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KEED
Needles, United States
Runway 02
Elevation928 ft asl
Weight1,214 kg
Fuel58 kg
Wind20° · 6 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

99.99 %
KPSP
Palm Springs, United States
Runway 31R
Elevation446 ft asl
Weight1,193 kg
Fuel36 kg
Wind117° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross
3 Nov 2026 1:13 123 nm Diamond DA40 22 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.96 %

What went well

Touched down at -68 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 488 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 49 ft and 69 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Nothing — every scored stage stayed inside its band. Clean flight.

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 13 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 11 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 4 ktmax 4 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °2.6 ° min to max 4.9 ° 2.6 4.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.8 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 02 at KEED Needles Airport, Average speed was 9 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 3 kt0 kt min to max 6 kt 3 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.6 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.0 2.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 02 at KEED Needles Airport. Takeoff distance 414 m 32 % of runway. Rotation speed was 69 kt. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 7 kt at 19 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 6 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 414 m32 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 69 ktTarget 66 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.31 m right0.00 m left to 3.31 m right -3.10 -2.40 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.07 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 2.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.9 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 02 KEED Needles Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 76 kt72 kt min to max 79 kt 72 79 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.0 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.16 g 1.09 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 91 fpm-5 fpm min to max 176 fpm -5 176 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 28 ft agl -2 28 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °2.5 ° min to max 5.0 ° 2.5 4.2 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 02 KEED Needles Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.0 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 80 kt78 kt min to max 81 kt 79 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.2 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 344 fpm178 fpm min to max 793 fpm 178 793 fpm
Info Average altitude 77 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 326 ft agl 29 326 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °4.2 ° min to max 7.4 ° 4.2 7.2 °
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 02 KEED Needles Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 85 kt77 kt min to max 91 ktTarget 89 kt, 4 kt slow 79 90 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.2 9.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.08 g 0.95 1.08 g
100 % Landing gear fixed
Info Heading variation 2.4 °1.7 ° min to max 2.8 ° 1.7 2.6 °
Info Average VSI 721 fpm592 fpm min to max 799 fpm 799 779 fpm
Info Average altitude 567 ft agl340 ft agl min to max 810 ft agl 340 810 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °4.4 ° min to max 8.5 ° 6.5 8.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 592 ft agl · 81 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of KEED Needles Airport Needles (California, United States). Climbing from 1,763 ft asl to 4,508 ft asl, an increase of 2,745 ft in 4 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 95 kt86 kt min to max 116 kt 90 116 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.0 ° min to max 21.1 ° 11.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.17 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 645 fpm8 fpm min to max 911 fpm 801 8 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,585 ft asl1,763 ft asl min to max 4,511 ft asl 1,763 4,508 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °0.1 ° min to max 8.6 ° 8.6 0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 0-16 min to max 13 -6 -4

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 1,792 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 1,792 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 1,818 ft agl · 101 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,914 ft agl · 94 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 2,914 ft agl · 94 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south west of KEED Needles Airport Needles (California, United States) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±725 ft of 4,506 ft asl4,502 ft asl min to max 4,510 ft asl 4,508 4,505 ft asl
100 % Average speed 124 kt118 kt min to max 126 kt 118 124 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.5 4.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination -10-18 min to max -4 -7 -4
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 -0.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 2,967 ft agl · 134 kt
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 15 miles south west of KEED Needles Airport Needles (California, United States). Climbing from 4,505 ft asl to 6,082 ft asl, an increase of 1,577 ft in 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 112 kt96 kt min to max 124 kt 124 96 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.7 °0.1 ° min to max 18.6 ° 9.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 324 fpm-45 fpm min to max 608 fpm -9 601 fpm
Info Average altitude 4,978 ft asl4,498 ft asl min to max 6,082 ft asl 4,505 6,082 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 5.0 ° -0.2 4.6 °
Info Turn coordination -4-17 min to max 9 0 -3

