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MYGW
West End, Bahamas
Runway 30
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight3,128 kg
Fuel255 kg
Wind140° · 9 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

90.21 %
MYGW
West End, Bahamas
Runway 30
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight3,120 kg
Fuel248 kg
Wind141° · 11 kn · 6 kn cross
19 Jul 2024 0:02 5 nm Cessna Grand Caravan 7 kg
Departure Score
95.00 %
Pattern Score
78.43 %
Arrival Score
97.19 %

What went well

Touched down at -72 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 396 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 29 ft and 83 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg — at 0 %, Heading -17.5 ° at 17 %, −1.82 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 78.2 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 34.9 ° at 84 %, −1.69 points
Pattern Downwind — Heading -13.8 ° at 42 %, Average altitude 1,288 ft agl at 47 %, −1.65 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, −0.56 points

Next time

Improve the takeoff

See Departure Roll

The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 13 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 Roll 95.00Departure roll runway 30 at MYGW West End. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 68 kn. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 9 kn at 139 °. Crosswind: 4 kn Tailwind: 7 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 68 knTarget 83 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.66 m0.00 m left to 2.66 m right -0.89 -2.66 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° -0.0 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Battery Master On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 72 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 MYGW West End.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn68 kn min to max 91 kn 68 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.1 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.95 g min to max 1.38 g 1.07 1.16 g
Info Average VSI 387 ft/m228 ft/m min to max 784 ft/m 228 784 ft/m
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 0 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °3.0 ° min to max 8.2 ° 4.2 7.9 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 MYGW West End.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 93 kn90 kn min to max 107 kn 90 107 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.4 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.9 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.79 g min to max 1.18 g 1.16 1.10 g
Info Average VSI 1,062 ft/m570 ft/m min to max 1,233 ft/m 808 570 ft/m
Info Average altitude 79 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 152 ft agl 45 152 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °4.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° 8.2 5.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 76 ft agl · 102 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 30 MYGW West End. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 119 kn108 kn min to max 139 kn 108 139 kn
100 % Average bank angle 25.4 °10.8 ° min to max 35.5 ° 10.8 19.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.77 g min to max 1.31 g 1.23 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 577 ft/m-1,441 ft/m min to max 1,523 ft/m 669 -1,441 ft/m
Info Average altitude 328 ft agl183 ft agl min to max 400 ft agl 183 329 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-8.2 ° min to max 10.1 ° 8.2 -8.2 °
Pattern Crosswind 96.34Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 30 MYGW West End. Distance was less than 1 nm in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 3.3 °-39.9 ° min to max 159.5 ° 20.2 -39.9 °
100 % Average speed 144 kn134 kn min to max 150 kn 143 134 kn
63 % Average g force 1.26 g0.80 g min to max 1.89 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 857 ft/m-1,764 ft/m min to max 2,101 ft/m -1,764 2,022 ft/m
Info Average altitude 386 ft agl267 ft agl min to max 583 ft agl 297 583 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 28.1 °22.2 ° min to max 37.5 ° 22.2 36.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °-8.0 ° min to max 10.3 ° -8.0 6.7 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 64.42Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 78.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 78.2 °.
100 % Average speed 125 kn116 kn min to max 133 kn 132 121 kn
84 % Average bank angle 13.3 °0.8 ° min to max 34.9 ° 34.9 8.8 °
93 % Average g force 0.98 g0.37 g min to max 1.75 g 0.67 0.86 g
Info Average VSI 1,750 ft/m47 ft/m min to max 2,999 ft/m 1,699 47 ft/m
Info Average altitude 929 ft agl609 ft agl min to max 1,195 ft agl 609 1,192 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °-0.3 ° min to max 16.0 ° 2.4 -0.3 °
Pattern Downwind 65.29Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
42 % Heading -13.8 °-110.5 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.1 -37.0 °
47 % Average altitude 1,288 ft agl1,106 ft agl min to max 1,459 ft agl 1,185 1,274 ft agl
100 % Average speed 142 kn124 kn min to max 160 kn 124 154 kn
88 % Average g force 1.06 g0.57 g min to max 1.93 g 0.92 1.57 g
Info Average VSI 104 ft/m-1,615 ft/m min to max 1,600 ft/m -270 -668 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 9.7 °0.0 ° min to max 39.5 ° 4.2 39.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-6.7 ° min to max 7.0 ° -0.9 0.1 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 77.49Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 44.6 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 44.6 °.
100 % Average speed 124 kn103 kn min to max 150 kn 150 103 kn
27 % Average bank angle 38.2 °9.7 ° min to max 45.1 ° 39.8 9.7 °
93 % Average g force 1.32 g0.84 g min to max 1.73 g 1.50 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 750 ft/m-184 ft/m min to max 1,421 ft/m -184 158 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,344 ft agl1,275 ft agl min to max 1,396 ft agl 1,275 1,395 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-4.4 ° min to max 7.1 ° 1.4 -4.4 °
Pattern Base Leg 61.88Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
17 % Heading -17.5 °-32.9 ° min to max -13.9 ° -14.5 -32.9 °
100 % Average speed 101 kn92 kn min to max 108 kn 102 100 kn
93 % Average g force 0.93 g0.27 g min to max 1.29 g 0.99 1.16 g
Info Average altitude 1,158 ft agl854 ft agl min to max 1,390 ft agl 1,390 854 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 9.0 °0.3 ° min to max 25.8 ° 1.8 24.2 °
Info Average pitch angle -12.8 °-17.5 ° min to max -4.0 ° -4.0 -16.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,177 ft agl · 114 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,148 ft agl · 114 kt
Pattern Final Turn 83.55Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 101 kn95 kn min to max 109 kn 98 97 kn
63 % Average bank angle 17.2 °0.3 ° min to max 38.6 ° 26.8 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g0.80 g min to max 1.33 g 1.27 1.33 g
Info Average VSI -2,420 ft/m-3,052 ft/m min to max -1,854 ft/m -2,324 -2,271 ft/m
Info Average altitude 400 ft agl85 ft agl min to max 776 ft agl 776 85 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -13.6 °-19.2 ° min to max -8.1 ° -14.0 -8.1 °
Arrival Final 1 98.78Approaching runway 30 at MYGW West End from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 85 ft agl to 45 ft agl. A decrease of 40 ft in 3 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.1 °2.0 ° min to max 2.6 °Target 3.0 ° 2.6 2.0 °
100 % Average speed 91 kn83 kn min to max 97 kn 97 83 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.1 °
95 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.6 ° min to max 5.4 ° 3.0 5.3 °
98 % Average g force 1.22 g1.00 g min to max 1.56 g 1.33 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,171 ft/m-2,271 ft/m min to max -500 ft/m -2,271 -500 ft/m
Info Average altitude 58 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 85 ft agl 85 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-8.1 ° min to max -0.8 ° -8.1 -1.2 °
00.250.50.751050Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 99.25Landing on runway 30 at MYGW West End, runway length 1,551 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn. Target 75 kn
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
92 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.89 g min to max 1.19 g 0.99 1.02 g
Info Average speed 70 kn62 kn min to max 83 kn 83 62 kn
Info Average VSI -193 ft/m-493 ft/m min to max -70 ft/m -493 -72 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl6 ft agl min to max 29 ft agl 29 6 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °-1.9 ° min to max 4.0 ° -1.3 3.8 °
07515022530037545001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.53Touchdown distance was good at 396 m. Touchdown speed at 62 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -72 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 11 kn at 140 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Tailwind: 10 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -72 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 396 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 62 knTarget 64 kn
97 % Runway alignment max 3.90 m3.80 m right -3.90 -3.65 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.02 g min to max 1.13 g 1.02 1.03 g
60 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 62 kn61 kn min to max 62 kn 62 61 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °3.8 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.8 4.1 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 67 kt with 4.2° 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.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF4.2° off8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 50 kt -0.1° 0 s
Liftoff143 m 67 kt 4.2° 2.7 s
35 ft431 m · 5.6 s after liftoff 90 kt 8.1° 8.3 s
End of the climb890 m · 153 ft 107 kt 5.3° 16.9 s

