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	Khary Williams	05/13/2025	DL278 Leg 1	A350-900	-250 ft/min	1,250 ft	100.00	Atlanta GA Runway 27R
2	Jim Rose	05/20/2025	DL9532 Leg 4	B737-700	-251 ft/min	1,251 ft	99.98	Norfolk VA Runway 05
3	Rich Jacobsen	04/06/2025	DL672 Leg 1	B737-800	-250 ft/min	1,255 ft	99.95	Seattle-Tacoma WA Runway 34C
4	Jim Rose	04/16/2025	DL9585 Leg 1	B737-700	-247 ft/min	1,251 ft	99.93	Salekhard Russia Runway 22
5	Matthew Whitaker	05/07/2025	DL2018 Leg 1	MD-88	-251 ft/min	1,242 ft	99.90	Minneapolis/St Paul MN Runway 30L
6	George Zhukov	06/03/2025	DVH5768 Leg 1	ATR-72	-247 ft/min	1,243 ft	99.86	Salem OR Runway 31
7	Marc Neal	05/09/2025	DL9537 Leg 2	B737-900ER	-252 ft/min	1,259 ft	99.86	Paducah KY Runway 04
8	Danny Evans	03/29/2025	DL438 Leg 1	MD-11	-250 ft/min	1,237 ft	99.85	Honolulu HI Runway 04R
9	Jim Rose	03/31/2025	RO271 Leg 1	B737-700	-255 ft/min	1,254 ft	99.84	Athens Greece Runway 03L
10	Derek Varnum	04/27/2025	DL686 Leg 1	A321	-255 ft/min	1,245 ft	99.83	Minneapolis/St Paul MN Runway 12L
11	Thomas Dean	05/17/2025	WR3566 Leg 1	B737-600	-253 ft/min	1,238 ft	99.80	Calgary AB Canada Runway 17R
12	Randy Simmons	04/06/2025	DL1373 Leg 2	B737-900ER	-255 ft/min	1,258 ft	99.80	Portland OR Runway 10L
13	Jeff Monson	04/27/2025	DVH8071 Leg 1	B787-9	-250 ft/min	1,229 ft	99.73	London-Gatwick United Kingdom Runway 08R
14	Pablo Fraga	04/07/2025	HA239 Leg 1	MD-82	-246 ft/min	1,265 ft	99.73	Kahului HI Runway 02
15	Michael Mullaly	05/25/2025	DL419 Leg 1	A350-900	-242 ft/min	1,242 ft	99.70	Honolulu HI Runway 08L
16	Eric Haack	05/23/2025	DL9528 Leg 1	B757-200	-250 ft/min	1,274 ft	99.69	Entebbe Uganda Runway 17
17	Jim Rose	05/18/2025	DL9532 Leg 1	B737-700	-240 ft/min	1,254 ft	99.68	Galveston TX Runway 14
18	Daniel Lane	04/18/2025	DL1310 Leg 1	A321	-248 ft/min	1,228 ft	99.68	Minneapolis/St Paul MN Runway 30R
19	Marc Neal	05/28/2025	DL9531 Leg 5	A350-900	-255 ft/min	1,268 ft	99.66	Kodiak AK Runway 26
20	Bill Jacobs	05/22/2025	DL9534 Leg 2	ERJ-175	-245 ft/min	1,268 ft	99.66	Rapid City SD Runway 14
21	George Zhukov	04/13/2025	WAH4504 Leg 3	ATR-72	-253 ft/min	1,272 ft	99.66	Casper WY Runway 03
22	James Stone	06/14/2025	DVH3033 Leg 1	A321neo	-254 ft/min	1,229 ft	99.65	San Juan Puerto Rico Runway 10
23	Danny Evans	03/30/2025	KE054 Leg 1	MD-11	-241 ft/min	1,260 ft	99.64	Seoul-Inchon South Korea Runway 15R
24	James Stone	05/09/2025	DL9532 Leg 5	A320	-256 ft/min	1,268 ft	99.63	Norfolk VA Runway 05
25	Davor Kusec	04/15/2025	DL4857 Leg 1	CRJ-900	-241 ft/min	1,261 ft	99.63	New York-Kennedy NY Runway 31L

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