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MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 29
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,835 kg
Fuel232 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

98.04 %
MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 29
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,821 kg
Fuel217 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
10 Sep 2025 0:04 4 nm Pilatus PC-6 15 kg
Departure Score
96.69 %
Enroute Score
98.15 %
Arrival Score
99.29 %

What went well

Touched down at -227 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 269 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 23 ft and 62 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Strobe Lights at 0 %, Runway alignment max 7.22 m right at 85 %, −0.67 points
Enroute Level — Altitude held within ±609 ft of 1,856 ft asl at 88 %, −0.62 points
Departure Climb 3 — bank angle up to 11.4 ° at 75 %, −0.41 points

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Departure

Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.

What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 3.6°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.

Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.

See Departure Climb 3

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

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Start to finish · 10 stages, 9 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 29 at MDST Cibao International Airport, Average speed was 16 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 28 kt0 kt min to max 40 kt 0 40 kt
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °0.0 ° min to max 8.0 ° 0.0 7.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.96 g0.94 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.95 g

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 5 kt
Departure Roll 91.96Departure roll runway 29 at MDST Cibao International Airport. Takeoff distance 174 m 7 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 60 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 174 m7 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 60 ktTarget 65 kt
85 % Runway alignment max 7.22 m right0.00 m left to 7.22 m right -4.99 -4.60 m
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.94 g min to max 1.05 g 0.95 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °4.8 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.8 7.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 70 kt60 kt min to max 78 kt 60 78 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.1 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 1.07 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 436 fpm297 fpm min to max 589 fpm 297 589 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 1 49 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °6.3 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.2 6.9 °
Departure Climb 2 99.76Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.7 °
100 % Average speed 82 kt78 kt min to max 86 kt 78 80 kt
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.2 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.5 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 713 fpm561 fpm min to max 1,467 fpm 595 1,310 fpm
Info Average altitude 102 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 397 ft agl 50 397 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °5.8 ° min to max 11.0 ° 6.7 9.4 °
Departure Climb 3 95.04Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °-1.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.8 -1.1 °
100 % Average speed 82 kt80 kt min to max 84 kt 80 83 kt
75 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 11.4 ° 1.1 5.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 0.96 1.01 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,133 fpm921 fpm min to max 1,306 fpm 1,244 926 fpm
Info Average altitude 714 ft agl417 ft agl min to max 996 ft agl 417 996 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °6.5 ° min to max 9.3 ° 9.0 6.9 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead MDST Cibao International Airport Santiago (Provincia de Dajabon, Dominican Republic). Climbing from 1,575 ft asl to 2,170 ft asl, an increase of 595 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 90 kt83 kt min to max 104 kt 84 96 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.3 °0.1 ° min to max 32.5 ° 9.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.82 g min to max 1.34 g 1.07 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 696 fpm-788 fpm min to max 1,566 fpm 965 877 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,903 ft asl1,575 ft asl min to max 2,170 ft asl 1,575 2,170 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °-4.9 ° min to max 8.9 ° 7.8 3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 96.30Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of MDST Cibao International Airport Santiago (Provincia de Dajabon, Dominican Republic) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Altitude held within ±609 ft of 1,856 ft asl705 ft asl min to max 2,343 ft asl 2,187 705 ft asl
100 % Average speed 96 kt70 kt min to max 118 kt 94 70 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.7 °0.1 ° min to max 39.6 ° 1.9 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.75 g min to max 1.44 g 0.97 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.9 °-9.1 ° min to max 6.3 ° 5.4 -2.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,218 ft agl · 104 kt
Arrival Final 1 99.16Approaching runway 29 at MDST Cibao International Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 131 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 97 ft in 6 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.2 ° min to max 4.3 °Target 3.0 ° 4.3 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 65 kt63 kt min to max 69 kt 69 63 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -938 fpm-990 fpm min to max -885 fpm -970 -885 fpm
Info Average altitude 63 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 131 ft agl 131 34 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-3.6 ° min to max 0.4 ° -2.5 0.4 °
00.250.50.751050100Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 99.42Landing on runway 29 at MDST Cibao International Airport, runway length 2,606 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 63 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 63 kt. Target 60 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
98 % Excellent landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.01 m right0.00 m left to 0.01 m right 0.00 -0.00 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.1 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.93 g min to max 1.23 g 1.09 0.93 g
Info Average speed 55 kt48 kt min to max 63 kt 63 48 kt
Info Average VSI -304 fpm-878 fpm min to max -65 fpm -878 -176 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °0.8 ° min to max 8.4 ° 0.8 5.9 °
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.31Touchdown distance was good at 269 m. Touchdown speed at 48 kt was good. Touchdown rate was good at -176 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Touchdown rate was -176 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 269 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 48 ktTarget below 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.26 m right0.12 m right -0.26 0.01 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.6 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g0.93 g min to max 1.24 g 0.93 1.08 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 48 kt47 kt min to max 48 kt 48 47 kt
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °5.9 ° min to max 8.5 ° 5.9 7.6 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 59 kt with 5.4° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF5.4° off7° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 26 kt 7.8° 0 s
Liftoff154 m · target 65 59 kt 5.4° 5.4 s
35 ft381 m · 5.7 s after liftoff 75 kt 6.8° 11.1 s
End of Climb 32,802 m · 996 ft 83 kt 6.9° 64 s

