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YAMB
Amberley, Australia
Runway 15
Elevation82 ft asl
Weight17,148 kg
Fuel3,307 kg
Wind85° · 15 kn · 15 kn cross

Flight Score

60.02 %
YAMB
Amberley, Australia
Runway XX
Elevation31 ft asl
Weight17,148 kg
Fuel2,516 kg
2 Apr 2026 0:02 14 nm F-35A Lightning II 791 kg
Departure Score
96.63 %
Enroute Score
37.01 %
Arrival Score
46.41 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll in a 14 kn crosswind — 1.11 m off at liftoff
Touchdown 99 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 883 m — 29 % of the runway

What held you back

Enroute Level — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft, then GPWS warning; bank angle up to 176.3 ° at 0 %, Altitude held within ±549 ft of 984 ft asl at 14 %, −13.12 points
Arrival Approach — GPWS warning, then stall warning; 300 ft gate 29 %, −7.94 points
Enroute Descent — GPWS warning, then stall warning; bank angle up to 101.9 ° at 0 %, g force 0.50 to 4.42 g at 27 %, −7.88 points

Next time

Departure

Smooth your pitch and roll inputs during the climb so the g force stays close to 0.8 g instead of spiking.

What happened: During the third climb segment the g force swung to 0.8 g, well outside the steady level flight band.

Watch for: Watch the g-meter and keep it settled near the normal one g climb band.

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 144 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.

What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 110 kt against a VREF of 144 kt.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 144 kt at the stabilisation gate.

See Arrival Approach

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 9 stages, 9 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Roll 90.18Departure roll runway 15 at YAMB RAAF Base Amberley. Takeoff distance 883 m 29 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 148 kt. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 15 kt at 85 °. Crosswind: 15 kt Headwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 883 m29 % of runway
76 % Liftoff speed was 148 ktTarget 180 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.11 m left1.11 m left to 0.79 m right -0.67 1.11 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 1.15 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °1.6 ° min to max 9.6 ° 1.6 9.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.8 1.9 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Departure Climb 1 99.81Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 163 kt148 kt min to max 178 kt 148 178 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.7 °1.4 ° min to max 4.2 ° 2.2 1.9 °
98 % Average g force 1.17 g0.91 g min to max 1.34 g 1.21 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 837 fpm332 fpm min to max 1,269 fpm 332 1,269 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.3 °9.2 ° min to max 11.6 ° 9.8 9.5 °
Departure Climb 2 99.58Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -1.1 °
100 % Average speed 197 kt178 kt min to max 260 kt 178 260 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.9 1.5 °
96 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.48 g 0.94 1.48 g
Info Average VSI 1,792 fpm1,278 fpm min to max 3,778 fpm 1,278 3,778 fpm
Info Average altitude 75 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 332 ft agl 27 332 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °9.5 ° min to max 13.1 ° 9.6 13.1 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 61 ft agl · 187 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 92 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 344 ft agl · 262 kt
Info 49 Activated 344 ft agl · 262 kt
Departure Climb 3 96.96Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 15 YAMB RAAF Base Amberley.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Climb speed 293 kt270 kt min to max 320 ktTarget 261 kt, 32 kt fast 270 320 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.0 °
74 % Average g force 0.80 g0.40 g min to max 1.53 g 1.53 0.45 g
100 % Landing gear up at 30 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -1.4 °-1.6 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.3 -1.6 °
Info Average VSI 5,708 fpm4,783 fpm min to max 6,407 fpm 4,783 5,059 fpm
Info Average altitude 643 ft agl402 ft agl min to max 884 ft agl 402 884 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.8 °8.4 ° min to max 15.7 ° 15.4 8.4 °
Enroute Level 21.28Enroute level cruise started overhead Purga (State of Queensland, Australia) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 11 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
14 % Altitude held within ±549 ft of 984 ft asl1 ft asl min to max 5,371 ft asl 987 1,408 ft asl
71 % Average speed 471 kt161 kt min to max 612 kt 345 246 kt
0 % Average bank angle 46.2 °0.0 ° min to max 176.3 ° 0.1 123.0 °
29 % Average g force 2.52 g-0.24 g min to max 8.73 g 1.05 4.15 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-82.0 ° min to max 86.5 ° 7.0 -35.4 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 987 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,143 ft agl
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 950 ft agl · 465 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 110 ft agl · 594 kt
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,562 ft agl
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 770 ft agl · 410 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 661 ft agl · 461 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 817 ft agl · 364 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 1,700 ft agl · 296 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 3,295 ft agl · 210 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 3,963 ft agl · 251 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 3,770 ft agl · 257 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 46 ft agl · 553 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 46 ft agl · 553 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 67 ft agl · 569 kt
Info 49 Activated 67 ft agl · 569 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 67 ft agl · 569 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 45 ft agl · 617 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 45 ft agl · 617 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 58 ft agl · 626 kt
Info 49 Activated 58 ft agl · 626 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 58 ft agl · 626 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 4,522 ft agl · 317 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 5,242 ft agl · 212 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 602 ft agl · 411 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 676 ft agl · 448 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 622 ft agl · 306 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 762 ft agl · 284 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,011 ft agl · 275 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 1,493 ft agl · 265 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,585 ft agl · 254 kt
Enroute Descent 52.75Enroute descent started overhead YAMB RAAF Base Amberley Amberley (State of Queensland, Australia). Descent from 1,257 ft asl to 191 ft asl, a decrease of 1,066 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 183 kt89 kt min to max 244 kt 244 103 kt
0 % Average bank angle 49.8 °1.4 ° min to max 101.9 ° 82.8 22.1 °
27 % Average g force 2.32 g0.50 g min to max 4.42 g 4.18 0.57 g
Info Average VSI -2,734 fpm-15,946 fpm min to max 4,758 fpm -12,445 -3,028 fpm
Info Average altitude 326 ft asl116 ft asl min to max 1,257 ft asl 1,257 191 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °-41.8 ° min to max 31.7 ° -41.8 12.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 834 ft agl · 250 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 399 ft agl · 220 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 285 ft agl · 91 kt
Fail Stall Warning Activated 182 ft agl · 107 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 351 ft agl · 230 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 149 ft agl · 203 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 158 ft agl · 195 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 199 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 199 ft agl · 195 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 157 ft agl · 191 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 191 ft agl · 174 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 191 ft agl · 174 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 240 ft agl · 147 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 240 ft agl · 147 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 310 ft agl · 94 kt
Arrival Approach 28.57Final approach to runway RAAF Base Amberley. Descent from 354 ft agl to 160 ft agl in 13 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
0 % Landing flapfailed
0 % Sink ratefailed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On centrelinefailed
0 % On speedfailed
0 % Wings levelfailed

