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EGFH
Swansea, Wales
Runway 22
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel43 kg

Flight Score

82.06 %
EGFH
Swansea, Wales
Runway 22
Elevation266 ft asl
Weight468 kg
Fuel42 kg
3 Apr 2023 0:11 7 nm Sting S4 1 kg
Departure Score
95.00 %
Pattern Score
78.81 %
Arrival Score
72.38 %

What went well

Touched down at -145 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 123 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.11 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — at 38 %, Landing and flare profile at 49 %, −4.43 points
Arrival Final 1 — gear not down; Approach angle 2.5 ° at 14 %, Heading variation 0.0 ° at 75 %, −3.64 points
Pattern Final Turn — bank angle up to 66.4 ° at 0 %, g force 0.66 to 1.87 g at 65 %, −2.31 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

You crossed the threshold slow. Without the speed there is little energy left to round out with, so the flare comes up short and the touchdown tends to be firm - and that feels exactly like flaring too late. Resist the fix that feels natural, flaring earlier: it bleeds off more speed and makes the next landing firmer still. Fly the approach speed all the way to the threshold, and the flare has something to work with.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 12 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 22 EGFH Swansea.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 58 kn0 kn min to max 82 kn 0 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.13 g 1.00 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 2.3 m/s1.4 m/s min to max 3.3 m/s 1.4 3.3 m/s
Info Average altitude 2.5 m agl-0.0 m agl min to max 11.6 m agl 2.7 11.6 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °-1.2 ° min to max 7.6 ° -0.8 7.6 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 22 EGFH Swansea.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kn81 kn min to max 85 kn 82 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 0.5 4.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 5.8 m/s3.4 m/s min to max 8.2 m/s 3.4 5.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 60.6 m agl18.2 m agl min to max 206.1 m agl 18.2 206.1 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °7.3 ° min to max 11.8 ° 7.7 7.3 °
Pattern Entry 68.41Right hand pattern entry from runway 22 EGFH Swansea. Distance was less than 1 nm in 45 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
30 % Climb speed 89 kn83 kn min to max 101 knTarget 140 kn 83 101 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.0 ° min to max 16.2 ° 6.3 5.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 1.8 m/s-1.3 m/s min to max 4.7 m/s 4.7 -0.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 267.9 m agl210.7 m agl min to max 293.3 m agl 210.7 284.6 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-1.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 6.7 0.1 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 22 EGFH Swansea. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.7 °-18.6 ° min to max 17.8 ° -18.6 17.8 °
100 % Average speed 101 kn100 kn min to max 102 kn 101 102 kn
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.13 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 0.4 m/s-0.3 m/s min to max 1.4 m/s -0.3 -0.3 m/s
Info Average altitude 291.2 m agl284.4 m agl min to max 293.7 m agl 284.4 293.1 m agl
Info Average bank angle 12.3 °6.6 ° min to max 13.9 ° 6.6 13.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.4 ° min to max 2.3 ° 1.2 -0.4 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 95.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 95.3 °.
100 % Average speed 103 kn95 kn min to max 105 kn 103 95 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.0 ° min to max 13.9 ° 13.4 13.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -0.7 m/s-3.5 m/s min to max 0.6 m/s -0.5 -0.8 m/s
Info Average altitude 275.9 m agl232.1 m agl min to max 292.5 m agl 292.5 232.1 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-3.8 ° min to max 1.0 ° -0.5 -0.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 1,051 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 1,051 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 1,119 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,119 ft agl · 106 kt
Pattern Downwind 83.81Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 0.5 °-15.7 ° min to max 18.2 ° -15.7 18.2 °
46 % Average altitude 215.6 m agl195.4 m agl min to max 231.3 m agl 231.3 195.4 m agl
100 % Average speed 94 kn93 kn min to max 96 kn 94 96 kn
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -2.8 m/s-4.0 m/s min to max -0.8 m/s -0.8 -3.6 m/s
Info Average bank angle 15.4 °14.5 ° min to max 16.2 ° 15.0 14.5 °
Info Average pitch angle -2.7 °-4.1 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -2.7 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 77.96Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 3 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 68.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
27 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 68.4 °.
100 % Average speed 96 kn93 kn min to max 97 kn 96 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 17.6 °14.6 ° min to max 20.1 ° 14.6 19.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g1.00 g min to max 1.14 g 1.04 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -2.2 m/s-3.3 m/s min to max -0.9 m/s -3.1 -1.4 m/s
Info Average altitude 177.6 m agl167.9 m agl min to max 192.5 m agl 192.5 167.9 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-3.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -2.5 -1.4 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.7 °-18.7 ° min to max 16.4 ° -18.7 16.4 °
100 % Average speed 92 kn89 kn min to max 93 kn 93 89 kn
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.06 g min to max 1.09 g 1.07 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -1.0 m/s-1.6 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s -1.6 -0.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 160.4 m agl157.1 m agl min to max 166.2 m agl 166.2 157.2 m agl
Info Average bank angle 18.4 °17.7 ° min to max 19.2 ° 19.2 17.7 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.4 ° min to max 1.2 ° -1.4 1.2 °
Pattern Final Turn 51.46Pattern Final Turn. Distance was 3 nm in 386 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kn46 kn min to max 96 kn 89 57 kn
0 % Average bank angle 11.6 °0.0 ° min to max 66.4 ° 17.7 1.5 °
65 % Average g force 1.03 g0.66 g min to max 1.87 g 1.07 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -0.1 m/s-14.7 m/s min to max 11.6 m/s 0.2 -4.0 m/s
Info Average altitude 245.4 m agl121.8 m agl min to max 388.4 m agl 157.5 121.8 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-27.8 ° min to max 22.4 ° 1.5 -5.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 1,130 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,144 ft agl · 64 kt
Arrival Final 1 67.22Approaching runway 22 at EGFH Swansea from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 117.7 m agl to 13.6 m agl. A decrease of 104.1 m in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
14 % Approach angle 2.5 °1.4 ° min to max 5.4 °Target 3.0 ° 5.4 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 50 kn44 kn min to max 57 kn 57 44 kn
75 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.9 0.0 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 1.4 2.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -2.8 m/s-4.3 m/s min to max -1.3 m/s -4.0 -1.3 m/s
Info Average altitude 29.9 m agl13.6 m agl min to max 117.7 m agl 117.7 13.6 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-6.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° -5.8 1.0 °

