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KSBA
Santa Barbara, United States
Runway 07
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight1,913 lbs
Fuel244 lbs
Wind225° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

97.40 %
KSBA
Santa Barbara, United States
Runway 07
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight1,908 lbs
Fuel238 lbs
Wind225° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross
31 Jan 2026 0:12 11 nm PA28 Warrior II 6 lbs
Departure Score
97.43 %
Pattern Score
94.88 %
Arrival Score
99.89 %

What went well

Touched down at -165 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 975 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 32 ft and 65 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 69.4 ° at 23 %, −1.11 points
Departure Climb 2 — scored 90.00 %, −0.83 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 33.7 ° at 75 %, −0.36 points

Next time

Improve the pattern downwind leg

See Pattern Downwind Turn

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

Read more in Pattern Work

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 12 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 25 kt 0 8 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 11 ktmax 14 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 1.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.2 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.5 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 07 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Average speed was 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt8 kt min to max 12 kt 8 12 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °1.1 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 07 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Takeoff distance 1,663 ft 28 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 69 kt. Local weather - Temperature 68 °F. Wind 3 kt at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,663 ft28 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 69 ktTarget 65 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 6.9 ft right0.7 ft left to 6.9 ft right 0.6 -3.9 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.2 ° min to max 3.1 ° 1.1 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 99.71Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 07 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 76 kt69 kt min to max 81 kt 69 81 kt
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.1 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 272 fpm124 fpm min to max 412 fpm 262 412 fpm
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 1 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.3 ° min to max 4.6 ° 3.1 4.4 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 07 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 81 kt80 kt min to max 82 kt 81 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.3 ° min to max 4.5 ° 1.4 4.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 517 fpm413 fpm min to max 757 fpm 413 544 fpm
Info Average altitude 111 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 354 ft agl 51 354 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °4.4 ° min to max 6.8 ° 4.4 5.0 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Right hand pattern entry from runway 07 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 23 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 84 kt82 kt min to max 85 kt 82 85 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.2 °5.5 ° min to max 17.7 ° 5.5 17.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 467 fpm403 fpm min to max 539 fpm 539 403 fpm
Info Average altitude 459 ft agl364 ft agl min to max 549 ft agl 364 549 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °3.7 ° min to max 5.0 ° 5.0 3.7 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 07 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 4.2 °-16.7 ° min to max 19.2 ° -16.7 19.2 °
100 % Average speed 90 kt86 kt min to max 93 kt 86 91 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 475 fpm82 fpm min to max 997 fpm 340 544 fpm
Info Average altitude 653 ft agl554 ft agl min to max 823 ft agl 554 823 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 6.5 °0.1 ° min to max 17.9 ° 17.8 10.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °0.6 ° min to max 6.8 ° 3.3 3.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 644 ft agl · 94 kt
Pattern Downwind Turn 76.77Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 69.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
23 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 69.4 °.
100 % Average speed 93 kt92 kt min to max 94 kt 92 92 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.7 °10.9 ° min to max 15.8 ° 10.9 13.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 677 fpm462 fpm min to max 850 fpm 493 678 fpm
Info Average altitude 933 ft agl830 ft agl min to max 1,052 ft agl 830 1,052 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °3.5 ° min to max 6.1 ° 3.5 4.9 °
Pattern Downwind 95.02Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 103 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 3.3 °-14.2 ° min to max 19.5 ° -14.2 19.5 °
83 % Average altitude 1,124 ft agl930 ft agl min to max 1,236 ft agl 1,063 930 ft agl
100 % Average speed 100 kt92 kt min to max 102 kt 92 99 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -69 fpm-525 fpm min to max 674 fpm 667 -195 fpm
Info Average bank angle 3.3 °0.2 ° min to max 16.2 ° 12.2 16.2 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-3.2 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.9 -0.6 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 92.38Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 33.7 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
75 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 33.7 °.
100 % Average speed 100 kt98 kt min to max 102 kt 98 100 kt
100 % Average bank angle 17.2 °16.7 ° min to max 17.7 ° 16.7 16.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.12 g 1.01 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -481 fpm-724 fpm min to max -207 fpm -207 -234 fpm