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 399 ft agl · 220 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 285 ft agl · 91 kt
Fail Stall Warning Activated 182 ft agl · 107 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 244 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 157 ft agl · 191 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 191 ft agl · 174 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 191 ft agl · 174 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 240 ft agl · 147 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 240 ft agl · 147 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 310 ft agl · 94 kt
Arrival Landing 43.09Approaching touchdown RAAF Base Amberley. Descent from 104 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 104 ft in 0 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Threshold speed at 110 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 144 kt
33 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.4° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 99 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
90 % Alignment max 6.30 m left6.30 m left to 0.00 m left 0.00 6.30 m
68 % Average bank angle 11.2 °10.1 ° min to max 14.3 ° 14.3 10.1 °
95 % Average g force 0.85 g0.67 g min to max 1.00 g 0.67 1.00 g
Info Average speed 118 kt110 kt min to max 121 kt 110 121 kt
Info Average VSI -4,232 fpm-4,366 fpm min to max -3,771 fpm -3,771 -4,366 fpm
Info Average altitude 38 ft agl15 ft agl min to max 104 ft agl 104 15 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.0 °12.1 ° min to max 13.4 ° 13.0 12.1 °
075021426283104Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 67.58Touchdown RAAF Base Amberley. Touchdown speed at 121 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -4,583 fpm. Touchdown distance was good at 98 m. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 15 kt at 85 °. Crosswind: 6 kt Tailwind: 14 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -4,583 fpm.
100 % Speed at touchdown 121 ktTarget below 140 kt
84 % Alignment max 7.48 m left6.89 m left 6.30 7.48 m
0 % Average bank angle 7.5 °5.8 ° min to max 10.1 ° 10.1 7.0 °
0 % Average g force 2.16 g0.50 g min to max 7.15 g 0.58 5.23 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 126 kt121 kt min to max 133 kt 121 133 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °-7.3 ° min to max 12.1 ° 12.1 -7.3 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 147 kt with 9.8° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 293 kt, 32 kt over its 261 kt target.

