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KALB
Albany, United States
Runway XX
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel490 lbs

Flight Score

84.45 %
KALB
Albany, United States
Runway 28
Elevation276 ft asl
Weight2,478 lbs
Fuel481 lbs
14 Aug 2023 0:09 8 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 9 lbs
Departure Score
77.74 %
Enroute Score
93.47 %
Arrival Score
77.69 %

What went well

Touched down at -65 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 654 ft in — inside the full-score zone

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, Threshold speed at 58 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 57 %, −4.63 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -15.5 ° at 0 %, g force 0.04 to 1.04 g at 59 %, −3.56 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 7.8 ° at 24 %, −2.27 points

Top opportunity

Work on the flare

Arrival Landing

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

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Start to finish · 10 stages, 10 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 Climb 1 67.93Departure climb to 50 ft agl from Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -15.5 °-173.7 ° min to max 7.6 ° -173.4 7.6 °
100 % Average speed 57 kn46 kn min to max 61 kn 46 61 kn
88 % Average bank angle 3.7 °0.7 ° min to max 6.6 ° 1.5 4.1 °
59 % Average g force 0.81 g0.04 g min to max 1.04 g 0.34 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 414 ft/m323 ft/m min to max 478 ft/m 323 478 ft/m
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 43 ft agl -1 43 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.5 °5.5 ° min to max 11.6 ° 5.5 11.5 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 59 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 59 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 59 kt
Departure Climb 2 79.54Departure climb to 400 ft agl from Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
24 % Heading variation 7.8 °6.6 ° min to max 8.1 ° 7.6 6.6 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn57 kn min to max 69 kn 61 69 kn
95 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.8 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.82 g min to max 1.03 g 0.93 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 668 ft/m476 ft/m min to max 1,149 ft/m 482 1,149 ft/m
Info Average altitude 112 ft agl49 ft agl min to max 366 ft agl 49 366 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.5 °9.0 ° min to max 15.3 ° 11.5 14.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 171 ft agl · 65 kt
Departure Climb 3 85.76Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from Albany Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Heading variation 5.8 °4.2 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.6 4.2 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn58 kn min to max 72 kn 66 72 kn
72 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.1 ° min to max 12.6 ° 0.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.88 g0.77 g min to max 0.97 g 0.91 0.93 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 760 ft/m80 ft/m min to max 1,499 ft/m 1,383 333 ft/m
Info Average altitude 770 ft agl408 ft agl min to max 992 ft agl 408 992 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °5.7 ° min to max 17.6 ° 16.5 7.2 °
Enroute Climb 86.94Enroute climb started 1 mile north of Colonie (Albany County, New York, United States). Climbing from 1,286 ft asl to 1,533 ft asl, an increase of 246 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
67 % Climb speed 72 kn61 kn min to max 79 knTarget 90 kn 72 73 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.7 °0.1 ° min to max 23.0 ° 2.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.82 g min to max 1.02 g 0.93 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 483 ft/m-484 ft/m min to max 984 ft/m 378 -484 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,421 ft asl1,286 ft asl min to max 1,581 ft asl 1,286 1,533 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.7 °2.3 ° min to max 11.8 ° 7.5 2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,134 ft agl · 79 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Colonie (Albany County, New York, United States) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,588 ft asl1,392 ft asl min to max 1,708 ft asl 1,526 1,392 ft asl
100 % Average speed 70 kn65 kn min to max 75 kn 74 67 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 24.2 ° 0.1 18.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.82 g min to max 1.00 g 0.97 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 7.7 ° 3.2 0.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,361 ft agl · 77 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 1,179 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,185 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,131 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 1,086 ft agl · 74 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started overhead Colonie (Albany County, New York, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kn64 kn min to max 70 kn 68 67 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.4 ° min to max 17.7 ° 17.7 6.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.81 g min to max 0.95 g 0.92 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -506 ft/m-918 ft/m min to max -13 ft/m -284 -918 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,246 ft asl1,053 ft asl min to max 1,386 ft asl 1,386 1,053 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-4.1 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.0 -4.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 2 91.60Approaching runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 761 ft agl to 393 ft agl. A decrease of 368 ft in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Approach angle 3.9 °3.6 ° min to max 4.3 °Target 3.4 ° 4.3 3.6 °
100 % Average speed 66 kn64 kn min to max 68 kn 67 64 kn
100 % Heading variation 1.0 °0.8 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.8 1.0 °
98 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.1 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.89 g min to max 0.96 g 0.90 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -680 ft/m-976 ft/m min to max -514 ft/m -946 -649 ft/m
Info Average altitude 562 ft agl393 ft agl min to max 761 ft agl 761 393 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-4.4 ° min to max -0.8 ° -4.4 -1.8 °
11.251.51.752300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-190-143-95-4804895143190Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 80.86Approaching runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 382 ft agl to 20 ft agl. A decrease of 362 ft in 42 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
23 % Approach angle 1.8 °1.0 ° min to max 3.6 °Target 3.4 ° 3.6 1.0 °
100 % Average speed 60 kn58 kn min to max 65 kn 64 58 kn
82 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.4 °
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.7 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.77 g min to max 0.99 g 0.89 0.88 g
Info Average VSI -355 ft/m-675 ft/m min to max -258 ft/m -664 -258 ft/m
Info Average altitude 76 ft agl20 ft agl min to max 382 ft agl 382 20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-2.0 ° min to max 2.8 ° -2.0 2.3 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-140-105-70-3503570105140Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 44.42Landing on runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl, runway length 5,991 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 58 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Threshold speed at 58 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
26 % Target 50 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
90 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.4 °
98 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.1 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.82 g min to max 1.06 g 0.89 0.97 g
Info Average speed 52 kn45 kn min to max 58 kn 58 45 kn
Info Average VSI -135 ft/m-269 ft/m min to max 9 ft/m -258 -62 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 11 ft agl 11 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °2.3 ° min to max 7.4 ° 2.3 6.4 °
025050075001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 93.86Touchdown distance was good at 648 ft. Touchdown speed at 45 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -62 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 35 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown VSI was -62 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 648 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 45 knTarget 55 kn
68 % Runway alignment max 35.2 ft34.2 ft left 35.2 33.3 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
79 % Average g force 0.66 g0.38 g min to max 0.97 g 0.97 0.38 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 44 kn44 kn min to max 45 kn 45 44 kn
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °6.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 6.4 6.7 °

