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KVGT
Las Vegas, United States
Runway 12L
Elevation2,188 ft asl
Weight691 kg
Fuel40 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

94.12 %
KVGT
Las Vegas, United States
Runway 12L
Elevation2,188 ft asl
Weight690 kg
Fuel39 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
1 Jun 2024 0:06 6 nm Bristell B23 1 kg
Departure Score
87.06 %
Pattern Score
96.62 %
Arrival Score
98.68 %

What went well

Touchdown 260 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 38 ft and 60 kt — both inside band
Airborne in 162 m — 13 % of the runway

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −3.20 points
Departure Climb 2 — bounce on liftoff, −1.11 points
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 791 ft agl at 65 %, −0.50 points

Next time

Know your rotation speed

See Departure Roll

A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 13 stages, 13 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 Roll 71.18Departure roll runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 67 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
6 % Liftoff speed was 67 knTarget 45 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.69 m0.69 m left to 0.00 m left 0.69 0.66 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.6 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 74 kn67 kn min to max 79 kn 67 79 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.3 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 0.96 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 197 ft/m160 ft/m min to max 289 ft/m 184 289 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 0 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °1.2 ° min to max 5.0 ° 1.2 5.0 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12L KVGT North Las Vegas.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 79 kn75 kn min to max 80 kn 79 75 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.1 ° min to max 4.8 ° 0.8 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.03 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 484 ft/m292 ft/m min to max 878 ft/m 292 564 ft/m
Info Average altitude 80 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 329 ft agl 27 329 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °5.0 ° min to max 9.1 ° 5.0 6.2 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 101 ft agl · 85 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas. Distance was less than 1 nm in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kn75 kn min to max 76 kn 75 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 18.5 °6.8 ° min to max 26.6 ° 6.8 22.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.97 g min to max 1.07 g 0.97 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 521 ft/m311 ft/m min to max 695 ft/m 505 311 ft/m
Info Average altitude 373 ft agl322 ft agl min to max 418 ft agl 322 418 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °4.1 ° min to max 7.2 ° 6.0 4.1 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas. Distance was less than 1 nm in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 0.4 °-33.2 ° min to max 19.8 ° 19.8 -33.2 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn77 kn min to max 84 kn 77 81 kn
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.10 g 1.09 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 293 ft/m-60 ft/m min to max 761 ft/m 267 94 ft/m
Info Average altitude 472 ft agl422 ft agl min to max 540 ft agl 422 540 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 11.1 °0.3 ° min to max 20.9 ° 20.9 11.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °1.6 ° min to max 7.3 ° 4.4 2.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 97.29Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 52.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 52.3 °.
100 % Average speed 78 kn77 kn min to max 80 kn 80 79 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.1 °4.0 ° min to max 14.0 ° 12.0 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.13 g 0.98 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -413 ft/m-805 ft/m min to max 58 ft/m 30 58 ft/m
Info Average altitude 488 ft agl441 ft agl min to max 540 ft agl 540 444 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.8 ° min to max 4.6 ° 2.2 4.6 °
Pattern Downwind 89.48Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 107 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 4.0 °-13.1 ° min to max 20.2 ° 20.2 -13.1 °
65 % Average altitude 791 ft agl448 ft agl min to max 965 ft agl 448 934 ft agl
100 % Average speed 77 kn66 kn min to max 87 kn 79 68 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.21 g 1.01 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 263 ft/m-605 ft/m min to max 1,125 ft/m 203 -18 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 3.7 °0.1 ° min to max 14.8 ° 4.7 14.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °-2.0 ° min to max 12.6 ° 4.6 4.0 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 95.52Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 36.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 36.3 °.
100 % Average speed 56 kn50 kn min to max 68 kn 68 51 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.8 ° min to max 16.1 ° 15.8 4.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.11 g 1.04 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -481 ft/m-918 ft/m min to max 154 ft/m -4 -820 ft/m
Info Average altitude 848 ft agl699 ft agl min to max 943 ft agl 934 699 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-3.5 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.9 0.6 °
Pattern Base Leg 94.08Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 33 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Heading -7.0 °-40.3 ° min to max 18.0 ° 18.0 -40.3 °
100 % Average speed 52 kn49 kn min to max 56 kn 50 56 kn
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.12 g 1.06 0.97 g
Info Average altitude 627 ft agl575 ft agl min to max 688 ft agl 688 575 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 5.1 °0.4 ° min to max 8.8 ° 4.6 7.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °1.1 ° min to max 6.3 ° 1.7 1.1 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 48 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 57 kn53 kn min to max 61 kn 57 61 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.0 ° min to max 8.5 ° 7.7 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -397 ft/m-875 ft/m min to max -48 ft/m -240 -422 ft/m
Info Average altitude 374 ft agl235 ft agl min to max 571 ft agl 571 235 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-3.9 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.4 -0.4 °
Arrival Final 1 99.68Approaching runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 228 ft agl to 40 ft agl. A decrease of 188 ft in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.2 °2.8 ° min to max 3.3 °Target 3.2 ° 3.0 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn61 kn min to max 63 kn 61 61 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.2 °
98 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 3.7 ° 0.5 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 0.97 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -406 ft/m-535 ft/m min to max -263 ft/m -428 -535 ft/m
Info Average altitude 87 ft agl40 ft agl min to max 228 ft agl 228 40 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.6 ° min to max 0.7 ° -1.0 -1.6 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas, runway length 1,220 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 60 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 60 kn. Target 55 kn
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.0 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 0.98 1.02 g
Info Average speed 58 kn54 kn min to max 60 kn 60 54 kn
Info Average VSI -381 ft/m-591 ft/m min to max -142 ft/m -537 -183 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl-5 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl 38 -5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-1.9 ° min to max 2.5 ° -1.7 2.5 °
07515022530037501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 96.36Touchdown distance was good at 258 m. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was good at -183 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Touchdown VSI was -183 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 258 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 54 knTarget 50 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.30 m1.64 m right -1.09 -2.30 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.3 °
97 % Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.30 g 1.02 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 51 kn48 kn min to max 54 kn 54 48 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °2.4 ° min to max 5.1 ° 2.5 3.8 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 66 kt with 1.2° 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.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF1.2° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 54 kt 0.6° 0 s
Liftoff165 m 66 kt 1.2° 3.8 s
35 ft630 m · 11.1 s after liftoff 80 kt 5.4° 14.9 s
End of the climb1,843 m · 328 ft 75 kt 6.2° 43.6 s

