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LSZL
Locarno, Switzerland
Runway 08L
Elevation646 ft asl
Weight2,346 lbs
Fuel182 lbs
Wind3° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

91.45 %
LSZA
Agno, Switzerland
Runway 01
Elevation906 ft asl
Weight2,346 lbs
Fuel172 lbs
Wind3° · 3 kn · 1 kn cross
1 Nov 2026 0:12 15 nm Cessna 182 10 lbs
Departure Score
74.58 %
Enroute Score
99.77 %
Arrival Score
100.00 %

What went well

Touched down at -52 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 722 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 31 ft and 61 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — strobe lights; Runway alignment max 134.9 ft left at 0 %, Landing Lights at 0 %, −3.02 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation -8.5 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 12.3 ° at 79 %, −2.52 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -10.2 ° at 0 %, −2.11 points

Next time

Departure

On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.

What happened: On the roll the aircraft drifted 135 ft off the centreline, and heading then varied by -10° through the first climb segment; drifting off centreline on the roll like this usually carries a heading variation into the climb, which in turn usually carries extra bank into the second climb segment, seen here as 7.2°.

Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level and track straight through the climb

See Departure RollDeparture Climb 1Departure Climb 2

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 13 stages, 11 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 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 15 kt 0 9 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 13 kt 0 9 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °1.4 ° min to max 3.2 ° 2.9 2.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 08L at LSZL Locarno Airport, Average speed was 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 12 kt9 kt min to max 20 kt 9 20 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.7 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.0 2.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.99 g
Departure Roll 63.81Departure roll runway 08L at LSZL Locarno Airport. Takeoff distance 804 ft 31 % of runway. Rotation speed was 46 kt. Local weather - Temperature 43 °F. Wind 3 kt at 2 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 804 ft31 % of runway
69 % Rotation speed was 46 ktTarget 61 kt
0 % Runway alignment max 134.9 ft left134.9 ft left to 0.0 ft left 38.4 134.9 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.8 ° min to max 6.7 ° 2.4 6.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.5 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 74.74Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08L LSZL Locarno Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -10.2 °-10.5 ° min to max -9.7 ° -9.7 -10.1 °
100 % Average speed 63 kt54 kt min to max 70 kt 54 70 kt
99 % Average bank angle 3.5 °0.0 ° min to max 6.0 ° 0.0 6.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.05 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 402 fpm221 fpm min to max 641 fpm 221 641 fpm
Info Average altitude 19 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 1 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °6.3 ° min to max 9.7 ° 6.6 9.3 °
Departure Climb 2 69.78Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08L LSZL Locarno Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -8.5 °-10.0 ° min to max -0.1 ° -10.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 74 kt70 kt min to max 87 kt 70 87 kt
79 % Average bank angle 7.2 °6.0 ° min to max 12.3 ° 6.0 12.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.91 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 667 fpm639 fpm min to max 803 fpm 655 667 fpm
Info Average altitude 92 ft agl52 ft agl min to max 241 ft agl 52 241 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °5.8 ° min to max 9.0 ° 9.0 5.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead LSZL Locarno Airport Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland). Climbing from 900 ft asl to 2,425 ft asl, an increase of 1,525 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 109 kt88 kt min to max 135 kt 88 135 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.1 °0.2 ° min to max 13.8 ° 12.7 12.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 729 fpm-170 fpm min to max 2,098 fpm 624 -170 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,877 ft asl900 ft asl min to max 2,438 ft asl 900 2,425 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °-1.4 ° min to max 12.4 ° 5.6 -1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 403 ft agl · 103 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Bironico (Ticino, Switzerland). Descent from 2,421 ft asl to 1,950 ft asl, a decrease of 471 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 126 kt121 kt min to max 135 kt 135 121 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.8 °0.3 ° min to max 12.1 ° 12.1 5.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -381 fpm-892 fpm min to max -11 fpm -195 -237 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,108 ft asl1,950 ft asl min to max 2,421 ft asl 2,421 1,950 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-3.9 ° min to max -0.1 ° -1.6 -1.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 99.30Enroute level cruise started overhead Sigirino (Ticino, Switzerland) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Altitude held within ±598 ft of 1,802 ft asl1,102 ft asl min to max 1,950 ft asl 1,950 1,102 ft asl
100 % Average speed 98 kt66 kt min to max 121 kt 121 66 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.9 °0.0 ° min to max 12.8 ° 5.4 1.6 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.00 g0.60 g min to max 1.22 g 0.97 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-5.8 ° min to max 4.4 ° -1.3 -3.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 650 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 712 ft agl · 95 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 253 ft agl · 87 kt
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 01 at LSZA Lugano Airport, runway length 4,284 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 61 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 61 kt. Target 62 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 2.6 ft left2.6 ft left to 0.8 ft right 2.6 0.9 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.10 g 1.04 1.02 g
Info Average speed 57 kt51 kt min to max 61 kt 61 51 kt
Info Average VSI -319 fpm-634 fpm min to max -99 fpm -634 -99 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl 31 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °-0.8 ° min to max 5.8 ° -0.8 5.8 °
025050075001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 722 ft. Touchdown speed at 51 kt was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -52 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 43 °F. Wind 3 kt at 2 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -52 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 722 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 51 ktTarget below 60 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.9 ft left0.7 ft left 0.9 0.6 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.6 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.02 g min to max 1.05 g 1.02 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 51 kt50 kt min to max 51 kt 51 50 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °5.2 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.8 5.2 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,403 ft, 33 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,403 ft33 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.4 ft left2.4 ft left to 0.0 ft left 2.1 1.5 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average speed 44 kt32 kt min to max 47 kt 47 32 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °1.7 ° min to max 7.0 ° 5.3 1.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 18 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 16 kt10 kt min to max 28 kt 28 12 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °0.8 ° min to max 3.2 ° 1.0 3.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.01 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kt6 kt min to max 12 kt 12 6 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.1 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.7 2.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Info Engine 1 Stopped 4 ft agl · 8 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 46 kt, 15 kt below the 61 kt target, and lifted off at 54 kt 2.1 s later, the nose coming up at 2.5° a second.

