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YAMB
Amberley, Australia
Runway 15
Elevation82 ft asl
Weight17,791 kg
Fuel3,218 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

88.25 %
YAMB
Amberley, Australia
Runway 15
Elevation82 ft asl
Weight17,602 kg
Fuel2,898 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
17 Jan 2026 0:03 9 nm Boeing F/A 18E 319 kg
Departure Score
96.78 %
Pattern Score
73.63 %
Arrival Score
94.35 %

What went well

Touchdown 253 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 36 ft and 136 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 4.09 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Pattern Entry — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 64.8 ° at 0 %, g force 0.97 to 2.11 g at 83 %, −2.23 points
Pattern Final Turn — GPWS warning; bank angle up to 57.1 ° at 0 %, −2.16 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 65.4 ° at 0 %, Angle to runway (45 degrees) 58.3 ° at 67 %, −1.99 points

Next time

Departure

Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 170 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.

What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 191 kt, 21 kt above the target liftoff speed.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt at liftoff

See Departure Roll

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work

Start to finish · 16 stages, 15 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 84 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 84 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 84 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 84 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 84 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 84 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 84 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 84 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 84 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 84 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 84 ft agl
Departure Roll 97.28Departure roll runway 15 at YAMB RAAF Base Amberley. Takeoff distance 770 m 25 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 191 kt. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 770 m25 % of runway
90 % Liftoff speed was 191 ktTarget 170 kt
97 % Runway alignment max 3.90 m right0.00 m left to 3.90 m right -1.60 -3.90 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-1.9 ° min to max 4.0 ° -1.9 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.2 0.8 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.83Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.3 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 223 kt192 kt min to max 252 kt 192 252 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.3 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.9 0.5 °
98 % Average g force 1.13 g0.91 g min to max 1.56 g 1.06 1.19 g
Info Average VSI 526 fpm300 fpm min to max 1,122 fpm 300 1,122 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 0 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °3.2 ° min to max 6.0 ° 4.2 5.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 17 ft agl · 216 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 17 ft agl · 216 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Info 49 Activated 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 24 ft agl · 233 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 274 kt253 kt min to max 311 kt 253 311 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.5 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.66 g min to max 1.17 g 1.17 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 1,689 fpm1,162 fpm min to max 2,552 fpm 1,162 1,756 fpm
Info Average altitude 102 ft agl28 ft agl min to max 390 ft agl 28 390 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °3.9 ° min to max 6.2 ° 5.6 4.2 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 125 ft agl
Pattern Entry 53.26Right hand pattern entry from runway 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley. Distance was less than 1 nm in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 324 kt312 kt min to max 337 kt 312 327 kt
0 % Average bank angle 56.5 °39.4 ° min to max 64.8 ° 39.4 64.8 °
83 % Average g force 1.72 g0.97 g min to max 2.11 g 0.97 2.11 g
Info Average VSI 1,425 fpm594 fpm min to max 2,033 fpm 1,733 1,977 fpm
Info Average altitude 565 ft agl431 ft agl min to max 735 ft agl 431 735 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °2.8 ° min to max 5.4 ° 4.2 5.3 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 513 ft agl
Pattern Crosswind 89.70Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley. Distance was less than 1 nm in 4 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Heading -6.8 °-15.4 ° min to max 8.1 ° -15.4 8.1 °
100 % Average speed 304 kt286 kt min to max 320 kt 320 286 kt
50 % Average g force 2.10 g2.08 g min to max 2.13 g 2.10 2.13 g
Info Average VSI 1,435 fpm869 fpm min to max 1,870 fpm 1,870 869 fpm
Info Average altitude 825 ft agl768 ft agl min to max 883 ft agl 768 883 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 66.1 °63.9 ° min to max 67.2 ° 65.6 63.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °4.4 ° min to max 5.2 ° 5.2 4.4 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 850 ft agl
Pattern Downwind Turn 58.26Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 58.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
67 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 58.3 °.
100 % Average speed 274 kt268 kt min to max 283 kt 283 269 kt
0 % Average bank angle 63.7 °61.4 ° min to max 65.4 ° 64.3 65.1 °
82 % Average g force 2.08 g1.78 g min to max 2.14 g 2.12 1.78 g
Info Average VSI 895 fpm784 fpm min to max 1,015 fpm 813 894 fpm
Info Average altitude 940 ft agl897 ft agl min to max 987 ft agl 897 987 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °4.4 ° min to max 5.4 ° 4.5 4.4 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 978 ft agl
Pattern Downwind 96.88Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 50 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 4.5 °-13.8 ° min to max 14.0 ° -13.8 14.0 °
100 % Average altitude 1,014 ft agl970 ft agl min to max 1,058 ft agl 1,000 970 ft agl
94 % Average speed 235 kt192 kt min to max 285 kt 269 208 kt
87 % Average g force 1.07 g0.79 g min to max 1.97 g 1.97 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -23 fpm-1,036 fpm min to max 671 fpm 671 -252 fpm
