NZMF to NZMJ Flight Report - DR400

Flight from NZMF to NZMJ

Thursday, 09 April 2026 15:20

Minutes 16

26 nm

Fuel 14 lbs

DR400

Departure

Runway 29 at NZMF

Milford Sound Airport

Milford Sound, Southland, New Zealand

Altitude

10 ft asl

Weight

1,667 lbs

Fuel

174 lbs

Temperature

59 °F

Wind Speed

2 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

1 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 02 at NZMJ

Martins Bay Aerodrome

Jamestown Otago, New Zealand

16 ft asl

Altitude

1,653 lbs

Weight

160 lbs

Fuel

60 °F

Temperature

2 kt

Wind Speed

269.8 °

Wind Direction

-1 kt

Headwind

1 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 89.94%

Departure Score 91.52%

Enroute Score 96.97%

Arrival Score 81.33%

Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Milford Sound Airport (NZMF) took approximately 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its departure roll on runway 29, utilizing 1,221 feet, or 48% of the runway's length, to achieve liftoff at a speed of 63 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 60°F and a gentle headwind of 1 knot, with a crosswind of 1 knot.

Following a brief enroute level cruise overhead Milford Sound, the aircraft initiated a climb, ascending from 211 feet above sea level to 1,618 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a series of enroute level cruises, with the aircraft maintaining a steady altitude and airspeed. Notably, the second enroute level cruise, which began 4 miles northwest of Milford Sound, lasted 2 minutes and covered 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then commenced a descent, reducing its altitude from 1,549 feet to 387 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.

The final approach to runway 02 at Martins Bay Aerodrome (NZMJ) was initiated from the southwest, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 44.0° at 1 nautical mile and 331 feet above ground level. The landing was executed on a runway length of 1,603 feet, with the threshold height being satisfactory. However, the touchdown speed of 66 knots was above the target, and the touchdown distance of 26 feet was slightly longer than expected. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned, deviating 19 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing remained consistent with the departure conditions, featuring a temperature of 60°F and a gentle tailwind of 1 knot.

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Departure Taxi

86 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 8 kt 0 kt min to max 18 kt	0		4 kt
90 %	Average speed turning corners 9 kt max 18 kt	0		0 kt
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 1.00 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average pitch angle 2.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.7 °	0.0		2.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.0		0.0 °
Info	Battery Master On at 15:20:35
Info	Engine 1 Started at 15:20:35
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 15:20:35
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 15:20:35
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 15:20:35
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 15:20:35
Info	Parking Brake On at 15:20:35
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 15:20:35
Info	Parking Brake Off at 15:21:01
Info	Beacon Lights Switched Off at 15:21:09
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 15:21:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 15:21:09
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 15:22:10
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 15:22:11
0 %	Taxi Lights at 15:22:17

Departure Runway Entry

Entering runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound Airport, Average speed was 32 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 31 kt 3 kt min to max 40 kt	3		40 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 2.8 ° 2.1 ° min to max 3.8 °	2.8		2.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.1		0.1 °
Info	Average g force 0.99 g 0.89 g min to max 1.09 g	1.00		1.00 g

Departure Roll

92.19 %

Departure roll runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound Airport. Takeoff distance 1,221 ft 48 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 63 kt. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 2 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 1 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 1,221 ft 48 % of runway
95.34 %	Liftoff speed was 63 kt Target 54 kt
90.6 %	Runway alignment max 18.5 ft 18.5 ft left to 0.0 ft left	14.1		17.5 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.95 g min to max 1.09 g	1.00		1.09 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 2.9 ° 2.2 ° min to max 5.6 °	2.5		5.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.0		0.9 °
0 %	Landing Lights at 15:23:06