Takeoff from MDST 29

Takeoff roll100.00
254m10 %
Liftoff speed100.00
59kttarget 65, 6 slow
Runway alignment84.78
7.22m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
435fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 996 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,116 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,020 fpm on average to 996 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 59 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

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

Rolled from 110 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 7.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.8 m right. Airborne 10 % 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 7.20 m RROLL 110 M INAirborne 263 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 263 m of 2,606 m · 10 %
Behind the start of the roll, 110 mTakeoff roll, 154 m Left ahead, 2,343 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 300 ft gate: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: left of the centreline all the way, fast all the way, banked until 0.4 nm, high until 0.2 nm, sinking too fast from 0.4 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Landing flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to MDST 29

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

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

High from 0.7 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to 320 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND455300 ft gate4 of 7sink rateon glideslopeon centreline
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

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 256 m left of the centreline at 0.7 nm.

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° BAND92 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 27 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 16 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 0.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +28 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.

406080100 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 54+27 kt+9 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on MDST 29

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
23ft
Threshold speed100.00
62kttarget 54, 8 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.01m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
269m
Centreline100.00
0.26m R
Speed100.00
48kttarget 52 or less
Touchdown rate97.23
-227fpm
Impact100.00
1.24G
BouncesOk
None
The flare97.67

Excellent landing flare

The crosswind

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

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 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 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 23 ft, 27 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 269 m in, close to 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.

23 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −227 fpm · 5.9° nose up · 48 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 23 ft, down at 269 m

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

The sink went from 780 fpm at 30 ft to 230 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.2° 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°touchdown−227 fpm at touchdown5.9° 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 269 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 269 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 269 m of 2,606 m · 10 %
In the air over the runway, 269 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,337 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 29 at Cibao International Airport. The Pilatus PC-6 aircraft accelerated down the runway, covering a distance of 174 meters, which accounted for 7% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 60 knots, marking the start of the takeoff phase.

As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 16 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees. The enroute climb phase began overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from an initial altitude of 1,575 feet above sea level to 2,170 feet, a vertical gain of 595 feet in just 1 minute. This climb phase covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. This phase began 1 mile southwest of the airport and marked a brief period of steady flight at a consistent altitude.

The final approach phase began from the east, with the aircraft heading towards runway 29 at Cibao International Airport. The aircraft was at an altitude of 131 feet above ground level and 0 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The approach was made with a heading of 284.0 degrees, and the aircraft touched down on the runway with a good touchdown distance of 266 meters.

The landing was characterized by a slightly above-target threshold speed of 63 knots and a touchdown speed of 48 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also good at -176 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees.

The total flight distance was 4 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 4 minutes. The aircraft used 15 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was executed smoothly, with a good climb, cruise, and landing performance.

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