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KVGT
Las Vegas, United States
Runway 12L
Elevation2,188 ft asl
Weight689 kg
Fuel39 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

92.10 %
KVGT
Las Vegas, United States
Runway 12L
Elevation2,188 ft asl
Weight689 kg
Fuel38 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
1 Jun 2024 0:06 6 nm Bristell B23 1 kg
Departure Score
84.00 %
Pattern Score
93.52 %
Arrival Score
98.78 %

What went well

Touchdown 143 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 20 ft and 56 kt — both inside band
1.19 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — strobe lights; Liftoff speed was 72 kn at 0 %, Landing Lights at 0 %, −4.22 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading 15.9 ° at 27 %, −1.56 points
Departure Climb 2 — scored 90.00 %, −1.11 points

Next time

Know your rotation speed

See Departure Roll

A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 13 stages, 13 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 Roll 62.00Departure roll runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 72 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
0 % Liftoff speed was 72 knTarget 45 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.44 m0.79 m left to 0.66 m right 0.64 -0.66 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 1.00 g
60 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °0.7 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.9 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.4 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 66 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 76 kn72 kn min to max 79 kn 72 79 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.19 g 1.00 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 352 ft/m284 ft/m min to max 375 ft/m 284 375 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 0 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °1.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 1.0 5.5 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12L KVGT North Las Vegas.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kn74 kn min to max 79 kn 79 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.2 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.5 4.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 613 ft/m378 ft/m min to max 893 ft/m 378 687 ft/m
Info Average altitude 97 ft agl33 ft agl min to max 342 ft agl 33 342 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.5 °5.6 ° min to max 9.0 ° 5.6 8.7 °

Events

Info Bounce during liftoff 158 ft agl · 80 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas. Distance was less than 1 nm in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 69 kn68 kn min to max 73 kn 73 69 kn
100 % Average bank angle 14.4 °4.8 ° min to max 21.4 ° 7.2 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.06 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 775 ft/m444 ft/m min to max 1,060 ft/m 770 652 ft/m
Info Average altitude 430 ft agl334 ft agl min to max 508 ft agl 334 508 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °6.8 ° min to max 11.4 ° 9.8 9.8 °
Pattern Crosswind 67.29Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 12L KVGT North Las Vegas. Distance was less than 1 nm in 25 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
27 % Heading 15.9 °-13.9 ° min to max 21.4 ° 21.4 -13.9 °
100 % Average speed 70 kn65 kn min to max 74 kn 69 66 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 709 ft/m338 ft/m min to max 1,238 ft/m 783 539 ft/m
Info Average altitude 659 ft agl523 ft agl min to max 832 ft agl 523 832 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 5.9 °0.2 ° min to max 19.9 ° 4.6 17.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 8.7 °5.8 ° min to max 13.4 ° 10.8 7.0 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 100.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 47.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 47.8 °.
100 % Average speed 71 kn66 kn min to max 73 kn 66 73 kn
100 % Average bank angle 14.6 °5.7 ° min to max 19.7 ° 17.6 5.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.13 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 461 ft/m249 ft/m min to max 642 ft/m 451 511 ft/m
Info Average altitude 893 ft agl839 ft agl min to max 963 ft agl 839 963 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.5 °5.1 ° min to max 7.9 ° 6.2 6.5 °
Pattern Downwind 91.80Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 117 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 1.6 °-11.3 ° min to max 6.6 ° 4.6 -11.3 °
73 % Average altitude 826 ft agl519 ft agl min to max 1,105 ft agl 971 558 ft agl
100 % Average speed 72 kn54 kn min to max 91 kn 73 54 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.85 g min to max 1.12 g 0.98 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -196 ft/m-1,158 ft/m min to max 580 ft/m 504 93 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 12.0 ° 4.4 12.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-5.5 ° min to max 6.5 ° 6.2 4.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 763 ft agl · 80 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 95.52Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 36.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 36.3 °.
100 % Average speed 54 kn52 kn min to max 55 kn 54 55 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.7 °5.0 ° min to max 16.2 ° 14.2 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.10 g 1.02 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -63 ft/m-314 ft/m min to max 216 ft/m 94 -193 ft/m
Info Average altitude 560 ft agl545 ft agl min to max 571 ft agl 559 545 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °1.3 ° min to max 6.3 ° 4.6 3.2 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 36 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.7 °-19.1 ° min to max 19.8 ° 19.8 -19.1 °
100 % Average speed 53 kn52 kn min to max 55 kn 55 53 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.02 1.02 g
Info Average altitude 542 ft agl513 ft agl min to max 550 ft agl 543 513 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 3.0 °0.4 ° min to max 6.4 ° 3.5 3.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °1.5 ° min to max 5.4 ° 3.4 3.5 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 40 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 54 kn50 kn min to max 58 kn 52 58 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.3 °0.1 ° min to max 10.6 ° 4.6 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -314 ft/m-626 ft/m min to max -11 ft/m -127 -408 ft/m
Info Average altitude 408 ft agl291 ft agl min to max 511 ft agl 511 291 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-0.8 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.6 0.1 °
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 285 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 262 ft in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.4 °1.6 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.2 ° 3.2 1.6 °
100 % Average speed 58 kn56 kn min to max 60 kn 58 56 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -369 ft/m-673 ft/m min to max -324 ft/m -406 -512 ft/m
Info Average altitude 80 ft agl22 ft agl min to max 285 ft agl 285 22 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-3.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.3 -0.6 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 12L at KVGT North Las Vegas, runway length 1,220 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 56 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 56 kn. Target 55 kn
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.97 g min to max 1.14 g 0.99 0.97 g
Info Average speed 53 kn48 kn min to max 56 kn 56 48 kn
Info Average VSI -380 ft/m-549 ft/m min to max -186 ft/m -516 -189 ft/m
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 21 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-0.7 ° min to max 4.3 ° -0.7 3.3 °
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 96.35Touchdown distance was good at 140 m. Touchdown speed at 48 kn was good. Touchdown rate was good at -189 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Touchdown VSI was -189 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 140 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 48 knTarget 50 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.98 m1.66 m right -1.49 -1.98 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.97 g min to max 1.19 g 0.97 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 47 kn45 kn min to max 48 kn 48 45 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °3.3 ° min to max 5.5 ° 3.3 4.6 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 71 kt with 1.0° 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°LIFTOFF1.0° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 59 kt 0.9° 0 s
Liftoff175 m 71 kt 1.0° 4.2 s
35 ft516 m · 8.0 s after liftoff 79 kt 5.9° 12.1 s
End of the climb1,611 m · 342 ft 74 kt 8.7° 38.8 s