Departure Climb 1

97.51 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.4 ° -0.8 ° min to max 0.4 °	-0.8		0.4 °
100 %	Average speed 66 kt 63 kt min to max 69 kt	63		69 kt
90.05 %	Average bank angle 3.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 5.8 °	1.0		3.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.96 g min to max 1.11 g	1.09		1.04 g
Info	Average VSI 320 fpm 286 fpm min to max 402 fpm	312		402 fpm
Info	Average altitude 21 ft agl 1 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl	1		44 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.1 ° 5.7 ° min to max 8.2 °	5.7		8.2 °

Departure Climb 2

90.37 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
98.25 %	Heading variation 0.6 ° 0.4 ° min to max 2.1 °	0.4		2.1 °
100 %	Average speed 69 kt 68 kt min to max 69 kt	69		68 kt
63.24 %	Average bank angle 2.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 16.0 °	3.0		16.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.94 g min to max 1.07 g	1.04		1.07 g
Info	Average VSI 559 fpm 406 fpm min to max 719 fpm	406		528 fpm
Info	Average altitude 71 ft agl 45 ft agl min to max 154 ft agl	45		154 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.1 ° 7.5 ° min to max 10.1 °	8.2		9.0 °

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 188 ft asl 176 ft asl min to max 199 ft asl	176		199 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 68 kt 67 kt min to max 68 kt	68		67 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 17.5 ° 16.8 ° min to max 17.9 °	17.8		16.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.06 g 1.04 g min to max 1.08 g	1.08		1.04 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 9.9 ° 9.7 ° min to max 10.1 °	9.7		10.1 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started overhead Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand). Climbing from 211 ft asl to 1,618 ft asl, an increase of 1,407 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 80 kt 66 kt min to max 106 kt	67		102 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 15.4 °	15.4		3.9 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.72 g min to max 1.23 g	1.02		0.93 g
Info	Average VSI 461 fpm -286 fpm min to max 943 fpm	709		107 fpm
Info	Average altitude 1,042 ft asl 211 ft asl min to max 1,618 ft asl	211		1,618 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.6 ° -0.2 ° min to max 11.0 °	10.2		1.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 15:23:44

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 4 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,764 ft asl 1,559 ft asl min to max 1,951 ft asl	1,616		1,559 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 105 kt 88 kt min to max 129 kt	102		129 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 5.7 ° 0.3 ° min to max 14.1 °	3.6		10.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.76 g min to max 1.12 g	0.91		1.02 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.7 ° -5.8 ° min to max 8.6 °	0.0		-2.2 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 6 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand). Descent from 1,549 ft asl to 387 ft asl, a decrease of 1,162 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 132 kt 126 kt min to max 138 kt	128		133 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 3.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 10.3 °	10.3		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.87 g min to max 1.18 g	1.05		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI -762 fpm -1,728 fpm min to max 289 fpm	-620		-1,046 fpm
Info	Average altitude 919 ft asl 387 ft asl min to max 1,549 ft asl	1,549		387 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.8 ° -7.1 ° min to max 1.8 °	-1.9		-3.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 3

84.85 %

Enroute level cruise started 5 miles south west of ZMF8 Kaipo Hut Airstrip (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 15 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 305 ft asl 57 ft asl min to max 648 ft asl	371		360 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 114 kt 76 kt min to max 134 kt	133		90 kt
63.28 %	Average bank angle 5.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 58.4 °	1.4		2.1 °
95.43 %	Average g force 1.08 g 0.58 g min to max 1.66 g	1.05		0.88 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° -8.9 ° min to max 22.2 °	-3.4		1.0 °

Arrival Final 1

79.25 %

Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 331 ft agl to -4 ft agl. A decrease of 335 ft in 36 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
8.43 %	Approach angle 2.2 ° 0.3 ° min to max 5.1 ° Target 3.0 °	3.5		0.3 °
100 %	Average speed 70 kt 66 kt min to max 88 kt	88		66 kt
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.3 ° min to max 0.3 °	-0.3		0.3 °
87.82 %	Average bank angle 2.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 7.7 °	0.3		4.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.60 g min to max 1.25 g	1.14		1.15 g
Info	Average VSI -701 fpm -1,150 fpm min to max 392 fpm	-114		-579 fpm
Info	Average altitude 82 ft agl -4 ft agl min to max 355 ft agl	331		-4 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.9 ° -7.0 ° min to max 6.7 °	3.0		0.1 °
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 15:37:33
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 15:37:45

