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YBCG
Gold Coast, Australia
Runway 14
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight657 kg
Fuel27 kg
Wind190° · 13 kn · 8 kn cross

Flight Score

85.75 %
YBCG
Gold Coast, Australia
Runway 14
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight657 kg
Fuel26 kg
Wind190° · 11 kn · 7 kn cross
12 Jan 2026 0:08 8 nm Icon A5 0 kg
Departure Score
95.61 %
Pattern Score
81.82 %
Arrival Score
79.82 %

What went well

Touched down at -309 fpm — a soft arrival
1.31 G at touchdown — inside band
Rollout controlled — 44 % of the runway used

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Threshold height at 192 ft agl was excessively over target at 0 %, Flare profile at 0 %, −2.66 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -38.0 ° at 0 %, −2.50 points
Pattern Base Leg — Heading -26.1 ° at 0 %, −2.50 points

Next time

Departure

Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 60 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.

What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 71 kt, 11 kt above the target liftoff speed.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 60 kt at liftoff

See Departure Roll

Arrival

Make one smooth, continuous back-pressure input through the flare, holding that pressure once the sink is arrested instead of re-pumping the elevator.

What happened: The flare was pumped, with the pitch reversing direction several times as the sink was arrested at 5.6 ft and then 267 fpm of sink came back; a flare flown this way usually ends in a bounce at touchdown.

Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuous reduction of sink through the flare with no reversals.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 18 stages, 16 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 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 0 14 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 ktmax 9 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 0.1 °-1.6 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.0 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.2 1.1 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 7 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 14 at YBCG Gold Coast Airport, Average speed was 21 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 15 kt14 kt min to max 16 kt 14 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.3 0.8 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 92.45Departure roll runway 14 at YBCG Gold Coast Airport. Takeoff distance 1,519 m 74 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 71 kt. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. Wind 13 kt at 190 °. Crosswind: 8 kt Headwind: 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,519 m74 % of runway
87 % Liftoff speed was 71 ktTarget 60 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.97 m right1.25 m left to 1.97 m right -1.27 1.25 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.14 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-1.4 ° min to max 4.2 ° -0.5 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.5 1.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 14 YBCG Gold Coast Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 75 kt70 kt min to max 80 kt 71 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.01 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 594 fpm348 fpm min to max 828 fpm 348 828 fpm
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 1 49 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °4.4 ° min to max 8.5 ° 4.4 8.1 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 33 ft agl · 79 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 14 YBCG Gold Coast Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kt70 kt min to max 81 kt 80 73 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.2 4.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.80 g min to max 1.14 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 917 fpm690 fpm min to max 1,627 fpm 834 998 fpm
Info Average altitude 144 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 566 ft agl 50 566 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °5.7 ° min to max 15.0 ° 8.1 10.8 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 14 YBCG Gold Coast Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kt72 kt min to max 82 kt 72 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.5 °9.1 ° min to max 23.1 ° 9.1 22.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 966 fpm855 fpm min to max 1,056 fpm 1,030 1,017 fpm
Info Average altitude 696 ft agl590 ft agl min to max 815 ft agl 590 815 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °8.8 ° min to max 11.0 ° 11.0 9.4 °

Events

Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 657 ft agl · 77 kt
Pattern Crosswind 55.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 14 YBCG Gold Coast Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -38.0 °-81.5 ° min to max 8.0 ° 8.0 -81.5 °
100 % Average speed 79 kt75 kt min to max 82 kt 82 75 kt
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.80 g min to max 1.19 g 1.08 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 549 fpm-102 fpm min to max 1,257 fpm 1,044 113 fpm
Info Average altitude 965 ft agl833 ft agl min to max 1,021 ft agl 833 1,021 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 19.1 °5.6 ° min to max 23.0 ° 22.7 5.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °0.2 ° min to max 10.9 ° 9.1 2.1 °
Pattern Downwind 96.77Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 98 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 4.7 °-11.2 ° min to max 11.2 ° 5.7 -11.2 °
89 % Average altitude 1,097 ft agl1,020 ft agl min to max 1,185 ft agl 1,021 1,170 ft agl
100 % Average speed 72 kt66 kt min to max 78 kt 76 66 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 93 fpm-146 fpm min to max 440 fpm 37 -84 fpm
Info Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 15.2 ° 2.8 15.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-1.8 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.7 -0.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,145 ft agl · 77 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,154 ft agl · 76 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 1,155 ft agl · 77 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 84.17Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 26.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
47 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 26.8 °.
100 % Average speed 68 kt66 kt min to max 69 kt 67 68 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.2 °4.2 ° min to max 14.8 ° 14.8 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.05 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -194 fpm-332 fpm min to max -38 fpm -71 -207 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,137 ft agl1,111 ft agl min to max 1,169 ft agl 1,169 1,111 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-4.3 ° min to max -1.8 ° -2.6 -3.4 °
Pattern Base Leg 55.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 35 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -26.1 °-71.6 ° min to max 29.8 ° 29.8 -71.6 °
100 % Average speed 66 kt61 kt min to max 72 kt 68 71 kt
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.87 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 0.93 g
Info Average altitude 1,062 ft agl1,011 ft agl min to max 1,107 ft agl 1,107 1,011 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 9.0 °0.4 ° min to max 21.3 ° 4.5 4.7 °
Info Average pitch angle -2.7 °-8.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° -3.5 -2.1 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 69 kt67 kt min to max 71 kt 69 68 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.1 ° min to max 7.3 ° 5.3 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.88 g min to max 1.15 g 0.95 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -803 fpm-1,193 fpm min to max -209 fpm -209 -612 fpm
Info Average altitude 903 ft agl806 ft agl min to max 1,007 ft agl 1,007 806 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.4 °-6.2 ° min to max -1.5 ° -2.3 -5.6 °
Arrival Final 2 69.25Approaching runway 14 at YBCG Gold Coast Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 793 ft agl to 516 ft agl. A decrease of 277 ft in 37 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 6.4 °6.2 ° min to max 6.6 °Target 3.0 ° 6.4 6.3 °
100 % Average speed 68 kt66 kt min to max 72 kt 68 70 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.4 °
96 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.7 ° min to max 4.4 ° 1.2 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.09 g 0.97 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -523 fpm-911 fpm min to max -228 fpm -727 -706 fpm
Info Average altitude 650 ft agl516 ft agl min to max 793 ft agl 793 516 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-6.4 ° min to max 0.0 ° -5.7 -4.6 °
11.251.51.752600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-60-45-30-15015304560Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 74.42Approaching runway 14 at YBCG Gold Coast Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 506 ft agl to 211 ft agl. A decrease of 295 ft in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 8.0 °6.3 ° min to max 11.6 °Target 3.0 ° 6.3 11.6 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt65 kt min to max 72 kt 72 68 kt
86 % Heading variation 0.6 °0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.4 0.3 °
86 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.2 ° min to max 9.1 ° 9.1 2.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -536 fpm-810 fpm min to max -194 fpm -650 -521 fpm
Info Average altitude 376 ft agl211 ft agl min to max 506 ft agl 506 211 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.7 °-5.6 ° min to max -1.9 ° -4.5 -1.9 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 49.16Landing on runway 14 at YBCG Gold Coast Airport, runway length 2,044 m. Threshold height at 192 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was well above target at 69 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was well above target at 69 kt. Target 60 kt
0 % Threshold height at 192 ft agl was excessively over target.Target 50 ft agl
0 % Very poor landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.09 m left0.09 m left to 0.02 m left 0.08 0.02 m
92 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 1.6 5.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.19 g 0.98 0.93 g
Info Average speed 61 kt49 kt min to max 70 kt 69 49 kt
Info Average VSI -335 fpm-818 fpm min to max 85 fpm -547 -182 fpm
Info Average altitude 29 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 192 ft agl 192 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °-4.3 ° min to max 7.3 ° -1.9 3.5 °
07515022530037545052560067575082590097503876115153191Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825900975-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 88.26Touchdown point was 374 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 49 kt was good. Touchdown rate was good at -182 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 23 °C. Wind 9 kt at 190 °. Crosswind: 6 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Touchdown rate was -182 fpm.
61 % Touchdown distance was 817 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 49 ktTarget below 54 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.73 m left1.29 m left 1.73 0.68 m
59 % Average bank angle 3.0 °0.3 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.6 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.18 g0.93 g min to max 1.31 g 0.93 1.18 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 50 kt49 kt min to max 51 kt 49 51 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °1.8 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.5 4.0 °
Arrival Rollout 97.82Total landing distance 923 m, 45 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 923 m45 % of runway.
95 % Runway alignment max 4.38 m right0.52 m left to 4.38 m right 0.52 -2.54 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.78 g min to max 1.21 g 1.17 1.00 g
Info Average speed 40 kt35 kt min to max 43 kt 43 35 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 7.7 ° 4.6 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 7.4 ° 3.7 2.5 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 2 ft agl · 45 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 2 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt7 kt min to max 29 kt 29 12 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-1.8 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.5 0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt12 kt min to max 13 kt 12 12 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 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 70 kt with 3.4° 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.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF3.4° off8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 24 kt -0.5° 0 s
Liftoff252 m · target 60 70 kt 3.4° 10.9 s
35 ft401 m · 4.2 s after liftoff 77 kt 8.3° 15.1 s
End of the climb1,298 m · 566 ft 73 kt 10.8° 40.9 s

Takeoff from YBCG 14

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,513m74 %
Liftoff speed87.27
70kttarget 60, 10 fast
Runway alignment100.00
1.97m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
594fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 566 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 384 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,130 fpm on average to 566 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.

