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NZMF
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Runway 29
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight1,666 lbs
Fuel174 lbs
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

88.36 %
NZMJ
Jamestown, New Zealand
Runway 02
Elevation26 ft asl
Weight1,653 lbs
Fuel160 lbs
Wind269° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
9 Apr 2026 0:16 26 nm DR400 14 lbs
Departure Score
93.34 %
Enroute Score
97.04 %
Arrival Score
74.70 %

What went well

Touchdown 33 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 1 ft and 65 kt — both inside band
Lifted off at 62 kt — on the 54 kt target

What held you back

Arrival Approach — 300 ft gate 57 %, −4.76 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 8.6 ° at 18 %, Touchdown rate was -407 fpm at 22 %, −2.89 points
Enroute Level — bank angle up to 58.4 ° at 63 %, −0.99 points

Next time

Configure earlier

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 · 13 stages, 12 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 0 4 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 18 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 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 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Battery Master On
Info Engine 1 Started
Info Beacon Lights Switched On
Info Landing Lights Switched On
Info Navigation Lights Switched On
Info Strobe Lights Switched On
Info Parking Brake On
Info Flaps Position 1
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt3 kt min to max 19 kt 3 19 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °2.2 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.8 2.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.98 g
Departure Roll 92.19Departure 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,221 ft48 % of runway
95 % Liftoff speed was 63 ktTarget 54 kt
91 % Runway alignment max 18.5 ft left18.5 ft left to 0.0 ft left 16.1 17.5 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.09 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.1 ° min to max 5.6 ° 2.7 5.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.0 0.9 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Departure Climb 1 99.44Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.8 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 66 kt63 kt min to max 69 kt 63 69 kt
98 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 1.0 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.11 g 1.09 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 320 fpm286 fpm min to max 402 fpm 312 402 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl1 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 91.73Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Heading variation 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.4 2.1 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt68 kt min to max 69 kt 69 68 kt
69 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 16.0 ° 3.0 16.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 1.04 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 559 fpm406 fpm min to max 719 fpm 406 528 fpm
Info Average altitude 71 ft agl45 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 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±509 ft of 188 ft asl176 ft asl min to max 199 ft asl 176 199 ft asl
100 % Average speed 68 kt67 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 g1.04 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 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 100.00Enroute 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 80 kt66 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 g0.72 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 asl211 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 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 270 ft agl · 68 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±581 ft of 1,764 ft asl1,559 ft asl min to max 1,951 ft asl 1,616 1,559 ft asl
100 % Average speed 105 kt88 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 g0.76 g min to max 1.12 g 0.91 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 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 100.00Enroute 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 132 kt126 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 g0.87 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 asl387 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 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 85.22Enroute level cruise started 5 miles south west of ZMF8 Kaipo Hut Airstrip (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 15 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±519 ft of 305 ft asl57 ft asl min to max 648 ft asl 371 360 ft asl
100 % Average speed 114 kt76 kt min to max 134 kt 133 90 kt
63 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.0 ° min to max 58.4 ° 1.4 2.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.08 g0.58 g min to max 1.66 g 1.05 0.88 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-8.9 ° min to max 22.2 ° -3.4 1.0 °
Arrival Approach 57.14Final approach to runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome. Descent from 334 ft agl to -4 ft agl in 54 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
0 % Landing flapfailed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On centrelinefailed
0 % On speedfailed
100 % Wings levelpassed