Info Average bank angle 8.0 °0.1 ° min to max 65.8 ° 65.8 36.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °0.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.0 2.8 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 1,082 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 961 ft agl · 283 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,006 ft agl · 263 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 973 ft agl · 247 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 973 ft agl · 247 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 64.94Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 35.9 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
84 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 35.9 °.
100 % Average speed 220 kt211 kt min to max 225 kt 211 224 kt
0 % Average bank angle 43.7 °38.5 ° min to max 50.6 ° 38.5 50.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.34 g1.08 g min to max 1.55 g 1.10 1.45 g
Info Average VSI -554 fpm-1,055 fpm min to max 147 fpm -398 147 fpm
Info Average altitude 905 ft agl864 ft agl min to max 965 ft agl 965 865 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °1.5 ° min to max 5.8 ° 2.4 5.8 °
Pattern Base Leg 97.85Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 6 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Heading -5.7 °-18.3 ° min to max 10.7 ° -18.3 10.7 °
100 % Average speed 211 kt202 kt min to max 221 kt 221 202 kt
99 % Average g force 1.45 g1.37 g min to max 1.52 g 1.49 1.43 g
Info Average altitude 860 ft agl832 ft agl min to max 871 ft agl 868 832 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 54.9 °51.6 ° min to max 59.3 ° 53.2 53.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °2.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 5.5 2.0 °
Pattern Final Turn 54.54Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 1 nm in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 178 kt148 kt min to max 199 kt 199 148 kt
0 % Average bank angle 25.5 °0.0 ° min to max 57.1 ° 51.4 0.8 °
95 % Average g force 1.26 g0.99 g min to max 1.66 g 1.42 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,531 fpm-2,278 fpm min to max -716 fpm -1,429 -716 fpm
Info Average altitude 476 ft agl230 ft agl min to max 790 ft agl 790 230 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-1.3 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.0 0.9 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 751 ft agl · 201 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 390 ft agl · 180 kt
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 15 at YAMB RAAF Base Amberley from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 218 ft agl to 54 ft agl. A decrease of 164 ft in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.1 °2.0 ° min to max 2.4 °Target 3.0 ° 2.4 2.4 °
100 % Average speed 138 kt136 kt min to max 144 kt 144 136 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.2 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 0.96 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -449 fpm-821 fpm min to max -353 fpm -746 -433 fpm
Info Average altitude 86 ft agl54 ft agl min to max 218 ft agl 218 54 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °0.9 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.9 3.1 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 89.39Landing on runway 15 at YAMB RAAF Base Amberley, runway length 3,056 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 136 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 136 kt. Target 125 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
58 % Poor landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.02 m right0.00 m right to 0.02 m right -0.00 -0.02 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.14 g 0.96 1.14 g
Info Average speed 131 kt125 kt min to max 136 kt 136 125 kt
Info Average VSI -537 fpm-595 fpm min to max -438 fpm -438 -568 fpm
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 36 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °3.1 ° min to max 6.2 ° 3.1 6.2 °
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.25Touchdown distance was good at 253 m. Touchdown speed at 125 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -568 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
84 % Touchdown rate was -568 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 253 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 125 ktTarget below 144 kt
96 % Runway alignment max 4.09 m right3.76 m right -3.45 -4.09 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.5 °
97 % Average g force 1.36 g1.14 g min to max 1.60 g 1.14 1.19 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 125 kt124 kt min to max 125 kt 125 124 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °5.8 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 5.8 °
Arrival Rollout 92.74Total landing distance 813 m, 27 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 813 m27 % of runway.
84 % Runway alignment max 7.47 m right0.00 m left to 7.47 m right -4.20 -7.34 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 0.98 g
Info Average speed 119 kt68 kt min to max 125 kt 125 68 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-1.7 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.7 -1.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.1 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.6 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 36 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 36 kt0 kt min to max 62 kt 62 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-1.8 ° min to max -0.8 ° -1.7 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 191 kt with 4.2° of pitch.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

330 kt220110020°10°0°LIFTOFF4.2° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 7 kt -1.4° 0 s
80 kt102 m 80 kt -0.4° 4.0 s
Liftoff569 m · target 170 191 kt 4.2° 10.4 s
35 ft1,082 m · 4.3 s after liftoff 258 kt 5.9° 14.7 s
End of the climb2,620 m · 391 ft 311 kt 4.2° 25.0 s

Takeoff from YAMB 15

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
770m25 %
Liftoff speed89.51
191kttarget 170, 21 fast
Runway alignment96.91
3.90m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.83
525fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 391 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,767 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,600 fpm on average to 391 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140160180KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 191 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 3,056 m runway.

