CYAW to CYAW Flight Report - F-35B Lightning II

Flight from CYAW to CYAW

Friday, 23 December 2022 22:47

Minutes 18

63 nm

Fuel 1,766 lbs

F-35B Lightning II

Departure

Runway 16 at CYAW

Halifax\/Shearwater

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Altitude

141 ft asl

Weight

39,298 lbs

Fuel

6,626 lbs

Temperature

58 °F

Wind Speed

0 kt

Wind Direction

0.0 °

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 16 at CYAW

Halifax\/Shearwater

Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

141 ft asl

Altitude

37,532 lbs

Weight

4,860 lbs

Fuel

59 °F

Temperature

3 kt

Wind Speed

268.0 °

Wind Direction

-2 kt

Headwind

2 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 61.25%

Departure Score 54.34%

Enroute Score 56.09%

Arrival Score 79.31%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

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Flight Stages CYAW to CYAW

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Departure Taxi

85.71 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 0 kn 0 kn min to max 0 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 0 kn max 0 kn	0		0 kn
57.14 %	Average g force 0.89 g 0.00 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		0.00 g
0 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° -0.4 ° min to max 1.9 °	0.0		-0.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.0		0.2 °
Info	Battery Master On at 22:47:31
Info	Engine 1 Started at 22:47:31
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 22:47:31
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 22:47:31
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 22:47:31
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 22:47:31
Info	Landing Gear Down at 22:47:31
Info	Parking Brake On at 22:47:31
Info	Parking Brake Off at 22:47:55
Info	Parking Brake On at 22:47:55
Info	Pitot Heat Switched On at 22:48:00
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 22:49:20
Info	Autopilot Flight Director Activated at 22:49:20
Info	Navigation Light OFF should be ON at 22:48:35
Info	Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated at 22:49:37

Departure Climb 3

22.96 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 16 CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Heading variation -7.8 ° -25.1 ° min to max 3.6 °	-14.4		3.6 °
0 %	Average speed 127 kn 0 kn min to max 326 kn	0		326 kn
36.8 %	Average bank angle 6.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 41.8 °	1.1		41.8 °
56 %	Average g force 0.39 g -0.02 g min to max 1.41 g	-0.01		1.22 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 52 ft/m -1,104 ft/m min to max 1,954 ft/m	1,082		1,954 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 838 ft agl 432 ft agl min to max 960 ft agl	432		876 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.7 ° -2.3 ° min to max 7.8 °	-0.4		5.0 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 22:50:08
Info	Landing Gear Up at 22:50:08
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 22:50:34
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 22:50:35
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 22:50:36
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 22:50:39
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 22:50:42
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 22:50:47
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 22:51:02
Info	Parking Brake Off at 22:51:07
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:51:01

Enroute Climb

78.14 %

Enroute climb started overhead CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada). Climbing from 1,084 ft asl to 1,587 ft asl, an increase of 503 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 407 kn 334 kn min to max 442 kn	334		408 kn
40.48 %	Average bank angle 39.5 ° 2.6 ° min to max 69.8 °	41.0		41.9 °
60 %	Average g force 1.24 g 1.00 g min to max 1.95 g	1.21		1.16 g
Info	Average VSI 1,184 ft/m -1,048 ft/m min to max 2,617 ft/m	1,952		-1,048 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,514 ft asl 1,084 ft asl min to max 1,743 ft asl	1,084		1,587 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.3 ° -0.9 ° min to max 5.0 °	4.8		-0.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

62.82 %

Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south west of Cow Bay (Nova Scotia, Canada) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 10 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
89.97 %	Average altitude 1,562 ft asl 1,463 ft asl min to max 1,658 ft asl	1,565		1,484 ft asl
0 %	Average speed 324 kn 298 kn min to max 405 kn	405		298 kn
73.14 %	Average bank angle 15.7 ° 0.2 ° min to max 53.4 °	47.8		13.0 °
65.71 %	Average g force 1.10 g 0.98 g min to max 1.85 g	1.24		1.05 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.2 ° -0.8 ° min to max 2.3 °	-0.8		2.2 °
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:51:39

Enroute Climb 2

59.89 %

Enroute climb started 3 miles south east of Terence Bay (Nova Scotia, Canada). Climbing from 1,489 ft asl to 1,809 ft asl, an increase of 319 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 298 kn 297 kn min to max 299 kn	298		298 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 6.1 ° 0.6 ° min to max 14.2 °	11.0		2.4 °
98.86 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.82 g min to max 1.27 g	1.04		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI 601 ft/m 283 ft/m min to max 870 ft/m	283		660 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,648 ft asl 1,489 ft asl min to max 1,809 ft asl	1,489		1,809 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.8 ° 2.3 ° min to max 3.5 °	2.3		2.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:53:46

Enroute Level 2

25.15 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Terence Bay (Nova Scotia, Canada) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 9 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
83.83 %	Average altitude 1,890 ft asl 1,705 ft asl min to max 1,986 ft asl	1,820		1,924 ft asl
0 %	Average speed 300 kn 254 kn min to max 315 kn	298		297 kn
0 %	Average bank angle 11.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 137.6 °	2.4		12.4 °
0 %	Average g force 1.04 g -0.39 g min to max 4.62 g	1.01		1.00 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 2.1 ° -2.7 ° min to max 18.4 °	2.9		1.6 °
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 22:55:07
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 22:55:08

Enroute Descent

35.15 %

Enroute descent started 8 miles west of Terence Bay (Nova Scotia, Canada). Descent from 1,921 ft asl to 413 ft asl, a decrease of 1,508 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 326 kn 298 kn min to max 353 kn	298		353 kn
69.44 %	Average bank angle 27.5 ° 1.9 ° min to max 55.3 °	17.6		33.4 °
73.71 %	Average g force 1.14 g 0.84 g min to max 1.71 g	0.88		1.19 g
Info	Average VSI -2,745 ft/m -5,160 ft/m min to max -168 ft/m	-168		-1,322 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,294 ft asl 413 ft asl min to max 1,921 ft asl	1,921		413 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.0 ° -6.8 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.9		-0.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 22:56:29
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 22:56:33
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 22:56:42
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 22:56:42
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:56:11

Enroute Climb 3

24.91 %

Enroute climb started 2 miles south west of Indian Harbour (Nova Scotia, Canada). Climbing from 396 ft asl to 3,247 ft asl, an increase of 2,852 ft in 1 minutes and covering 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 345 kn 194 kn min to max 358 kn	353		212 kn
0 %	Average bank angle 28.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 168.5 °	30.3		0.3 °
49.14 %	Average g force 1.40 g -0.06 g min to max 2.14 g	1.19		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI 483 ft/m -1,428 ft/m min to max 11,717 ft/m	-1,146		-194 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 280 ft asl 65 ft asl min to max 3,387 ft asl	396		3,247 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.3 ° -1.2 ° min to max 24.8 °	-0.2		2.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 22:56:47
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 22:57:02
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:56:43

Enroute Level 3

80 %

Enroute level cruise started 7 miles east of Chester (Nova Scotia, Canada) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,224 ft asl 3,213 ft asl min to max 3,244 ft asl	3,244		3,237 ft asl
0 %	Average speed 242 kn 226 kn min to max 256 kn	226		256 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.4 ° 0.1 ° min to max 8.3 °	4.5		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.96 g min to max 1.05 g	1.01		1.01 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 2.2 ° 1.8 ° min to max 2.9 °	2.9		2.5 °
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:58:46

Enroute Descent 2

36.54 %

Enroute descent started 6 miles south west of Boutiliers Point (Nova Scotia, Canada). Descent from 3,244 ft asl to 1,879 ft asl, a decrease of 1,365 ft in 2 minutes and covering 9 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 299 kn 258 kn min to max 337 kn	258		337 kn
75.5 %	Average bank angle 17.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 52.2 °	9.5		0.1 °
63.43 %	Average g force 1.10 g 0.84 g min to max 1.89 g	0.97		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -868 ft/m -3,911 ft/m min to max 142 ft/m	142		-528 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,435 ft asl 1,879 ft asl min to max 3,244 ft asl	3,244		1,879 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.3 ° -4.9 ° min to max 2.2 °	2.2		0.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 23:00:38
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 22:58:50

Enroute Level 4

80 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of Boutiliers Point (Nova Scotia, Canada) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 9 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,810 ft asl 1,668 ft asl min to max 1,886 ft asl	1,870		1,668 ft asl
0 %	Average speed 303 kn 256 kn min to max 343 kn	337		256 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.5 ° 0.0 ° min to max 22.2 °	0.0		22.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.87 g min to max 1.18 g	0.99		1.06 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.0 ° 0.2 ° min to max 1.9 °	0.5		1.9 °
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 23:00:40

Enroute Descent 3

50 %

Enroute descent started 4 miles south of Lower Sackville (Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada). Descent from 1,665 ft asl to 1,426 ft asl, a decrease of 239 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 224 kn 205 kn min to max 254 kn	254		205 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 11.3 ° 0.1 ° min to max 22.2 °	22.1		6.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.86 g min to max 1.16 g	1.10		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -448 ft/m -767 ft/m min to max -136 ft/m	-178		-461 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,569 ft asl 1,426 ft asl min to max 1,665 ft asl	1,665		1,426 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.6 °	2.0		1.7 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 23:04:20
Info	Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft at 23:03:49

