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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 3.1° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 15° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 36 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 36 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 36 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 21 stages, 19 in the score
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,995 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,292 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 34 at PHBK Barking Sands Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,782 feet, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 129 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 80°F temperature and a wind speed of 9 knots at 290°. The crosswind was 8 knots, and the headwind was 4 knots. After departing from PHBK, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of the airport, and climbed from 1,070 feet above sea level to 3,544 feet, an increase of 2,475 feet, in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 3 miles northwest of PHBK, and the aircraft descended from 3,627 feet to 1,743 feet, a decrease of 1,884 feet, in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 1,744 feet to 17,633 feet, an increase of 15,889 feet, in 5 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Kaumakani, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering a distance of 89 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 5 miles southwest of Makakilo City, and descended from 17,134 feet to 2,053 feet, a decrease of 15,081 feet, in 6 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 7 miles west of Makaha, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04R at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was made from the southwest, heading 53.0°, at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 04R, which had a length of 8,995 feet, was made with a threshold height that was excessively over target, and a threshold speed that was too high. The touchdown point was 748 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 94 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -209 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 83°F temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 69°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 13 knots. The total landing distance was 2,965 feet, which accounted for 33% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 10 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 155 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 59 minutes, with no fuel consumption.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 53.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 04R, which has a length of 8,995 feet.
However, the landing was not without some issues. The threshold height at 127 feet agl was excessively over the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than it should have been at the point of touchdown. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 113 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been a bit too aggressive in their approach. The touchdown point was 748 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 94 knots was also a bit fast, and the touchdown rate of -209 feet per minute was only fair. Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway at the point of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 83°F and a wind of 14 knots at 69°.
The crosswind component was relatively light at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 13 knots, which helped to reduce the landing distance. The total landing distance was 2,965 feet, which is 33% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, but it is not excessively long. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, it was still a safe and successful one. The pilot will need to work on improving their approach and touchdown technique to achieve a more precise and controlled landing.
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