Events

Fail Gear not down
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 60.17Landing on runway 22 at EGFH Swansea, runway length 1,261 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 44 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
58 % Threshold speed at 44 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 50 kn
49 % Landing and flare profile
91 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.5 °
98 % Average bank angle 2.3 °1.9 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.8 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 0.97 0.97 g
Info Average speed 40 kn36 kn min to max 44 kn 44 36 kn
Info Average VSI -1.1 m/s-1.5 m/s min to max -0.7 m/s -1.4 -0.7 m/s
Info Average altitude 2.1 m agl0.0 m agl min to max 5.2 m agl 5.2 0.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °0.9 ° min to max 4.7 ° 1.0 3.6 °
07501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 89.76Touchdown distance was good at 118 m. Touchdown speed at 36 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -0.7 m/s. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.7 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
90 % Touchdown VSI was -0.7 m/s.
100 % Touchdown distance was 118 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 36 knTarget 33 kn
68 % Runway alignment max 10.73 m10.08 m right -9.35 -10.73 m
41 % Average bank angle 1.7 °1.3 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.97 g min to max 1.11 g 0.97 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 36 kn36 kn min to max 36 kn 36 36 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °2.8 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.6 3.8 °

Takeoff

100.00Rate of climb448 fpm

The circuit to EGFH 22

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, 0.9 nm out at 94 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 ft16°114°220°366°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
856 ft
Bank
16°
Speed
84 kt

Speed: 89 kt on average lost marks on the entry.

The metric that matters across a circuit session is scatter, not score. Five landings at 180 to 220 fpm is better flying than one 90 fpm greaser sitting among four 400 fpm arrivals, because consistency is what professional flight-data monitoring actually looks for, and consistency only exists across many flights.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
14°
Height
707 ft
Speed
94 kt
Out
3.0 nm 0.9 suits 94 kt

Low on downwind: 707 ft against 1,000 ft, 293 ft below.

Descending on downwind. Power comes back abeam, the aircraft isn't re-trimmed, your eyes are outside judging the turn point, and 100 ft leaks away before base. Shows up as a low gate 2, and everything after it is a scramble.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
68° target 45°
Bank
20°
Height
632 ft

Early: turned base with the threshold 68° behind, against 45°.

Base. Turn 90 degrees towards the runway when the threshold sits about 45 degrees behind your shoulder. Descend at around 80 kt with second-stage flap. The geometry of that 45-degree cue isn't arbitrary. It produces a base leg long enough to lose roughly 500 ft at about 500 fpm before the final turn. Once you know that's what the cue is for, you can derive your own turn point for any aircraft and any speed.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
66°
Overshoot
6 m none
Speed
67 kt

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

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
Entry68Crosswind100Turn onto downwind70Downwind84Base turn78Base100Final turn51

The approach to EGFH 22

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

High from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 400 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND739373
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.

Joined 356 m right of the centreline at 0.9 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 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° BAND356 m R44 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EGFH 22

Over the threshold

Threshold height37.98
17ft
Threshold speed58.48
43kt
Centreline offset90.71
0.14m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
123m
Centreline68.20
10.73m R
Speed100.00
36kt
Touchdown rate90.00
-145fpm
Impact100.00
1.11G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 10° left of the track, 2° of bank.

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 1,261 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 17 ft, 33 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 123 m in, 182 m short of 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 1,261 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.

17 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −145 fpm · 3.6° nose up · 36 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 17 ft, down at 123 m

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

The sink went from 250 fpm at 14 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.5° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−145 fpm at touchdown3.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,261 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 11 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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 123 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 123 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 123 m of 1,261 m · 10 %
In the air over the runway, 123 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,138 m

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