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CYHM
Hamilton, Canada
Runway 30
Elevation764 ft asl
Weight18,573 kg
Fuel4,031 kg
Wind31° · 10 kn · 10 kn cross

Flight Score

50.52 %
CYHM
Hamilton, Canada
Runway 30
Elevation764 ft asl
Weight18,573 kg
Fuel3,624 kg
23 Apr 2026 0:03 22 nm Experimental Darkstar 406 kg
Departure Score
81.67 %
Enroute Score
39.37 %
Arrival Score
30.51 %

What went well

Airborne in 1,473 m — 50 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 1.68 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Enroute Climb — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 90.2 ° at 0 %, speed limits at 56 %, −20.21 points
Arrival Approach — GPWS warning, then stall warning; 1,000 ft gate 14 %, 500 ft gate 29 %, −8.73 points
Arrival Landing — GPWS warning; Threshold speed at 112 kt was well below target, take care not to stall at 0 %, Good threshold height at 0 %, −8.51 points

Next time

Get the gear down before the gate

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 · 8 stages, 8 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 Roll 90.91Departure roll runway 30 at CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. Takeoff distance 1,473 m 50 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 244 kt. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 10 kt at 30 °. Crosswind: 10 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,473 m50 % of runway
80 % Liftoff speed was 244 ktTarget 210 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.68 m left1.68 m left to 0.12 m right -0.12 1.68 m
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.96 g min to max 0.96 g 0.96 0.96 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °2.2 ° min to max 3.8 ° 2.2 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.8 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 93.53Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 279 kt246 kt min to max 308 kt 246 308 kt
81 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.4 ° min to max 11.7 ° 0.9 11.7 °
83 % Average g force 1.37 g1.27 g min to max 1.50 g 1.27 1.33 g
Info Average VSI 1,103 fpm612 fpm min to max 1,632 fpm 612 1,632 fpm
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 1 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °4.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 4.0 6.8 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 771 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Up 19 ft agl · 289 kt
Departure Climb 2 66.01Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -1.2 °
100 % Average speed 329 kt310 kt min to max 383 kt 310 383 kt
0 % Average bank angle 21.9 °14.0 ° min to max 55.6 ° 14.0 55.6 °
10 % Average g force 1.82 g1.25 g min to max 2.74 g 1.25 2.74 g
Info Average VSI 2,820 fpm1,717 fpm min to max 8,179 fpm 1,717 8,179 fpm
Info Average altitude 107 ft agl55 ft agl min to max 383 ft agl 55 383 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °7.2 ° min to max 20.4 ° 7.2 20.4 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 822 ft agl
Departure Climb 3 76.23Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 425 kt404 kt min to max 445 ktTarget 414 kt, 11 kt fast 404 445 kt
0 % Average bank angle 57.1 °56.8 ° min to max 57.4 ° 57.4 56.8 °
62 % Average g force 0.74 g0.36 g min to max 1.29 g 1.29 0.57 g
100 % Landing gear up at 16 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -3.5 °-4.1 ° min to max -3.2 ° -3.2 -4.1 °
Info Average VSI 11,188 fpm10,530 fpm min to max 11,542 fpm 10,530 11,542 fpm
Info Average altitude 775 ft agl576 ft agl min to max 971 ft agl 576 971 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.6 °14.9 ° min to max 18.6 ° 18.6 14.9 °
Enroute Climb 39.37Enroute climb started 1 mile west of CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Hamilton (Ontario, Canada). Climbing from 1,928 ft asl to 1,857 ft asl, an increase of 71 ft in 3 minutes and covering 17 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
56 % Average speed 383 kt189 kt min to max 590 kt 466 221 kt
0 % Average bank angle 43.7 °2.1 ° min to max 90.2 ° 54.8 3.0 °
72 % Average g force 1.45 g0.46 g min to max 3.27 g 0.80 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 190 fpm-8,530 fpm min to max 14,700 fpm 11,410 -4,190 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,419 ft asl1,857 ft asl min to max 6,310 ft asl 1,928 1,857 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-11.1 ° min to max 14.8 ° 13.9 -5.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 1,928 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 2,268 ft agl
Info Overspeed Warning Activated 1,735 ft agl · 543 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 1,938 ft agl · 556 kt
Arrival Approach 21.43Final approach to runway 30 at CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. Descent from 1,742 ft agl to 48 ft agl in 54 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Gear downfailed at both gates
0 % Landing flapfailed at both gates
50 % Sink ratefailed at one of the two gates
50 % On glideslopefailed at one of the two gates
0 % On centrelinefailed at both gates
0 % On speedfailed at both gates
50 % Wings levelfailed at one of the two gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 958 ft agl · 213 kt
Fail Stall Warning Activated 127 ft agl · 131 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 683 ft agl · 183 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 651 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 342 ft agl · 171 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 173 ft agl · 147 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 166 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 58 ft agl · 113 kt
Arrival Landing 23.44Landing on runway 30 at CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, runway length 2,923 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 112 kt was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Threshold speed at 112 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 150 kt
0 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
22 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. The flare took all the sink out 125 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft settled on from there, 1,530 fpm of sink coming back, having crossed the threshold below target speed. Touchdown was 341 m short of 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.
42 % Runway alignment max 19.74 m left19.74 m left to 18.33 m left 19.74 18.33 m
92 % Average bank angle 4.2 °3.3 ° min to max 5.2 ° 5.2 3.3 °
92 % Average g force 0.62 g0.61 g min to max 0.63 g 0.63 0.62 g
Info Average speed 108 kt106 kt min to max 112 kt 112 106 kt
Info Average VSI -2,365 fpm-2,648 fpm min to max -2,092 fpm -2,092 -2,648 fpm
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 41 ft agl 41 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.9 °11.8 ° min to max 13.6 ° 13.6 11.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 958 ft agl · 213 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 6 ft agl · 106 kt
Arrival Touchdown 46.65Touchdown distance was good at 49 m. Touchdown speed at 106 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -3,260 fpm. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 18.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 10 kt at 30 °. Crosswind: 10 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -3,260 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 49 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 106 ktTarget below 146 kt
44 % Runway alignment max 18.33 m left16.75 m left 18.33 15.86 m
0 % Average bank angle 9.9 °1.8 ° min to max 15.7 ° 3.3 5.4 °
0 % Average g force 1.71 g0.62 g min to max 5.59 g 0.62 1.37 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 110 kt106 kt min to max 112 kt 106 111 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-6.2 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.8 -6.2 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Approach 958 ft agl · 213 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 3 ft agl · 111 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 243 kt with 3.8° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 425 kt, 11 kt over its 414 kt target.

