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EGFF
Cardiff, Wales
Runway 30
Elevation207 ft asl
Weight1,104 kg
Fuel105 kg
Wind270° · 6 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

96.51 %
EGGD
Bristol, England
Runway 09
Elevation607 ft asl
Weight1,099 kg
Fuel204 kg
Wind270° · 6 kn
5 Mar 2024 0:14 24 nm PA28 Arrow III
Departure Score
94.43 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
93.47 %

What went well

Touched down at -50 fpm — a soft arrival
1.08 G at touchdown — inside band
Airborne in 561 m — 28 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Landing — at 80 %, Landing and flare profile at 85 %, −1.39 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 2.4 ° at 71 %, −0.69 points
Departure Taxi — Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on at 0 %, −0.67 points

Top opportunity

Reduce your height at the threshold

Arrival Landing

Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 16 stages, 16 scored

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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kn0 kn min to max 14 kn 0 14 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 13 knmax 13 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Roll 93.45Departure roll runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff. Takeoff distance 593 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 80 kn. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 593 m30 % of runway
81 % Liftoff speed was 80 knTarget 70 kn
87 % Runway alignment max 7.33 m6.74 m left to 0.59 m right 0.24 6.74 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.3 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.0 1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.1 °

Events

Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 30 EGFF Cardiff.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.7 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 87 kn80 kn min to max 91 kn 80 91 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.1 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.95 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 1.7 m/s1.4 m/s min to max 2.5 m/s 1.4 2.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 5.0 m agl0.0 m agl min to max 13.5 m agl 0.0 13.5 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °1.6 ° min to max 5.4 ° 1.6 5.4 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 34 ft agl · 92 kt
Departure Climb 2 96.34Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.7 ° -0.3 0.7 °
100 % Average speed 91 kn88 kn min to max 92 kn 91 88 kn
85 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.1 ° min to max 7.6 ° 0.8 7.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.96 g min to max 1.10 g 1.04 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 4.0 m/s2.5 m/s min to max 7.1 m/s 2.5 6.8 m/s
Info Average altitude 29.8 m agl13.7 m agl min to max 117.9 m agl 13.7 117.9 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °5.5 ° min to max 9.7 ° 5.5 8.6 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 129 ft agl · 94 kt
Departure Climb 3 92.37Departure climb to 304.8 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 88 kn88 kn min to max 88 kn 88 88 kn
62 % Average bank angle 13.2 °9.8 ° min to max 16.5 ° 9.8 16.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.00 g 0.98 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 6.0 m/s5.4 m/s min to max 6.5 m/s 6.5 5.4 m/s
Info Average altitude 136.1 m agl124.3 m agl min to max 147.3 m agl 124.3 147.3 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °5.8 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.8 5.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales). Climbing from 219 m asl to 605 m asl, an increase of 386.2 m in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kn89 kn min to max 99 kn 89 96 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.6 °0.2 ° min to max 28.4 ° 17.6 2.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.86 g min to max 1.17 g 1.02 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 5.6 m/s1.9 m/s min to max 8.4 m/s 5.1 4.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 401 m asl219 m asl min to max 605 m asl 219 605 m asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °2.0 ° min to max 9.5 ° 5.3 2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 602 m asl564 m asl min to max 632 m asl 608 564 m asl
100 % Average speed 121 kn97 kn min to max 126 kn 97 124 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.2 °0.2 ° min to max 14.3 ° 2.7 10.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.11 g 0.98 1.05 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-2.6 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 -1.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2,024 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,024 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,024 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 2,026 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 2,026 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,026 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2,019 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,019 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,019 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 2,037 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 2,037 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,037 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2,029 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,029 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 1,855 ft agl · 132 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,855 ft agl · 132 kt
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 5 miles south east of Penarth (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales). Climbing from 564 m asl to 682 m asl, an increase of 117.2 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 117 kn108 kn min to max 124 kn 124 108 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.2 °0.1 ° min to max 14.2 ° 12.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.07 g 1.06 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 1.2 m/s0.1 m/s min to max 2.4 m/s 0.4 1.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 590 m asl564 m asl min to max 682 m asl 564 682 m asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-1.5 ° min to max 2.2 ° -1.1 0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 701 m asl686 m asl min to max 726 m asl 686 726 m asl
100 % Average speed 110 kn108 kn min to max 111 kn 111 111 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.2 °2.8 ° min to max 8.2 ° 3.5 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.1 -0.4 °
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset, England). Climbing from 726 m asl to 905 m asl, an increase of 178.3 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 111 kn105 kn min to max 115 kn 111 114 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.9 °0.5 ° min to max 9.4 ° 5.6 8.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.02 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 2.3 m/s0.1 m/s min to max 4.7 m/s 0.2 4.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 841 m asl726 m asl min to max 905 m asl 726 905 m asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-3.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.1 0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 949 m asl915 m asl min to max 966 m asl 915 952 m asl
100 % Average speed 109 kn106 kn min to max 113 kn 113 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.5 °2.2 ° min to max 9.6 ° 6.3 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-3.7 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.8 -3.7 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England). Descent from 914 m asl to 581 m asl, a decrease of 333.3 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 107 kn90 kn min to max 114 kn 110 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.9 °0.0 ° min to max 10.0 ° 0.3 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.86 g min to max 1.07 g 1.02 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -5.0 m/s-7.5 m/s min to max -1.8 m/s -3.5 -5.4 m/s
Info Average altitude 736 m asl581 m asl min to max 914 m asl 914 581 m asl
Info Average pitch angle -5.7 °-7.8 ° min to max -3.1 ° -3.1 -7.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,515 ft agl · 120 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,959 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,944 ft agl · 107 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 86 kn82 kn min to max 90 kn 90 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 6.1 ° 0.2 3.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 0.92 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -5.9 m/s-7.9 m/s min to max -2.4 m/s -6.2 -3.0 m/s
Info Average altitude 397 m asl265 m asl min to max 574 m asl 574 265 m asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.9 °-10.0 ° min to max -2.6 ° -8.4 -3.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,385 ft agl · 93 kt
Arrival Final 1 93.79Approaching runway 09 at EGGD Bristol from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 76.6 m agl to 15.7 m agl. A decrease of 60.9 m in 31 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
71 % Approach angle 2.4 °2.3 ° min to max 2.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.3 2.4 °
100 % Average speed 83 kn80 kn min to max 84 kn 82 83 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.4 -0.1 °
98 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.7 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -2.0 m/s-3.1 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s -3.0 -1.9 m/s
Info Average altitude 31.6 m agl15.7 m agl min to max 76.6 m agl 76.6 15.7 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.7 °-3.8 ° min to max 0.4 ° -2.9 -2.8 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 87.50Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol, runway length 1,881 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn. Target 71 kn
80 % Target 15.2 m agl
85 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 0.99 g
Info Average speed 76 kn65 kn min to max 83 kn 83 65 kn
Info Average VSI -1.1 m/s-2.1 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s -1.9 -0.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 3.0 m agl0.0 m agl min to max 10.9 m agl 10.9 0.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.8 ° min to max 3.1 ° -2.8 3.1 °
07515022530037545052560001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.12Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 65 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was perfect at -0.2 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Tailwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -0.2 m/s.
94 % Touchdown distance was 510 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 65 knTarget 61 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.70 m0.69 m left 0.69 0.67 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 65 kn64 kn min to max 65 kn 65 64 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °3.1 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.1 3.6 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll561 m · 28 %
80.72Liftoff speed80 kt
86.53Runway alignment6.74 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb336 fpm

