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KSDL
Scottsdale, United States
Runway 03
Elevation1,447 ft asl
Weight1,944 lbs
Fuel149 lbs
WindCalm

Flight Score

91.88 %
KSDL
Scottsdale, United States
Runway 03
Elevation1,447 ft asl
Weight1,936 lbs
Fuel140 lbs
WindCalm
10 Mar 2025 0:11 12 nm PA28 Archer II 9 lbs
Departure Score
93.60 %
Pattern Score
91.21 %
Arrival Score
90.84 %

What went well

Touched down at -30 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,446 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 5.0 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, −2.20 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 85.8 ° at 0 %, −1.43 points
Pattern Base Leg — at 0 %, Heading -11.8 ° at 55 %, −0.97 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 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 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 19 kt 0 14 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 14 ktmax 15 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 2.6 °1.9 ° min to max 3.1 ° 3.1 2.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.7 1.4 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport, Average speed was 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 14 11 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °0.7 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.9 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.2 0.2 °
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 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Roll 94.40Departure roll runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport. Takeoff distance 1,288 ft 18 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 59 kt. Local weather - Temperature 79 °F. .
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,288 ft18 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 59 ktTarget 62 kt
97 % Runway alignment max 12.7 ft0.0 ft left to 12.7 ft right -9.4 -12.7 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °1.2 ° min to max 4.7 ° 3.6 4.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.3 0.6 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KSDL Scottsdale Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.4 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 67 kt60 kt min to max 72 kt 60 72 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.7 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 359 fpm208 fpm min to max 627 fpm 223 627 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 55 ft agl 1 55 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °4.8 ° min to max 8.0 ° 4.8 8.0 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KSDL Scottsdale Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kt72 kt min to max 80 kt 72 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.5 ° min to max 3.4 ° 1.1 3.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.88 g min to max 1.06 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 653 fpm500 fpm min to max 1,059 fpm 633 678 fpm
Info Average altitude 154 ft agl56 ft agl min to max 563 ft agl 56 563 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.7 °7.3 ° min to max 11.6 ° 8.0 8.2 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 96 ft agl · 80 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 68 ft agl · 76 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 03 KSDL Scottsdale Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 85 kt80 kt min to max 92 kt 80 92 kt
100 % Average bank angle 12.4 °5.5 ° min to max 14.6 ° 5.5 13.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 533 fpm324 fpm min to max 754 fpm 688 324 fpm
Info Average altitude 724 ft agl588 ft agl min to max 832 ft agl 588 832 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °4.0 ° min to max 8.5 ° 8.3 4.0 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 03 KSDL Scottsdale Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 31 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.4 °-18.8 ° min to max 18.0 ° 18.0 -18.8 °
100 % Average speed 102 kt93 kt min to max 111 kt 93 111 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 57 fpm-319 fpm min to max 370 fpm 314 176 fpm
Info Average altitude 878 ft agl837 ft agl min to max 908 ft agl 837 867 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 6.9 °0.0 ° min to max 12.9 ° 12.9 11.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-0.8 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.8 2.0 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 85.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 85.8 °.
100 % Average speed 113 kt109 kt min to max 116 kt 111 114 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.2 °7.3 ° min to max 12.1 ° 11.7 7.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 76 fpm-236 fpm min to max 384 fpm 252 206 fpm
Info Average altitude 907 ft agl871 ft agl min to max 933 ft agl 871 916 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.4 1.3 °
Pattern Downwind 99.32Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 93 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.8 °-18.4 ° min to max 136.2 ° -1.5 -18.4 °
98 % Average altitude 939 ft agl899 ft agl min to max 967 ft agl 919 957 ft agl
100 % Average speed 105 kt89 kt min to max 114 kt 114 89 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 28 fpm-316 fpm min to max 534 fpm 201 -127 fpm
Info Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 12.5 ° 3.8 12.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 5.3 ° 1.3 0.6 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 89.52Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 3 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 31.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
65 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 31.3 °.
100 % Average speed 91 kt89 kt min to max 92 kt 89 91 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.1 °6.1 ° min to max 15.3 ° 12.6 6.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.10 g 0.94 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -294 fpm-563 fpm min to max -82 fpm -279 -82 fpm
Info Average altitude 876 ft agl813 ft agl min to max 951 ft agl 951 813 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-1.1 ° min to max 2.5 ° -0.3 2.5 °
Pattern Base Leg 79.60Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
55 % Heading -11.8 °-133.8 ° min to max -4.4 ° -4.4 -133.8 °
100 % Average speed 85 kt79 kt min to max 90 kt 90 79 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.08 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average altitude 798 ft agl774 ft agl min to max 817 ft agl 813 774 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 2.8 4.2 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.3 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.8 1.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 853 ft agl · 93 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 858 ft agl · 86 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 33 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kt76 kt min to max 78 kt 78 76 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.8 °0.3 ° min to max 12.5 ° 5.1 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -365 fpm-634 fpm min to max -159 fpm -159 -371 fpm
Info Average altitude 680 ft agl564 ft agl min to max 769 ft agl 769 564 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 693 ft agl · 83 kt
Arrival Final 2 100.00Approaching runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 558 ft agl to 324 ft agl. A decrease of 234 ft in 46 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.8 °2.6 ° min to max 2.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.6 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt68 kt min to max 75 kt 75 69 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.4 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -301 fpm-382 fpm min to max -224 fpm -342 -268 fpm
Info Average altitude 444 ft agl324 ft agl min to max 558 ft agl 558 324 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °1.6 ° min to max 3.1 ° 1.6 2.8 °
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-210-158-105-53053105158210Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 89.56Approaching runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 320 ft agl to 86 ft agl. A decrease of 234 ft in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
48 % Approach angle 3.6 °2.9 ° min to max 4.2 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 4.2 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt68 kt min to max 69 kt 69 69 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.9 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -376 fpm-517 fpm min to max -253 fpm -253 -517 fpm
Info Average altitude 184 ft agl86 ft agl min to max 320 ft agl 320 86 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °0.8 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.7 0.8 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-150-113-75-3803875113150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 60.46Landing on runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport, runway length 7,112 ft. Threshold height at 81 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was good at 69 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 69 kt. Target 70 kt
0 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average speed 68 kt64 kt min to max 69 kt 69 64 kt
Info Average VSI -382 fpm-527 fpm min to max -23 fpm -517 -29 fpm
Info Average altitude 37 ft agl13 ft agl min to max 81 ft agl 81 13 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °0.7 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.8 4.4 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,75001632486479Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 1,440 ft. Touchdown speed at 64 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -29 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 79 °F. .
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -29 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,440 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 64 ktTarget below 66 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.1 ft5.0 ft right -5.1 -5.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.99 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 63 kt63 kt min to max 64 kt 64 63 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °4.2 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.4 4.3 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 2,347 ft, 33 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 2,347 ft33 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 4.9 ft0.0 ft left to 4.9 ft right -4.9 -4.2 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average speed 61 kt36 kt min to max 66 kt 66 36 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °1.8 ° min to max 5.3 ° 4.4 2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 3 ft agl · 52 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 36 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 12 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 31 kt 31 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °2.2 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.4 3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 95.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt7 kt min to max 10 kt 7 10 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 ktmax 10 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 3.1 °3.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.2 3.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Engine 1 Stopped 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Battery Master Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 59 kt with 4.6° 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°LIFTOFF4.6° off8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 10 kt 3.6° 0 s
Liftoff1,217 ft 59 kt 4.6° 24.5 s
35 ft2,192 ft · 8.2 s after liftoff 71 kt 7.9° 32.8 s
End of the climb7,503 ft · 563 ft 80 kt 8.2° 72 s