Enroute Level 5

84.44 %

Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Dartmouth (Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 7 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,434 ft asl 1,339 ft asl min to max 1,577 ft asl	1,419		1,577 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 215 kn 192 kn min to max 227 kn	208		198 kn
68.38 %	Average bank angle 11.7 ° 0.2 ° min to max 55.8 °	6.4		1.3 °
70.86 %	Average g force 1.07 g 0.81 g min to max 1.76 g	1.01		0.93 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 3.5 ° 1.6 ° min to max 8.9 °	1.6		2.3 °
Info	Landing Gear Down at 23:06:22

Arrival

49.37 %

Arrival started 3 miles west of Dartmouth (Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 183 kn 151 kn min to max 216 kn	196		151 kn
0 %	Average bank angle 25.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 69.6 °	1.2		27.1 °
46.86 %	Average g force 1.22 g 0.88 g min to max 2.18 g	0.94		1.26 g
Info	Average VSI -795 ft/m -2,630 ft/m min to max 80 ft/m	80		-2,413 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,216 ft asl 506 ft asl min to max 1,577 ft asl	1,577		506 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.5 ° -2.1 ° min to max 7.6 °	2.4		-0.5 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 23:07:34

Arrival Final 1

71.32 %

Approaching runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 329 ft agl to 69 ft agl. A decrease of 259 ft in 10 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 6.6 ° 5.8 ° min to max 7.0 ° Target 3.0 °	6.0		7.0 °
100 %	Average speed 123 kn 115 kn min to max 148 kn	148		115 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.3		0.0 °
56.62 %	Average bank angle 2.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 15.0 °	15.0		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.95 g min to max 1.21 g	1.21		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -1,370 ft/m -2,246 ft/m min to max -1,194 ft/m	-2,246		-1,319 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 129 ft agl 69 ft agl min to max 329 ft agl	329		69 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.9 ° -0.4 ° min to max 7.7 °	-0.4		7.7 °
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 23:07:48
Info	Flaps not extended at 23:07:45

Arrival Landing

77.39 %

Landing on runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater, runway length 8,082 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 114 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
57.78 %	Threshold speed at 114 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 150 kn
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		0.0 °
21.67 %	Average bank angle 2.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 4.2 °	1.5		4.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.97 g min to max 1.08 g	1.07		0.97 g
Info	Average speed 112 kn 112 kn min to max 114 kn	114		112 kn
Info	Average VSI -1,246 ft/m -1,315 ft/m min to max -1,217 ft/m	-1,315		-1,228 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 24 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl	49		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.2 ° 5.6 ° min to max 8.6 °	8.5		5.6 °

Arrival Touchdown

71.53 %

Touchdown distance was good at 478 ft. Touchdown speed at 112 kn was good. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,228 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 62 °F. Wind 3 kn at 267 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Touchdown VSI was -1,228 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 478 ft Target 1,500 ft
100 %	Speed at touchdown 112 kn Target 132 kn
96.46 %	Runway alignment max 3.7 ft 2.0 ft left	3.7		0.4 ft
100 %	Average bank angle 0.9 ° 0.2 ° min to max 4.4 °	4.4		0.2 °
41.14 %	Average g force 1.46 g 0.97 g min to max 2.28 g	0.97		1.14 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 111 kn 108 kn min to max 112 kn	112		108 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 3.5 ° 2.0 ° min to max 5.5 °	5.5		2.0 °

Arrival Rollout

96.99 %

Total landing distance 1,678 ft, 21 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 1,678 ft 21 % of runway.
93.31 %	Runway alignment max 10.3 ft 5.1 ft left to 5.2 ft right	0.2		3.9 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.97 g min to max 1.13 g	1.13		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 80 kn 32 kn min to max 106 kn	106		32 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° 0.2 ° min to max 1.8 °	1.8		0.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.2		0.4 °

Takeoff on runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater in the F-35B Lightning II

54.34 %

85.71 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Speed

Turn Speed

100 %

57.14 %

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

22.96 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 16 CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater.

Heading

0 %

Speed

0 %

Bank

36.8 %

56 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

Landing on runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater in the F-35B Lightning II

Landing Score 79.31 %

71.32 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 329 ft agl to 69 ft agl. A decrease of 259 ft in 10 seconds.

Glideslope

0 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Great heading alignment

Glideslope

0 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %

Bank

56.62 %

100 %

Descent Rate

Info

77.39 %

Landing

Landing on runway 16 at CYAW Halifax\/Shearwater, runway length 8,082 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 114 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.

Height

100 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

57.78 %

Threshold speed at 114 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 150 kt

Flare

0 %

Very poor landing flare

Heading

100 %

Bank