Takeoff from KVGT 12L

Takeoff roll100.00
162m13 %
Liftoff speed5.90
66kt
Runway alignment100.00
0.69m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
197fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 328 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 89 m of runway left; then climbing at 500 fpm on average to 328 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 END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 66 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,220 m runway.

Rolled from 501 m in, never more than 0.7 m off the centreline. Airborne 54 % 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.

5001,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 0.66 m LROLL 501 M INAirborne 666 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 666 m of 1,220 m · 55 %
Behind the start of the roll, 501 mTakeoff roll, 165 m Left ahead, 553 m

The circuit to KVGT 12L

Left-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, 0.8 nm out at 76 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 700 ft27°114°216°39°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
400 ft
Bank
27°
Speed
75 kt

Early: turned crosswind at 400 ft. US guidance is within 300 ft of circuit height, 700 ft here, so the climb ends on downwind.

Crosswind. Turn 90 degrees when you're within about 300 ft of pattern altitude, which at a standard field means roughly 700 ft AGL, or two-thirds of the way up. That rule exists for a reason worth knowing. It means you finish the climb and level off on downwind, wings level, rather than trying to capture an altitude mid-turn. If you turn crosswind at pattern altitude instead, you arrive on downwind still cleaning up, and the abeam point catches you unconfigured.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
14°
Height
791 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
77 kt
Out
1.0 nm 0.8 suits 76 kt

Low on downwind: 791 ft against 1,000 ft, 209 ft below.

Descending on downwind. Power comes back abeam, the aircraft isn't re-trimmed, your eyes are outside judging the turn point, and 100 ft leaks away before base. Shows up as a low gate 2, and everything after it is a scramble.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
36° target 45°
Bank
16°
Height
933 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 36° behind, against 45°.

The stopwatch. 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
4Final turn
Bank
9°
Overshoot
4 m none
Speed
57 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind97Downwind89Base turn96Base94Final turn100

The approach to KVGT 12L

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3.2° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 80 ft below the slope.

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: 3.2° here, which is about 340 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,4101,0807404003.2° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND564320197
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

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 491 m left of the centreline at 1.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.7 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° BAND491 m L150 m L5 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KVGT 12L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
38ft
Threshold speed100.00
60kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.05m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
260m
Centreline100.00
2.30m R
Speed100.00
53kt
Touchdown rate86.02
-183fpm
Impact97.14
1.30G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

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

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 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.

Side view — the last 1,220 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 38 ft, 12 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 260 m in, close to 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 1,220 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.

38 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −182 fpm · 2.5° nose up · 54 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 38 ft, down at 260 m

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

The sink went from 480 fpm at 36 ft to 180 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.2° 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 UP0−500−1,000−2°4°10°touchdown−182 fpm at touchdown2.5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,220 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2.3 m right of the centreline.

How to read this

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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 260 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 260 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 260 m of 1,220 m · 21 %
In the air over the runway, 260 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 960 m

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