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KCDW
Caldwell, United States
Runway 04
Elevation171 ft asl
Weight972 kg
Fuel73 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

95.20 %
KCDW
Caldwell, United States
Runway 04
Elevation171 ft asl
Weight970 kg
Fuel71 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
13 Sep 2024 0:08 5 nm Cessna Skyhawk 2 kg
Departure Score
92.25 %
Pattern Score
0.00 %
Arrival Score
97.84 %

What went well

Touched down at -94 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 147 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.29 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.87 points
Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 18.8 ° at 56 %, −1.85 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed at 49 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 74 %, −0.56 points

Top opportunity

Maintain the centreline

Departure Roll

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 · 13 stages, 12 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 Roll 88.77Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 85 m 7 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 85 m7 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 56 knTarget 62 kn
94 % Runway alignment max 4.73 m4.73 m left to 0.00 m left 4.10 4.73 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °1.1 ° min to max 4.3 ° 1.3 4.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.4 0.8 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 60 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.07Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn56 kn min to max 67 kn 56 67 kn
96 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.15 g 1.08 1.10 g
Info Average VSI 372 ft/m277 ft/m min to max 474 ft/m 377 362 ft/m
Info Average altitude 25 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 48 ft agl 0 48 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °4.4 ° min to max 7.4 ° 4.6 6.7 °
Departure Climb 2 88.92Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 71 kn67 kn min to max 82 kn 67 80 kn
56 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 18.8 ° 0.1 18.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.86 g min to max 1.16 g 1.11 1.10 g
Info Average VSI 528 ft/m332 ft/m min to max 1,418 ft/m 372 1,418 ft/m
Info Average altitude 101 ft agl48 ft agl min to max 378 ft agl 48 378 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °3.2 ° min to max 11.8 ° 6.8 11.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 165 ft agl · 80 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KCDW Essex County Caldwell (New Jersey, United States). Climbing from 581 ft asl to 952 ft asl, an increase of 371 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kn69 kn min to max 78 kn 78 75 kn
100 % Average bank angle 13.4 °0.5 ° min to max 19.6 ° 19.2 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.65 g min to max 1.13 g 1.07 0.83 g
Info Average VSI 983 ft/m414 ft/m min to max 1,640 ft/m 1,515 473 ft/m
Info Average altitude 779 ft asl581 ft asl min to max 952 ft asl 581 952 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °1.9 ° min to max 14.8 ° 12.7 1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Fairfield (New Jersey, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 959 ft asl892 ft asl min to max 1,018 ft asl 954 892 ft asl
100 % Average speed 86 kn77 kn min to max 91 kn 77 88 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.3 °0.0 ° min to max 23.0 ° 1.1 17.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.22 g 0.86 1.09 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-3.8 ° min to max 8.8 ° 0.2 -1.3 °
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile east of Fairfield (New Jersey, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 68 kn56 kn min to max 89 kn 88 63 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.8 °0.0 ° min to max 30.2 ° 17.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.69 g min to max 1.32 g 1.07 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -58 ft/m-970 ft/m min to max 1,711 ft/m -501 -512 ft/m
Info Average altitude 840 ft asl630 ft asl min to max 1,089 ft asl 884 630 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-5.7 ° min to max 14.6 ° -1.2 -2.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 871 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 920 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 757 ft agl · 74 kt
Arrival Final 2 99.95Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 450 ft agl to 361 ft agl. A decrease of 88 ft in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.4 °3.4 ° min to max 3.5 °Target 3.0 ° 3.5 3.4 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn60 kn min to max 63 kn 62 60 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.5 °
99.7 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.4 ° min to max 3.1 ° 1.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.06 g 0.97 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -536 ft/m-646 ft/m min to max -395 ft/m -539 -406 ft/m
Info Average altitude 401 ft agl361 ft agl min to max 450 ft agl 450 361 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-3.5 ° min to max -1.3 ° -2.9 -1.4 °
11.251.51.752300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 99.83Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 354 ft agl to 14 ft agl. A decrease of 340 ft in 46 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.8 °0.8 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 3.0 ° 3.4 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 48 kn45 kn min to max 60 kn 59 49 kn
99.6 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.5 0.0 °
99.5 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.6 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.83 g min to max 1.13 g 0.97 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -349 ft/m-718 ft/m min to max -139 ft/m -444 -369 ft/m
Info Average altitude 72 ft agl14 ft agl min to max 354 ft agl 354 14 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-3.6 ° min to max 4.8 ° -1.8 3.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 93.26Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County, runway length 1,234 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 49 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Threshold speed at 49 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 63 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
98 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.8 ° 1.0 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.97 g min to max 1.15 g 1.13 1.00 g
Info Average speed 47 kn44 kn min to max 49 kn 49 44 kn
Info Average VSI -159 ft/m-361 ft/m min to max -88 ft/m -361 -94 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 10 ft agl 10 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.5 ° min to max 4.7 ° 3.1 4.7 °
07515001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.89Touchdown distance was good at 144 m. Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -94 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 144 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 44 knTarget 53 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.34 m1.31 m left 1.34 1.29 m
98 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.9 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.00 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 43 kn43 kn min to max 44 kn 44 43 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °4.7 ° min to max 5.3 ° 4.7 5.3 °
Arrival Rollout 99.12Total landing distance 298 m, 24 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 298 m24 % of runway.
98 % Runway alignment max 4.50 m3.59 m left to 0.91 m right 1.29 -0.91 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average speed 50 kn30 kn min to max 53 kn 53 30 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °0.1 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.4 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.9 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 7 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 19 kn2 kn min to max 28 kn 28 11 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.1 0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 95.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kn5 kn min to max 16 kn 12 5 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 5 knmax 6 kn 0 5 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.7 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll85 m · 7 %
100.00Liftoff speed56 kt
93.86Runway alignment4.73 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
99.07Rate of climb372 fpm

