The end of the Actual Block to Block period occurs when which event happens?

• A. The aircraft comes to rest at the ramp blocks at any station or other point of termination.
• B. The aircraft completes its flight.
• C. The aircraft engines are shut down in the air.
• D. The aircraft taxis to the gate.

Answer: (A)

Block-to-block time measures the total time the aircraft is in motion from pushback/rollout to parking at the destination. The end of the Actual Block to Block period is when the airplane comes to rest at the ramp blocks at the station or another termination point. That moment marks the completion of the aircraft’s active movement for that flight, including taxiing, takeoff, landing, and taxiing to the stand. It isn’t tied to finishing the flight in the air, nor to an in-air shutdown, and it isn’t just the taxi to the gate—the clock stops once the aircraft is parked and secured.