Takeoff from KSDL 03

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
1,288ft18 %
Liftoff speed100.00
59kt
Runway alignment97.01
12.7ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
359fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 563 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 5,486 ft of runway left; then climbing at 710 fpm on average to 563 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.

750 ft375 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 59 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 7,112 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 12 ft at the widest, and lifted off 13 ft right. Airborne 9 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 12.5 ft RAirborne 651 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 651 ft of 7,112 ft · 9 %
Takeoff roll, 651 ft Left ahead, 6,461 ft

The circuit to KSDL 03

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 nm out at 105 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 ft15°112°215°313°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
772 ft
Bank
15°
Speed
88 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
12°
Height
939 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
105 kt
Out
1.8 nm 1 suits 105 kt

Lost marks: scored 70.

3Base turn
Angle
31° target 45°
Bank
15°
Height
947 ft

Off heading: 12° from the leg's heading on average.

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
4Final turn
Bank
13°
Overshoot
106 ft none
Speed
77 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind70Downwind99Base turn90Base80Final turn100

The approach to KSDL 03

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 2.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 70 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, 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° BAND627490364231
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.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 2.3 nm, never more than 720 ft off the centreline.

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° BAND75 ft R61 ft R24 ft R24 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 all the way, between −2 kt and +8 kt on the approach speed of 70 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 70+8 kt−1 kt−1 kt−1 kt−1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KSDL 03

Over the threshold

Threshold height41.84
81ft
Threshold speed100.00
68kttarget 70, 2 slow
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,446ft
Centreline100.00
5.1ft R
Speed100.00
63kttarget 66 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-30fpm
Impact100.00
1.10G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

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 67 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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.

02040608060 kt · 438 ft30 kt · 1,014 fttouchdown1,055 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 81 ft, 31 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,446 ft in, 446 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 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.

81 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −29 fpm · 4.4° nose up · 64 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 81 ft, down at 1,446 ft

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

The sink went from 1,210 fpm at 79 ft to 30 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.6° 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 UP0−750−1,5000°5°10°touchdown−29 fpm at touchdown4.4° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,112 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 5 ft of it down the rollout.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,446 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,446 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 2,286 ft of 7,112 ft · 32 %
In the air over the runway, 1,446 ftRollout, 840 ft Left over, 4,826 ft
Rollout distance100.00
840ft32 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
4.9ft R

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The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a PA28 Archer II, then departed from runway 03 at KSDL Scottsdale Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,288 feet, which accounted for 18% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 59 knots.

As the aircraft entered the left-hand pattern, it covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 28 seconds. The left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 31 seconds, also covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The pattern downwind turn involved a distance of 2 nautical miles, with an angle to the runway of 45 degrees and a heading of 85.8 degrees. The downwind leg itself covered a distance of 3 nautical miles in 93 seconds.

The pattern base leg turn involved a distance of 3 nautical miles, with an angle to the runway of 45 degrees and a heading of 31.3 degrees. The base leg covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 29 seconds. The final turn before landing covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 33 seconds. The final approach to runway 03 was made from the southwest, with a heading of 43.0 degrees at an altitude of 558 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 2 nautical miles.

The landing on runway 03 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,440 feet, which was 33% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was recorded at 64 knots, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -29 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 79 degrees Fahrenheit.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 12 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 11 minutes. The aircraft used 9 pounds of fuel during the flight.

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