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

79.51Threshold height35 ft
85.71Threshold speed83 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.03 m R

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on EGGD 09

Past threshold94.17
511m
Centreline100.00
0.67m L
Speed100.00
65kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-50fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
BouncesOk
None

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

35 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 35 ft, down at 511 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,881 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 511 m past threshold CLEARED

Touched down 511 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 511 m of 1,881 m · 27 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff in the Piper PA-28 Arrow III
94.43 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
93.45 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff. Takeoff distance 593 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 80 kn. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 593 m using 29.83 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
80.72 %
Liftoff speed was 80 kn - Target 67 kn
Alignment
86.53 %
6.74 m left to 0.59 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
90 45 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750-20-15-10-505101520 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 30 EGFF Cardiff.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
6 3.5 1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
96.34 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
85.37 %
8 4 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 7.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,500 900 300
92.37 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 304.8 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 85 80
Bank °
61.87 %
17 13 9
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 6.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,300 1,100 900
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750093186279372465 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.090.130.170.220100200300400 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.090.130.170.22-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol in the Piper PA-28 Arrow III
Landing Score 93.47 %
93.79 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 09 at EGGD Bristol from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 76.6 m agl to 15.7 m agl. A decrease of 60.9 m in 31 seconds.
Glideslope
70.77 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
70.77 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
84 82 80
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.16 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-10 -355 -700
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
87.5 %
Landing
Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol, runway length 1,881 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn.
Height
79.51 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
85.71 %
Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kt. Target 71 kt
Flare
84.77 %
Very good landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
83 72 60
Pitch °
Info
3 0.5 -2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-20 -260 -500
07515022530037545052560001223354658 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525600-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
99.12 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 65 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was perfect at -0.2 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Tailwind: 6 kn.
Warning: Landed with a 6 kt tailwind
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was perfect at -50 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 65 kt was a little fast. Target below 61 kn
Distance
94.23 %
Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.04 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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