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KAAO
Wichita, United States
Runway 36
Elevation1,401 ft asl
Weight1,815 lbs
Fuel100 lbs
Wind7° · 2 kn

Flight Score

92.83 %
KAAO
Wichita, United States
Runway 18
Elevation1,401 ft asl
Weight1,808 lbs
Fuel93 lbs
Wind6° · 2 kn
5 Sep 2026 0:13 10 nm Cessna 172 7 lbs
Departure Score
97.64 %
Enroute Score
99.30 %
Arrival Score
81.54 %

What went well

Rollout controlled — 41 % of the runway used
Lifted off at 66 kt — on the 58 kt target
Airborne in 1,558 ft — 26 % of the runway

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 684 fpm, −2.97 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 684 fpm−1.67
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.13
  • Arrival Touchdown · 2.00 G at contact−0.18
Arrival Landing — Threshold height at 83 ft agl was significantly above target at 37 %, Threshold speed was too high at 79 kt at 66 %, −2.36 points
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 23.9 ft right at 88 %, −0.45 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 78 kt.

What happened: Climb speed was 66 kt against a target of 78 kt, running 12 kt slow through the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 78 kt.

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Bring the power back earlier on final so the speed settles to 62 kt well before the threshold, instead of carrying it in fast.

What happened: Crossed the threshold at 79 kt, 17 kt above the approach speed; approaches that carry that much extra energy over the threshold usually end up flat on touchdown as the nose stays down, and that combination usually lands firm or hard.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 62 kt at the threshold

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

High on final, the pilot dives to the aim point, converting altitude directly into airspeed, and arrives on-glideslope but 15 knots fast. The vertical profile looks fine; the speed trace does not. It is one of the reasons the stabilised-approach concept - configured, on speed, on path by a gate, commonly 1,000 ft in IMC and 500 ft in VMC - checks speed and path together, and why the tolerances airlines use are asymmetric, typically allowing more on the fast side than the slow, because slow kills faster than fast.

