KBUR to KSMO Flight Report - Spitfire Mk IX

Flight from KBUR to KSMO

Sunday, 12 October 2025 22:05

Minutes 8

16 nm

Fuel 80 lbs

Spitfire Mk IX

Departure

Runway 26 at KBUR

Hollywood Burbank Airport

Burbank, California, United States

Altitude

722 ft asl

Weight

6,678 lbs

Fuel

611 lbs

Temperature

59 °F

Wind Speed

4 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 21 at KSMO

Santa Monica Municipal Airport

Santa Monica California, United States

148 ft asl

Altitude

6,598 lbs

Weight

531 lbs

Fuel

59 °F

Temperature

6 kt

Wind Speed

270.6 °

Wind Direction

4 kt

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 94.03%

Departure Score 88.31%

Enroute Score 100%

Arrival Score 93.77%

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 26 at KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport, where the Spitfire Mk IX took off with a takeoff distance of 2,148 ft, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 118 kt, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 60 °F and a wind speed of 4 kt at 270 °, resulting in a headwind of 4 kt and no crosswind.

As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile north west of North Hollywood, California. The climb started from an altitude of 1,569 ft above sea level and reached 1,700 ft asl in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nm. This rapid ascent was a testament to the Spitfire's impressive climb capabilities.

Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Van Nuys, California. This cruise lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nm. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 2 miles south of Sherman Oaks, California, where it descended from 1,824 ft asl to 1,032 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nm.

The Spitfire then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of Santa Monica, California. This cruise lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nm. The aircraft's final approach to runway 21 at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport began from the north east, with a heading of 224.0 ° at 0 nm and an altitude of 137 ft above ground level.

The landing on runway 21 was characterized by a threshold speed that was too high at 97 kt, but the touchdown distance was good at 898 ft. The touchdown speed was 89 kt, which was considered fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -267 fpm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 ft from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at departure, with a temperature of 59 °F and a wind speed of 6 kt at 270 °, resulting in a headwind of 4 kt and a crosswind of 4 kt.

The total landing distance was 2,637 ft, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft throughout the landing process. The total flight distance was 16 nm, and the flight duration was 8 minutes, during which the aircraft used 80 lbs of fuel.

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Departure Runway Entry

Entering runway 26 at KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport, Average speed was 20 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 19 kt 0 kt min to max 31 kt	0		31 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 11.6 ° 11.3 ° min to max 11.8 °	11.3		11.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.6 °	0.0		1.6 °
Info	Average g force 0.88 g 0.63 g min to max 0.98 g	0.63		0.89 g
Info	Battery Master On at 22:05:46
Info	Engine 1 Started at 22:05:46
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 22:05:46
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 22:05:46
Info	Landing Gear Down at 22:05:46
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 22:06:52
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 22:06:53
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 22:06:56
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 22:06:57

Departure Roll

67.29 %

Departure roll runway 26 at KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport. Takeoff distance 2,148 ft 37 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 118 kt. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 4 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 4 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 2,148 ft 37 % of runway
6.45 %	Liftoff speed was 118 kt Target 80 kt
100 %	Runway alignment max 6.1 ft 6.0 ft left to 0.1 ft right	2.4		5.5 ft
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.91 g min to max 1.10 g	0.91		1.05 g
80 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 1.4 ° -1.0 ° min to max 11.5 °	11.5		3.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 9.0 °	1.1		8.9 °
0 %	Landing Lights at 22:07:31
0 %	Strobe Lights at 22:07:34

Departure Climb 1

95.62 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.3 ° -0.6 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.1		-0.6 °
100 %	Average speed 126 kt 118 kt min to max 133 kt	118		133 kt
82.5 %	Average bank angle 3.3 ° 0.1 ° min to max 8.6 °	8.6		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 1.02 g min to max 1.09 g	1.05		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI 554 fpm 348 fpm min to max 750 fpm	348		750 fpm
Info	Average altitude 21 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 54 ft agl	0		54 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.2 ° 3.6 ° min to max 6.2 °	3.6		6.1 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 22:07:50

Departure Climb 2

100 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.6 ° -0.6 ° min to max -0.3 °	-0.6		-0.3 °
100 %	Average speed 139 kt 133 kt min to max 155 kt	133		155 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.7 °	0.1		1.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.98 g min to max 1.06 g	1.03		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI 991 fpm 757 fpm min to max 1,444 fpm	757		1,444 fpm
Info	Average altitude 118 ft agl 55 ft agl min to max 397 ft agl	55		397 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.3 ° 5.7 ° min to max 6.7 °	6.1		6.5 °

