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NZQN
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway 23
Elevation1,161 ft asl
Weight1,096 kg
Fuel114 kg
Wind272° · 2 kn

Flight Score

94.16 %
NZQN
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway 23
Elevation1,161 ft asl
Weight924 kg
Fuel114 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn
16 Jul 2025 0:17 13 nm Cessna C182
Departure Score
92.86 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
89.63 %

What went well

Touched down at -69 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 448 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 4.05 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Final 2 — Approach angle 6.1 ° at 0 %, Heading variation -6.2 ° at 29 %, −2.71 points
Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 0 %, bank angle up to 11.4 ° at 75 %, −1.00 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −0.70 points

Next time

Departure

Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.

What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 6.2°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.

Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.

See Departure Climb 3

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 · 14 stages, 12 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 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °2.5 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 2.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Departure Roll 89.48Departure roll runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport. Takeoff distance 377 m 21 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 69 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kt at 271 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 377 m21 % of runway
99.8 % Liftoff speed was 69 ktTarget 61 kt
98 % Runway alignment max 3.71 m left3.71 m left to 0.00 m left 3.65 2.92 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.08 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.1 ° min to max 3.8 ° 2.8 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.8 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 NZQN Queenstown International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 77 kt69 kt min to max 85 kt 69 85 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 1.09 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 303 fpm259 fpm min to max 445 fpm 259 445 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 0 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °3.9 ° min to max 6.6 ° 3.9 6.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 24 ft agl · 79 kt
Departure Climb 2 99.80Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 NZQN Queenstown International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.4 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 85 kt80 kt min to max 86 kt 85 82 kt
99 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.2 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 818 fpm457 fpm min to max 1,282 fpm 457 627 fpm
Info Average altitude 121 ft agl47 ft agl min to max 397 ft agl 47 397 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °6.0 ° min to max 11.1 ° 6.7 6.0 °
Departure Climb 3 85.05Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 23 NZQN Queenstown International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.8 ° min to max 0.9 ° -0.4 0.9 °
100 % Average speed 85 kt82 kt min to max 91 kt 83 91 kt
75 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.5 ° min to max 11.4 ° 2.8 8.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.04 g
0 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 759 fpm258 fpm min to max 1,275 fpm 589 258 fpm
Info Average altitude 614 ft agl407 ft agl min to max 786 ft agl 407 786 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °2.9 ° min to max 10.6 ° 5.8 3.4 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead NZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,961 ft asl to 2,744 ft asl, an increase of 784 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 101 kt92 kt min to max 112 kt 92 111 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.0 °0.0 ° min to max 16.9 ° 7.4 12.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 1.04 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 398 fpm-590 fpm min to max 1,166 fpm 281 -247 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,475 ft asl1,961 ft asl min to max 2,865 ft asl 1,961 2,744 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °-2.0 ° min to max 7.0 ° 3.7 -0.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand). Descent from 2,740 ft asl to 1,153 ft asl, a decrease of 1,587 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 69 kt54 kt min to max 110 kt 110 54 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 12.0 ° 12.0 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.83 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -496 fpm-1,660 fpm min to max 17 fpm -239 17 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,490 ft asl1,152 ft asl min to max 2,740 ft asl 2,740 1,153 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-9.5 ° min to max 7.1 ° -0.2 6.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 1,580 ft agl · 101 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,564 ft agl · 96 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,008 ft agl · 95 kt
Go-around Go-Around runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport at 0 ft agl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 92 kt47 kt min to max 130 kt 54 88 kt
81 % Average bank angle 7.7 °0.0 ° min to max 49.4 ° 1.0 4.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.85 g min to max 1.37 g 0.99 0.86 g
Info Average altitude 659 ft agl-8 ft agl min to max 1,181 ft agl -8 839 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-6.9 ° min to max 16.0 ° 6.7 -1.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 4 ft agl · 49 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 36 ft agl · 62 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 71 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 872 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 883 ft agl · 95 kt
Arrival Final 2 59.37Approaching runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 833 ft agl to 321 ft agl. A decrease of 512 ft in 26 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 6.1 °5.1 ° min to max 6.5 °Target 3.0 ° 6.5 5.1 °
100 % Average speed 88 kt86 kt min to max 88 kt 87 88 kt
29 % Heading variation -6.2 °-11.2 ° min to max -1.1 ° -11.2 -1.1 °
82 % Average bank angle 4.8 °2.3 ° min to max 9.6 ° 6.0 7.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.84 g min to max 1.04 g 0.88 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -1,081 fpm-1,324 fpm min to max -230 fpm -230 -1,324 fpm
Info Average altitude 591 ft agl321 ft agl min to max 833 ft agl 833 321 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -6.0 °-7.3 ° min to max -2.5 ° -2.5 -7.3 °
11.251.51.752600650700750800Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-720-540-360-1800180360540720Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 95.84Approaching runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 297 ft agl to 37 ft agl. A decrease of 260 ft in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Approach angle 3.2 °1.9 ° min to max 4.9 °Target 3.0 ° 4.9 1.9 °
100 % Average speed 86 kt77 kt min to max 90 kt 89 77 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.4 0.2 °
94 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.5 ° min to max 5.4 ° 5.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.09 g 0.97 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -968 fpm-1,444 fpm min to max -336 fpm -1,383 -336 fpm
Info Average altitude 139 ft agl37 ft agl min to max 297 ft agl 297 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.7 °-7.7 ° min to max 1.0 ° -7.6 1.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 95.59Landing on runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport, runway length 1,771 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 76 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
84 % Threshold speed was too high at 76 kt. Target 60 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.07 m left0.07 m left to 0.04 m left 0.07 0.05 m
96 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.4 ° min to max 3.7 ° 0.4 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 1.01 g
Info Average speed 67 kt59 kt min to max 76 kt 76 59 kt
Info Average VSI -130 fpm-274 fpm min to max -69 fpm -274 -69 fpm
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 18 ft agl 18 -4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °1.9 ° min to max 5.4 ° 1.9 5.4 °
07515022530037545052560001020314151Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.40Touchdown point was 77 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 59 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -69 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 3 kt at 221 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -69 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 448 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 59 ktTarget below 58 kt
96 % Runway alignment max 4.14 m left4.06 m left 4.00 4.05 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.99 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 57 kt56 kt min to max 59 kt 59 56 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °4.6 ° min to max 5.4 ° 5.4 4.6 °
Arrival Rollout 97.97Total landing distance 853 m, 48 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 853 m48 % of runway.
95 % Runway alignment max 4.29 m left4.29 m left to 0.00 m left 3.85 4.29 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average speed 46 kt34 kt min to max 54 kt 54 34 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °1.3 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.7 0.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 49 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4 ft agl · 49 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 89 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 91 kt5 kt min to max 134 kt 30 5 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-9.5 ° min to max 16.0 ° 1.2 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 6.6 °0.0 ° min to max 49.4 ° 0.5 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.69 g0.16 g min to max 1.34 g 1.00 0.92 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,106 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 303 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,230 ft agl · 90 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,013 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4 ft agl · 47 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 42 ft agl · 61 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 71 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 872 ft agl · 101 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 874 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 51 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 4 ft agl · 51 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 69 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 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 11 kt 2.8° 0 s
Liftoff340 m · target 61 69 kt 2.5° 16.9 s
35 ft655 m · 8.0 s after liftoff 83 kt 4.7° 24.9 s
End of Climb 32,895 m · 786 ft 91 kt 3.4° 78 s