Read more in VRef Explained

Start to finish · 11 stages, 10 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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 15 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 8 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °0.5 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.5 1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 3 ft agl
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 3 ft agl
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 3 ft agl
Departure Roll 94.05Departure roll runway 36 at KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport. Takeoff distance 1,558 ft 26 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 67 kt. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 2 kt at 6 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,558 ft26 % of runway
95 % Liftoff speed was 67 ktTarget 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 5.0 ft left5.0 ft left to 0.0 ft left 2.5 5.0 ft
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.2 ° min to max 4.2 ° 2.2 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.5 2.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36 KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt67 kt min to max 69 kt 67 69 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.5 °2.0 ° min to max 4.5 ° 2.0 4.5 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.11 g0.93 g min to max 1.41 g 1.07 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 696 fpm372 fpm min to max 945 fpm 372 945 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl 0 31 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °4.4 ° min to max 14.2 ° 4.4 9.7 °
Departure Climb 2 98.18Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36 KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Heading variation 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.2 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt66 kt min to max 73 kt 69 66 kt
95 % Steepest bank angle 6.7 °0.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 4.8 1.2 °
99 % Average g force 0.95 g0.86 g min to max 1.36 g 0.92 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 815 fpm611 fpm min to max 1,450 fpm 946 838 fpm
Info Average altitude 92 ft agl32 ft agl min to max 357 ft agl 32 357 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.3 °6.3 ° min to max 14.7 ° 9.5 11.8 °
Departure Climb 3 95.96Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36 KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
90 % Climb speed 66 kt61 kt min to max 81 ktTarget 78 kt, 12 kt slow 66 81 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 13.2 °0.3 ° min to max 13.2 ° 1.7 10.7 °
99 % Average g force 0.98 g0.79 g min to max 1.42 g 0.99 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear fixed
Info Heading variation 2.2 °1.4 ° min to max 3.2 ° 2.2 3.2 °
Info Average VSI 801 fpm-37 fpm min to max 1,245 fpm 945 13 fpm
Info Average altitude 707 ft agl372 ft agl min to max 971 ft agl 372 970 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °1.5 ° min to max 16.9 ° 11.0 1.5 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 845 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 862 ft agl · 73 kt
Enroute Level 99.30Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport Wichita (Kansas, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Altitude held within ±620 ft of 2,219 ft asl1,508 ft asl min to max 2,516 ft asl 2,396 1,508 ft asl
100 % Average speed 97 kt78 kt min to max 112 kt 83 79 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 38.4 °0.1 ° min to max 38.4 ° 16.2 6.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.04 g0.68 g min to max 1.58 g 0.95 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-10.1 ° min to max 9.2 ° 0.4 -3.8 °
Arrival Landing 58.08Landing on runway 18 at KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport, runway length 6,083 ft. Threshold height at 83 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was too high at 79 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
66 % Threshold speed was too high at 79 kt. Target 62 kt
37 % Threshold height at 83 ft agl was significantly above target.Target 50 ft agl
35 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. Pitch was -2.8° at touchdown, at or below this aircraft's ground attitude, so the nosewheel met the runway with the main wheels or before them. Touchdown was 2,292 ft past the threshold. Keep raising the nose through the flare so the main wheels touch first.
99 % Runway alignment max 29.9 ft right4.8 ft right to 29.9 ft right -29.9 -14.6 ft
88 % Steepest bank angle 6.4 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 5.9 2.2 °
97 % Peak g force 1.30 g0.83 g min to max 1.30 g 1.01 0.91 g
Info Average speed 69 kt59 kt min to max 79 kt 79 59 kt
Info Average VSI -371 fpm-1,020 fpm min to max -97 fpm -1,020 -468 fpm
Info Average altitude 30 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 83 ft agl 83 -1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-3.6 ° min to max 4.9 ° -3.6 -2.8 °
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,75001633496682Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,750-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 73.42Touchdown point was 864 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 59 kt was good. Touchdown rate was heavy at -684 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 59 °F. Wind 2 kt at 6 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -684 fpm.
74 % Touchdown distance was 2,292 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 59 ktTarget below 62 kt
98 % Runway alignment max 15.4 ft right15.2 ft right -14.6 -15.3 ft
97 % Steepest bank angle 2.3 °1.3 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.2 1.3 °
57 % Peak g force 2.00 g0.75 g min to max 2.00 g 0.91 1.19 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 59 kt58 kt min to max 59 kt 59 58 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-3.0 ° min to max 4.8 ° -2.8 4.8 °
Arrival Rollout 94.65Total landing distance 2,581 ft, 42 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 2,581 ft42 % of runway.
88 % Runway alignment max 23.9 ft right0.0 ft left to 23.9 ft right -16.7 -23.9 ft
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 63 kt42 kt min to max 68 kt 68 42 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °0.9 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.9 1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.2 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 3 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 15 kt4 kt min to max 34 kt 34 4 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °1.1 ° min to max 2.9 ° 1.2 2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 5 5 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 6 ktmax 6 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °1.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.4 1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.5 0.4 °

Takeoff from KAAO 36

Taxi out

Lights75.00
Offlanding
Taxi speed100.00
15kt peak7 kt in turns

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,558ft26 %
Runway alignment100.00
5.0ft L
Liftoff speed95.26
66kttarget 58, 8 late

The nose wandered in the climb

From 35 ft to the end of the climb the nose moved between 1.5° and 16.9°, and the speed between 61 kt and 81 kt.

Once clear of the runway the nose moved through a wide range, and the speed moved with it. Set the climb attitude, hold it and trim, and give the speed a few seconds to settle before correcting it with a degree or two of pitch. Chasing the airspeed with large pitch changes makes it wander more.

Liftoff and climb

35 ft
69ktat 9.0°, 5.2 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
4.5°steepest
Climb 3 speed90.03
66kttarget 78

Plan view the roll down the 6,086 ft runway.