Departure Climb 3

90.33 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.5 ° -2.0 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.2		-2.0 °
100 %	Average speed 160 kt 156 kt min to max 164 kt	156		163 kt
51.63 %	Average bank angle 7.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 20.4 °	2.0		20.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.85 g min to max 1.15 g	1.03		1.05 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 997 fpm 348 fpm min to max 1,708 fpm	1,510		1,239 fpm
Info	Average altitude 645 ft agl 423 ft agl min to max 826 ft agl	423		826 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.3 ° 1.8 ° min to max 7.2 °	6.7		5.1 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of North Hollywood (California, United States). Climbing from 1,569 ft asl to 1,700 ft asl, an increase of 132 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 166 kt 162 kt min to max 172 kt	163		172 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 18.8 ° 7.8 ° min to max 23.2 °	20.8		7.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 1.00 g min to max 1.04 g	1.02		1.04 g
Info	Average VSI 497 fpm 21 fpm min to max 1,220 fpm	1,220		85 fpm
Info	Average altitude 1,665 ft asl 1,569 ft asl min to max 1,700 ft asl	1,569		1,700 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.3 ° 0.6 ° min to max 4.9 °	4.9		0.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Van Nuys (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,846 ft asl 1,703 ft asl min to max 1,930 ft asl	1,703		1,829 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 180 kt 172 kt min to max 188 kt	172		188 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 6.4 °	6.4		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.90 g min to max 1.06 g	1.04		0.97 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.2 ° -1.4 ° min to max 2.7 °	1.2		-1.4 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 2 miles south of Sherman Oaks (California, United States). Descent from 1,824 ft asl to 1,032 ft asl, a decrease of 793 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 196 kt 188 kt min to max 202 kt	188		200 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 2.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 12.1 °	0.8		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.86 g min to max 1.14 g	0.93		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI -518 fpm -1,195 fpm min to max 62 fpm	-242		-370 fpm
Info	Average altitude 1,457 ft asl 1,032 ft asl min to max 1,824 ft asl	1,824		1,032 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.0 ° -4.2 ° min to max 0.0 °	-1.8		-1.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Santa Monica (California, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 771 ft asl 262 ft asl min to max 1,056 ft asl	1,027		262 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 161 kt 97 kt min to max 203 kt	200		97 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 14.7 ° 0.1 ° min to max 33.6 °	2.9		3.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.86 g min to max 1.30 g	1.02		0.99 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.8 ° -4.8 ° min to max 2.2 °	-1.2		-1.7 °
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 22:14:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 22:14:14

Arrival Final 1

100 %

Approaching runway 21 at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 137 ft agl to 93 ft agl. A decrease of 44 ft in 3 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 3.2 ° 2.9 ° min to max 3.4 ° Target 3.5 °	3.4		2.9 °
100 %	Average speed 97 kt 96 kt min to max 97 kt	97		97 kt
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.93 g min to max 1.06 g	0.99		0.96 g
Info	Average VSI -674 fpm -737 fpm min to max -641 fpm	-641		-737 fpm
Info	Average altitude 116 ft agl 93 ft agl min to max 137 ft agl	137		93 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.5 ° -3.3 ° min to max -1.4 °	-1.7		-3.0 °

Arrival Landing

91.02 %

Landing on runway 21 at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport, runway length 4,977 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 97 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
66.53 %	Threshold speed was too high at 97 kt. Target 75 kt
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
97.73 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.0		0.1 °
99.51 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.4 °	1.0		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.90 g min to max 1.25 g	0.96		1.01 g
Info	Average speed 94 kt 89 kt min to max 97 kt	97		89 kt
Info	Average VSI -509 fpm -793 fpm min to max -267 fpm	-742		-267 fpm
Info	Average altitude 5 ft agl -11 ft agl min to max 31 ft agl	31		-11 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.2 ° -3.1 ° min to max 1.7 °	-3.0		1.0 °

Arrival Touchdown

84.08 %

Touchdown distance was good at 898 ft. Touchdown speed at 89 kt was fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -267 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 59 °F. Wind 6 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 4 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
94.24 %	Touchdown VSI was -267 fpm.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 898 ft Target 1,500 ft
89.21 %	Speed at touchdown 89 kt Target below 76 kt
99.11 %	Runway alignment max 10.8 ft 9.9 ft left	9.2		8.8 ft
96.14 %	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.6 °	0.8		2.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.94 g min to max 1.15 g	1.01		1.03 g
20 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 83 kt 77 kt min to max 89 kt	89		77 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 2.7 ° 1.0 ° min to max 4.1 °	1.0		3.6 °

Arrival Rollout

100 %

Total landing distance 2,637 ft, 53 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 2,637 ft 53 % of runway.
100 %	Runway alignment max 11.5 ft 8.6 ft left to 2.8 ft right	8.6		1.5 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.96 g min to max 1.05 g	1.02		1.04 g
Info	Average speed 68 kt 44 kt min to max 74 kt	74		44 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 6.0 ° 3.6 ° min to max 11.4 °	3.6		11.1 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.7 °	2.4		0.3 °
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 22:15:28

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 16 kt

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 13 kt 0 kt min to max 37 kt	37		0 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 10.8 ° 10.7 ° min to max 11.1 °	11.1		10.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.2 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.4		0.3 °
Info	Average g force 1.01 g 0.98 g min to max 1.06 g	1.03		0.98 g

Takeoff on runway 26 at KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Spitfire Mk IX

88.31 %

67.29 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 2,148 ft using 37.14 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

6.45 %

Liftoff speed was 118 kn - Target 80 kn

Alignment

100 %

6.0 ft left to 0.1 ft right

Bounce

80 %

Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

0 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

0 %

Switched On

100 %

Speed

Info

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

95.62 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

82.5 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

100 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

90.33 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 26 KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

51.63 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

Landing on runway 21 at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport in the Spitfire Mk IX

Landing Score 93.77 %

Landing Summary

The Spitfire Mk IX aircraft successfully landed at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport, with a final approach from the north east at a heading of 224.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 137 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The pilot executed a good approach, touching down on runway 21, which has a length of 4,977 feet.

However, there were a few areas for improvement in the landing. The threshold speed was too high at 97 knots, which may have contributed to a slightly faster touchdown speed of 89 knots. This resulted in a touchdown rate of -267 feet per minute, which was considered fair. The touchdown distance of 898 feet was good, indicating that the pilot maintained control and managed the aircraft's descent effectively.

The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's alignment. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control and smoothly transitioned from the landing phase to the rollout phase.

The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a light wind of 6 knots from 270°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 4 knots, which was relatively minimal and did not pose a significant challenge to the pilot. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a total landing distance of 2,637 feet, which was 53% of the runway length.

100 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 21 at KSMO Santa Monica Municipal Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 137 ft agl to 93 ft agl. A decrease of 44 ft in 3 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope

100 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %