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KGWS
Glenwood Springs, United States
Runway 14
Elevation5,915 ft asl
Weight2,378 lbs
Fuel112 lbs
Wind258° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

96.20 %
KGWS
Glenwood Springs, United States
Runway 14
Elevation5,915 ft asl
Weight2,371 lbs
Fuel105 lbs
Wind262° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross
12 Sep 2023 0:09 6 nm PA28 Turbo Arrow III 7 lbs
Departure Score
95.99 %
Enroute Score
99.53 %
Arrival Score
93.07 %

What went well

Touched down at -90 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,122 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 3.1 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 43 %, −1.54 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation -2.0 ° at 80 %, bank angle up to 8.1 ° at 84 %, −0.60 points
Departure Climb 3 — bank angle up to 13.9 ° at 69 %, −0.42 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 14 stages, 13 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kn0 kn min to max 13 kn 1 13 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 12 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.1 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.3 0.0 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Roll 98.59Departure roll runway 14 at KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport. Takeoff distance 1,458 ft 44 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 78 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 3 kn at 258 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,458 ft44 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 78 knTarget 75 kn
93 % Runway alignment max 21.8 ft11.7 ft left to 10.1 ft right -0.7 8.9 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.1 2.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.3 0.6 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 96.61Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 14 KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Heading variation -0.5 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.3 -1.3 °
100 % Average speed 86 kn78 kn min to max 92 kn 78 92 kn
90 % Average bank angle 3.9 °0.8 ° min to max 5.9 ° 0.8 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g1.01 g min to max 1.06 g 1.01 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 436 ft/m310 ft/m min to max 565 ft/m 310 565 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 0 47 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °2.4 ° min to max 5.4 ° 2.5 5.4 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 46 ft agl · 103 kt
Departure Climb 2 91.02Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 14 KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Heading variation -2.0 °-3.6 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.3 -3.6 °
100 % Average speed 94 kn92 kn min to max 96 kn 92 95 kn
84 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.2 ° min to max 8.1 ° 1.3 8.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.99 g min to max 1.11 g 1.06 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 951 ft/m570 ft/m min to max 1,835 ft/m 570 1,835 ft/m
Info Average altitude 101 ft agl47 ft agl min to max 395 ft agl 47 395 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °5.4 ° min to max 10.7 ° 5.4 10.6 °
Departure Climb 3 93.75Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 14 KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -2.5 °-3.4 ° min to max -1.1 ° -3.4 -1.1 °
100 % Average speed 94 kn94 kn min to max 95 kn 94 95 kn
69 % Average bank angle 11.9 °8.8 ° min to max 13.9 ° 8.8 13.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.97 g min to max 0.99 g 0.98 0.99 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,629 ft/m1,402 ft/m min to max 1,824 ft/m 1,824 1,402 ft/m
Info Average altitude 551 ft agl427 ft agl min to max 665 ft agl 427 665 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.5 °8.1 ° min to max 10.5 ° 10.5 8.1 °
Enroute Climb 98.59Enroute climb started overhead KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport Glenwood Springs (Colorado, United States). Climbing from 6,601 ft asl to 8,191 ft asl, an increase of 1,590 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Climb speed 103 kn96 kn min to max 107 knTarget 110 kn 96 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 15.5 °6.7 ° min to max 25.3 ° 14.2 8.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,248 ft/m322 ft/m min to max 1,816 ft/m 1,366 322 ft/m
Info Average altitude 7,514 ft asl6,601 ft asl min to max 8,191 ft asl 6,601 8,191 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °1.9 ° min to max 10.2 ° 7.9 1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport Glenwood Springs (Colorado, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 8,271 ft asl8,196 ft asl min to max 8,334 ft asl 8,196 8,334 ft asl
100 % Average speed 107 kn105 kn min to max 108 kn 107 108 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.6 ° min to max 7.6 ° 7.6 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-0.9 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.9 -0.4 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Glenwood Springs (Garfield County, Colorado, United States). Descent from 8,338 ft asl to 6,340 ft asl, a decrease of 1,998 ft in 3 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 106 kn87 kn min to max 116 kn 108 87 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.2 °0.0 ° min to max 28.7 ° 1.5 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.18 g 1.01 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -753 ft/m-1,458 ft/m min to max 267 ft/m 253 -327 ft/m
Info Average altitude 7,324 ft asl6,340 ft asl min to max 8,353 ft asl 8,338 6,340 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.5 °-6.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,035 ft agl · 123 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 696 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 552 ft agl · 100 kt
Arrival Final 2 93.93Approaching runway 14 at KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 417 ft agl to 294 ft agl. A decrease of 123 ft in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Approach angle 2.5 °2.3 ° min to max 2.8 °Target 3.0 ° 2.3 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 79 kn75 kn min to max 86 kn 86 76 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 0.95 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -275 ft/m-548 ft/m min to max 33 ft/m -445 -141 ft/m
Info Average altitude 352 ft agl294 ft agl min to max 417 ft agl 417 294 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-2.4 ° min to max 1.0 ° -2.4 0.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 459 ft agl · 94 kt
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-150-113-75-3803875113150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 95.49Approaching runway 14 at KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 291 ft agl to 27 ft agl. A decrease of 264 ft in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
83 % Approach angle 2.4 °1.9 ° min to max 3.3 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 1.9 °
100 % Average speed 75 kn73 kn min to max 79 kn 76 73 kn
94 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.05 g 0.95 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -489 ft/m-726 ft/m min to max -149 ft/m -149 -481 ft/m
Info Average altitude 85 ft agl27 ft agl min to max 291 ft agl 291 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-3.5 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.6 -0.8 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 76.90Landing on runway 14 at KGWS Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport, runway length 3,315 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 73 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 73 kn. Target 75 kn
43 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 0.98 0.96 g
Info Average speed 71 kn68 kn min to max 73 kn 73 68 kn
Info Average VSI -263 ft/m-508 ft/m min to max -72 ft/m -484 -87 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 29 ft agl 29 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-0.8 ° min to max 2.1 ° -0.8 1.1 °
02505007501,0001,25001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,250-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 99.02Touchdown distance was good at 1,119 ft. Touchdown speed at 68 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -87 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 68 °F. Wind 3 kn at 261 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Touchdown VSI was -87 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,119 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 68 knTarget 67 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 4.4 ft3.8 ft left 4.4 3.1 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.96 g min to max 1.11 g 0.96 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 68 kn67 kn min to max 68 kn 68 67 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.7 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.1 1.2 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,841 ft, 56 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,841 ft56 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 6.0 ft3.1 ft left to 3.0 ft right 3.1 -3.0 ft
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.05 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average speed 70 kn39 kn min to max 76 kn 76 39 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.2 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.3 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 11 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kn8 kn min to max 32 kn 32 8 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 77 kt with 2.5° of pitch.