750 ft375 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 70 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,044 m runway.

Rolled from 1,259 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.1 m left, in 7 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 73 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 1.93 m RROLL 1,259 M INAirborne 1,511 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,511 m of 2,044 m · 74 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,259 mTakeoff roll, 252 m Left ahead, 533 m

The circuit to YBCG 14

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 0.7 nm out at 73 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING134crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft23°115°37°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
737 ft
Bank
23°
Speed
76 kt

Off heading: 38° from the leg's heading on average.

Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Downwind
Height
1,097 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
72 kt
Out
0.7 nm 0.7 suits 73 kt

High on downwind: 1,097 ft against 1,000 ft, 97 ft above.

Downwind. Parallel to the runway, opposite the landing direction, at pattern altitude and roughly 90 kt. The single most important moment of the entire circuit is the point abeam your intended touchdown point. Power back (around 1,700 RPM in a 172 works as a starting value to calibrate), first stage of flap, pre-landing flow, and re-trim. Everything from abeam to touchdown is one continuous energy problem. Arrive at the abeam point high or fast and you'll pay for it ninety seconds later in the flare, which is why analysing only the touchdown so often misdiagnoses the fault.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
27° target 45°
Bank
15°
Height
1,159 ft

Off heading: 26° from the leg's heading on average.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
7°
Overshoot
none
Speed
69 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind55Downwind97Base turn84Base55Final turn100

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: high all the way, left of the centreline from 0.6 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 downSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to YBCG 14

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 the threshold (up to 550 ft over).

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° BAND1,059468300 ft gate4 of 7landing flapon glideslopeon centreline727 ft · 69 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 476 m left of the centreline at 1.5 nm, then inside it from 0.9 to 0.6 nm, then 42 m left of it from 0.6 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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND476 m L37 m L38 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 64 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 64+1 kt+6 kt+4 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on YBCG 14

Over the threshold

Threshold height0.00
191ft
Threshold speed100.00
68kttarget 64, 4 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.09m L

Touchdown

Past threshold60.65
817m
Centreline100.00
1.73m L
Speed100.00
49kttarget 63 or less
Touchdown rate96.83
-309fpm
Impact100.00
1.31G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare0.00

Very poor landing flare

The crosswind

6 kt across from the right, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 49 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, 5° of bank.

Wind 190° at 11 kt · 8 kt head · 6 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 191 ft, 141 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 817 m in, 512 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.

191 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −309 fpm · 3.5° nose up · 49 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 191 ft, down at 817 m

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

From 116 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 190 fpm before coming down at 310 fpm to touch. The nose came up 6.9° on the way down.

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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 UP0−500−1,000−4°3°10°touchdown−309 fpm at touchdown3.5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,044 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 22 m left on the rollout.

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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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 817 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 817 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.31 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 931 m of 2,044 m · 46 %
In the air over the runway, 817 mRollout, 114 m Left over, 1,113 m
Rollout distance100.00
114m44 % used
Rollout alignment95.16
4.38m R

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The flight began with the aircraft, an Icon A5, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at YBCG Gold Coast Airport. This process took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 14, with a takeoff distance of 1,519 meters, which accounted for 74% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 71 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 190 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 10 knots. The aircraft entered the left-hand pattern from runway 14, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in just 13 seconds. The subsequent left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 22 seconds, also covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

The aircraft then proceeded to the downwind leg of the pattern, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles in 98 seconds. The base leg turn involved a 45-degree angle to the runway, with the aircraft covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The base leg itself was completed in 35 seconds, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The final turn was completed in just 14 seconds, also covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

The final approach to runway 14 was made from the north-west, with the aircraft flying at a heading of 153.0 degrees and an altitude of 793 feet above ground level. The landing was completed on runway 14, which had a length of 2,044 meters. The threshold height at the time of landing was excessively above target, while the threshold speed was well above target at 69 knots.

The touchdown point was located 351 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with the touchdown speed being 49 knots and the touchdown rate being -182 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 190 degrees. The crosswind was 6 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots.

The total landing distance was 923 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 8 nautical miles, and the flight used 0 kilograms of fuel.

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