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KALB
Albany, United States
Runway 01
Elevation282 ft asl
Weight2,953 lbs
Fuel479 lbs

Flight Score

94.18 %
KSCH
Schenectady, United States
Runway 28
Elevation325 ft asl
Weight2,943 lbs
Fuel465 lbs
31 Jul 2023 0:13 10 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 14 lbs
Departure Score
94.13 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
84.53 %

What went well

Touched down at -101 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 7.7 ft off the centreline, no bounce
Airborne in 2,314 ft — 27 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — gear not down; Approach angle 3.9 ° at 0 %, Heading variation 0.4 ° at 75 %, −4.00 points
Departure Roll — taxi light on should off; Takeoff distance 7,939 ft at 27 %, g force 0.01 to 1.03 g at 58 %, −0.85 points
Departure Climb 2 — bounce on liftoff; Heading variation -1.4 ° at 78 %, bank angle up to 8.2 ° at 84 %, −0.63 points

Top opportunity

Hold the approach angle

Arrival Final 1

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 · 12 stages, 12 scored

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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 11 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 7 kn0 kn min to max 12 kn 0 12 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 12 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.83 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 0.94 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °2.3 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.3 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 9 kt
Departure Roll 87.27Departure roll runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl. Takeoff distance 7,939 ft 93 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 84 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 0 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
27 % Takeoff distance 7,939 ft93 % of runway
83 % Liftoff speed was 84 knTarget 70 kn
74 % Runway alignment max 31.2 ft29.5 ft left to 1.8 ft right -0.5 29.5 ft
58 % Average g force 0.43 g0.01 g min to max 1.03 g 0.98 0.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °2.5 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.0 3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.2 1.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light ON should OFF
Departure Climb 1 98.68Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Heading variation -1.0 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.7 ° -0.7 -1.3 °
100 % Average speed 90 kn85 kn min to max 92 kn 85 92 kn
98 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.2 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.80 g min to max 1.18 g 0.96 0.87 g
Info Average VSI 310 ft/m181 ft/m min to max 567 ft/m 239 567 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 0 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °3.1 ° min to max 7.6 ° 3.1 6.8 °
Departure Climb 2 90.49Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
78 % Heading variation -1.4 °-3.7 ° min to max -0.8 ° -1.3 -3.7 °
100 % Average speed 94 kn88 kn min to max 100 kn 92 94 kn
84 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 8.2 ° 1.7 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.83 g min to max 1.00 g 0.89 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 374 ft/m49 ft/m min to max 1,162 ft/m 571 507 ft/m
Info Average altitude 128 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 398 ft agl 50 398 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °3.6 ° min to max 9.9 ° 6.8 7.0 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 95 ft agl · 100 kt
Departure Climb 3 94.20Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
90 % Heading variation -4.2 °-4.6 ° min to max -3.9 ° -3.9 -4.6 °
100 % Average speed 88 kn85 kn min to max 93 kn 93 85 kn
82 % Average bank angle 4.1 °0.3 ° min to max 9.0 ° 0.3 9.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.88 g min to max 0.96 g 0.96 0.88 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 705 ft/m558 ft/m min to max 800 ft/m 602 558 ft/m
Info Average altitude 462 ft agl402 ft agl min to max 511 ft agl 402 511 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °6.0 ° min to max 8.5 ° 7.5 6.0 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Climbing from 806 ft asl to 993 ft asl, an increase of 187 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 86 kn76 kn min to max 93 knTarget 90 kn 86 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.1 ° min to max 8.6 ° 5.7 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.83 g min to max 1.06 g 0.89 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 354 ft/m-384 ft/m min to max 1,142 ft/m 432 -384 ft/m
Info Average altitude 884 ft asl806 ft asl min to max 1,009 ft asl 806 993 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °1.0 ° min to max 11.5 ° 5.3 1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,105 ft asl940 ft asl min to max 1,201 ft asl 984 1,133 ft asl
100 % Average speed 89 kn83 kn min to max 97 kn 91 86 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 8.2 ° 0.8 8.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.86 g min to max 1.04 g 0.91 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °0.1 ° min to max 9.7 ° 0.6 0.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 848 ft agl · 91 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 831 ft agl · 86 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Descent from 1,129 ft asl to 793 ft asl, a decrease of 336 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 87 kn84 kn min to max 89 kn 84 89 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.1 ° min to max 15.7 ° 8.1 15.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.90 g min to max 0.98 g 0.93 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -328 ft/m-533 ft/m min to max -124 ft/m -196 -271 ft/m
Info Average altitude 959 ft asl793 ft asl min to max 1,129 ft asl 1,129 793 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-1.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 2 miles north of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 79 kn73 kn min to max 85 kn 84 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.7 °0.2 ° min to max 18.9 ° 16.7 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.88 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 0.91 g
Info Average VSI -125 ft/m-405 ft/m min to max 284 ft/m -249 -317 ft/m
Info Average altitude 752 ft asl682 ft asl min to max 804 ft asl 789 682 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °-0.2 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.4 0.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 64.01Approaching runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 352 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 37 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 3.9 °3.4 ° min to max 4.6 °Target 3.0 ° 3.4 3.7 °
100 % Average speed 76 kn74 kn min to max 77 kn 76 76 kn
75 % Heading variation 0.4 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.9 0.6 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 3.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.86 g min to max 1.04 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -538 ft/m-850 ft/m min to max -78 ft/m -334 -654 ft/m
Info Average altitude 167 ft agl62 ft agl min to max 352 ft agl 352 62 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-3.7 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.6 -0.9 °