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.

Climb 3 target 261330 kt220110020°10°0°LIFTOFF9.8° off9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 141 kt 1.6° 0 s
80 kt0 m 141 kt 1.6° 0 s
Liftoff242 m · target 180 147 kt 9.8° 3.4 s
Gear up457 m · 30 ft · full marks to 400 ft 180 kt 9.6° 5.9 s
35 ft480 m · 2.7 s after liftoff 183 kt 9.5° 6.1 s
Climb 31,398 m · 403 ft to 884 ft · target 261 293 kt avg 15.5° 14.5 s
End of Climb 32,152 m · 884 ft 320 kt 8.4° 19.8 s

Takeoff from YAMB 15

Takeoff roll100.00
883m29 %
Liftoff speed75.92
147kttarget 180, 33 slow
Runway alignment100.00
1.11m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
30ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed99.01
293kttarget 261
Rate of climb99.81
837fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 884 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,930 m of runway left; gear up at 30 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 3,240 fpm on average to 884 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 gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3293 kt avgtarget 261THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 147 ktGear up 30 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,056 m runway.

Rolled from 646 m in, never more than 1.2 m off the centreline, in 14 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 29 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS14 kn75 %widest 1.16 m LROLL 646 M INAirborne 888 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 888 m of 3,056 m · 29 %
Behind the start of the roll, 646 mTakeoff roll, 242 m Left ahead, 2,168 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. These checks are the approach's score.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft 28.572 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate3,740 fpm
On glideslope2.9°
On centreline19.9° off
On speed+81 kt
Wings level35° bank

At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, centreline more than 1° off, wings more than 10° from level and speed more than 17 kt above the approach speed of 144 kt.

The approach, gate by gate

Gate Height Centreline Speed
0.9 nmGate— 19.85° +81.4 kt
0.5 nm180 ft — +82.0 kt
THR104 ft — −33.9 kt

Landing and touchdown on YAMB XX

Over the threshold

Threshold height0.00
103ft
Threshold speed56.87
110kttarget 144, 34 slow
Centreline offset90.15
6.30m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
99m
Centreline83.83
7.48m L
Speed100.00
121kttarget 140 or less
Touchdown rate0.00
-4,583fpm
Impact0.00
7.15G
BouncesOk
None
The flare33.26

The flare strayed well off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 0.4° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 99 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 4° right of the track, 10° of bank.

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 103 ft, 53 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 5 ft. Touched down 99 m in, 206 m short of 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.

103 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 5 ft−4,582 fpm · 10.8° · 122 kt−4,582 fpm · 12.1° nose up · 121 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 103 ft, down at 99 m

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

The sink stayed between 3,770 fpm and 10,320 fpm from the flare to the runway. The nose came up 1.3° 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 UP0−5,250−10,5000°7°14°touchdown−4,582 fpm at touchdown12.1° at touchdown, +1.3° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7.5 m left of the centreline.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 99 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 99 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.

Runway used 99 m of 1,524 m · 6 %
In the air over the runway, 99 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,425 m

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Flight narrative

A F-35A Lightning II departed RAAF Base Amberley, rolling down runway 15 and accelerating to liftoff speed of 148 knots in a distance of 883 meters, which accounted for 29% of the available runway. The aircraft lifted off into a local weather scenario characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a moderate wind of 15 knots from an 85-degree bearing. This resulted in a crosswind component of 15 knots and a headwind component of 4 knots, which presented a manageable challenge for the pilots.

As the F-35A Lightning II transitioned from the takeoff phase to the climb phase, it began to ascend into the local atmosphere. The pilots maintained control of the aircraft, navigating through the wind conditions and making adjustments as necessary to ensure a stable and efficient climb. The aircraft's advanced avionics and flight control systems played a crucial role in this phase, allowing the pilots to optimize the climb profile and minimize fuel consumption.

The F-35A Lightning II completed its short flight, covering a total distance of 1 nautical mile in approximately 2 minutes. During this time, the aircraft consumed 791 kilograms of fuel, a relatively efficient performance considering the short duration of the flight. The pilots successfully completed the flight, demonstrating the aircraft's capabilities in a variety of operating conditions.

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