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 dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second.

90 kt6030020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 616.4° off · 2.5°/s9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation began

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 26 kt 2.4° 0 s
Rotate314 ft · target 61 46 kt 1.0° 5.1 s
Liftoff482 ft · +8 kt from rotation 54 kt 6.4° 7.2 s
35 ft1,152 ft · 6.8 s after liftoff 68 kt 9.0° 14.0 s
End of the climb3,330 ft · 241 ft 87 kt 5.8° 31.8 s

Takeoff from LSZL 08L

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
804ft31 %
Rotation speed69.04
46kttarget 61, 15 slow
Liftoff speed
54kt
Runway alignment0.00
134.9ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb74.74
401fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 241 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,199 ft of runway left; then climbing at 590 fpm on average to 241 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 END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 46 kttarget 61Liftoff 54 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,632 ft runway.

Rolled from 280 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 126 ft at the widest, and lifted off 128 ft left. Airborne 28 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 126.4 ft LROLL 280 FT INAirborne 762 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 762 ft of 2,632 ft · 29 %
Behind the start of the roll, 280 ftTakeoff roll, 482 ft Left ahead, 1,870 ft

Landing and touchdown on LSZA 01

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
31ft
Threshold speed100.00
61kttarget 62, 1 slow
Centreline offset100.00
2.6ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
722ft
Centreline100.00
0.9ft L
Speed100.00
51kttarget 60 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-52fpm
Impact100.00
1.05G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 003° at 3 kt · 3 kt head · 0 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.

The stop

From 48 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

020406030 kt · 748 fttouchdown778 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 4,284 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 31 ft, 19 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 18 ft. Touched down 722 ft in, 278 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 4,284 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.

31 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 18 ft · −492 fpm · 0° · 60 ktdescent slowed at 3 ft · −36 fpm · 4.3°−52 fpm · 5.8° nose up · 51 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 31 ft, down at 722 ft

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

The sink went from 490 fpm at the flare to 50 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.8° 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−52 fpm at touchdown5.8° at touchdown, +5.8° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 4,284 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 2 ft of it down the rollout.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 722 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 722 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,362 ft of 4,284 ft · 32 %
In the air over the runway, 722 ftRollout, 640 ft Left over, 2,922 ft
Rollout distance100.00
640ft32 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.4ft L

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Flight narrative

The Cessna 182 taxied from the parking area to runway 08L at LSZL Locarno Airport, a movement that lasted 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 08L. The aircraft used 804 ft of runway, which is 31 % of the available length, and rotated at 46 kt. Local weather at departure was temperature 43 °F, wind 3 kt from 002°, giving a 1 kt headwind and a 3 kt crosswind.

Initial climb to 400 ft agl took 23 seconds, averaging 586 fpm and reaching 87 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 900 ft asl to 2 425 ft asl in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm, with the aircraft remaining overhead LSZL Locarno.

Cruise was brief; the flight proceeded to the descent point overhead Bironico.

Descent began at 2 421 ft asl and ended at 1 102 ft asl in 6 minutes, covering 9 nm, still overhead Bironico.

The approach to LSZA Lugano Airport was on runway 01. Local weather was temperature 43 °F, wind 3 kt from 002°, providing a 3 kt headwind and a 1 kt crosswind. The threshold speed was 61 kt, described as good. The aircraft was fully configured for landing and aligned perfectly with the runway centerline.

Touchdown occurred at a distance of 722 ft down the runway, with a speed of 51 kt and a descent rate of minus 52 fpm, all noted as good or excellent. The flare was described as perfect, and there was no bounce. Total landing distance was 1 403 ft, representing 33 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.

After landing, the Cessna taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

The entire flight covered 15 nm, lasted 12 minutes, and consumed 10 lb of fuel.

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