Info Average altitude 861 ft agl800 ft agl min to max 927 ft agl 927 800 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-3.7 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.8 -0.3 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 0.6 °-15.3 ° min to max 20.2 ° -15.3 20.2 °
100 % Average speed 94 kt92 kt min to max 100 kt 100 92 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.99 g
Info Average altitude 778 ft agl737 ft agl min to max 798 ft agl 798 737 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 10.8 °5.5 ° min to max 15.8 ° 15.8 13.5 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.9 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.0 -1.9 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 87 kt76 kt min to max 93 kt 92 76 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.7 °1.2 ° min to max 14.6 ° 13.7 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -554 fpm-789 fpm min to max -363 fpm -426 -370 fpm
Info Average altitude 538 ft agl378 ft agl min to max 730 ft agl 730 378 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.7 °-4.7 ° min to max -0.9 ° -2.4 -1.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 730 ft agl · 94 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 471 ft agl · 90 kt
Arrival Final 2 100.00Approaching runway 07 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 371 ft agl to 293 ft agl. A decrease of 78 ft in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.8 °2.8 ° min to max 2.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 73 kt72 kt min to max 75 kt 75 72 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.2 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -420 fpm-480 fpm min to max -390 fpm -392 -394 fpm
Info Average altitude 331 ft agl293 ft agl min to max 371 ft agl 371 293 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-2.0 ° min to max -0.1 ° -1.4 -0.1 °
11.251.51.752200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-150-113-75-3803875113150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 07 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 287 ft agl to 32 ft agl. A decrease of 255 ft in 40 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.4 °2.0 ° min to max 2.8 °Target 3.0 ° 2.8 2.0 °
100 % Average speed 66 kt66 kt min to max 71 kt 71 66 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -364 fpm-442 fpm min to max -291 fpm -382 -382 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl32 ft agl min to max 287 ft agl 287 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.5 ° min to max 1.1 ° -0.5 0.7 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-140-105-70-3503570105140Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 07 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, runway length 6,042 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 66 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 66 kt. Target 65 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.0 ft left0.0 ft left to 0.0 ft left 0.0 0.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.5 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average speed 63 kt59 kt min to max 66 kt 66 59 kt
Info Average VSI -236 fpm-385 fpm min to max -121 fpm -383 -165 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.7 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.7 2.5 °
02505007501,00001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,000-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 99.44Touchdown distance was good at 974 ft. Touchdown speed at 59 kt was good. Touchdown rate was good at -165 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 68 °F. Wind 3 kt at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Touchdown rate was -165 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 975 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 59 ktTarget below 61 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.6 ft left1.3 ft left 1.6 1.2 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.00 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 58 kt58 kt min to max 59 kt 59 58 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °2.2 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 2.3 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,756 ft, 29 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,756 ft29 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.6 ft right1.3 ft left to 1.6 ft right 1.2 -0.3 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g1.00 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average speed 57 kt32 kt min to max 60 kt 60 32 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-0.7 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.4 -0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 14 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 17 kt16 kt min to max 26 kt 26 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-1.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° -0.9 1.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Engine 1 Stopped 2 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 14 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 2.7° 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°LIFTOFF2.7° off4° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 10 kt 1.1° 0 s
Liftoff1,347 ft · target 65 69 kt 2.7° 20.8 s
35 ft2,540 ft · 9.0 s after liftoff 80 kt 4.4° 29.8 s
End of the climb7,177 ft · 354 ft 82 kt 5.0° 63 s

Takeoff from KSBA 07

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
1,663ft28 %
Liftoff speed100.00
69kttarget 65, 4 fast
Runway alignment100.00
6.9ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.71
272fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 354 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,248 ft of runway left; then climbing at 510 fpm on average to 354 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 69 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 6,042 ft runway.