Takeoff from NZQN 23

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
408m23 %
Liftoff speed99.78
69kttarget 61, 8 fast
Runway alignment97.60
3.71m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
302fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 786 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,079 m of runway left; then climbing at 770 fpm on average to 786 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 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 69 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,771 m runway.

Rolled from 38 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 3.7 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.7 m left. Airborne 21 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 3.69 m LROLL 38 M INAirborne 378 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 378 m of 1,771 m · 21 %
Behind the start of the roll, 38 mTakeoff roll, 340 m Left ahead, 1,393 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 300 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 gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On speed

At the 300 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°.

Still turning onto final at the lower gate, so the centreline and wings level are not asked there - the aeroplane was not lined up yet, and was banked because it was turning. The other checks are marked as usual.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: right of the centreline all the way, fast all the way, no landing flap until 1.1 nm, banked until 1.1 nm, high until 0.4 nm, sinking too fast from 0.9 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to NZQN 23

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

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

High from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.4 nm (up to 450 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

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, 305 m 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND932371300 ft gate4 of 5on glideslope778 ft · 87 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

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 872 m right of the centreline at 1.5 nm.

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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND792 m R59 m R484 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +42 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 69+38 kt+19 kt+8 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on NZQN 23

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
19ft
Threshold speed84.12
77kttarget 69, 8 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.07m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
448m
Centreline96.01
4.14m L
Speed100.00
58kttarget 46, 12 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-69fpm
Impact100.00
1.01G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The stop

From 56 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 19 s, an average deceleration of 0.07 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.

02040608030 kt · 431 mtouchdown448 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 19 ft, 31 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 448 m in, 143 m past the ideal 305 m.

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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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.

19 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −47 fpm · 5.4° nose up · 59 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 19 ft, down at 448 m

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

The sink went from 270 fpm at 17 ft to 50 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.5° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−47 fpm at touchdown5.4° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,771 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.1 m left at the widest.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 448 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 448 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 822 m of 1,771 m · 46 %
In the air over the runway, 448 mRollout, 374 m Left over, 950 m
Rollout distance100.00
374m47 % used
Rollout alignment95.48
4.29m L

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna C182, then departed from runway 23 at Queenstown International Airport (NZQN). The takeoff distance was 377 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 69 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 2 knots from a direction of 271 degrees.

As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,961 feet above sea level to 2,744 feet above sea level, an increase of 784 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The climb was smooth and efficient, taking advantage of the favorable wind conditions.

However, the descent phase of the flight was initiated 1 mile southeast of Queenstown, and it took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,740 feet above sea level to 1,153 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,587 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The descent was also smooth and controlled, with the aircraft maintaining a steady rate of descent.

The flight then encountered a go-around situation, where the aircraft was required to climb back up to a safe altitude after a failed approach. This occurred at an altitude of 0 feet above ground level, and the aircraft successfully climbed away from the runway.

The final approach to runway 23 was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 231.0 degrees at an altitude of 833 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 1,771 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly too high at 76 knots.

The touchdown distance was good at 408 meters, and the touchdown speed was 59 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -69 feet per minute, indicating a smooth and controlled touchdown. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 2 knots from a direction of 221 degrees.

The total landing distance was 853 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled rollout. The total flight distance was 13 nautical miles, and the flight took 17 minutes to complete. Notably, the aircraft used no fuel during the flight, indicating a highly efficient operation.

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