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KALB
Albany, United States
Runway 01
Elevation282 ft asl
Weight2,679 lbs
Fuel385 lbs

Flight Score

91.07 %
KALB
Albany, United States
Runway 01
Elevation282 ft asl
Weight2,670 lbs
Fuel373 lbs
2 Aug 2023 0:14 8 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 12 lbs
Departure Score
89.34 %
Enroute Score
97.24 %
Arrival Score
83.94 %

What went well

Touched down at -103 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,205 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Rollout controlled — 28 % of the runway used

What held you back

Departure Roll — landing lights off should be on; Runway alignment max 61.8 ft at 40 %, Liftoff speed was 56 kn at 56 %, −2.07 points
Arrival Rollout — bounce at touchdown; Runway alignment max 68.8 ft at 54 %, g force 0.16 to 0.88 g at 66 %, −1.61 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 3.0 ° at 0 %, −1.42 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 5.7 ° at 0 %, Runway alignment max 50.4 ft at 52 %, −0.95 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 13 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 Roll 75.13Departure roll runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kn. Local weather - Temperature 71 °F. Wind 0 kn at 354 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
56 % Liftoff speed was 56 knTarget 70 kn
40 % Runway alignment max 61.8 ft61.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 58.1 61.8 ft
58 % Average g force 0.11 g0.02 g min to max 0.27 g 0.27 0.02 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °6.0 ° min to max 7.0 ° 6.0 7.0 °
Info Average bank angle 2.7 °0.2 ° min to max 5.7 ° 0.2 5.7 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 62 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 62 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 62 kt
Departure Climb 1 92.82Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Heading variation -0.7 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.1 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn57 kn min to max 75 kn 57 74 kn
89 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 6.1 ° 5.9 2.8 °
58 % Average g force 0.90 g0.02 g min to max 0.97 g 0.02 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 145 ft/m0 ft/m min to max 476 ft/m 193 476 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl 0 38 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °5.1 ° min to max 9.3 ° 7.0 9.3 °
Departure Climb 2 98.03Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 74 kn71 kn min to max 80 kn 74 76 kn
92 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° 2.7 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.82 g min to max 1.04 g 0.96 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 731 ft/m485 ft/m min to max 1,194 ft/m 485 1,194 ft/m
Info Average altitude 115 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 397 ft agl 44 397 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.4 °7.4 ° min to max 11.8 ° 9.4 11.8 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 71 ft agl · 80 kt
Departure Climb 3 91.39Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 77 kn74 kn min to max 80 kn 76 76 kn
57 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.2 ° min to max 18.4 ° 0.8 18.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.85 g min to max 0.94 g 0.87 0.93 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 898 ft/m634 ft/m min to max 1,186 ft/m 1,186 721 ft/m
Info Average altitude 637 ft agl411 ft agl min to max 871 ft agl 411 871 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °7.8 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.8 7.8 °
Enroute Climb 94.83Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Climbing from 1,168 ft asl to 1,463 ft asl, an increase of 295 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Climb speed 80 kn70 kn min to max 87 knTarget 90 kn 76 70 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.1 °0.2 ° min to max 22.7 ° 19.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.76 g min to max 1.02 g 0.91 0.78 g
Info Average VSI 831 ft/m297 ft/m min to max 1,566 ft/m 646 666 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,286 ft asl1,168 ft asl min to max 1,463 ft asl 1,168 1,463 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.3 °4.2 ° min to max 13.6 ° 7.2 6.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 99.65Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Average altitude 1,409 ft asl1,104 ft asl min to max 1,693 ft asl 1,470 1,104 ft asl
100 % Average speed 85 kn77 kn min to max 99 kn 78 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.3 °0.0 ° min to max 24.9 ° 1.1 12.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.79 g min to max 1.04 g 0.86 0.87 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-2.9 ° min to max 9.7 ° 4.5 -0.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,253 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,171 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 929 ft agl · 82 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 73 kn72 kn min to max 76 kn 73 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.0 ° min to max 12.9 ° 12.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.88 g min to max 0.99 g 0.88 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -390 ft/m-538 ft/m min to max -112 ft/m -389 -538 ft/m
Info Average altitude 936 ft asl744 ft asl min to max 1,097 ft asl 1,097 744 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-1.9 ° min to max 1.3 ° -0.8 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 9 716 ft agl · 82 kt
Arrival Final 1 78.71Approaching runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 453 ft agl to 35 ft agl. A decrease of 418 ft in 36 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.2 ° min to max 4.4 °Target 3.0 ° 4.3 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 73 kn68 kn min to max 76 kn 74 68 kn
94 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.2 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.85 g min to max 1.03 g 0.91 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -628 ft/m-1,033 ft/m min to max -506 ft/m -538 -528 ft/m
Info Average altitude 116 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 453 ft agl 453 35 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-5.5 ° min to max 0.4 ° -1.8 0.4 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-160-120-80-4004080120160Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 80.02Landing on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl, runway length 8,508 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 68 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 68 kn. Target 70 kn
71 % Target 50 ft agl
65 % Landing and flare profile
94 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 1.4 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.76 g min to max 1.08 g 0.96 0.99 g
Info Average speed 58 kn47 kn min to max 68 kn 68 47 kn
Info Average VSI -215 ft/m-523 ft/m min to max -9 ft/m -523 -103 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °0.4 ° min to max 7.7 ° 0.5 7.7 °
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 85.69Touchdown distance was good at 1,195 ft. Touchdown speed at 47 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -103 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 50 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 71 °F. Wind 0 kn at 264 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Touchdown VSI was -103 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,195 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 47 knTarget 55 kn
52 % Runway alignment max 50.4 ft49.9 ft right -48.6 -49.3 ft
0 % Average bank angle 4.3 °1.5 ° min to max 5.7 ° 3.0 1.5 °
85 % Average g force 0.79 g0.49 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 0.51 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 46 kn44 kn min to max 47 kn 47 44 kn
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °4.1 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.7 4.3 °
Arrival Rollout 75.78Total landing distance 2,593 ft, 30 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 49 ft from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 2,593 ft30 % of runway.
54 % Runway alignment max 68.8 ft19.8 ft left to 49.0 ft right -49.0 19.8 ft
66 % Average g force 0.42 g0.16 g min to max 0.88 g 0.50 0.88 g
Info Average speed 47 kn30 kn min to max 53 kn 53 30 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °4.2 ° min to max 7.0 ° 4.5 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.1 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 3 ft agl · 49 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 6 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 18 kn10 kn min to max 29 kn 29 10 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.5 ° min to max 4.6 ° 3.9 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.89 g0.75 g min to max 0.97 g 0.94 0.97 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Arrival Taxi 99.50Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 22 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kn0 kn min to max 17 kn 12 0 kn
99 % Average speed turning corners 14 knmax 17 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.82 g min to max 1.16 g 1.04 1.09 g
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.1 ° min to max 4.8 ° 3.6 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll3,195 ft · 38 %
56.30Liftoff speed56 kt
40.23Runway alignment61.8 ft L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
92.82Rate of climb145 fpm