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 358 ft agl · 73 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 253 ft agl · 73 kt
Arrival Landing 92.92Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 1,601 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 66 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 66 kt. Target 68 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 26 ft agl
74 % The flare wandered off the target profile. The flare took all the sink out 15 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft settled on from there, 175 fpm of sink coming back, having crossed the threshold below target speed. Touchdown was 33 ft past the threshold. Carry the speed to the flare and hold it lower - the aircraft ran out of lift before the wheels arrived, so the fix is energy on the approach, not attitude.
99.8 % Runway alignment max 10.6 ft left10.6 ft left to 9.5 ft left 9.5 10.6 ft
93 % Average bank angle 4.5 °4.2 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.2 4.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.18 g1.16 g min to max 1.19 g 1.16 1.19 g
Info Average speed 66 kt66 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 agl0 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 °
0112334465706.7313202734Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft01123344657-20-16-12-8-4048121620Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 74.03Touchdown distance was good at 26 ft. Touchdown speed at 66 kt was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -407 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
22 % Touchdown rate was -407 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 26 ftTarget 1,034 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 66 ktTarget below 66 kt
90 % Runway alignment max 18.7 ft left12.6 ft left 10.6 7.0 ft
18 % Average bank angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 8.6 ° 4.6 0.5 °
86 % Average g force 1.06 g0.86 g min to max 1.50 g 1.14 1.16 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 58 kt53 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 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 62 kt with 4.2° 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°LIFTOFF4.2° off7° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 23 kt 2.7° 0 s
Liftoff966 ft · target 54 62 kt 4.2° 13.4 s
35 ft1,764 ft · 7.3 s after liftoff 68 kt 7.5° 20.7 s
End of the climb3,123 ft · 154 ft 68 kt 9.0° 33.3 s

Takeoff from NZMF 29

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
1,221ft48 %
Liftoff speed95.34
62kttarget 54, 8 fast
Runway alignment90.60
18.5ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.44
320fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 154 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 586 ft of runway left; then climbing at 460 fpm on average to 154 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 62 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,539 ft runway.

Rolled from 190 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 18 ft at the widest, and lifted off 16 ft left. Airborne 45 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 18.4 ft LROLL 190 FT INAirborne 1,156 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,156 ft of 2,539 ft · 46 %
Behind the start of the roll, 190 ftTakeoff roll, 966 ft Left ahead, 1,383 ft

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 57.144 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate210 fpm
On glideslope3.0°
On centreline1.0° off
On speed+31 kt
Wings level1° bank

At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, centreline more than 1° off and speed more than 16 kt above the approach speed of 68 kt.

When the approach was stable

Not every check held at once from 1.8 nm to the threshold.

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 NZMJ 02

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

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

Low from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.5 nm (up to 510 ft under), then back on it to the threshold.

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. 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° BAND101353300 ft gate4 of 7landing flapon centrelineon speed340 ft · 99 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 3,430 ft left of the centreline at 1.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND1707 ft L11 ft L100 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 34 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to 0.7 nm (up to +46 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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 68+40 kt−0 kt−2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on NZMJ 02

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
1ft
Threshold speed100.00
65kttarget 68, 3 slow
Centreline offset99.78
10.6ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
33ft
Centreline90.37
18.7ft L
Speed100.00
65kttarget 66 or less
Touchdown rate21.56
-407fpm
Impact85.71
1.50G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare74.39

The flare wandered off the target profile. The flare took all the sink out 15 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft settled on from there, 175 fpm of sink coming back, having crossed the threshold below target speed. Touchdown was 33 ft past the threshold. Carry the speed to the flare and hold it lower - the aircraft ran out of lift before the wheels arrived, so the fix is energy on the approach, not attitude.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 4° of bank.

Wind 269° at 2 kt · 1 kt tail · 1 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 1,601 ft of the approach.

Began the flare at 24 ft, 413 ft before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 1 ft, 49 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 33 ft in, 967 ft short of 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 1,601 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.

1 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 24 ft, 413 ft before the threshold−755 fpm · −2.4° · 70 ktdescent slowed at 15 ft · −256 fpm · −2.6°−407 fpm · 0.9° nose up · 66 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 1 ft, down at 33 ft

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

The sink went from 760 fpm at the flare to 410 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.3° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°descent slowedtouchdown−407 fpm at touchdown0.9° at touchdown, +3.3° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,601 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7 ft 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,137 FT 33 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 33 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.50 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 33 ft of 1,601 ft · 2 %
In the air over the runway, 33 ftRollout, 0 ft Left over, 1,568 ft

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Flight narrative

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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