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KIAG
Niagara Falls, United States
Runway 28R
Elevation587 ft asl
Weight997 kg
Fuel76 kg
Wind260° · 14 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

87.02 %
KBUF
Buffalo, United States
Runway 05
Elevation679 ft asl
Weight986 kg
Fuel64 kg
3 Aug 2023 0:36 28 nm Cessna Skyhawk 13 kg
Departure Score
93.15 %
Enroute Score
95.98 %
Arrival Score
66.44 %

What went well

Touched down at -133 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 85 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 4.37 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Taxi — landing lights on should be off, then taxi light off should be on; peak taxi speed 87 kt at 0 %, peak speed in a turn 24 kt at 10 %, −5.07 points
Arrival Landing — at 5 %, Landing and flare profile at 33 %, −3.20 points
Arrival Touchdown — Speed at touchdown 70 kn at 12 %, Runway alignment max 4.85 m at 89 %, −1.42 points

Top opportunity

Monitor your taxi speed

Arrival Taxi

Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.

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Start to finish · 15 stages, 14 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 1 kn0 kn min to max 8 kn 0 8 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Departure Roll 89.68Departure roll runway 28R at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl. Takeoff distance 31 m 1 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 78 kn. Local weather - Temperature 27 °C. Wind 14 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 14 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 31 m1 % of runway
53 % Liftoff speed was 78 knTarget 62 kn
95 % Runway alignment max 3.81 m0.94 m left to 2.87 m right -0.85 -2.87 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.3 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.0 3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 14 kt
Departure Climb 1 98.28Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28R KIAG Niagara Falls Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 82 kn78 kn min to max 85 kn 78 85 kn
93 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.0 4.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.97 g min to max 1.10 g 1.02 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 530 ft/m315 ft/m min to max 641 ft/m 315 641 ft/m
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 0 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °3.1 ° min to max 7.4 ° 3.1 7.1 °
Departure Climb 2 84.65Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28R KIAG Niagara Falls Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
58 % Heading variation 0.6 °-0.0 ° min to max 5.4 ° -0.0 5.4 °
100 % Average speed 85 kn83 kn min to max 93 kn 85 93 kn
81 % Average bank angle 5.3 °4.0 ° min to max 9.3 ° 4.7 9.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.79 g min to max 1.14 g 0.97 1.14 g
Info Average VSI 737 ft/m-1 ft/m min to max 1,056 ft/m 642 86 ft/m
Info Average altitude 113 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 315 ft agl 51 315 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °-0.2 ° min to max 10.8 ° 7.1 2.3 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 149 ft agl · 92 kt
Enroute Climb 84.38Enroute climb started overhead KIAG Niagara Falls Intl Niagara Falls (New York, United States). Climbing from 909 ft asl to 2,629 ft asl, an increase of 1,720 ft in 3 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
65 % Climb speed 104 kn85 kn min to max 129 knTarget 86 kn 95 111 kn
98 % Average bank angle 10.0 °0.0 ° min to max 41.0 ° 9.8 1.7 °
91 % Average g force 1.03 g0.76 g min to max 1.41 g 1.14 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 576 ft/m-935 ft/m min to max 2,894 ft/m 284 -218 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,872 ft asl909 ft asl min to max 2,767 ft asl 909 2,629 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °-4.2 ° min to max 17.1 ° 3.5 1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north of NY24 Taylor Johnson Niagara Falls (New York, United States) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 13 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,798 ft asl2,586 ft asl min to max 2,917 ft asl 2,833 2,586 ft asl
100 % Average speed 117 kn103 kn min to max 126 kn 107 126 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.4 °0.1 ° min to max 22.7 ° 1.1 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 0.97 1.13 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-3.8 ° min to max 10.8 ° 10.8 -3.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north of CNJ3 Ft Erie Ft Erie (New York, United States). Descent from 2,563 ft asl to 2,286 ft asl, a decrease of 277 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 129 kn123 kn min to max 137 kn 126 136 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.9 °0.6 ° min to max 9.4 ° 6.0 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.24 g 0.81 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -477 ft/m-1,519 ft/m min to max 747 ft/m 66 -792 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,473 ft asl2,286 ft asl min to max 2,563 ft asl 2,563 2,286 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-6.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° -1.4 -1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 99.54Enroute level cruise started overhead CNJ3 Ft Erie Ft Erie (New York, United States) and lasted 15 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,421 ft asl2,187 ft asl min to max 2,592 ft asl 2,278 2,423 ft asl
100 % Average speed 117 kn103 kn min to max 136 kn 136 117 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 34.4 ° 0.4 15.9 °
95 % Average g force 1.02 g0.81 g min to max 1.33 g 1.13 1.03 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-6.8 ° min to max 12.4 ° -0.3 -1.8 °
Arrival 99.43Arrival started overhead CNJ3 Ft Erie Ft Erie (New York, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 103 kn91 kn min to max 112 kn 110 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.0 ° min to max 16.2 ° 16.2 6.3 °
97 % Average g force 1.00 g0.70 g min to max 1.23 g 1.04 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -1,045 ft/m-2,024 ft/m min to max -53 ft/m -686 -1,504 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,922 ft asl1,163 ft asl min to max 2,412 ft asl 2,412 1,163 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.2 °-10.2 ° min to max 1.6 ° -1.8 -6.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,000 ft agl · 115 kt
Arrival Final 1 81.77Approaching runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 461 ft agl to 12 ft agl. A decrease of 449 ft in 26 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Approach angle 1.6 °0.5 ° min to max 4.6 °Target 3.0 ° 4.6 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn75 kn min to max 95 kn 94 75 kn
94 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.2 °
80 % Average bank angle 3.8 °0.0 ° min to max 10.2 ° 7.4 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.91 g min to max 1.19 g 0.94 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -780 ft/m-1,426 ft/m min to max -178 ft/m -1,426 -178 ft/m
Info Average altitude 74 ft agl12 ft agl min to max 461 ft agl 461 12 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-7.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° -6.1 2.6 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 52.06Landing on runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl, runway length 2,308 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 75 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
70 % Threshold speed was well above target at 75 kn. Target 63 kn
5 % Target 50 ft agl
33 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.6 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.91 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 0.91 g
Info Average speed 72 kn70 kn min to max 75 kn 75 70 kn
Info Average VSI -100 ft/m-164 ft/m min to max -74 ft/m -164 -126 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 2 ft agl 2 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °0.4 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 0.4 °
07501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 78.66Touchdown distance was good at 83 m. Touchdown speed at 70 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -126 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 25 °C. Wind 11 kn at 220 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 11 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Touchdown VSI was -126 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 83 mTarget 457 m
12 % Speed at touchdown 70 knTarget 53 kn
89 % Runway alignment max 4.85 m4.60 m right -4.85 -4.37 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g0.91 g min to max 1.25 g 0.91 1.08 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 70 kn69 kn min to max 70 kn 70 69 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °0.4 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.4 2.0 °
Arrival Rollout 95.69Total landing distance 443 m, 19 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 443 m19 % of runway.
90 % Runway alignment max 4.30 m0.00 m left to 4.30 m right -4.30 -3.03 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average speed 81 kn47 kn min to max 88 kn 88 47 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 2.0 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 1 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kn0 kn min to max 42 kn 42 15 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Arrival Taxi 24.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 10 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 18 kn0 kn min to max 87 kn 16 87 kn
10 % Average speed turning corners 13 knmax 24 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-1.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° -0.2 2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.2 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights ON should be OFF
Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll622 m · 22 %
53.05Liftoff speed78 kt
95.35Runway alignment2.87 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
98.28Rate of climb529 fpm

