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KDAB
Daytona Beach, United States
Runway 25R
Elevation30 ft asl
Weight1,783 kg
Fuel127 kg
Wind271° · 9 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

98.10 %
KDAB
Daytona Beach, United States
Runway 25R
Elevation30 ft asl
Weight1,781 kg
Fuel116 kg
Wind270° · 8 kn · 3 kn cross
13 Sep 2026 0:03 5 nm Diamond DA42 Twin Star 12 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.30 %

What went well

Touchdown 88 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.97 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 99 %

What held you back

Firm touchdown — 267 fpm, −0.97 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 267 fpm−0.93
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−0.03
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.27 G at contact−0.01
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed at 66 kt was well below target, take care not to stall at 68 %, −0.93 points

Next time

Arrival

Add power on final to keep the approach speed at 82 kt rather than letting it decay before the threshold.

What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 66 kt, 16 kt below the target, and touchdown followed with a firm, high sink rate arrival. Crossing the threshold slow like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown as the flare runs out of energy.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 82 kt at the threshold.

See Arrival LandingArrival 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 · 10 stages, 8 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 25R at KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport, Average speed was 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °2.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.0 2.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
Info Average g force 0.25 g0.00 g min to max 1.00 g 0.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 25R at KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport. Takeoff distance 440 m 14 % of runway. Rotation speed was 78 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 13 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 440 m14 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 78 ktTarget 84 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.03 m left3.03 m left to 0.55 m right 2.72 -0.53 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.07 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.4 ° min to max 5.8 ° 2.1 5.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.0 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25R KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 85 kt81 kt min to max 88 kt 81 88 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.97 g min to max 1.15 g 1.07 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 562 fpm300 fpm min to max 733 fpm 300 733 fpm
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl 0 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.6 °5.8 ° min to max 9.6 ° 5.8 9.0 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25R KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.0 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 92 kt88 kt min to max 104 kt 88 104 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.87 g min to max 1.11 g 0.96 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 791 fpm472 fpm min to max 1,333 fpm 747 1,333 fpm
Info Average altitude 88 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 347 ft agl 34 347 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.6 °6.0 ° min to max 10.5 ° 8.9 10.5 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 222 ft agl · 101 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25R KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 103 kt101 kt min to max 104 ktTarget 94 kt, 9 kt fast 104 101 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.0 °0.6 ° min to max 23.7 ° 0.6 23.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up at 197 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.4 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.5 0.1 °
Info Average VSI 1,801 fpm1,475 fpm min to max 1,957 fpm 1,475 1,846 fpm
Info Average altitude 508 ft agl370 ft agl min to max 643 ft agl 370 643 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.4 °11.2 ° min to max 13.2 ° 11.2 12.2 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport Daytona Beach (Florida, United States). Climbing from 715 ft asl to 354 ft asl, an increase of 361 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 97 kt77 kt min to max 123 kt 101 79 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.2 °0.1 ° min to max 35.0 ° 26.5 1.3 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.04 g0.78 g min to max 1.33 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -222 fpm-1,946 fpm min to max 3,241 fpm 1,745 -678 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,310 ft asl354 ft asl min to max 2,176 ft asl 715 354 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-11.0 ° min to max 19.4 ° 11.4 -2.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,157 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,986 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,654 ft agl · 96 kt
Arrival Landing 91.34Landing on runway 25R at KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport, runway length 3,197 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 66 kt was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
68 % Threshold speed at 66 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 82 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
99 % Excellent landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 1.69 m left1.69 m left to 1.58 m right -1.58 1.69 m
95 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 4.1 ° 4.1 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.96 g min to max 1.14 g 1.14 0.96 g
Info Average speed 61 kt58 kt min to max 66 kt 66 58 kt
Info Average VSI -355 fpm-609 fpm min to max -239 fpm -609 -249 fpm
Info Average altitude 2 ft agl-5 ft agl min to max 11 ft agl 11 -5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °6.1 ° min to max 7.8 ° 6.3 6.1 °
07501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 91.55Touchdown distance was good at 87 m. Touchdown speed at 58 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -267 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 8 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
58 % Touchdown rate was -267 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 88 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 58 ktTarget below 82 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.97 m left1.87 m left 1.69 1.97 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.2 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.4 1.3 °
99 % Average g force 1.05 g0.95 g min to max 1.27 g 0.96 1.17 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 57 kt57 kt min to max 58 kt 58 57 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °1.9 ° min to max 6.1 ° 6.1 1.9 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 239 m, 7 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 239 m7 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.50 m left1.50 m left to 0.00 m left 0.11 1.50 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.00 g
Info Average speed 49 kt35 kt min to max 52 kt 52 35 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-1.2 ° min to max 1.9 ° -0.4 -1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 0.1 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Deactivated 3 ft agl · 59 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 12 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt9 kt min to max 28 kt 28 9 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-1.3 ° min to max 2.0 ° -1.1 1.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 78 kt, 6 kt below the 84 kt target, and lifted off at 81 kt 0.9 s later, the nose coming up at 3.8° a second. Climb 3 averaged 103 kt, 9 kt over its 94 kt target.