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

100.00Threshold height9 ft
73.66Threshold speed48 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.02 m L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KCDW 04

Past threshold100.00
147m
Centreline100.00
1.29m L
Speed100.00
43kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-94fpm
Impact100.00
1.07G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,234 m of the approach.

9 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 9 ft, down at 147 m

Plan view — the full 1,234 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 147 m past threshold CLEARED

The 147 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 283 m of 1,234 m · 23 %
Rollout distance100.00
137m23 % used
Rollout alignment98.03
3.59m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County in the Cessna Skyhawk
92.25 %
88.77 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 85 m 7 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 85 m using 6.89 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 56 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
93.86 %
4.73 m left to 0.00 m left
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 50 40
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3 1
02505007501,000-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
99.07 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
96.26 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 6 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
88.92 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 75 60
Bank °
55.68 %
19 9.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 7.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,500 850 200
02505007501,000020406080100 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.050.090.140.190.230100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.050.090.140.190.23-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 98.02 %
Landing Summary
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99.95 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 450 ft agl to 361 ft agl. A decrease of 88 ft in 10 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
63 57 50
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
99.73 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-395 -548 -700
11.251.51.752300350400450 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
99.83 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 354 ft agl to 14 ft agl. A decrease of 340 ft in 46 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
99.6 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
60 50 40
Alignment
99.6 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
99.53 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-139 -469 -800
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
93.26 %
Landing
Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County, runway length 1,234 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 49 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
73.66 %
Threshold speed at 49 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 63 kt
Flare
100 %
Perfect landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
98.42 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
49 44 40
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-88 -244 -400
07515001123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150-15-12-9-6-303691215 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
99.89 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 144 m. Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 44 kt was good. Target below 53 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 144 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
97.88 %
Bank angle 1.5 °
G
100 %
G 1.05 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
99.12 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 298 m, 24 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 298 m using 24.14 % of runway
Alignment
98.03 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
43 26 10
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
6 3 0
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
95 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched Off
Taxi Lights
0 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 0.5 0
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