Rolled from 254 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 7 ft at the widest, and lifted off 5 ft right. Airborne 26 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 7.1 ft RROLL 254 FT INAirborne 1,601 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,601 ft of 6,042 ft · 26 %
Behind the start of the roll, 254 ftTakeoff roll, 1,347 ft Left ahead, 4,441 ft

The circuit to KSBA 07

Right-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 nm out at 100 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 700 ft18°116°218°315°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
505 ft
Bank
18°
Speed
85 kt

Early: turned crosswind at 505 ft. US guidance is within 300 ft of circuit height, 700 ft here, so the climb ends on downwind.

Crosswind. Turn 90 degrees when you're within about 300 ft of pattern altitude, which at a standard field means roughly 700 ft AGL, or two-thirds of the way up. That rule exists for a reason worth knowing. It means you finish the climb and level off on downwind, wings level, rather than trying to capture an altitude mid-turn. If you turn crosswind at pattern altitude instead, you arrive on downwind still cleaning up, and the abeam point catches you unconfigured.

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2Onto downwind
Bank
16°
Height
1,124 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
100 kt
Out
1.5 nm 1 suits 100 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 23.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
34° target 45°
Bank
18°
Height
927 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 34° behind, against 45°.

The stopwatch. 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).

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4Final turn
Bank
15°
Overshoot
13 ft none
Speed
87 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind77Downwind95Base turn92Base100Final turn100

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On speed

At the 500 ft gate: speed more than 20 kt above the approach speed of 65 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

Every check met from 1.3 nm, about 440 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 500 ft gate.

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.

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

The approach to KSBA 07

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 1.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 30 ft below 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, 1,000 ft 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° BAND348194500 ft gate4 of 5on speed536 ft · 91 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 1,490 ft right of the centreline at 1.8 nm, then inside the band from 1.3 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND20 ft R13 ft L659 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 33 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.3 nm (up to +27 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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 65+9 kt+2 kt+1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KSBA 07

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
32ft
Threshold speed100.00
65kton target
Centreline offset100.00
0.0ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
975ft
Centreline100.00
1.6ft L
Speed100.00
58kttarget 63 or less
Touchdown rate97.77
-165fpm
Impact100.00
1.16G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 225° at 3 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 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.

The stop

From 61 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 10 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 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.

02040608060 kt · 61 ft30 kt · 834 fttouchdown867 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 975 ft in, close to the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −136 fpm · 2.5° nose up · 59 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 32 ft, down at 975 ft

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

The sink went from 420 fpm at 29 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.9° 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−136 fpm at touchdown2.5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,042 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1 ft of it down the rollout.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 975 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 975 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,700 ft of 6,042 ft · 28 %
In the air over the runway, 975 ftRollout, 725 ft Left over, 4,342 ft
Rollout distance100.00
725ft28 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.6ft R

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The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a PA28 Warrior II, then departed from runway 07 at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA). The takeoff distance was 1,663 feet, which accounted for 28% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 69 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 225 degrees. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the tailwind component was also 2 knots. The pilot then entered a right-hand pattern from runway 07, completing the entry in less than 1 nautical mile in 23 seconds.

The right-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 34 seconds, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The pilot then initiated a pattern downwind turn, which covered a distance of 1 nautical mile and involved an angle of 69.4 degrees to the runway. The downwind leg itself was 3 nautical miles long and took 103 seconds to complete.

The pilot then turned onto the base leg, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles and involved an angle of 33.7 degrees to the runway. The base leg itself was less than 1 nautical mile long and took 19 seconds to complete. The final turn was also less than 1 nautical mile long and took 38 seconds to complete.

The final approach to runway 07 was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 87.0 degrees at an altitude of 371 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 59 knots. The touchdown distance was 967 feet, which was 29% of the runway length.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as those at the time of takeoff, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 225 degrees. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the tailwind component was also 2 knots. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect.

The total landing distance was 1,756 feet, which was 29% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 11 nautical miles, and the flight used 6 pounds of fuel.

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