Takeoff

67.93Rate of climb414 fpm

Landing

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

25.51Threshold height11 ft
57.02Threshold speed57 kt
90.36Centreline offset0.5 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 KALB 28

Past threshold100.00
654ft
Centreline68.24
33.3ft L
Speed100.00
45kt
Touchdown rate98.74
-65fpm
Impact78.86
0.97G
BouncesOk
None

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

11 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 11 ft, down at 654 ft

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,991 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 654 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 654 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 654 ft of 5,991 ft · 11 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway XX at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
77.74 %
67.93 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from Albany Intl.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 55 40
Bank °
87.95 %
7 3.5 0
G
59.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 8.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
79.54 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from Albany Intl.
Alignment
23.5 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
94.66 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
16 13 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 750 300
85.76 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from Albany Intl.
Alignment
56.83 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 65 50
Bank °
71.97 %
13 6.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
18 12 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,500 700 -100
01,0002,0003,0004,0000122244366488610 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.251.50100200300400500600700800900 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 28 at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 73.05 %
91.6 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 761 ft agl to 393 ft agl. A decrease of 368 ft in 32 seconds.
Glideslope
73.2 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
73.2 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
68 64 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.19 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-514 -757 -1,000
11.251.51.752300350400450500550600650700750 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-190-143-95-4804895143190 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
80.86 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 382 ft agl to 20 ft agl. A decrease of 362 ft in 42 seconds.
Glideslope
23.47 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
82.14 %
Good heading alignment
Glideslope °
23.47 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
65 57 50
Alignment
82.14 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.7 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-259 -479 -700
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-140-105-70-3503570105140 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
44.42 %
Landing
Landing on runway 28 at KALB Albany Intl, runway length 5,991 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 58 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
25.51 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
57.02 %
Threshold speed at 58 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 76 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
90.36 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
97.53 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
58 49 40
Pitch °
Info
8 5 2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
8.7 -146 -300
025050075001123344657 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
0250500750-80-64-48-32-1601632486480 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
93.86 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 648 ft. Touchdown speed at 45 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -62 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 35 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
98.74 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -65 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 45 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 648 ft.
Alignment
68.24 %
Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 35 ft from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.0 °
G
78.86 %
G 0.66 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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