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NZMF
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Runway 29
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel226 kg

Flight Score

86.94 %
NZMJ
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway XX
Elevation0 ft asl
Weight2,263 kg
Fuel206 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
26 Oct 2023 0:20 21 nm Britten Norman Trislander BN2A 20 kg
Departure Score
70.25 %
Enroute Score
99.79 %
Arrival Score
88.95 %

What went well

Touched down at -127 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 210 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 3.28 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 10.3 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 16.5 ° at 62 %, −5.75 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation 20.4 ° at 0 %, −4.17 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 44 %, −1.46 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 4.5 ° at 0 %, −1.44 points

Top opportunity

Hold the approach angle

Arrival Final 1

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 · 13 stages, 12 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 Climb 1 75.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation 20.4 °13.3 ° min to max 33.4 ° 33.4 13.3 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn64 kn min to max 86 kn 64 86 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.00 g min to max 1.25 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 729 ft/m388 ft/m min to max 1,007 ft/m 388 1,007 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl -3 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-1.8 ° min to max 7.6 ° -1.8 7.5 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 6 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 6 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 6 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 6 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 6 ft agl · 70 kt
Departure Climb 2 65.49Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation 10.3 °5.4 ° min to max 13.1 ° 13.1 6.1 °
100 % Average speed 89 kn86 kn min to max 98 kn 86 98 kn
62 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 16.4 ° 1.0 12.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.96 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,091 ft/m678 ft/m min to max 1,165 ft/m 1,014 678 ft/m
Info Average altitude 142 ft agl63 ft agl min to max 396 ft agl 63 396 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.5 °2.3 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.5 2.3 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Milford Sound (Southland District, Southland, New Zealand). Climbing from 409 ft asl to 1,231 ft asl, an increase of 821 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 124 kn99 kn min to max 131 knTarget 120 kn 99 130 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.0 °0.1 ° min to max 11.4 ° 11.4 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 490 ft/m187 ft/m min to max 992 ft/m 634 412 ft/m
Info Average altitude 894 ft asl409 ft asl min to max 1,231 ft asl 409 1,231 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max 4.3 ° 2.1 -0.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 453 ft agl · 103 kt
Enroute Level 99.43Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland District, Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 13 minutes, covering 15 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,200 ft asl972 ft asl min to max 1,331 ft asl 1,237 972 ft asl
100 % Average speed 127 kn96 kn min to max 139 kn 130 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.6 °0.0 ° min to max 36.7 ° 4.1 28.4 °
94 % Average g force 1.01 g0.80 g min to max 1.35 g 0.97 1.09 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-3.5 ° min to max 2.0 ° -0.4 -2.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 1,211 ft agl · 140 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 1,211 ft agl · 140 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,211 ft agl · 140 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,228 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,228 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 1,221 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 1,221 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 1,189 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,189 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,189 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,102 ft agl · 109 kt
Enroute Descent 99.71Enroute descent started 2 miles south of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand). Descent from 966 ft asl to 779 ft asl, a decrease of 187 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kn93 kn min to max 104 kn 98 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 19.3 °0.2 ° min to max 31.8 ° 28.8 0.2 °
97 % Average g force 1.10 g0.96 g min to max 1.30 g 1.09 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -355 ft/m-1,010 ft/m min to max 155 ft/m -301 96 ft/m
Info Average altitude 832 ft asl757 ft asl min to max 966 ft asl 966 779 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-6.5 ° min to max 0.2 ° -3.0 -0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 744 ft asl668 ft asl min to max 780 ft asl 780 668 ft asl
100 % Average speed 91 kn89 kn min to max 93 kn 93 89 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 0.1 3.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.04 g 0.98 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-3.6 ° min to max -0.6 ° -0.6 -3.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 736 ft agl · 93 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south east of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 82 kn79 kn min to max 88 kn 88 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.3 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.6 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.94 g min to max 1.05 g 1.02 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -411 ft/m-589 ft/m min to max -197 ft/m -436 -578 ft/m
Info Average altitude 605 ft asl530 ft asl min to max 661 ft asl 661 530 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-5.0 ° min to max -1.4 ° -3.3 -5.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 78.36Approaching landing ground Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 518 ft agl to 37 ft agl. A decrease of 481 ft in 41 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 4.5 °3.4 ° min to max 5.4 °Target 3.0 ° 5.2 3.4 °
100 % Average speed 72 kn68 kn min to max 80 kn 80 70 kn
93 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.4 0.0 °
99 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.2 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 0.96 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -754 ft/m-832 ft/m min to max -538 ft/m -660 -690 ft/m
Info Average altitude 140 ft agl37 ft agl min to max 518 ft agl 518 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.9 °-5.9 ° min to max -3.3 ° -5.6 -3.7 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 78.06Approaching touchdown Martins Bay Aerodrome. Descent from 34 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 34 ft in 6 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kn. Target 65 kn
44 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
96 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.6 ° min to max 3.4 ° 1.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.01 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.04 g
Info Average speed 65 kn60 kn min to max 70 kn 70 60 kn
Info Average VSI -408 ft/m-688 ft/m min to max -127 ft/m -688 -127 ft/m
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 34 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-3.7 ° min to max 1.9 ° -3.7 1.8 °
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.08Touchdown Martins Bay Aerodrome. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -127 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 208 m. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 1 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Touchdown VSI was -127 ft/m.
90 % Speed at touchdown 60 knTarget 55 kn
94 % Alignment max 3.28 m2.78 m left 2.35 3.28 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.03 g min to max 1.13 g 1.04 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 60 kn59 kn min to max 60 kn 60 59 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °0.8 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.8 0.8 °
Arrival Rollout 93.24Landing rollout Martins Bay Aerodrome. Altitude0 ft asl. Distance was 112 m.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Alignment max 5.87 m5.87 m left to 0.00 m left 3.38 5.87 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 0.97 g
Info Average speed 54 kn35 kn min to max 58 kn 58 35 kn
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-2.2 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting rollout Martins Bay Aerodrome, Average speed was 13 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 13 kn1 kn min to max 28 kn 28 19 kn
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-3.5 ° min to max 1.3 ° -2.4 1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.3 0.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 0.98 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 5 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5 ft agl · 16 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kn1 kn min to max 19 kn 19 1 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 5 knmax 8 kn 0 1 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-3.2 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.1 -2.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °

Takeoff

75.00Rate of climb728 fpm

Landing

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

74.96Threshold height33 ft
94.70Threshold speed69 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.03 m L

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 NZMJ XX

Past threshold100.00
210m
Centreline93.94
3.28m L
Speed90.10
60kt
Touchdown rate91.88
-127fpm
Impact100.00
1.13G
BouncesOk
None

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

33 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 33 ft, down at 210 m

Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 210 m past threshold CLEARED

The 210 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 321 m of 1,524 m · 21 %
Rollout distance100.00
112m21 % used
Rollout alignment84.98
5.87m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound in the Britten-Norman BN2 Islander
70.25 %
75 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 75 60
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 3.5 -1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,100 500 -100
65.49 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
61.97 %
17 8.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 5 2
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 850 500
025050003672108144180 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.070.110.150.180100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.070.110.150.18-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway XX at Martins Bay Aerodrome in the Britten-Norman BN2 Islander
Landing Score 86.19 %
78.36 %
Final 1
Approaching landing ground Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 518 ft agl to 37 ft agl. A decrease of 481 ft in 41 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
92.5 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Alignment
92.5 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
99.32 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-538 -719 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
78.06 %
Landing
Approaching touchdown Martins Bay Aerodrome. Descent from 34 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 34 ft in 6 seconds.
Height
74.96 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
94.7 %
Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kt. Target 65 kt
Flare
44.08 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
96.26 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 65 60
Pitch °
Info
2 -0.5 -3
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-132 -416 -700
07515022501123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
95.08 %
Touchdown
Touchdown Martins Bay Aerodrome. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -127 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 208 m. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 1 kn
Touchdown
91.88 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -127 fpm.
Speed
90.1 %
Touchdown speed at 60 kt was a little fast. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 208 m.
Alignment
93.94 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.3 °
G
100 %
G 1.07 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
93.24 %
Rollout
Landing rollout Martins Bay Aerodrome. Altitude0 ft asl. Distance was 112 m.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 338 m using 22.2 % of runway
Alignment
84.98 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
59 44 30
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 -0.5 -2
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched Off
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
2 -0.5 -3
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