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KASE
Aspen, United States
Runway 15
Elevation7,677 ft asl
Weight2,696 lbs
Fuel431 lbs
Wind350° · 15 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

91.23 %
KASE
Aspen, United States
Runway 15
Elevation7,677 ft asl
Weight2,690 lbs
Fuel424 lbs
Wind350° · 14 kn · 2 kn cross
10 Aug 2025 0:08 10 nm PA28 Arrow III 7 lbs
Departure Score
92.51 %
Pattern Score
87.15 %
Arrival Score
94.02 %

What went well

Touched down at -134 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 9.5 ft off the centreline, no bounce
1.20 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg — Heading -23.1 ° at 0 %, −2.14 points
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 1,301 ft agl at 44 %, Heading 9.1 ° at 73 %, −1.19 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 56 %, Threshold speed was too high at 87 kt at 90 %, −0.91 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Runway alignment max 19.1 ft at 90 %, −0.75 points

Next time

Maintain the centreline

See Departure Roll

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 18 stages, 16 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 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 0 5 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 7 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 1.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Battery Master On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), Average speed was 12 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 29 kt0 kt min to max 40 kt 0 40 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.6 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.0 0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Roll 91.01Departure roll runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field). Takeoff distance 3,023 ft 43 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 81 kt. Local weather - Temperature 75 °F. Wind 17 kt at 350 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Tailwind: 17 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 3,023 ft43 % of runway
90 % Liftoff speed was 81 ktTarget 70 kt
90 % Runway alignment max 19.1 ft0.0 ft left to 19.1 ft right -3.2 -19.1 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.10 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.2 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.9 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Departure Climb 1 99.04Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 15 KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 87 kt81 kt min to max 92 kt 81 92 kt
96 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.3 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 1.10 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 528 fpm328 fpm min to max 1,195 fpm 337 1,195 fpm
Info Average altitude 44 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 120 ft agl 1 120 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °3.6 ° min to max 8.6 ° 3.6 7.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 27 ft agl · 97 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 15 KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 91 kt89 kt min to max 91 kt 91 90 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °1.6 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.0 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.94 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 1,291 fpm1,149 fpm min to max 1,353 fpm 1,205 1,149 fpm
Info Average altitude 160 ft agl122 ft agl min to max 249 ft agl 122 249 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °6.8 ° min to max 9.0 ° 7.5 6.8 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 15 KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field). Distance was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 91 kt87 kt min to max 97 kt 90 97 kt
100 % Average bank angle 15.3 °5.4 ° min to max 23.4 ° 5.4 21.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.18 g 0.93 1.12 g
Info Average VSI 976 fpm535 fpm min to max 1,521 fpm 947 568 fpm
Info Average altitude 599 ft agl417 ft agl min to max 756 ft agl 417 756 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °3.7 ° min to max 9.8 ° 5.8 4.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 203 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 224 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 237 ft agl · 104 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 261 ft agl · 102 kt
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 15 KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field). Distance was less than 1 nm in 18 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -3.5 °-31.1 ° min to max 21.7 ° 21.7 -31.1 °
100 % Average speed 103 kt99 kt min to max 106 kt 99 103 kt
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.99 g min to max 1.16 g 1.14 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,267 fpm654 fpm min to max 1,478 fpm 654 1,391 fpm
Info Average altitude 967 ft agl767 ft agl min to max 1,186 ft agl 767 1,186 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 19.0 °17.8 ° min to max 21.3 ° 21.3 20.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °4.9 ° min to max 8.9 ° 4.9 6.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 92.47Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 56.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
75 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 56.3 °.
100 % Average speed 114 kt103 kt min to max 120 kt 103 116 kt
100 % Average bank angle 15.7 °0.4 ° min to max 23.6 ° 21.5 4.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.14 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 705 fpm333 fpm min to max 1,294 fpm 1,294 424 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,396 ft agl1,207 ft agl min to max 1,578 ft agl 1,207 1,578 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °0.8 ° min to max 6.0 ° 6.0 0.8 °
Pattern Downwind 75.10Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 139 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Heading 9.1 °-19.3 ° min to max 20.3 ° -19.3 -19.3 °
44 % Average altitude 1,301 ft agl830 ft agl min to max 1,678 ft agl 1,591 830 ft agl
100 % Average speed 112 kt102 kt min to max 121 kt 116 102 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.83 g min to max 1.33 g 1.00 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -1,135 fpm-2,320 fpm min to max 483 fpm 388 -1,375 fpm
Info Average bank angle 10.4 °0.3 ° min to max 17.6 ° 2.9 16.0 °
Info Average pitch angle -2.9 °-6.6 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.8 1.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 866 ft agl · 143 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 858 ft agl · 125 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 87.47Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 29.6 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
58 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 29.6 °.
100 % Average speed 100 kt96 kt min to max 104 kt 101 102 kt
100 % Average bank angle 15.3 °6.6 ° min to max 19.9 ° 16.1 6.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.21 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -422 fpm-1,270 fpm min to max 29 fpm -1,270 -219 fpm
Info Average altitude 693 ft agl650 ft agl min to max 811 ft agl 811 650 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.2 2.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 632 ft agl · 120 kt
Pattern Base Leg 55.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -23.1 °-52.3 ° min to max -5.9 ° -5.9 -52.3 °
100 % Average speed 96 kt93 kt min to max 101 kt 101 93 kt
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.18 g 1.06 1.05 g
Info Average altitude 662 ft agl647 ft agl min to max 672 ft agl 647 664 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 15.4 °4.9 ° min to max 23.8 ° 4.9 23.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °1.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.1 2.3 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kt92 kt min to max 96 kt 93 95 kt
100 % Average bank angle 19.0 °1.3 ° min to max 25.0 ° 23.7 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.09 g 1.05 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -571 fpm-1,001 fpm min to max -77 fpm -77 -737 fpm
Info Average altitude 599 ft agl491 ft agl min to max 662 ft agl 662 491 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.9 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.8 -0.9 °
Arrival Final 2 98.43Approaching runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 480 ft agl to 391 ft agl. A decrease of 89 ft in 9 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.1 °3.0 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.0 ° 3.0 3.1 °
100 % Average speed 94 kt94 kt min to max 95 kt 95 94 kt
87 % Heading variation -3.0 °-3.7 ° min to max -2.2 ° -3.7 -2.2 °
99 % Average bank angle 2.5 °1.5 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.5 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -598 fpm-743 fpm min to max -479 fpm -668 -743 fpm
Info Average altitude 439 ft agl391 ft agl min to max 480 ft agl 480 391 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° -0.3 0.7 °
11.251.51.752250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-800-600-400-2000200400600800Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 91.91Approaching runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 378 ft agl to 189 ft agl. A decrease of 189 ft in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.5 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.0 ° 3.1 3.2 °
100 % Average speed 87 kt86 kt min to max 93 kt 93 87 kt
65 % Heading variation -0.3 °-1.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -1.4 -0.1 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.3 ° min to max 5.0 ° 5.0 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.90 g min to max 1.13 g 1.02 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -497 fpm-854 fpm min to max -292 fpm -780 -548 fpm
Info Average altitude 224 ft agl189 ft agl min to max 378 ft agl 378 189 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.1 1.2 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-330-248-165-83083165248330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 86.37Landing on runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), runway length 7,006 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 87 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
90 % Threshold speed was too high at 87 kt. Target 71 kt
56 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.7 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.10 g 1.01 0.96 g
Info Average speed 81 kt73 kt min to max 87 kt 87 73 kt
Info Average VSI -240 fpm-549 fpm min to max 27 fpm -549 -131 fpm
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 54 ft agl 54 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °0.4 ° min to max 5.3 ° 1.4 3.8 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,5003,7504,00001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,5003,7504,000-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 93.93Touchdown point was 1,263 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 73 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -131 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 73 °F. Wind 14 kt at 350 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Tailwind: 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown VSI was -131 fpm.
62 % Touchdown distance was 2,649 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 73 ktTarget below 66 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 9.8 ft9.6 ft right -9.6 -9.5 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.96 g min to max 1.20 g 0.96 1.05 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 72 kt72 kt min to max 73 kt 73 72 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.8 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 2.9 °
Arrival Rollout 99.44Total landing distance 4,226 ft, 60 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 4,226 ft60 % of runway.
99 % Runway alignment max 11.1 ft0.0 ft left to 11.1 ft right -9.6 -9.1 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average speed 94 kt54 kt min to max 99 kt 99 54 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °-0.1 ° min to max 4.8 ° 3.0 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 8 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 16 kt0 kt min to max 48 kt 48 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.3 ° min to max 1.3 ° -0.1 1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 1 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 81 kt with 2.9° 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.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.9° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 20 kt 0.9° 0 s
Liftoff2,947 ft · target 70 81 kt 2.9° 22.6 s
35 ft4,143 ft · 6.3 s after liftoff 86 kt 4.8° 28.9 s
End of the climb6,786 ft · 249 ft 90 kt 6.8° 43.0 s

Takeoff from KASE 15

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
3,023ft43 %
Liftoff speed90.19
81kttarget 70, 11 fast
Runway alignment89.87
19.1ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.04
527fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 249 ft.

Reached 35 ft 2,159 ft past the runway end; then climbing at 730 fpm on average to 249 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 END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 81 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 7,006 ft runway.

Rolled from 5,022 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 18 ft at the widest, and lifted off 18 ft right. Airborne 114 % of the way down the runway, past 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 17.9 ft RROLL 5,022 FT INAirborne 7,969 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 7,969 ft of 7,006 ft · 114 %
Behind the start of the roll, 5,022 ftTakeoff roll, 2,947 ft Left ahead, 0 ft

The circuit to KASE 15

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, 1.1 nm out at 108 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.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 700 ft23°124°220°325°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
562 ft
Bank
23°
Speed
88 kt

Early: turned crosswind at 562 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
24°
Height
1,301 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
112 kt
Out
1.2 nm 1.1 suits 108 kt

High on downwind: 1,301 ft against 1,000 ft, 301 ft above.

Downwind. Parallel to the runway, opposite the landing direction, at pattern altitude and roughly 90 kt. The single most important moment of the entire circuit is the point abeam your intended touchdown point. Power back (around 1,700 RPM in a 172 works as a starting value to calibrate), first stage of flap, pre-landing flow, and re-trim. Everything from abeam to touchdown is one continuous energy problem. Arrive at the abeam point high or fast and you'll pay for it ninety seconds later in the flare, which is why analysing only the touchdown so often misdiagnoses the fault.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
30° target 45°
Bank
20°
Height
676 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 30° 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
25°
Overshoot
933 ft
Speed
94 kt

Overshot: went 933 ft through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind92Downwind75Base turn87Base55Final turn100

The approach to KASE 15

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 30 ft above 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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND529368202
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 930 ft right of the centreline at 1.5 nm.

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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND340 ft R750 ft R199 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +17 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.

6080100120140160 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 71+22 kt+25 kt+19 kt+16 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KASE 15

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
53ft
Threshold speed89.75
86kttarget 71, 15 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft R

Touchdown

Past threshold61.51
2,655ft
Centreline100.00
9.8ft R
Speed100.00
72kttarget 66, 6 fast
Touchdown rate98.82
-134fpm
Impact100.00
1.20G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 350° at 14 kt · 14 kt tail · 2 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 100 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 16 s, an average deceleration of 0.24 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 · 1,563 ft30 kt · 1,839 fttouchdown1,913 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 53 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,655 ft in, 1,655 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

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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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

53 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −131 fpm · 3.8° nose up · 73 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 53 ft, down at 2,655 ft

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

The sink went from 530 fpm at 50 ft to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.4° 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−131 fpm at touchdown3.8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,006 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 10 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 11 ft right at the widest.

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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 2,655 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 2,655 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 4,118 ft of 7,006 ft · 59 %
In the air over the runway, 2,655 ftRollout, 1,463 ft Left over, 2,888 ft
Rollout distance100.00
1,463ft59 % used
Rollout alignment98.76
11.1ft R

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The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a PA28 Arrow III, then departed from runway 15 at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field). The takeoff distance was 3,023 feet, which accounted for 43% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 81 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 75°F and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 350°.

The wind conditions resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 17 knots. The pilot then entered a left-hand pattern from runway 15, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in just 21 seconds. The subsequent left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 18 seconds, with a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The pilot then proceeded to the downwind turn, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles at an angle of 56.3° to the runway.

The downwind leg itself was 3 nautical miles long and took 139 seconds to complete. The pilot then turned onto the base leg, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles at an angle of 29.6° to the runway. The base leg was completed in 19 seconds, with a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The final turn was also less than 1 nautical mile in distance and took 15 seconds to complete.

The final approach to runway 15 was made from the northwest, with a heading of 149.0° and an altitude of 480 feet above ground level (agl) at a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing was made on runway 15, which had a length of 7,006 feet. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 87 knots. The touchdown point was 1,263 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 73 knots, which was a little fast.

However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -131 feet per minute (fpm), and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 73°F and a wind speed of 14 knots from a direction of 350°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 14 knots. The total landing distance was 4,226 feet, which accounted for 60% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.

In conclusion, the flight was completed with a total distance of 10 nautical miles, taking 8 minutes to complete, and using 7 pounds of fuel.

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