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MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 11
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,803 kg
Fuel220 kg
WindCalm

Flight Score

72.39 %
MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 29
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,803 kg
Fuel199 kg
WindCalm
19 Jul 2025 0:06 6 nm Pilatus PC-6 21 kg
Departure Score
86.24 %
Enroute Score
55.63 %
Arrival Score
75.29 %

What went well

Touched down at -142 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 0.83 m off the centreline, no bounce
1.16 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Enroute Descent — bank angle up to 179.2 ° at 0 %, g force -1.43 to 3.69 g at 37 %, −7.71 points
Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 0 %, Threshold height at 87 ft agl was significantly above target at 30 %, −7.17 points
Enroute Climb — bank angle up to 118.7 ° at 0 %, g force 0.23 to 2.37 g at 75 %, −7.08 points

Next time

Departure

Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.

What happened: The aircraft drifted 16 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 14° of bank in the first climb segment and 19° still showing in the second.

Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.

See Departure RollDeparture Climb 1Departure Climb 2

Arrival

Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 27 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.

What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 27 ft down to touchdown.

Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 27 ft to touchdown.

See Arrival Landing

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 7 stages, 7 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 82.54Departure roll runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport. Takeoff distance 38 m 1 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 53 kt. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. .
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 38 m1 % of runway
86 % Liftoff speed was 53 ktTarget 65 kt
52 % Runway alignment max 16.24 m left16.24 m left to 0.00 m left 13.39 16.24 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.08 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 9.0 °5.9 ° min to max 10.9 ° 5.9 10.9 °
Info Average bank angle 10.1 °6.7 ° min to max 12.2 ° 6.7 12.2 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 5 ft agl · 66 kt
Departure Climb 1 89.16Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 11 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -1.2 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 59 kt54 kt min to max 63 kt 54 63 kt
59 % Average bank angle 14.0 °10.3 ° min to max 17.7 ° 12.3 17.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.93 g min to max 1.16 g 1.08 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 613 fpm334 fpm min to max 832 fpm 334 832 fpm
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 1 47 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °11.0 ° min to max 16.4 ° 11.0 14.4 °
Departure Climb 2 87.04Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 11 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.5 °-0.1 ° min to max 1.1 ° -0.1 1.1 °
100 % Average speed 64 kt63 kt min to max 65 kt 63 65 kt
48 % Average bank angle 18.8 °17.1 ° min to max 21.7 ° 17.7 21.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g1.02 g min to max 1.10 g 1.02 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 917 fpm837 fpm min to max 1,010 fpm 837 1,010 fpm
Info Average altitude 62 ft agl48 ft agl min to max 77 ft agl 48 77 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.1 °14.5 ° min to max 17.2 ° 14.5 17.2 °
Enroute Climb 57.51Enroute climb started overhead MDST Cibao International Airport Santiago (Provincia de Dajabon, Dominican Republic). Climbing from 649 ft asl to 3,982 ft asl, an increase of 3,333 ft in 3 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 82 kt65 kt min to max 106 kt 65 92 kt
0 % Average bank angle 20.3 °0.1 ° min to max 118.7 ° 22.1 118.7 °
75 % Average g force 1.18 g0.23 g min to max 2.37 g 1.09 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 1,048 fpm-1,818 fpm min to max 3,250 fpm 1,018 -1,818 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,286 ft asl649 ft asl min to max 4,054 ft asl 649 3,982 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °-13.4 ° min to max 20.3 ° 17.2 -13.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 425 ft agl · 89 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 691 ft agl · 114 kt
Enroute Descent 53.74Enroute descent started 3 miles north west of Rio Verde Arriba (Provincia de La Vega, Dominican Republic). Descent from 3,901 ft asl to 646 ft asl, a decrease of 3,255 ft in 4 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 86 kt11 kt min to max 164 kt 94 63 kt
0 % Average bank angle 40.2 °0.1 ° min to max 179.2 ° 157.3 1.4 °
37 % Average g force 1.11 g-1.43 g min to max 3.69 g 0.84 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -955 fpm-14,527 fpm min to max 9,125 fpm -3,887 -528 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,510 ft asl646 ft asl min to max 3,901 ft asl 3,901 646 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-86.0 ° min to max 85.9 ° -32.0 0.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 1,597 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,480 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 223 ft agl · 95 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 157 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 804 ft agl · 96 kt
Arrival Landing 57.00Landing on runway 29 at MDST Cibao International Airport, runway length 2,606 m. Threshold height at 87 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was good at 63 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 63 kt. Target 60 kt
30 % Threshold height at 87 ft agl was significantly above target.Target 50 ft agl
0 % Very poor landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.03 m right0.01 m left to 0.03 m right -0.02 0.01 m
95 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 1.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.11 g 0.94 0.98 g
Info Average speed 57 kt48 kt min to max 63 kt 63 48 kt
Info Average VSI -384 fpm-772 fpm min to max -62 fpm -534 -131 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 87 ft agl 87 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °-0.7 ° min to max 8.8 ° 0.5 7.9 °
07515022530037545052560067575082590097501733506783Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825900975-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.58Touchdown point was 394 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 48 kt was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -131 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. .
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown rate was -131 fpm.
59 % Touchdown distance was 832 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 48 ktTarget below 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.83 m left0.78 m left 0.74 0.83 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.98 g min to max 1.16 g 0.98 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 47 kt47 kt min to max 48 kt 48 47 kt
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °7.9 ° min to max 8.4 ° 7.9 8.1 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 53 kt with 10.4° 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°LIFTOFF10.4° off16° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 50 kt 5.9° 0 s
Liftoff29 m · target 65 53 kt 10.4° 0.7 s
35 ft168 m · 3.8 s after liftoff 62 kt 15.9° 4.5 s
End of the climb263 m · 77 ft 65 kt 17.2° 7.0 s