Landing

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

5.00Threshold height2 ft
69.84Threshold speed74 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.05 m 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 KBUF 05

Past threshold100.00
85m
Centreline88.52
4.37m R
Speed11.94
70kt
Touchdown rate91.98
-133fpm
Impact100.00
1.25G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

2 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 2 ft, down at 85 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,308 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 85 m past threshold CLEARED

The 85 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 418 m of 2,308 m · 18 %
Rollout distance100.00
333m18 % used
Rollout alignment90.42
4.30m R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 28R at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl in the Cessna Skyhawk
93.15 %
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 0.5 0
89.68 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 28R at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl. Takeoff distance 31 m 1 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 78 kn. Local weather - Temperature 27 °C. Wind 14 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 14 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 31 m using 1.11 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
53.05 %
Liftoff speed was 78 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
95.35 %
0.94 m left to 2.87 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 40 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
4 2 0
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750-20-15-10-505101520 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
98.28 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28R KIAG Niagara Falls Intl.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
93.11 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 5.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
84.65 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28R KIAG Niagara Falls Intl.
Alignment
57.88 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
80.74 %
10 7 4
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 5.5 0
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,100 500 -100
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750062124186248310 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.120.160.20100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.120.160.2-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 77.04 %
81.77 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 461 ft agl to 12 ft agl. A decrease of 449 ft in 26 seconds.
Glideslope
34.5 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
93.93 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
34.5 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
95 82 70
Alignment
93.93 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
80.43 %
11 5.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-178 -839 -1,500
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
52.06 %
Landing
Landing on runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara Intl, runway length 2,308 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 75 kn.
Height
5 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
69.84 %
Threshold speed was well above target at 75 kt. Target 63 kt
Flare
33.38 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
75 72 70
Pitch °
Info
3 1.5 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-74 -137 -200
07501123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
78.66 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 83 m. Touchdown speed at 70 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -126 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 25 °C. Wind 11 kn at 220 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 11 kn.
Warning: Landed with a 11 kt tailwind
Touchdown
91.98 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -133 fpm.
Speed
11.94 %
Touchdown speed at 70 kt was excessively fast. Target below 48 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 83 m.
Alignment
88.52 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.11 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
95.69 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 443 m, 19 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 443 m using 19.19 % of runway
Alignment
90.42 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
70 45 20
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
0200400 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
24 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 10 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
Switched On
Taxi Lights
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
0 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
10 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
3 1.5 0
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