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KGKT
Sevierville, United States
Runway 28
Elevation1,014 ft asl
Weight4,064 kg
Fuel862 kg
Wind60° · 13 kn · 8 kn cross

Flight Score

82.75 %
KDKX
Knoxville, United States
Runway 26
Elevation830 ft asl
Weight4,003 kg
Fuel796 kg
Wind32° · 10 kn · 7 kn cross
28 Mar 2026 0:10 39 nm Aero L-39 Albatros 66 kg
Departure Score
92.23 %
Enroute Score
66.81 %
Arrival Score
89.21 %

What went well

Touched down at -366 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 113 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.53 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Enroute Descent — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 86.5 ° at 7 %, g force -0.55 to 3.70 g at 37 %, −7.61 points
Enroute Level — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 72.5 ° at 35 %, g force 0.79 to 2.59 g at 69 %, −3.23 points
Arrival Landing — GPWS warning; Threshold speed was excessively high at 142 kt at 0 %, Flare profile at 85 %, −1.38 points
Arrival Touchdown — GPWS warning; Speed at touchdown 136 kt at 0 %, bank angle up to 4.5 ° at 74 %, −1.12 points

Next time

Shorten the long landing

See Arrival Touchdown

Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.

Read more in VRef Explained

Start to finish · 17 stages, 15 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 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 16 kt4 kt min to max 22 kt 4 13 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 ktmax 16 kt 0 13 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Flaps Position 1 6 ft agl · 19 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 28 at KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Average speed was 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kt10 kt min to max 12 kt 12 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 98.07Departure roll runway 28 at KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport. Takeoff distance 700 m 45 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 109 kt. Local weather - Temperature 9 °C. Wind 16 kt at 60 °. Crosswind: 10 kt Tailwind: 12 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 700 m45 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 109 ktTarget 115 kt
90 % Runway alignment max 5.70 m right0.00 m left to 5.70 m right -0.86 -5.70 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-2.4 ° min to max 6.7 ° -0.0 6.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.2 3.5 °
Departure Climb 1 93.80Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28 KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.7 % Heading variation 0.8 °0.4 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 0.9 °
100 % Average speed 124 kt110 kt min to max 132 kt 110 132 kt
76 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.1 ° min to max 11.3 ° 3.2 8.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.87 g min to max 1.25 g 1.08 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 445 fpm140 fpm min to max 747 fpm 140 747 fpm
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 1 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °4.1 ° min to max 8.0 ° 7.0 7.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 44 ft agl · 130 kt
Departure Climb 2 95.26Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28 KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 -1.0 °
100 % Average speed 138 kt132 kt min to max 153 kt 132 152 kt
81 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.2 ° min to max 9.2 ° 8.0 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.84 g min to max 1.23 g 1.03 0.84 g
Info Average VSI 1,207 fpm759 fpm min to max 2,775 fpm 759 2,704 fpm
Info Average altitude 102 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 371 ft agl 51 371 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.8 °7.0 ° min to max 13.6 ° 7.0 11.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 329 ft agl · 153 kt
Departure Climb 3 84.03Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 28 KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -2.5 °-3.6 ° min to max -1.5 ° -1.5 -3.6 °
100 % Average speed 193 kt156 kt min to max 226 kt 156 226 kt
20 % Average bank angle 5.8 °0.6 ° min to max 32.3 ° 1.6 32.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.64 g min to max 1.31 g 0.64 1.31 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,673 fpm1,388 fpm min to max 2,479 fpm 2,479 1,733 fpm
Info Average altitude 661 ft agl411 ft agl min to max 894 ft agl 411 894 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °3.3 ° min to max 8.8 ° 8.8 6.4 °
Enroute Climb 98.02Enroute climb started overhead Sevierville (Tennessee, United States). Climbing from 1,946 ft asl to 4,727 ft asl, an increase of 2,780 ft in 1 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 283 kt230 kt min to max 340 kt 230 340 kt
95 % Average bank angle 32.8 °18.9 ° min to max 42.5 ° 36.1 40.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.17 g0.55 g min to max 1.48 g 1.43 1.41 g
Info Average VSI 2,423 fpm-814 fpm min to max 5,633 fpm 2,059 -150 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,686 ft asl1,946 ft asl min to max 4,810 ft asl 1,946 4,727 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °-2.3 ° min to max 9.4 ° 6.9 -0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 2,326 ft agl
Enroute Level 70.92Enroute level cruise started overhead Pigeon Forge (Tennessee, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±736 ft of 4,748 ft asl4,630 ft asl min to max 4,903 ft asl 4,730 4,630 ft asl
100 % Average speed 364 kt342 kt min to max 379 kt 342 354 kt
35 % Average bank angle 28.5 °0.9 ° min to max 72.5 ° 44.8 72.5 °
69 % Average g force 1.26 g0.79 g min to max 2.59 g 1.45 2.59 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-4.3 ° min to max 1.1 ° -0.2 -2.8 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,729 ft agl
Enroute Descent 31.50Enroute descent started 4 miles north east of Sevierville (Tennessee, United States). Descent from 4,597 ft asl to 2,192 ft asl, a decrease of 2,405 ft in 3 minutes and covering 19 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Average speed 330 kt246 kt min to max 375 kt 354 248 kt
7 % Average bank angle 30.6 °0.3 ° min to max 86.5 ° 72.4 2.7 °
