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NZAR
Manurewa, New Zealand
Runway 21L

Flight Score

91.00 %
NZAR
Manurewa, New Zealand
Runway 21L
12 Sep 2026 0:09 11 nm Cessna 172 5 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Pattern Score
77.68 %
Arrival Score
95.31 %

What went well

Touchdown 130 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 18 ft and 59 kt — both inside band
Flare on profile — 97 %

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg — Heading -48.5 ° at 0 %, −2.50 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -17.1 ° at 19 %, −2.02 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 120.5 °. at 0 %, bank angle up to 34.1 ° at 88 %, −1.87 points
Arrival Approach — 500 ft gate 67 %, −0.00 points

Top opportunity

Steady the approach

Arrival Approach

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 16 stages, 15 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport, Average speed was 16 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 13 kt 0 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.9 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.0 1.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Landing Gear Activated 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 24 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 23 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport. Takeoff distance 240 m 18 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 69 kt. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 27 kt at 219 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 26 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 240 m18 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 69 ktTarget 65 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.97 m0.00 m left to 0.97 m right -0.48 -0.97 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 0.99 1.09 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °1.2 ° min to max 7.4 ° 1.9 7.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.4 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 72 kt69 kt min to max 73 kt 69 72 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.4 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.93 g min to max 1.15 g 1.09 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 666 fpm361 fpm min to max 897 fpm 361 897 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 37 ft agl 0 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °7.5 ° min to max 13.6 ° 7.5 13.4 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 71 kt67 kt min to max 72 kt 72 67 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 1,082 fpm901 fpm min to max 1,158 fpm 901 1,057 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl38 ft agl min to max 234 ft agl 38 234 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °12.2 ° min to max 14.4 ° 13.7 12.2 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 18 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kt61 kt min to max 78 kt 67 78 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.6 °5.6 ° min to max 26.4 ° 5.6 21.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.87 g min to max 1.23 g 0.97 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 553 fpm167 fpm min to max 1,185 fpm 989 591 fpm
Info Average altitude 295 ft agl234 ft agl min to max 426 ft agl 234 426 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °7.4 ° min to max 13.5 ° 12.8 8.4 °
Pattern Crosswind 63.62Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
19 % Heading -17.1 °-28.4 ° min to max -1.1 ° -1.1 -28.4 °
100 % Average speed 83 kt79 kt min to max 87 kt 79 80 kt
99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.88 g min to max 1.41 g 1.01 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 1,059 fpm332 fpm min to max 1,751 fpm 630 1,348 fpm
Info Average altitude 616 ft agl437 ft agl min to max 825 ft agl 437 825 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 12.4 °0.5 ° min to max 27.7 ° 27.7 26.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °5.6 ° min to max 15.6 ° 8.7 12.9 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 66.36Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 120.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 120.5 °.
100 % Average speed 85 kt79 kt min to max 89 kt 79 89 kt
88 % Average bank angle 22.8 °5.9 ° min to max 34.1 ° 27.4 5.9 °
99 % Average g force 1.08 g0.89 g min to max 1.36 g 0.98 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 538 fpm-278 fpm min to max 1,158 fpm 1,158 728 fpm
Info Average altitude 905 ft agl848 ft agl min to max 958 ft agl 848 958 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °1.6 ° min to max 11.0 ° 11.0 4.4 °
Pattern Downwind 99.98Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 47 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 4.7 °-6.5 ° min to max 11.0 ° -0.3 -6.5 °
100 % Average altitude 961 ft agl837 ft agl min to max 1,042 ft agl 970 837 ft agl
100 % Average speed 92 kt67 kt min to max 108 kt 91 71 kt
99.8 % Average g force 0.99 g0.62 g min to max 1.24 g 0.94 1.22 g
Info Average VSI -193 fpm-1,248 fpm min to max 681 fpm 613 -1,145 fpm