Events

Fail Gear not down
Info Flaps Position 9 371 ft agl · 82 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-290-218-145-73073145218290Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 95.24Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 4,635 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 76 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 76 kn. Target 70 kn
92 % Target 50 ft agl
99 % Landing and flare profile
81 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.6 0.2 °
96 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.2 0.7 °
97 % Average g force 0.95 g0.70 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 0.94 g
Info Average speed 63 kn47 kn min to max 76 kn 76 47 kn
Info Average VSI -245 ft/m-649 ft/m min to max -2 ft/m -649 -101 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 59 ft agl 59 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °-1.2 ° min to max 10.0 ° -0.9 10.0 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,25001223354759Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,250-70-56-42-28-1401428425670Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 94.33Touchdown point was 452 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 47 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 4 kn at 219 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown VSI was -101 ft/m.
87 % Touchdown distance was 1,897 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 47 knTarget 55 kn
94 % Runway alignment max 10.2 ft9.0 ft left 10.2 7.7 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.1 °
70 % Average g force 0.56 g0.23 g min to max 0.95 g 0.94 0.23 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 46 kn45 kn min to max 47 kn 47 45 kn
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °9.5 ° min to max 10.0 ° 10.0 9.6 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 3 ft agl · 55 kt

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll2,314 ft · 27 %
83.26Liftoff speed84 kt
74.24Runway alignment29.5 ft L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
98.68Rate of climb309 fpm

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

91.71Threshold height58 ft
100.00Threshold speed75 kt
81.07Centreline offset0.7 ft L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KSCH 28

Past threshold86.66
1,900ft
Centreline94.47
7.7ft L
Speed100.00
46kt
Touchdown rate94.59
-101fpm
Impact70.29
0.95G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 4,635 ft of the approach.

58 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 58 ft, down at 1,900 ft

Plan view — the full 4,635 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,0004,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,900 ft past threshold CLEARED

Touched down 1,900 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 0.95 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,900 ft of 4,635 ft · 41 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
94.13 %
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 11 minutes and covered 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
87.27 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl. Takeoff distance 7,939 ft 93 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 84 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 0 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 7,939 ft using 93.31 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
83.26 %
Liftoff speed was 84 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
74.24 %
29.5 ft left to 1.8 ft right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
57.71 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
90 45 0
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000-90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20-100102030405060708090 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
98.68 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
96.44 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
98.26 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 5.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
600 250 -100
90.49 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
78.25 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
83.71 %
9 4.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 6.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 550 -100
94.2 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
89.5 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
81.5 %
10 5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
9 7.5 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 600 400
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000062124186248310 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.750100200300400500 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.75-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 84.53 %
64.01 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 352 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 37 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
75 %
Good heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
77 74 70
Alignment
75 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
95.05 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-78 -489 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-290-218-145-73073145218290 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
95.24 %
Landing
Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 4,635 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 76 kn.
Height
91.71 %
Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 76 kt. Target 76 kt
Flare
98.93 %
Excellent landing flare
Centreline ft
81.07 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
96.21 %
4 2 0
G
97.14 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
76 58 40
Pitch °
Info
11 5 -1
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-2.1 -351 -700
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,25001223354759 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,250-70-56-42-28-1401428425670 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
94.33 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was 452 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 47 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 4 kn at 219 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
Touchdown
94.59 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 47 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
86.77 %
Touchdown point was 452 ft beyond the touchdown zone.
Alignment
94.47 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 ft from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
70.29 %
G 0.56 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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