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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight1,716 kg
Fuel121 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

96.04 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight1,712 kg
Fuel116 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
29 Aug 2025 0:04 3 nm DHC-2 Beaver 5 kg
Departure Score
92.96 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
95.17 %

What went well

Touched down at -137 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 394 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.48 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Roll — Takeoff Bounce at 0 %, −1.37 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 3.4 ° at 41 %, Heading variation -0.1 ° at 80 %, −1.34 points
Departure Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, −0.67 points

Next time

Departure

Ease back pressure in smoothly as you approach 68 kt, holding a steady rotation rate rather than snatching the controls.

What happened: On the takeoff roll the aircraft bounced before becoming fully airborne.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: a smooth, continuous pitch-up through liftoff with no secondary bounce.

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 · 11 stages, 10 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 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 9.6 °9.6 ° min to max 9.6 ° 9.6 9.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 24 kt 0 24 kt
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °9.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° 9.3 9.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.95 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.95 g

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 5 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 79.39Departure roll runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 329 m 12 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 67 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 329 m12 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 67 ktTarget 68 kt
97 % Runway alignment max 3.88 m right0.85 m left to 3.88 m right -0.18 -3.88 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.04 g 0.96 1.04 g
0 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.1 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 4.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 1.3 °
Departure Climb 1 99.84Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.8 °0.6 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.6 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 70 kt67 kt min to max 71 kt 67 71 kt
99 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 346 fpm216 fpm min to max 418 fpm 216 418 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 1 47 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °4.6 ° min to max 6.0 ° 4.6 5.9 °
Departure Climb 2 96.58Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.7 °0.4 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.8 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 71 kt70 kt min to max 75 kt 71 72 kt
86 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 7.2 ° 0.1 4.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 374 fpm124 fpm min to max 454 fpm 420 423 fpm
Info Average altitude 121 ft agl48 ft agl min to max 367 ft agl 48 367 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °3.6 ° min to max 6.7 ° 5.9 6.5 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 99 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 94 ft agl · 71 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 152 ft agl · 71 kt
Departure Climb 3 98.97Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 2.1 °1.8 ° min to max 2.6 ° 1.8 2.6 °
100 % Average speed 72 kt72 kt min to max 72 kt 72 72 kt
95 % Average bank angle 2.8 °2.3 ° min to max 4.0 ° 4.0 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.94 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 407 fpm301 fpm min to max 453 fpm 436 301 fpm
Info Average altitude 391 ft agl374 ft agl min to max 406 ft agl 374 406 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °4.6 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.5 4.6 °
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Monkton (South Ayrshire, Scotland) and lasted 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±524 ft of 552 ft asl461 ft asl min to max 610 ft asl 477 461 ft asl
100 % Average speed 76 kt72 kt min to max 81 kt 72 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.0 ° min to max 21.7 ° 2.1 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 0.98 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-3.4 ° min to max 5.9 ° 4.3 0.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 581 ft agl · 74 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 512 ft agl · 81 kt
Arrival Final 2 97.17Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 408 ft agl to 391 ft agl. A decrease of 17 ft in 5 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Approach angle 3.6 °3.4 ° min to max 3.7 °Target 3.0 ° 3.4 3.7 °
100 % Average speed 78 kt76 kt min to max 79 kt 79 76 kt
97 % Heading variation -2.2 °-2.4 ° min to max -1.8 ° -2.4 -1.8 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.94 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -141 fpm-216 fpm min to max -60 fpm -118 -216 fpm
Info Average altitude 402 ft agl391 ft agl min to max 408 ft agl 408 391 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-1.2 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 -0.3 °
11.251.51.752350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-180-135-90-4504590135180Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 83.95Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 387 ft agl to 42 ft agl. A decrease of 345 ft in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
41 % Approach angle 3.4 °3.1 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 3.8 3.1 °
100 % Average speed 73 kt71 kt min to max 76 kt 76 71 kt
80 % Heading variation -0.1 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° -1.0 -0.0 °
98 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -493 fpm-658 fpm min to max -229 fpm -229 -470 fpm
Info Average altitude 119 ft agl42 ft agl min to max 387 ft agl 387 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-2.9 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.5 -0.2 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-100-75-50-250255075100Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 99.89Landing on runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Threshold height at 55 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 71 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 71 kt. Target 70 kt
99.6 % Threshold height at 55 ft agl was slightly above target.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.01 m left0.01 m left to 0.00 m right -0.00 0.01 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 1.01 1.02 g
Info Average speed 66 kt57 kt min to max 71 kt 71 57 kt
Info Average VSI -286 fpm-469 fpm min to max -137 fpm -469 -137 fpm
Info Average altitude 26 ft agl8 ft agl min to max 55 ft agl 55 8 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 9.9 ° -0.2 9.9 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 5 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 5 ft agl
Info Stall Warning Activated 5 ft agl · 56 kt
07515022530037545001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.68Touchdown distance was good at 394 m. Touchdown speed at 57 kt was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -137 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown rate was -137 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 394 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 57 ktTarget below 66 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.64 m left1.57 m left 1.64 1.48 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.02 g min to max 1.14 g 1.02 1.05 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 56 kt55 kt min to max 57 kt 57 55 kt
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °9.9 ° min to max 10.2 ° 9.9 10.2 °

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 4.1° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF4.1° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 28 kt 6.2° 0 s
Liftoff253 m · target 68 66 kt 4.1° 10.1 s
35 ft558 m · 8.7 s after liftoff 71 kt 5.8° 18.8 s
End of Climb 33,037 m · 406 ft 72 kt 4.6° 87 s

Takeoff from EGPK 30

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
408m15 %
Liftoff speed100.00
66kttarget 68, 2 slow
Runway alignment96.96
3.88m R
Bounce on takeoff0.00
Yes
Rate of climb99.84
346fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 406 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,096 m of runway left; then climbing at 320 fpm on average to 406 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

500 ft250 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 66 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 82 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m right. Airborne 12 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 2.59 m RROLL 82 M INAirborne 335 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 335 m of 2,737 m · 12 %
Behind the start of the roll, 82 mTakeoff roll, 253 m Left ahead, 2,402 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

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

At the 300 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 0.6 nm, about 310 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate. The last to settle was the centreline.

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.

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

The approach to EGPK 12

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

Profile height against the 3° 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 90 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, 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND280300 ft gate6 of 7on centreline420 ft · 78 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 210 m right of the centreline at 1.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 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° BAND6 m R119 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 33 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +16 kt on the approach speed of 65 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.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 65+10 kt+6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 12

Over the threshold

Threshold height99.56
53ft
Threshold speed100.00
70kttarget 65, 5 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.01m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
394m
Centreline100.00
1.64m L
Speed100.00
56kttarget 60 or less
Touchdown rate98.73
-137fpm
Impact100.00
1.14G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

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 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 53 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 394 m in, 89 m past 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.

53 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −115 fpm · 9.9° nose up · 57 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 53 ft, down at 394 m

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

The sink went from 450 fpm at 52 ft to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 10.2° 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°5°11°touchdown−115 fpm at touchdown9.9° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 394 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 394 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 394 m of 2,737 m · 14 %
In the air over the runway, 394 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,343 m

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Flight narrative

This flight was conducted in a DHC-2 Beaver aircraft, a small, single-engine plane. The aircraft taxied from the parking area to the runway at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than a nautical mile. The departure roll began on runway 30, and the takeoff distance was 329 meters, which is 12% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was 67 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees.

After takeoff, the aircraft entered a level cruise at an altitude of approximately 408 feet above ground level (agl) and a heading of 109.0 degrees. This phase of the flight lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than a nautical mile. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 12 at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which is located to the north-west of the airport.

The approach was conducted at an altitude of 408 feet agl and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 2,737 meters. The touchdown distance was 392 meters, and the touchdown speed was 57 knots, both of which were considered good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -137 feet per minute (fpm), and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 269 degrees.

The total flight distance was 3 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 4 minutes. The aircraft used 5 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was conducted in good weather conditions, and the pilot's performance was considered to be good.

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