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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 414450 kt300150025°13°0°LIFTOFF3.8° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 209 kt 2.2° 0 s
80 kt0 m 209 kt 2.2° 0 s
Liftoff116 m · target 210 243 kt 3.8° 0.8 s
Gear up247 m · 16 ft · full marks to 400 ft 276 kt 5.4° 1.7 s
35 ft343 m · 1.6 s after liftoff 297 kt 6.3° 2.3 s
Climb 31,159 m · 579 ft to 974 ft · target 414 425 kt avg 18.6° 7.5 s
End of Climb 31,585 m · 974 ft 445 kt 14.9° 9.6 s

Takeoff from CYHM 30

Takeoff roll100.00
1,473m50 %
Liftoff speed79.55
243kttarget 210, 33 fast
Runway alignment100.00
1.68m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
16ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
425kttarget 414
Rate of climb93.53
1,102fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 974 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,223 m of runway left; gear up at 16 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks.

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. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3425 kt avgtarget 414THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120140160180200KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 243 ktGear up 16 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,923 m runway.

Rolled from 1,357 m in, never more than 0.3 m off the centreline, in 9 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 50 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS9 kn75 %ROLL 1,357 M INAirborne 1,473 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,473 m of 2,923 m · 50 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,357 mTakeoff roll, 116 m Left ahead, 1,450 m

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 14.291 of 7500 ft 28.572 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,650 fpm2,370 fpm
On glideslope5.2°3.3°
On centreline4.0° off3.4° off
On speed+229 kt+26 kt
Wings level74° bank9° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, glideslope more than 1° off the runway's 3°, centreline more than 1° off, wings more than 10° from level and speed above the approach speed.

At the 500 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, centreline more than 1° off and speed above the approach speed.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: high until 1.8 nm, sinking too fast until 1.2 nm, gear up until 1.1 nm, banked until 1.1 nm, left of the centreline from 0.9 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.

Gear downSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to CYHM 30

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

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

High from 3.7 nm, where the final began, to 1.8 nm (up to 850 ft over), then back on it to 0.2 nm.

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, 305 m 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,0903231671,000 ft gate1 of 7gear downlanding flapon glideslopeon centrelineon speedwings level1,845 ft · 379 kt500 ft gate2 of 7gear downlanding flapsink rateon centrelineon speed599 ft · 176 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.

Inside the 1° band from 3.7 nm, where the final began, to 3.4 nm, then drifted 634 m right between 3.4 and 1.3 nm, then back inside it from 1.3 to 0.9 nm, then 34 m left of it 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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND438 m R15 m L34 m L416 m R175 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on CYHM 30

Over the threshold

ThresholdFail
not crossed - landed short
Centreline offset41.91
19.74m L

Touchdown

Past threshold0.00
-341m
Centreline44.30
18.33m L
Speed100.00
105kttarget 146 or less
Touchdown rate0.00
-3,260fpm
Impact0.00
5.59G
BouncesOk
None
The flare22.00

The aircraft touched down before the threshold. Everything the flare is measured against - the profile, the crossing height, the aim point - is referenced to a threshold this landing never reached, so read the numbers below as what happened short of the runway, not on it. Landing short is the fault to fix before anything about the hold-off is worth judging.

The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 6° right of the track, wings level.

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 1,524 m of the approach.

Began the flare high, at 125 ft, 469 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 41 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 341 m before the threshold.

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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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.

41 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 125 ft, 469 m before the threshold−1,714 fpm · 10° · 124 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 41 ft, down at -341 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,923 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 341 m SHORT of the threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 341 m short of the threshold.

Runway used 0 m of 2,923 m · 0 %
Rollout, 0 m Left over, 2,923 m

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Flight narrative

Departure roll from runway 30 at CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport was smooth, with the Experimental Darkstar accelerating rapidly down the 1,473-meter runway, which was utilized at 60% of its length. Liftoff speed was achieved at 244 knots, marking the beginning of the climb phase. Local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 14 °C and a moderate wind of 10 knots from a direction of 30°, resulting in a crosswind component of 10 knots and a tailwind component of 2 knots.

As the aircraft transitioned into the enroute climb phase, it began to ascend from an initial altitude of 1,928 feet above sea level to a final altitude of 1,857 feet above sea level, a net increase of 71 feet over a period of 3 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 17 nautical miles, demonstrating a steady and controlled rate of ascent. The aircraft's performance during this phase was satisfactory, with a climb rate that met or exceeded expectations.

The final approach to runway 30 at CYHM John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport was initiated from the east, with the aircraft tracking a heading of 269.0° at an altitude of 1,032 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway threshold. Touchdown was achieved before the threshold, with a speed of 106 knots. However, the touchdown rate was somewhat heavy, at -2,648 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned from the centerline by 18.3 meters. The total flight distance was 20 nautical miles, and the aircraft utilized 406 kilograms of fuel over the 3-minute duration of the flight.

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