Takeoff from KVGT 12L

Takeoff roll100.00
172m14 %
Liftoff speed0.00
71kt
Runway alignment100.00
0.79m L
Bounce on takeoff60.00
Yes
Rate of climb100.00
352fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 342 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 72 m of runway left; then climbing at 590 fpm on average to 342 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 71 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,220 m runway.

Rolled from 632 m in, never more than 0.8 m off the centreline. Airborne 66 % 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 0.76 m LROLL 632 M INAirborne 807 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 807 m of 1,220 m · 66 %
Behind the start of the roll, 632 mTakeoff roll, 175 m Left ahead, 412 m

The circuit to KVGT 12L

Left-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, 0.7 nm out at 75 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 ft21°120°216°311°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
456 ft
Bank
21°
Speed
68 kt

Off heading: 16° from the leg's heading on average.

Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
20°
Height
826 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
72 kt
Out
1.0 nm 0.7 suits 75 kt

Low on downwind: 826 ft against 1,000 ft, 174 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
36° target 45°
Bank
16°
Height
559 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 36° 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).

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
11°
Overshoot
5 m none
Speed
54 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry100Crosswind67Turn onto downwind100Downwind92Base turn96Base100Final turn100

The approach to KVGT 12L

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3.2° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 40 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: 3.2° here, which is about 340 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,4101,0807404003.2° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND393192
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 300 m left of the centreline at 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 0.7 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° BAND108 m L2 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KVGT 12L

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
20ft
Threshold speed100.00
56kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.02m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
143m
Centreline100.00
1.98m R
Speed100.00
48kt
Touchdown rate85.41
-189fpm
Impact100.00
1.19G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt tail · 0 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.

Side view — the last 1,220 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 143 m in, 162 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 1,220 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.

20 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −188 fpm · 3.3° nose up · 48 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 20 ft, down at 143 m

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

The sink went from 490 fpm at 19 ft to 190 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.9° 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°touchdown−188 fpm at touchdown3.3° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,220 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2 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 143 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 143 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 143 m of 1,220 m · 12 %
In the air over the runway, 143 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,077 m

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