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 2,958 ft agl · 133 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 2,958 ft agl · 133 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 20 miles south of CL29 Camino Airstrip Goffs (California, United States) and lasted 38 minutes, covering 80 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±809 ft of 6,498 ft asl6,187 ft asl min to max 6,512 ft asl 6,187 6,492 ft asl
100 % Average speed 119 kt97 kt min to max 124 kt 97 120 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 20.6 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 1-22 min to max 22 -3 -4
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-1.2 ° min to max 4.2 ° 4.0 -0.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,891 ft agl · 109 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 4,891 ft agl · 109 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 4,279 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 4,255 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 5,243 ft agl · 133 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 5,188 ft agl · 133 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 3,351 ft agl · 130 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 2,679 ft agl · 137 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,679 ft agl · 137 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of Indio Hills (California, United States). Descent from 6,494 ft asl to 1,635 ft asl, a decrease of 4,860 ft in 5 minutes and covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 107 kt96 kt min to max 123 kt 120 100 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 13.1 ° 0.4 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -1,009 fpm-1,318 fpm min to max 16 fpm 11 -823 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,608 ft asl1,635 ft asl min to max 6,494 ft asl 6,494 1,635 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.2 °-6.3 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.4 -1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-12 min to max 10 -5 2

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 5,624 ft agl · 134 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 5,624 ft agl · 134 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,308 ft agl · 107 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,308 ft agl · 107 kt
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Thousand Palms (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±581 ft of 1,347 ft asl1,162 ft asl min to max 1,628 ft asl 1,628 1,162 ft asl
100 % Average speed 83 kt72 kt min to max 99 kt 99 73 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.2 ° min to max 13.4 ° 1.2 3.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.10 g 1.02 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 5-2 min to max 18 2 6
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-1.7 ° min to max 2.6 ° -0.7 -0.8 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,242 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,242 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 1,242 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 963 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 893 ft agl · 79 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 31R at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport. Descent from 795 ft agl to -2 ft agl in 141 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
100 % On centrelinepassed
100 % On speedpassed
100 % Wings levelpassed

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 893 ft agl · 79 kt
Arrival Landing 99.80Landing on runway 31R at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport, runway length 1,509 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 70 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 70 kt. Target 71 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
99.9 % Runway alignment max 4.06 m left4.06 m left to 0.43 m right 3.98 0.19 m
98 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.8 ° 1.5 0.3 °
100 % Peak g force 1.09 g0.94 g min to max 1.09 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 67 kt59 kt min to max 70 kt 70 59 kt
Info Average VSI -275 fpm-367 fpm min to max -117 fpm -365 -117 fpm
Info Average altitude 23 ft agl14 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 49 17 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-1.2 ° min to max 5.3 ° -1.0 5.3 °
07515022530037545052501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown point was 65 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 59 kt was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -68 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 27 °C. Wind 6 kt at 100 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Tailwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -68 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 488 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 59 ktTarget below 70 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.21 m left0.15 m left 0.19 0.07 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.0 °
100 % Peak g force 1.12 g0.99 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 58 kt57 kt min to max 59 kt 59 57 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °4.2 ° min to max 5.4 ° 5.3 4.2 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 860 m, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 860 m57 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.97 m right0.00 m left to 1.97 m right -1.73 -1.64 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average speed 49 kt32 kt min to max 61 kt 61 32 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °2.6 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.3 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 14 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 32 kt 32 8 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.7 ° min to max 8.9 ° 3.1 5.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.4 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 1.01 0.99 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 8 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 7 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 5 ktmax 7 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °3.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 5.5 3.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.4 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 69 kt, 3 kt above the 66 kt target, and lifted off at 72 kt 0.4 s later with 0.8° of pitch. Climb 3 held close to its 89 kt target, at 85 kt on average.

