min	1,243 ft	99.64	Honolulu HI Runway 04L
17	Paul Varney	02/20/2026	KE1722 Leg 1	A340-600	-237 ft/min	1,250 ft	99.61	Cheong Ju South Korea Runway 24R
18	Bill Jacobs	03/03/2026	DL1030 Leg 2	B757-200	-259 ft/min	1,237 ft	99.60	Atlanta GA Runway 09R
19	Luis Torres	04/07/2026	DVH4874 Leg 1	A320	-247 ft/min	1,221 ft	99.55	Charlotte NC Runway 36R
20	Jose Bazil	04/03/2026	DL1834 Leg 1	A321	-247 ft/min	1,221 ft	99.55	Santiago Dominican Republic Runway 11
21	Jay Carey	04/20/2026	DVH5821 Leg 1	B737-700	-257 ft/min	1,273 ft	99.53	Nome AK Runway 27
22	James Stone	03/11/2026	DL9570 Leg 1	A320	-261 ft/min	1,237 ft	99.53	Whitehorse Yukon Canada Runway 13R
23	Luis Rivera	04/07/2026	PAH9443 Leg 4	B757-200	-237 ft/min	1,242 ft	99.52	Lisbon Portugal Runway 20
24	Wesley Kelly	04/06/2026	KLH5647 Leg 5	B777-200ER	-235 ft/min	1,251 ft	99.52	Sal Island Cape Verde Runway 01
25	Andres Honegger	03/04/2026	DVH333 Leg 1	B737-800	-251 ft/min	1,285 ft	99.51	Fairbanks-Intl AK Runway 02L

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