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.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.5° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 14 kt 0.1° 0 s
Liftoff1,584 ft 77 kt 2.5° 16.4 s
35 ft2,592 ft · 6.2 s after liftoff 91 kt 4.7° 22.6 s
End of Climb 37,021 ft · 665 ft 95 kt 8.1° 47.5 s

Takeoff from KGWS 14

Takeoff roll100.00
1,691ft51 %
Liftoff speed100.00
77kt
Runway alignment92.97
11.7ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb96.61
435fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 665 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 604 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,280 fpm on average to 665 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.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 77 ktSCALE CHANGES0.6 nm past the runway
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,315 ft runway.

Rolled from 119 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 12 ft at the widest, and lifted off 9 ft left. Airborne 51 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 11.6 ft LROLL 119 FT INAirborne 1,704 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,704 ft of 3,315 ft · 51 %
Behind the start of the roll, 119 ftTakeoff roll, 1,584 ft Left ahead, 1,611 ft

The approach to KGWS 14

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 2.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 190 ft below the slope.

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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND530410326223
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

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.

Joined 1,230 ft left of the centreline at 2.8 nm, then inside the band from 2.6 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND55 ft R3 ft L13 ft R20 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KGWS 14

Over the threshold

Threshold height64.40
28ft
Threshold speed100.00
73kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,122ft
Centreline100.00
4.4ft L
Speed100.00
68kt
Touchdown rate96.09
-90fpm
Impact100.00
1.11G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 262° at 3 kt · 1 kt tail · 2 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 77 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 10 s, an average deceleration of 0.28 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.

02040608010060 kt · 460 ft30 kt · 821 fttouchdown854 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 3,315 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 28 ft, 22 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,122 ft in, close to 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 3,315 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.

28 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −87 fpm · 1.1° nose up · 68 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 28 ft, down at 1,122 ft

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

The sink went from 430 fpm at 26 ft to 90 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.9° 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°touchdown−87 fpm at touchdown1.1° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 3,315 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 4 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,122 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,122 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,759 ft of 3,315 ft · 53 %
In the air over the runway, 1,122 ftRollout, 637 ft Left over, 1,556 ft
Rollout distance100.00
637ft53 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
3.1ft L

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