Takeoff from MYGW 30

Takeoff roll100.00
141m9 %
Liftoff speed100.00
67kt
Runway alignment100.00
2.66m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
387fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 153 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 80 m of runway left; then climbing at 640 fpm on average to 153 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 67 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,551 m runway.

Rolled from 1,040 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m right. Airborne 77 % of the way down the runway, past 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS4 kn75 %widest 2.63 m RROLL 1,040 M INAirborne 1,184 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,184 m of 1,551 m · 76 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,040 mTakeoff roll, 143 m Left ahead, 368 m

The circuit to MYGW 30

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, 1.4 nm out at 139 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 thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+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 ft35°135°245°339°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
344 ft
Bank
35°
Speed
114 kt

Rough: the G force varied more than a smooth turn and leg would.

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
2Onto downwind
Bank
35°
Height
1,288 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
142 kt
Out
1.2 nm 1.4 suits 139 kt

Off heading: 14° from the leg's heading on average.

Spacing cues are relative to your eyepoint, so two simmers with different FOV settings following the same wingtip cue fly patterns half a mile different in width, and a wide FOV compresses depth so the runway on base looks further away than it is, biasing you towards a late turn. Pick a camera position and FOV, save it, and never change it, because every judgement you calibrate is calibrated to that picture.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
45° target 45°
Bank
45°
Height
1,260 ft

Off heading: 17° 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
39°
Overshoot
3 m none
Speed
101 kt

Steep: 39° of bank.

From abeam the threshold, fly roughly 30 to 45 seconds before turning base, in nil wind at 172 speeds. Treat that as a starting value and calibrate it. If your finals keep coming out at 400 ft instead of 500, add a few seconds. Then adjust for wind, roughly a second per knot of headwind on final (a headwind on final is a tailwind on downwind, carrying you further from the field per second).

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind96Turn onto downwind64Downwind65Base turn77Base62Final turn84

The approach to MYGW 30

The final from 4 nm.

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

High from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to 480 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND597
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.

Inside the 1° band from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.3 nm, then 12 m left of it from 0.3 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 nmTHR296 m L0296 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND17 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on MYGW 30

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
29ft
Threshold speed100.00
83kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.07m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
396m
Centreline96.89
3.90m R
Speed100.00
62kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-72fpm
Impact100.00
1.13G
Bounces60.00
2
The crosswind

5 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 62 kt. Touched down with 5° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 141° at 11 kt · 10 kt tail · 5 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 29 ft, 21 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 396 m in, 91 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.

29 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −72 fpm · 3.8° nose up · 62 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 29 ft, down at 396 m

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

The sink went from 440 fpm at 26 ft to 70 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.2° 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 UP0−500−1,000−2°4°10°touchdown−72 fpm at touchdown3.8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,551 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.6 m right of the centreline.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 5 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 396 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 396 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.13 G arrival bounced 2 times.

Runway used 396 m of 1,551 m · 26 %
In the air over the runway, 396 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,155 m

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