Rolled from 145 ft in, never more than 5 ft off the centreline. Airborne 23 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 4.7 ft LROLL 145 FT INAirborne 1,456 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,456 ft of 6,086 ft · 24 %
Behind the start of the roll, 145 ftTakeoff roll, 1,311 ft Left ahead, 4,630 ft

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 970 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,980 ft of runway left; then climbing at 810 fpm on average to 970 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 366 kt avgtarget 78THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 66 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.

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 grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 7890 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFFheld 8.7°3.3° off9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb attitude heldClimb 3

Landing and touchdown on KAAO 18

Over the threshold

Threshold height37.22
83ft
Threshold speed65.71
79kttarget 62, 17 fast
Centreline offset99.04
29.9ft R
Bank88.47
6.4°steepest
Flare34.97

The flare strayed well off the target profile

Pitch was -2.8° at touchdown, at or below this aircraft's ground attitude, so the nosewheel met the runway with the main wheels or before them. Touchdown was 2,292 ft past the threshold. Keep raising the nose through the flare so the main wheels touch first.

Touchdown

Past threshold73.59
2,292ft
Centreline97.97
15.4ft R
Speed100.00
59kttarget 62 or less
Touchdown rate0.00
-684fpm
Impact57.14
2.00G
BouncesOk
None
Bank96.50
2.3°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
648ft41 % used
Rollout alignment88.11
23.9ft R

Taxi in

LightsOk
All set
Taxi speed100.00
18kt peak6 kt in turns

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

Crossed the threshold at 83 ft, 33 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 11 ft. Touched down 2,292 ft in, 1,292 ft past 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 5,000 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.

83 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 11 ft · −453 fpm · 3.5° · 60 ktdescent slowed at 9 ft · −432 fpm · 3.3°−683 fpm · −2.8° nose down · 59 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 83 ft, down at 2,292 ft

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

The sink grew from 450 fpm at the flare to 680 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 6.3° on the way down. Into the flare at 60 kt, on the 62 kt approach speed, and 59 kt at touchdown.

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 UP0−1,500−3,000−5°2°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−683 fpm at touchdown−2.8° at touchdown, −6.3° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,083 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 15 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 20 ft right at the widest. No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, 2.3° of bank.

Wind 006° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 0 kt across

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. 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 2,292 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 2,292 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 2.00 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 2,940 ft of 6,083 ft · 48 %
In the air over the runway, 2,292 ftRollout, 648 ft Left over, 3,143 ft

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 70 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 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.

02040608060 kt · 331 ft30 kt · 904 fttouchdown940 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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Flight narrative

The Cessna 172 taxied from the parking area to runway 36 at KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm during the taxi-out.

During the departure roll on runway 36, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 67 kt and became airborne after a ground roll of 1,558 ft, which represented 26 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were 60 °F with a 2 kt wind from 060°, no cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.

The right-hand pattern entry commenced from runway 36, traversing less than 1 nm in 78 seconds, followed by a brief cross-wind segment of less than 1 nm in 8 seconds. The downwind turn covered 1 nm at an angle of 40.8° to the runway, after which the downwind leg proceeded for less than 1 nm in 5 seconds. The base-leg turn spanned 2 nm with a 152.4° angle to the runway, and the subsequent base leg extended 2 nm in 79 seconds. The final turn completed a 4 nm arc in 125 seconds, positioning the aircraft for the final approach.

Landing was executed on runway 18, whose length is 6,083 ft. The threshold height of 83 ft AGL and the prescribed threshold speed of 79 kt were noted as higher than expected. Touchdown occurred 433 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone at a speed of 59 kt, with a hard vertical rate of minus 468 fpm and a lateral deviation of 15 ft from the centreline. Weather at the time was 59 °F with a 2 kt wind from 060°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind component.

The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,581 ft, representing 42 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained very good alignment throughout the deceleration phase.

After clearing the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in 2 minutes, traveling less than 1 nm during the taxi-in.

In summary, the flight encompassed 8 nm of distance, required 13 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 7 lb of fuel.

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