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KMRY
Monterey, United States
Elevation77 ft asl
Weight13,384 kg
Fuel3,096 kg
Wind270° · 16 kn

Flight Score

93.41 %
KMRY
Monterey, United States
Runway 28L
Elevation142 ft asl
Weight11,852 kg
Fuel1,465 kg
Wind270° · 10 kn
25 Jul 2026 0:27 24 nm Boeing CH-47 Chinook 1,632 kg
Departure Score
97.31 %
Enroute Score
97.30 %
Arrival Score
85.61 %

What went well

Touched down at 168 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
Approach kept its airspeed on the way down — no fast, slow descent

What held you back

Arrival Hover — Moved over the ground at 11.6 kt on average at 34 %, Height held within 11 ft at 43 %, −4.80 points
Departure Transition — Nose down by up to 20 ° at 73 %, −0.90 points
Enroute Level — bank angle up to 70.1 ° at 40 %, g force -0.12 to 2.83 g at 87 %, −0.85 points

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Departure

Lower the nose only a little and let the speed build; a steep nose-down attitude trades height for speed.

What happened: The nose went down by up to 20° to accelerate, where 15° is enough.

Watch for: Attitude: nose no lower than 15° while accelerating.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Pick a mark on the ground ahead and hold it with small cyclic pressures, correcting the moment it starts to move.

What happened: In the hover before landing the helicopter moved over the ground at 12 kt on average, where a steady hover stays under 5 kt.

Watch for: A fixed point on the ground just ahead, held still in the windscreen.

See Arrival Hover

A slow, steep descent with power applied can lead to vortex ring state, where the helicopter descends into its own downwash. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground. That condition and its recovery are worth studying on their own.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 16 stages, 16 scored