Landing

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

71.47Threshold height32 ft
87.43Threshold speed67 kt
93.57Centreline offset0.4 ft R

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 KALB 01

Past threshold100.00
1,205ft
Centreline52.17
49.3ft R
Speed100.00
47kt
Touchdown rate94.42
-103fpm
Impact85.14
1.00G
BouncesOk
None

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

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 32 ft, down at 1,205 ft

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,508 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,205 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 1,205 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 2,425 ft of 8,508 ft · 28 %
Rollout distance100.00
1,220ft28 % used
Rollout alignment53.67
49.0ft R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
89.34 %
75.13 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kn. Local weather - Temperature 71 °F. Wind 0 kn at 354 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 ft using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
56.3 %
Liftoff speed was 56 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
40.23 %
61.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
58.29 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 50 40
Bank °
Info
6 3 0
Pitch °
Info
8 6.5 5
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
92.82 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
98.78 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 65 50
Bank °
89.18 %
7 3.5 0
G
58.29 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 7.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
98.03 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 75 70
Bank °
92.13 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 9.5 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 750 300
91.39 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 75 70
Bank °
56.95 %
19 9.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 9.5 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 850 500
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000078156234312390 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.251.50100200300400500600700800 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.7511.251.5-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 80.05 %
78.71 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 453 ft agl to 35 ft agl. A decrease of 418 ft in 36 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
93.57 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
76 68 60
Alignment
93.57 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-506 -803 -1,100
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-160-120-80-4004080120160 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
80.02 %
Landing
Landing on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl, runway length 8,508 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 68 kn.
Height
71.47 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
87.43 %
Threshold speed was a little below target at 68 kt. Target 76 kt
Flare
64.84 %
Fair landing flare
Centreline ft
93.57 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
97.29 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
68 54 40
Pitch °
Info
8 4 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-9.2 -305 -600
02505007501,0001,2501,50001123344657 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
02505007501,0001,2501,500-90-72-54-36-1801836547290 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
85.69 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 1,195 ft. Touchdown speed at 47 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -103 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 50 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 71 °F. Wind 0 kn at 264 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Touchdown
94.42 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -103 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 47 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 1,195 ft.
Alignment
52.17 %
Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 50 ft from centreline.
Bank
0 %
Bank angle 4.3 °
G
85.14 %
G 0.79 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
75.78 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 2,593 ft, 30 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 49 ft from centreline.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 2,593 ft using 30.48 % of runway
Alignment
53.67 %
Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 49 ft from centreline.
G
66.29 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
44 27 10
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
8 6 4
05001,0001,5002,0002,500 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
99.5 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 22 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched Off
Taxi Lights
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
98.75 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
5 4 3
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