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EHGG
Groningen, The Netherlands
Runway 23
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight1,148 kg
Fuel95 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

99.91 %
EHGG
Groningen, The Netherlands
Runway 05
Elevation13 ft asl
Weight1,145 kg
Fuel95 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
19 Sep 2026 0:05 6 nm Commander 114
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.73 %

What went well

Touched down at -136 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 344 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 47 ft and 65 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — scored 99.20 %, −0.09 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 10 stages, 9 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, Average speed was 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 0 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °1.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.33 g0.00 g min to max 1.00 g 0.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde. Takeoff distance 416 m 17 % of runway. Rotation speed was 72 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 416 m17 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 72 ktTarget 68 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.72 m left0.72 m left to 0.07 m right -0.07 0.70 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.11 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °0.6 ° min to max 6.2 ° 0.9 6.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.2 0.8 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 83 kt77 kt min to max 88 kt 77 88 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.8 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.14 g 1.12 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 491 fpm366 fpm min to max 612 fpm 366 612 fpm
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 40 ft agl 0 40 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °6.3 ° min to max 8.8 ° 6.3 8.8 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 19 ft agl · 83 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.4 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 91 kt88 kt min to max 95 kt 88 91 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 2.0 °0.5 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.6 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.05 g 1.04 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 878 fpm617 fpm min to max 1,757 fpm 617 1,690 fpm
Info Average altitude 89 ft agl40 ft agl min to max 360 ft agl 40 360 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.1 °8.9 ° min to max 14.6 ° 8.9 14.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 55 ft agl · 89 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 23 EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 90 kt89 kt min to max 91 ktTarget 89 kt, 1 kt fast 90 90 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 14.6 °0.5 ° min to max 14.6 ° 1.2 13.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.90 g min to max 1.01 g 0.92 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up at 9 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.0 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.0 -1.0 °
Info Average VSI 1,076 fpm915 fpm min to max 1,607 fpm 1,607 967 fpm
Info Average altitude 544 ft agl386 ft agl min to max 671 ft agl 386 671 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.4 °9.4 ° min to max 13.5 ° 13.5 9.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile west of Yde (Provincie Drenthe, The Netherlands). Climbing from 720 ft asl to 814 ft asl, an increase of 93 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 92 kt91 kt min to max 95 kt 91 95 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 7.3 °0.9 ° min to max 7.3 ° 7.3 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 0.97 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 709 fpm566 fpm min to max 904 fpm 904 567 fpm
Info Average altitude 771 ft asl720 ft asl min to max 814 ft asl 720 814 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.0 °7.2 ° min to max 9.1 ° 9.1 7.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Donderen (Provincie Drenthe, The Netherlands) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±541 ft of 723 ft asl339 ft asl min to max 1,155 ft asl 823 339 ft asl
100 % Average speed 82 kt74 kt min to max 98 kt 95 74 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 21.0 °0.1 ° min to max 21.0 ° 0.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-0.9 ° min to max 8.4 ° 7.5 1.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,006 ft agl · 99 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,025 ft agl · 99 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,073 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,110 ft agl · 94 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 05 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde. Descent from 405 ft agl to 56 ft agl in 48 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
100 % On speedpassed
Arrival Landing 99.20Landing on runway 05 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, runway length 2,488 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 65 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 65 kt. Target 69 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
97 % Excellent landing flare. It lost 3.2 points, for starting the flare at 10 ft agl, below the usual 11 ft agl–45 ft agl.
100.00 % Runway alignment max 6.89 m right4.38 m right to 6.89 m right -6.89 -4.38 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.9 0.3 °
100 % Peak g force 1.05 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average speed 61 kt55 kt min to max 65 kt 65 55 kt
Info Average VSI -302 fpm-378 fpm min to max -159 fpm -305 -159 fpm
Info Average altitude 19 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 47 -4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °4.9 ° min to max 8.2 ° 4.9 8.1 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 8 ft agl · 59 kt
07515022530037501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 344 m. Touchdown speed at 55 kt was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -136 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -136 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 344 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 55 ktTarget below 67 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.38 m right4.20 m right -4.38 -4.01 m
100 % Steepest bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Peak g force 1.17 g1.01 g min to max 1.17 g 1.01 1.05 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 54 kt54 kt min to max 55 kt 55 54 kt
Info Average pitch angle 8.0 °8.0 ° min to max 8.1 ° 8.1 8.0 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Deactivated 2 ft agl · 54 kt

Takeoff from EHGG 23

Taxi out

LightsOk
All on

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
416m17 %
Runway alignment100.00
0.72m L
Rotation speed100.00
72kttarget 68, 4 late

The nose wandered in the climb

From 35 ft to the end of the climb the nose moved between 8.4° and 14.6°, and the speed between 88 kt and 95 kt.