Info Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 24.4 ° 0.0 24.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-4.8 ° min to max 6.5 ° 4.3 -2.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 935 ft agl · 91 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 81.12Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 24.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 24.3 °.
100 % Average speed 71 kt68 kt min to max 72 kt 72 70 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.0 °5.0 ° min to max 25.3 ° 23.4 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.00 g min to max 1.21 g 1.21 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -809 fpm-1,129 fpm min to max -278 fpm -964 -278 fpm
Info Average altitude 707 ft agl614 ft agl min to max 819 ft agl 819 614 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-4.7 ° min to max 4.1 ° -0.8 4.1 °
Pattern Base Leg 55.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -48.5 °-94.2 ° min to max 13.9 ° 13.9 -81.9 °
100 % Average speed 65 kt62 kt min to max 70 kt 70 63 kt
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.87 g min to max 1.15 g 0.99 0.98 g
0 % 0 0 fpm
Info Average altitude 491 ft agl421 ft agl min to max 610 ft agl 610 421 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 9.9 °1.1 ° min to max 18.0 ° 3.4 2.2 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-3.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 3.8 4.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 651 ft agl · 76 kt
Arrival Approach 83.33Final approach to runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport. Descent from 96 ft agl to 93 ft agl in 1 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On centrelinefailed
100 % On speedpassed
Arrival Landing (GA) 55.46Landing on runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport, runway length 1,298 m. Threshold height at 79 ft agl was well above target. Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
64 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kt. Target 60 kt
46 % Target 50 ft agl
44 % Heading variation 84.1 °29.6 ° min to max 272.0 ° 272.0 48.9 °
48 % Average bank angle 12.3 °0.3 ° min to max 21.9 ° 17.4 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.92 g min to max 1.15 g 1.09 1.10 g
Info Average speed 80 kt79 kt min to max 82 kt 79 82 kt
Info Average VSI -94 fpm-258 fpm min to max 40 fpm -46 -16 fpm
Info Average altitude 77 ft agl64 ft agl min to max 82 ft agl 79 64 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-1.6 ° min to max 4.5 ° 1.9 4.5 °
Go-around 99.97Go-Around runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport at 77 ft agl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kt62 kt min to max 105 kt 82 64 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.0 ° min to max 24.9 ° 0.8 1.5 °
99.7 % Average g force 1.02 g0.47 g min to max 1.42 g 1.17 1.00 g
Info Average altitude 579 ft agl77 ft agl min to max 1,109 ft agl 77 106 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °-8.1 ° min to max 14.0 ° 4.6 -1.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 80 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 92 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 822 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 700 ft agl · 84 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 678 ft agl · 84 kt
Arrival Approach 100.00Final approach to runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport. Descent from 605 ft agl to 32 ft agl in 56 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
100 % On centrelinepassed
100 % On speedpassed
Arrival Landing 99.24Landing on runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport, runway length 1,298 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 60 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 60 kt. Target 60 kt
100 % Target 50 ft agl
97 % Excellent landing flare
100 % Heading variation 1.9 °-5.0 ° min to max 9.9 ° -5.0 9.9 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 1.05 0.97 g
Info Average speed 57 kt55 kt min to max 60 kt 60 55 kt
Info Average VSI -360 fpm-565 fpm min to max -264 fpm -565 -283 fpm
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 18 ft agl 18 -3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °2.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 2.0 3.8 °
07515001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 86.70Touchdown distance was good at 127 m. Touchdown speed at 55 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -283 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 33 °C. Wind 3 kt at 1 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
53 % Touchdown VSI was -283 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 127 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 55 ktTarget below 54 kt
92 % Runway alignment max 5.31 m4.36 m left 3.01 5.31 m
92 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.6 ° min to max 2.9 ° 0.6 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.16 g 0.97 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 54 kt53 kt min to max 55 kt 55 53 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °3.8 ° min to max 5.2 ° 3.8 5.2 °