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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 6 kt0 kt min to max 12 kt 0 2 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 6 ktmax 7 kt 0 0 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 2.0 °1.1 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.3 3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 6 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 6 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 6 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 6 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 6 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 21 kt to 43 kt, reaching 313 ft above the spot in 36 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 3 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 1 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 55 ft8 ft min to max 313 ft 8 313 ft
Info Average ground speed 39 kt21 kt min to max 51 kt 21 43 kt
Info Average airspeed 20 kt2 kt min to max 35 kt 2 33 kt
Info Average VSI 355 fpm65 fpm min to max 1,204 fpm 73 1,081 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-1.2 ° min to max 11.6 ° 2.0 -1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.5 1.1 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.03 0.95 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Del Rey Oaks (California, United States). Climbing from 432 ft asl to 2,784 ft asl, an increase of 2,352 ft in 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 88 kt33 kt min to max 117 kt 33 116 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.0 ° min to max 31.5 ° 2.4 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.79 g min to max 1.24 g 0.98 1.17 g
Info Average VSI 1,163 fpm-306 fpm min to max 2,187 fpm 994 199 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,602 ft asl432 ft asl min to max 2,845 ft asl 432 2,784 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.0 °-9.4 ° min to max 10.2 ° -2.0 -4.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 99.93Enroute descent started 3 miles south east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States). Descent from 2,850 ft asl to 1,669 ft asl, a decrease of 1,181 ft in 1 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 132 kt104 kt min to max 154 kt 113 104 kt
100 % Average bank angle 16.3 °0.0 ° min to max 30.4 ° 1.0 21.2 °
99 % Average g force 1.05 g0.53 g min to max 1.40 g 0.96 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -721 fpm-3,441 fpm min to max 764 fpm 219 -787 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,790 ft asl1,541 ft asl min to max 2,850 ft asl 2,850 1,669 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -9.7 °-20.5 ° min to max -2.1 ° -5.2 -10.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Climb 2 99.83Enroute climb started 4 miles south west of Spreckels (California, United States). Climbing from 1,656 ft asl to 2,296 ft asl, an increase of 640 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 114 kt60 kt min to max 127 kt 104 60 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.8 °0.1 ° min to max 20.3 ° 20.3 3.5 °
98 % Average g force 1.03 g0.80 g min to max 1.80 g 1.14 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 461 fpm-1,158 fpm min to max 3,911 fpm -832 2,355 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,580 ft asl1,392 ft asl min to max 2,296 ft asl 1,656 2,296 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.3 °-14.4 ° min to max 20.0 ° -9.8 20.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±617 ft of 2,375 ft asl2,248 ft asl min to max 2,508 ft asl 2,337 2,261 ft asl
100 % Average speed 25 kt10 kt min to max 89 kt 56 89 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.82 g min to max 1.14 g 0.93 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-16.0 ° min to max 20.9 ° 20.0 -14.9 °
Enroute Descent 2 99.98Enroute descent started 2 miles east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States). Descent from 2,258 ft asl to 1,340 ft asl, a decrease of 918 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 131 kt92 kt min to max 156 kt 92 113 kt
100 % Average bank angle 16.4 °0.1 ° min to max 28.4 ° 0.1 14.5 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.05 g0.73 g min to max 1.37 g 0.97 1.14 g
Info Average VSI -624 fpm-2,187 fpm min to max 816 fpm -225 -68 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,679 ft asl1,340 ft asl min to max 2,258 ft asl 2,258 1,340 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -11.7 °-22.1 ° min to max -3.2 ° -15.4 -3.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Overspeed Warning Activated 1,360 ft agl · 160 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 1,356 ft agl · 163 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±567 ft of 1,414 ft asl1,295 ft asl min to max 1,486 ft asl 1,340 1,295 ft asl
100 % Average speed 55 kt5 kt min to max 112 kt 112 5 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.2 °0.0 ° min to max 33.1 ° 14.8 7.2 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.03 g0.82 g min to max 1.32 g 1.15 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °-5.4 ° min to max 19.9 ° -2.5 -0.1 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States). Descent from 1,288 ft asl to 742 ft asl, a decrease of 546 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt1 kt min to max 32 kt 5 2 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.1 ° min to max 8.8 ° 8.8 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -472 fpm-660 fpm min to max -222 fpm -431 -638 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,031 ft asl742 ft asl min to max 1,288 ft asl 1,288 742 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °-3.6 ° min to max 10.3 ° 0.1 -3.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 98.98Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Del Rey Oaks (California, United States) and lasted 9 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Altitude held within ±537 ft of 363 ft asl274 ft asl min to max 1,025 ft asl 733 576 ft asl
100 % Average speed 28 kt1 kt min to max 106 kt 1 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 14.4 ° 1.0 9.5 °
98 % Average g force 1.03 g-0.41 g min to max 3.43 g 1.03 1.33 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °-17.0 ° min to max 18.1 ° -7.7 -0.8 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 9 ft agl · 15 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00The approach began 429 ft above the landing spot at 76 kt and slowed to 15 kt in 67 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 786 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
100 % 0 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 12 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 237 ft52 ft min to max 483 ft 429 52 ft
Info Average ground speed 50 kt15 kt min to max 80 kt 76 15 kt
Info Average airspeed 58 kt26 kt min to max 86 kt 82 26 kt
Info Average VSI -330 fpm-786 fpm min to max 606 fpm 606 -286 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °-4.6 ° min to max 11.8 ° -2.3 6.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 8.0 ° 8.0 2.7 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.69 g min to max 1.27 g 0.92 1.01 g
020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 786 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. It kept its airspeed on the way down: nowhere was it slow and sinking fast.