Once clear of the runway the nose moved through a wide range, and the speed moved with it. Set the climb attitude, hold it and trim, and give the speed a few seconds to settle before correcting it with a degree or two of pitch. Chasing the airspeed with large pitch changes makes it wander more.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
77ktat 5.1°
Rotation
3.0°/sover 1.2 s, gaining 5 kt
35 ft
88ktat 8.4°, 5.9 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
1.5°steepest
Gear up100.00
9ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
90kttarget 89

Plan view the roll down the 2,490 m runway.

Rolled from 105 m in, drifted 1.7 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 16 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 1.74 m RROLL 105 M INAirborne 404 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 404 m of 2,490 m · 16 %
Behind the start of the roll, 105 mTakeoff roll, 299 m Left ahead, 2,086 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 671 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,836 m of runway left; gear up at 9 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,020 fpm on average to 671 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 dark stretch of the roll is the run with the nose up and the wheels still on, with its length and time under the runway. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 390 kt avgtarget 89THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 44 m · 1.2 sRotate 72 kttarget 68Liftoff 77 ktGear up 9 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.

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 dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The grey band is the run between the nose coming up and the wheels leaving the runway. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 89120 kt8040020°10°0°nose up on the runway · 44 m · 1.2 sROTATELIFTOFFtarget 68held 10.0°5.1° off · 3.0°/s8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

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. These checks are the approach's score.

Five checks, one gate300 ft 100.005 of 5
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate240 fpm
On glideslope3.3°
On speed+5.7 kt

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.

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

Why this is not a circuit

Off and back onto EHGG, scored as a flight. A circuit passes all five:

Back onto the same runway 23 → 05
Under 20 minutes 5 min
A downwind 1 s
One full circle 360°
Circuit height, 800 ft to 1,500 ft 740 ft

The approach to EHGG 05

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

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

Inside the glideslope band from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 50 ft above the slope.

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° BAND249300 ft gate5 of 5380 ft · 75 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 4× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 44 m right of the centreline at 1.1 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 nmTHR268 m L0268 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND13 m R25 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.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −4 kt and +7 kt on the approach speed of 69 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+6 kt−4 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EHGG 05

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
47ft
Threshold speed100.00
65kttarget 69, 4 slow
Centreline offset100.00
6.89m R
Bank100.00
1.9°steepest
Flare96.82

Excellent landing flare

It lost 3.2 points, for starting the flare at 10 ft agl, below the usual 11 ft agl–45 ft agl.

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
344m
Centreline100.00
4.38m R
Speed100.00
54kttarget 67 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-136fpm
Impact100.00
1.17G
BouncesOk
None
Bank100.00
0.5°as the wheels touched

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

Crossed the threshold at 47 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 10 ft. Touched down 344 m in, close to 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.

47 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 10 ft · −269 fpm · 6.5° · 61 ktdescent slowed at 4 ft · −119 fpm · 8°−136 fpm · 8.1° nose up · 55 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 47 ft, down at 344 m

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

The sink went from 270 fpm at the flare to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.6° on the way down. Into the flare at 61 kt, 8 kt under the 69 kt approach speed, and 55 kt at touchdown.

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°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−136 fpm at touchdown8.1° at touchdown, +1.6° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,488 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4 m right of the centreline. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 kt across

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. 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 344 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 344 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 344 m of 2,488 m · 14 %
In the air over the runway, 344 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,144 m

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Flight narrative

The Commander 114 departed from runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, using a take-off roll of 416 m which represented 17 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 77 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.

During the descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 405 ft AGL to 56 ft AGL in 48 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria before final approach.

The approach sequence began with a right-hand pattern entry from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 70 seconds, followed by a right-hand pattern crosswind segment of less than 1 nm in 11 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with a 45-degree angle to the runway measured at 41.7°, and the downwind leg covered less than 1 nm in 13 seconds. The final approach to runway 05 proceeded with the described descent and was completed within the prescribed parameters.

Landing was executed on runway 05, which is 2,488 m long. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 65 kt. Touchdown occurred 342 m down the runway at 55 kt with a vertical speed of minus 159 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset by 4.4 m from the centreline. Weather at landing was 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.

In total the flight covered 5 nm, lasted 5 minutes, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.

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