Takeoff

100.00 %
100.00Takeoff roll240 m · 18 %
100.00Liftoff speed69 kt
100.00Runway alignment0.97 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb666 ft/m
Takeoff weight943 kg
Airfield elevation105 ft asl
Wind220° · 27 kn · 3 kn cross

Approach

100.00 %
66.67500 ft gate4 of 6
100.00Threshold height18 ft
100.00Threshold speed59 kt
100.00Centreline offset3.01 m L
Flare 96.94Excellent landing flare

Touchdown

86.70 %
100.00Touchdown point130 m
91.77Centreline at touchdown5.31 m L
53.40Sink rate-282 ft/m
100.00Touchdown force1.16 G
OkBouncesNone
Landing weight938 kg
Airfield elevation105 ft asl
Wind1° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.

Six checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

The approach, gate by gate

Gate Height Centreline Speed
THR 18 ft 1.22 m R −0 kt

Touchdown on NZAR 21L

Past threshold
130 m
Off centreline
5.31 mL
Sink rate
-282 ft/m
Impact
1.16G

Side view — the last 1,298 m of the approach.

18 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 18 ft, down at 130 m

Plan view — the full 1,298 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 130 m past threshold CLEARED

The 130 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 130 m of 1,298 m · 10 %

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Flight narrative

The Cessna 172 departed NZAR Ardmore Airport from runway 21L, achieving lift-off after a ground roll of 240 m, which represented 18 % of the available runway. The aircraft left the surface at 69 kt. Ambient conditions were 14 °C with a wind from 219° at 27 kt, providing a 26 kt head-wind component and a 3 kt cross-wind.

During the left-hand traffic pattern the aircraft entered from runway 21L, covering less than 1 nm in 18 seconds. It proceeded to the crosswind leg, again less than 1 nm in 21 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with a 120.5° angle to the runway, followed by a downwind leg of 2 nm completed in 47 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 2 nm at a 24.3° angle to the runway, and the base leg itself was less than 1 nm in 32 seconds. The final approach was established from the north-east on a heading of 246.0° at 2 nm and 418 ft AGL.

The descent profile included a brief reduction from 96 ft AGL to 93 ft AGL in 1 second, followed later by a longer descent from 605 ft AGL to 32 ft AGL over 56 seconds, both segments meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.

A go-around was executed on runway 21L when the aircraft reached 77 ft AGL, after which the crew re-established the final approach.

Landing was completed on runway 21L, whose length is 1,298 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 60 kt. Touchdown occurred 127 m down the runway at a speed of 55 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 283 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 5.3 m from the centreline. At the time of landing the weather was 33 °C with a wind from 1° at 3 kt, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind component.

In total the flight covered 13 nm, lasted 9 (units as reported), and consumed 5 kg of fuel.

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport in the Cessna 172
100 %
100 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport. Takeoff distance 240 m 18 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 69 kt. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 27 kt at 219 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 26 kt.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 240 m using 18.46 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 69 kn - Target 65 kn
Alignment
100 %
0.00 m left to 0.97 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 50 30
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
8 4.5 1
0250500-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 11 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
900 400 -100
100 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 21L NZAR Ardmore Airport.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
100 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
15 14 12
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 1,000 800
025050004284126168210 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.010.020.040.050.060100 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.010.020.040.050.06-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport in the Cessna 172
Landing Score 92.97 %
Landing Summary

The final approach to runway 21L at Ardmore Airport was flown from the north-east on a heading of 246.0° at 2 nm and 418 ft agl. During the approach the aircraft descended from 605 ft agl to 32 ft agl in 56 seconds and later from 96 ft agl to 93 ft agl in 1 second, with the flight scoring on the stabilisation gates.

At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 60 kt. The touchdown point was 127 m down the runway, meeting the expected distance from the threshold.

Touchdown occurred at a speed of 55 kt, noted as a little fast, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 283 fpm. The aircraft landed slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from the centreline.

The score of 67.3 % suggests the landing was acceptable but could be refined; reducing the touchdown speed and improving alignment through a more precise flare will help bring the performance closer to optimal.

100 %
Approach
Final approach to runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport. Descent from 605 ft agl to 32 ft agl in 56 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
Glideslope °
4 3 2
IAS kt
67 63 60
Alignment
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
8 4 0
G
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
-359 -629 -900
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.252.52.7533.253.53.7540100200300400500 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.252.52.7533.253.53.754-780-585-390-1950195390585780 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
99.24 %
Landing
Landing on runway 21L at NZAR Ardmore Airport, runway length 1,298 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 60 kt.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 60 kt. Target 60 kt
Flare
96.94 %
Excellent landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 55 50
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-264 -432 -600
07515001123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
86.7 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 127 m. Touchdown speed at 55 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -283 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 33 °C. Wind 3 kt at 1 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
Touchdown
53.4 %
Touchdown rate was fair at -284 ft/m.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 55 kt was a little fast. Target below 54 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 127 m.
Alignment
91.77 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from centreline.
Bank
91.59 %
Bank angle 1.9 °
G
100 %
G 1.03 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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