Arrival Landing

74.34 %

Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 1,603 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 66 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was well above target at 66 kt. Target 55 kt
100 %	Target 26 ft agl
0 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.4 ° 0.3 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.3		0.4 °
93.42 %	Average bank angle 4.5 ° 4.2 ° min to max 4.6 °	4.2		4.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.18 g 1.16 g min to max 1.19 g	1.16		1.19 g
Info	Average speed 66 kt 66 kt min to max 66 kt	66		66 kt
Info	Average VSI -550 fpm -569 fpm min to max -527 fpm	-569		-527 fpm
Info	Average altitude 1 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 2 ft agl	2		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° 0.3 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.3		0.9 °

Arrival Touchdown

90.41 %

Touchdown distance was good at 26 ft. Touchdown speed at 66 kt was fast. Touchdown rate was very hard at -527 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 19 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 2 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
85.27 %	Touchdown VSI was -527 fpm.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 26 ft Target 1,034 ft
98.3 %	Speed at touchdown 66 kt Target below 55 kt
90.37 %	Runway alignment max 18.7 ft 12.6 ft left	10.6		7.0 ft
17.63 %	Average bank angle 3.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 8.6 °	4.6		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.86 g min to max 1.50 g	1.19		1.16 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 58 kt 53 kt min to max 66 kt	66		53 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 4.4 ° 0.9 ° min to max 7.5 °	0.9		3.9 °

Takeoff on runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound Airport in the DR400

91.52 %

86 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

0 %

Switched On

Speed

100 %

Turn Speed

90 %

100 %

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

92.19 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 1,221 ft using 48.07 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

95.34 %

Liftoff speed was 63 kn - Target 54 kn

Alignment

90.6 %

18.5 ft left to 0.0 ft left

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

0 %

Switched On

100 %

Speed

Info

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

97.51 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

90.05 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

90.37 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.

Heading

98.25 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

63.24 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome in the DR400

Landing Score 81.33 %

Landing Summary

The final approach to runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from the south west was conducted at a heading of 44.0°, 1 nm from the threshold and at an altitude of 331 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was well above the target, reaching 66 kt, which may indicate a slightly aggressive approach.

The aircraft touched down on the runway at a distance of 26 ft, which was within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 66 kt was fast, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -527 fpm. This may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway touchdown position, which was 19 ft off the centreline. Despite this, the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase, which was conducted on the 1,603 ft long runway.

The overall score for the landing was 81.3%. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 60 °F and a light wind of 2 kt from 269°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and tailwind component. The pilot's performance was satisfactory, but there is room for improvement in terms of approach speed and touchdown characteristics.

79.25 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 331 ft agl to -4 ft agl. A decrease of 335 ft in 36 seconds.

Glideslope

8.43 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Great heading alignment

Glideslope

8.43 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %

Bank

87.82 %

100 %

Descent Rate

Info

74.34 %

Landing

Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 1,603 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 66 kt.

Height

100 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was well above target at 66 kt. Target 55 kt

Flare

0 %

Very poor landing flare

Heading

100 %

Bank

93.42 %

100 %

IAS

Info

Pitch

Info

Descent Rate

Info

90.41 %

Touchdown

85.27 %

Touchdown rate was very hard at -527 ft/m.

Speed

98.3 %

Touchdown speed at 66 kt was fast. Target below 55 kn

Distance

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 26 ft.

Alignment

90.37 %

Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 19 ft from centreline.

Bank

17.63 %

Bank angle 3.9 °

100 %

G 1.05 g

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

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