37 % Average g force 1.44 g-0.55 g min to max 3.70 g 2.87 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -876 fpm-6,438 fpm min to max 4,763 fpm -1,808 -3,078 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,774 ft asl2,192 ft asl min to max 4,604 ft asl 4,597 2,192 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-10.5 ° min to max 5.8 ° -3.1 -7.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 4,596 ft agl
Arrival Final 3 87.38Approaching runway 26 at KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island Airport from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 1,318 ft agl to 748 ft agl. A decrease of 570 ft in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
71 % Approach angle 3.8 °3.5 ° min to max 4.0 °Target 3.0 ° 4.0 3.5 °
100 % Average speed 242 kt239 kt min to max 251 kt 251 242 kt
94 % Heading variation 2.0 °1.2 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.7 1.2 °
87 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.2 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.1 3.4 °
91 % Average g force 0.92 g0.20 g min to max 1.12 g 0.94 0.61 g
Info Average VSI -2,292 fpm-3,523 fpm min to max -1,824 fpm -2,740 -3,523 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,039 ft agl748 ft agl min to max 1,318 ft agl 1,318 748 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -6.4 °-11.8 ° min to max -4.6 ° -7.0 -11.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 953 ft agl · 240 kt
22.252.52.7536507007508008509009501,0001,0501,1001,1501,200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft22.252.52.753-320-240-160-80080160240320Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 2 98.23Approaching runway 26 at KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 675 ft agl to 304 ft agl. A decrease of 371 ft in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.8 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.0 ° 3.2 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 233 kt206 kt min to max 245 kt 243 206 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.3 °
93 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.6 ° min to max 5.5 ° 4.9 1.3 °
96 % Average g force 1.12 g0.73 g min to max 1.65 g 1.65 0.86 g
Info Average VSI -1,829 fpm-4,012 fpm min to max -939 fpm -4,012 -1,322 fpm
Info Average altitude 486 ft agl304 ft agl min to max 675 ft agl 675 304 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.8 °-7.4 ° min to max -2.1 ° -7.4 -3.5 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 3 953 ft agl · 240 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 348 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 428 ft agl · 233 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 414 ft agl · 229 kt
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600650700Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 26 at KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 281 ft agl to 18 ft agl. A decrease of 263 ft in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.7 °1.0 ° min to max 2.7 °Target 3.0 ° 2.7 1.0 °
100 % Average speed 153 kt142 kt min to max 202 kt 202 142 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.1 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.76 g min to max 1.20 g 1.10 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -814 fpm-1,341 fpm min to max -628 fpm -1,341 -628 fpm
Info Average altitude 67 ft agl18 ft agl min to max 281 ft agl 281 18 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.5 ° -2.4 2.5 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 2 348 ft agl · 227 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 71.01Landing on runway 26 at KDKX Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, runway length 1,055 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was excessively high at 142 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 142 kt. Target 83 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
85 % Very good landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.04 m left0.04 m left to 0.03 m left 0.03 0.04 m
99 % Average bank angle 2.5 °1.8 ° min to max 3.1 ° 1.8 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.03 g min to max 1.15 g 1.07 1.04 g
Info Average speed 139 kt136 kt min to max 142 kt 142 136 kt
Info Average VSI -479 fpm-624 fpm min to max -366 fpm -624 -366 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 11 ft agl 11 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.5 ° min to max 3.3 ° 2.6 2.6 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 2 348 ft agl · 227 kt
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 76.43Touchdown distance was good at 114 m. Touchdown speed at 136 kt was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -366 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 9 °C. Wind 11 kt at 33 °. Crosswind: 7 kt Tailwind: 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Touchdown rate was -366 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 114 mTarget 457 m
0 % Speed at touchdown 136 ktTarget below 90 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.98 m left1.81 m left 1.96 1.53 m
74 % Average bank angle 2.3 °1.2 ° min to max 4.5 ° 1.8 4.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.22 g1.04 g min to max 1.41 g 1.04 1.11 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 136 kt135 kt min to max 136 kt 136 135 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °0.7 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.6 0.7 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 2 348 ft agl · 227 kt
Arrival Rollout 96.40Total landing distance 693 m, 66 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 693 m66 % of runway.
92 % Runway alignment max 5.25 m right1.44 m left to 5.25 m right 1.44 -5.25 m
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.81 g min to max 1.23 g 1.07 1.01 g
Info Average speed 132 kt78 kt min to max 142 kt 142 78 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-3.4 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.5 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 4.8 °0.0 ° min to max 11.4 ° 5.2 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 22 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 25 kt12 kt min to max 69 kt 69 20 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.9 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 18 kt17 kt min to max 20 kt 20 17 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Engine 1 Stopped 6 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 24 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 109 kt with 6.1° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