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 figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 94120 kt8040020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 845.2° off · 3.8°/s9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 10 kt 2.1° 0 s
Rotate358 m · target 84 78 kt 1.9° 15.1 s
Liftoff391 m · +3 kt from rotation 81 kt 5.2° 16.0 s
35 ft614 m · 5.4 s after liftoff 89 kt 8.9° 21.3 s
Gear up1,230 m · 197 ft · full marks to 400 ft 98 kt 8.6° 35.1 s
Climb 31,664 m · 370 ft to 643 ft · target 94 103 kt avg 11.2° 44.4 s
End of Climb 32,092 m · 643 ft 101 kt 12.2° 52.9 s

Takeoff from KDAB 25R

Takeoff roll100.00
440m14 %
Rotation speed100.00
78kttarget 84, 6 slow
Liftoff speed
81kt
Runway alignment100.00
3.03m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
197ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
103kttarget 94
Rate of climb100.00
561fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 643 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,547 m of runway left; gear up at 197 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,050 fpm on average to 643 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 gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 3103 kt avgtarget 94THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 78 kttarget 84Liftoff 81 ktGear up 197 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 3,197 m runway.

Rolled from 36 m in, drifted 3.1 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 13 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS4 kn75 %widest 3.08 m LROLL 36 M INAirborne 427 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 427 m of 3,197 m · 13 %
Behind the start of the roll, 36 mTakeoff roll, 391 m Left ahead, 2,770 m

The approach to KDAB 25R

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

High from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to 750 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND479
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 400 m right of the centreline at 0.9 nm, then inside the band from 0.2 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° BAND47 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −16 kt and +1 kt on the approach speed of 82 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.

80100120140 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 82−3 kt−16 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KDAB 25R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
10ft
Threshold speed68.33
65kttarget 82, 17 slow
Centreline offset100.00
1.69m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
88m
Centreline100.00
1.97m L
Speed100.00
57kttarget 82 or less
Touchdown rate58.03
-267fpm
Impact98.86
1.27G
BouncesOk
None
The flare98.89

Excellent landing flare. It lost 1.1 points, partly for taking only 781 fpm of the sink out.

The crosswind

3 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 58 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 270° at 8 kt · 7 kt head · 3 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 54 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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.

020406030 kt · 175 mtouchdown182 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Began the flare at 31 ft, 54 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 10 ft, 40 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 88 m in, 217 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 1,524 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.

10 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare began at 31 ft, 54 m before the threshold−943 fpm · −0° · 70 ktdescent slowed at 5 ft · −162 fpm · 7.5°−266 fpm · 6.1° nose up · 58 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 10 ft, down at 88 m

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

The sink went from 940 fpm at the flare to 270 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 6.2° 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°descent slowedtouchdown−266 fpm at touchdown6.1° at touchdown, +6.2° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,197 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2 m left of the centreline, and stayed within 2 m of it down 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 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 88 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 88 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 266 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 231 m of 3,197 m · 7 %
In the air over the runway, 88 mRollout, 144 m Left over, 2,966 m
Rollout distance100.00
144m7 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.50m L

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Flight narrative

The Diamond DA42 Twin Star taxied from the parking area to runway 25R at KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 25R, the aircraft used 440 m of runway, representing 14 % of the available length, and lifted off at 81 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C, wind 13 kt from 270°, with a 5 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component.

Climb commenced overhead KDAB, with the aircraft climbing from 413 ft asl to 354 ft asl, an increase of 58 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.

The descent phase reduced altitude from 982 ft agl to 35 ft agl in 42 seconds.

Final approach to runway 25R was executed from the north-east on a heading of 243.0°, beginning at 0 nm distance and 312 ft agl.

Landing on runway 25R, whose total length is 3,197 m, was made with a threshold speed slightly below target at 66 kt. Touchdown occurred 86 m down the runway at 58 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 249 fpm and very good alignment. Weather at the time was temperature 16 °C, wind 8 kt from 270°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind.

Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 239 m, equivalent to 7 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was perfect.

In total, the flight covered 6 nm, took 3 (units as provided), and consumed 12 kg of fuel.

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