Arrival Hover 56.84Hovered before the landing for 12 seconds, on average 28 ft above the spot, moving 252 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
34 % Moved over the ground at 11.6 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
43 % Height held within 11 ftFull marks within 4 ft
100 % Steepest bank 3 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 28 ft12 ft min to max 47 ft 47 12 ft
Info Average ground speed 12 kt8 kt min to max 15 kt 15 8 kt
Info Average VSI -195 fpm-273 fpm min to max -98 fpm -273 -187 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °6.0 ° min to max 8.4 ° 7.5 7.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.7 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.1 0.9 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.72 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.01 g
200 ft400 ftNArriveSet down
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from where it set down.
02040600 s5 s10 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 28.4 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 168 fpm with 4 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 168 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.7 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 4.4 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 4 ft0 ft min to max 9 ft 9 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 6 kt4 kt min to max 7 kt 7 4 kt
Info Average VSI -138 fpm-189 fpm min to max -63 fpm -189 -63 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °1.7 ° min to max 8.0 ° 7.4 1.7 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.2 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 0.99 1.02 g
0204060-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 210 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 168 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 4.4 kt, 0.7 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Departure Transition 91.93Accelerated away from 8 kt to 63 kt, reaching 139 ft above the spot in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
73 % Nose down by up to 20 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 78 ft17 ft min to max 139 ft 17 139 ft
Info Average ground speed 33 kt8 kt min to max 63 kt 8 63 kt
Info Average airspeed 31 kt14 kt min to max 52 kt 14 52 kt
Info Average VSI 640 fpm137 fpm min to max 1,160 fpm 259 430 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -13.0 °-20.4 ° min to max -4.5 ° -4.5 -14.8 °
Info Average bank angle 4.1 °0.2 ° min to max 8.5 ° 6.7 8.2 °
Info Average g force 1.05 g0.85 g min to max 1.25 g 0.85 1.09 g
Enroute Level 4 74.58Enroute level cruise started overhead Del Rey Oaks (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±514 ft of 547 ft asl247 ft asl min to max 988 ft asl 275 499 ft asl
100 % Average speed 75 kt9 kt min to max 115 kt 57 77 kt
40 % Average bank angle 10.3 °0.1 ° min to max 70.1 ° 7.0 2.2 °
87 % Average g force 1.09 g-0.12 g min to max 2.83 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.9 °-31.5 ° min to max 27.4 ° -13.9 1.4 °
Enroute Descent 4 99.68Enroute descent started overhead Del Rey Oaks (California, United States). Descent from 471 ft asl to 105 ft asl, a decrease of 366 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 59 kt40 kt min to max 78 kt 78 40 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 4.5 ° 0.6 0.6 °
97 % Average g force 1.03 g0.56 g min to max 1.58 g 1.11 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -747 fpm-1,716 fpm min to max 102 fpm -1,716 -80 fpm
Info Average altitude 217 ft asl105 ft asl min to max 471 ft asl 471 105 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °1.9 ° min to max 16.0 ° 1.9 4.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
73.10Nose down20°

Approach

100.00Steepest descent786 fpm
100.00Slow and sinking0 %
100.00Bank8°
100.00Nose up12°
42.50Hover before landingsteady within 11 ft

Touchdown

100.00Rate at contact168 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.7 kt
100.00Forward speed4.4 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach100.00

020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 786 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. It kept its airspeed on the way down: nowhere was it slow and sinking fast.

Touchdown100.00

0204060-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 210 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 168 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 4.4 kt, 0.7 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook taxied to runway 10R at KMRY Monterey Peninsula Airport and commenced its departure roll. The takeoff roll covered 48 m, representing 2 % of the runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 2 kt. Ambient conditions were 19 °C with wind from 269° at 18 kt, including a 7 kt crosswind component and a 16 kt tailwind.

After liftoff the helicopter began its first enroute climb overhead Del Rey Oaks, California, ascending from 1,182 ft asl to 2,850 ft asl, a gain of 1,668 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.

A descent then commenced 3 miles east of Del Rey Oaks, reducing altitude from 2,815 ft asl to 1,629 ft asl, a loss of 1,185 ft over 2 minutes and 4 nm.

The next climb segment started 4 miles southwest of Spreckels, California, where the aircraft rose from 1,633 ft asl to 2,501 ft asl, an increase of 868 ft in 2 minutes across 2 nm.

A level cruise followed 2 miles east of Del Rey Oaks, lasting 2 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.

The flight then entered a descent 2 miles east of Del Rey Oaks, descending from 2,099 ft asl to 1,373 ft asl, a decrease of 726 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 3 nm.

A second level cruise segment occurred again 2 miles east of Del Rey Oaks, lasting 2 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.

The final descent began 2 miles northeast of Del Rey Oaks, bringing the aircraft from 1,201 ft asl to 609 ft asl, a loss of 592 ft in 2 minutes over less than 1 nm.

Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 17 nm, required 27 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1,632 kg of fuel.

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