240 kt16080020°10°0°LIFTOFF6.1° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 0 kt -0.1° 0 s
80 kt344 m 80 kt -0.2° 15.7 s
Liftoff625 m · target 115 109 kt 6.1° 20.7 s
35 ft1,019 m · 5.8 s after liftoff 129 kt 6.4° 26.5 s
End of Climb 33,800 m · 894 ft 226 kt 6.4° 55.8 s

Takeoff from KGKT 28

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
700m45 %
Liftoff speed100.00
109kttarget 115, 6 slow
Runway alignment90.33
5.70m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb93.80
445fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 894 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 481 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,530 fpm on average to 894 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 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 109 ktSCALE CHANGES2.3 km past the runway
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,567 m runway.

Rolled from 67 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 5.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 5.3 m right, in 7 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 44 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 5.47 m RROLL 67 M INAirborne 692 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 692 m of 1,567 m · 44 %
Behind the start of the roll, 67 mTakeoff roll, 625 m Left ahead, 874 m

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, centreline more than 1° off and speed more than 59 kt above the approach speed of 118 kt.

At the 500 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed and speed more than 35 kt above the approach speed of 118 kt.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: no landing flap all the way, fast all the way, left of the centreline until 1.7 nm, sinking too fast until 1.5 nm and gear up until 1.3 nm.

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

The approach to KDKX 26

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 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 860 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° BAND2,1838553411661,000 ft gate2 of 7gear downlanding flapsink rateon centrelineon speed1,456 ft · 247 kt500 ft gate3 of 7gear downlanding flapsink rateon speed552 ft · 244 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 618 m left of the centreline, then inside the band from 1.7 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° BAND618 m L104 m L9 m L13 m L340 m L37 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 59 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 35 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 4 nm to the threshold (up to +157 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.

120160200240280 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 118+157 kt+122 kt+101 kt+55 kt+24 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KDKX 26

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
11ft
Threshold speed0.00
142kttarget 118, 24 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.04m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
113m
Centreline100.00
1.98m L
Speed0.00
136kttarget 114, 22 fast
Touchdown rate90.84
-366fpmfirst contact -313 fpm
Impact100.00
1.41G
BouncesOk
None
The flare84.57

Very good landing flare

The crosswind

6 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 136 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 032° at 10 kt · 7 kt tail · 6 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 144 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 23 s, an average deceleration of 0.26 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.

0408012016060 kt · 679 m30 kt · 872 mtouchdown906 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,055 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 11 ft, 39 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 113 m in, 192 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 1,055 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.

11 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −313 fpm · 2.6° nose up · 136 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 11 ft, down at 113 m

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

The sink went from 500 fpm at 10 ft to 310 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

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−313 fpm at touchdown2.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,055 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.5 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.1 m right at the widest.

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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 113 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
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The 113 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 647 m of 1,055 m · 61 %
In the air over the runway, 113 mRollout, 534 m Left over, 408 m
Rollout distance100.00
534m61 % used
Rollout alignment91.99
5.25m R

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The flight departed from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT) on runway 28, where the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 109 kt after a takeoff distance of 700 m, which covered 45% of the available runway. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 9 °C, with a wind speed of 16 kt at 60°, resulting in a crosswind of 10 kt and a tailwind of 12 kt.

As the aircraft climbed to a cruising altitude, it passed overhead Sevierville, Tennessee, where it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 4,727 ft asl after an increase of 2,780 ft in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 6 nm. The enroute level cruise phase followed, lasting 2 minutes and covering 9 nm, before the aircraft started its descent from 4,597 ft asl to 2,192 ft asl, a decrease of 2,405 ft in 3 minutes, covering 19 nm. The final approach to runway 26 at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) was initiated from the east, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 261.0° at 3 nm and 1,318 ft agl.

The landing on runway 26 was executed with a touchdown distance of 114 m, which was within acceptable limits, despite a threshold speed of 142 kt, which was excessively high. The touchdown speed of 136 kt was also excessively fast, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -366 fpm. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also satisfactory. The total landing distance was 693 m, covering 66% of the available runway. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 1 minute. The total flight distance was 39 nm, with a total flight time of 10 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 66 kg of fuel.

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