Takeoff from MDST 11

Takeoff roll100.00
800m31 %
Liftoff speed85.77
53kttarget 65, 12 slow
TechniqueOk
soft or short field
Runway alignment51.91
16.24m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb89.16
613fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 77 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,680 m of runway left.

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 END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 53 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,606 m runway.

Rolled from 758 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 16 m at the widest, and lifted off 16 m left. Airborne 30 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 15.55 m LROLL 758 M INAirborne 788 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 788 m of 2,606 m · 30 %
Behind the start of the roll, 758 mTakeoff roll, 29 m Left ahead, 1,819 m

Landing and touchdown on MDST 29

Over the threshold

Threshold height29.91
86ft
Threshold speed100.00
62kttarget 54, 8 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.03m R

Touchdown

Past threshold59.00
832m
Centreline100.00
0.83m L
Speed100.00
47kttarget 52 or less
Touchdown rate98.92
-142fpm
Impact100.00
1.16G
BouncesOk
None
The flare0.00

Very poor landing flare

The crosswind

Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

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 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 86 ft, 36 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 832 m in, 527 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 1,524 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.

86 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −142 fpm · 7.9° nose up · 48 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 86 ft, down at 832 m

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

The sink went from 620 fpm at 116 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.2° 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 UP0−750−1,500−1°4°10°touchdown−142 fpm at touchdown7.9° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,606 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 832 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 832 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 832 m of 2,606 m · 32 %
In the air over the runway, 832 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,774 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll on runway 11 at Cibao International Airport, where the Pilatus PC-6 aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 38 meters, which is just 1% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 53 knots, indicating a smooth and efficient start to the flight.

As the aircraft climbed out of Cibao International Airport, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 3,982 feet above sea level. This climb was achieved in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles and an increase of 3,333 feet in altitude. The climb started overhead the airport, which is located in Santiago, Provincia de Dajabon, Dominican Republic.

After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, starting 3 miles northwest of Rio Verde Arriba, Provincia de La Vega, Dominican Republic. The descent was from 3,901 feet above sea level to 646 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,255 feet in altitude, which was achieved in 4 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles.

The flight concluded with a landing on runway 29 at Cibao International Airport, where the runway length is 2,606 meters. The threshold height at 87 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 63 knots. The touchdown point was 62 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 48 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -131 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Throughout the flight, the local weather conditions remained consistent, with a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. The total flight distance was 6 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 6 minutes. The aircraft used 21 kilograms of fuel during the flight.

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