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 figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 89120 kt8040020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 660.8° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 13 kt 2.2° 0 s
Rotate318 m · target 66 69 kt 0.4° 15.9 s
Liftoff331 m · +3 kt from rotation 72 kt 0.8° 16.3 s
35 ft608 m · 7.5 s after liftoff 80 kt 4.6° 23.8 s
Climb 31,467 m · 339 ft to 809 ft · target 89 85 kt avg 6.5° 46.3 s
End of Climb 33,079 m · 809 ft 90 kt 8.5° 85 s

Takeoff from KEED 02

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
414m32 %
Rotation speed100.00
69kttarget 66, 3 fast
Liftoff speed
72kt
Runway alignment100.00
3.31m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Climb 3 speed100.00
85kttarget 89
Rate of climb100.00
90fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 809 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 629 m of runway left; then climbing at 710 fpm on average to 809 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 385 kt avgtarget 89THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 69 kttarget 66Liftoff 72 ktSCALE CHANGES1.8 km past the runway
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,291 m runway.

Rolled from 53 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.4 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m right. Airborne 29 % 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.

5001,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 3.38 m RROLL 53 M INAirborne 385 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 385 m of 1,291 m · 30 %
Behind the start of the roll, 53 mTakeoff roll, 331 m Left ahead, 906 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 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.

Seven checks, one gate500 ft 100.007 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate490 fpm
On glideslope2.8°
On centreline0.3° off
On speed+4.9 kt
Wings level1° bank

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 2.7 nm, about 790 ft above the runway, to the threshold, before the 500 ft gate. The last to settle was the centreline.

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 KPSP 31R

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 3.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 170 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, 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° BAND852689341190500 ft gate7 of 7540 ft · 76 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 520 m right of the centreline at 3.1 nm, then inside the band from 2.7 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° BAND383 m R26 m L11 m L8 m L15 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 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 −3 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 71 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 71+6 kt+6 kt−2 kt−1 kt−1 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KPSP 31R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
49ft
Threshold speed100.00
69kttarget 71, 2 slow
Centreline offset99.87
4.06m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
488m
Centreline100.00
0.21m L
Speed100.00
58kttarget 70 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-68fpm
Impact100.00
1.12G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

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

Wind 117° at 3 kt · 3 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 63 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 15 s, an average deceleration of 0.12 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 · 51 m30 kt · 382 mtouchdown397 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,509 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 49 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 19 ft. Touched down 488 m in, 184 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 1,509 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.

49 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 19 ft · −321 fpm · 0.3° · 69 ktdescent slowed at 3 ft · −25 fpm · 4.4°−67 fpm · 5.3° nose up · 59 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 49 ft, down at 488 m

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

The sink went from 320 fpm at the flare to 70 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.0° 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°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−67 fpm at touchdown5.3° at touchdown, +5° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,509 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 11 m right on 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 488 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
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The 488 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 826 m of 1,509 m · 55 %
In the air over the runway, 488 mRollout, 338 m Left over, 683 m
Rollout distance100.00
338m55 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.97m R

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The Diamond DA40 taxied from the parking area to runway 02 at KEED Needles Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Take-off was performed on runway 02. The aircraft used 414 m of runway, which is 32 % of the available length. Rotation occurred at 69 kt. Local weather at departure was 20 °C with wind 7 kt from 019°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.

The initial climb to 1 000 ft agl took 65 seconds, averaging 545 fpm and reaching 90 kt at the top of the climb. The subsequent climb from 1 763 ft asl to 6 082 ft asl was completed in 13 minutes while covering 24 nm; the climb began 1 mile north-east of KEED and included a brief level-off at 4 500 ft asl.

Cruise was maintained at 6 500 ft asl for 38 minutes, covering 80 nm, beginning 20 miles south of CL29 Camino Airstrip Goffs.

Descent began at 6 494 ft asl and proceeded to 1 162 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 12 nm. The descent started 1 mile north-west of Indio Hills.

For the final approach to runway 31R at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport, the aircraft descended from 795 ft agl to -2 ft agl in 141 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, on glideslope, on centreline, on speed, wings level.

Landing was made on runway 31R, whose length is 1 509 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was 70 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 65 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 59 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 68 fpm; alignment was perfect and no bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 860 m, representing 57 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.

Local weather at Palm Springs was 27 °C with wind 6 kt from 100°, giving a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt tail-wind component.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered a total of 123 nm, lasted 73 minutes, and used 22 kg of fuel.

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