Rolled from 208 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.9 m right. Airborne 25 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 3.84 m RROLL 208 M INAirborne 776 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 776 m of 3,056 m · 25 %
Behind the start of the roll, 208 mTakeoff roll, 569 m Left ahead, 2,280 m

The circuit to YAMB 15

Right-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 2.3 nm out at 235 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft67°165°251°357°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
618 ft
Bank
67°
Speed
337 kt

Steep: 65° of bank.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
65°
Height
1,014 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
235 kt
Out
1.4 nm 2.3 suits 235 kt

Steep: 65° of bank.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

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3Base turn
Angle
36° target 45°
Bank
51°
Height
947 ft

Steep: 51° of bank.

4Final turn
Bank
57°
Overshoot
none
Speed
178 kt

Steep: 57° of bank.

From abeam the threshold, fly roughly 30 to 45 seconds before turning base, in nil wind at 172 speeds. Treat that as a starting value and calibrate it. If your finals keep coming out at 400 ft instead of 500, add a few seconds. Then adjust for wind, roughly a second per knot of headwind on final (a headwind on final is a tailwind on downwind, carrying you further from the field per second).

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry53Crosswind90Turn onto downwind58Downwind97Base turn65Base98Final turn55

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 300 ft gate: speed more than 15 kt above the approach speed of 122 kt.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: fast all the way, right of the centreline until 1.3 nm, banked until 1.1 nm, sinking too fast until 1.1 nm, low from 0.4 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to YAMB 15

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

On the glideslope from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.4 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 60 ft under).

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND624146300 ft gate6 of 7on speed295 ft · 170 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 287 m right of the centreline at 1.6 nm, then inside the band from 1.3 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND160 m R3 m R7 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 31 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +71 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

120140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 122+68 kt+15 kt+14 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on YAMB 15

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
36ft
Threshold speed100.00
136kttarget 122, 14 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.02m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
253m
Centreline96.19
4.09m R
Speed100.00
125kttarget 117, 8 fast
Touchdown rate83.86
-568fpm
Impact97.14
1.60G
BouncesOk
None
The flare57.57

Poor landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 0 kt tail · 0 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 126 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 24 s, an average deceleration of 0.22 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012060 kt · 653 m30 kt · 878 mtouchdown913 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 36 ft, 14 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 253 m in, 51 m short of the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

36 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −546 fpm · 6.2° nose up · 125 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 36 ft, down at 253 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink stayed between 520 fpm and 630 fpm from 36 ft to the runway. The nose came up 3.1° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−546 fpm at touchdown6.2° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,056 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.1 m right of the centreline and drifted to 7.4 m right on the rollout.

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The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 253 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 253 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 777 m of 3,056 m · 25 %
In the air over the runway, 253 mRollout, 523 m Left over, 2,280 m
Rollout distance100.00
523m26 % used
Rollout alignment83.87
7.47m R

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The flight began with the Boeing F/A-18E taxiing from the parking area to the runway at YAMB RAAF Base Amberley. This process took less than a minute and covered a distance of less than one nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 15, with a takeoff distance of 770 meters, which is 25% of the runway's total length. The liftoff speed was 191 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees. There was no crosswind or headwind. The aircraft then entered a right-hand pattern from runway 15, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile in 13 seconds. The subsequent right-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in just 4 seconds.

The pilot then initiated a pattern downwind turn, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles at an angle of 58.3 degrees to the runway. The downwind leg itself was 3 nautical miles long and took 50 seconds to complete. The base leg turn was another 2 nautical miles, with an angle of 35.9 degrees to the runway. The base leg was less than 1 nautical mile long and took 6 seconds to complete.

The final turn was 1 nautical mile long and took 22 seconds to complete. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 15 from the north, heading 159.0 degrees at an altitude of 218 feet above ground level and 1 nautical mile from the runway.

The landing was completed on runway 15, which has a length of 3,056 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 136 knots. The touchdown distance was 252 meters, and the touchdown speed was 125 knots, both of which were considered good. However, the touchdown rate was very hard at -568 feet per minute.

The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.1 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees, with no crosswind or headwind. The total landing distance was 813 meters, which is 27% of the runway's total length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.

The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, and the flight took approximately 3 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 319 kilograms of fuel during the flight.

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