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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight875 kg
Fuel62 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

99.10 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight875 kg
Fuel60 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
18 Dec 2024 0:09 3 nm PA28 Archer II 2 kg
Departure Score
97.43 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.88 %

What went well

Touched down at -40 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 372 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 14 ft and 64 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 12.5 ° at 72 %, −0.77 points
Departure Climb 1 — scored 99.18 %, −0.09 points

Next time

Smooth the climb

See Departure Climb 2

A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 10 stages, 8 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 100.00Departure roll runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 94 m 3 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 62 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 94 m3 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 62 knTarget 62 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.15 m1.15 m left to 0.00 m left 1.15 0.20 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.11 g 0.98 1.11 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °1.7 ° min to max 6.4 ° 1.7 6.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.5 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4 ft agl · 58 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.18Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 64 kn62 kn min to max 65 kn 62 65 kn
97 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.6 3.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.14 g 1.12 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 3.3 m/s2.1 m/s min to max 4.0 m/s 2.1 4.0 m/s
Info Average altitude 7.3 m agl0.4 m agl min to max 16.0 m agl 0.4 16.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.4 °6.6 ° min to max 11.8 ° 6.6 11.8 °
Departure Climb 2 93.09Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.1 1.0 °
100 % Average speed 64 kn63 kn min to max 65 kn 65 63 kn
72 % Average bank angle 8.8 °3.4 ° min to max 12.5 ° 3.4 12.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.02 g 0.98 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 4.3 m/s4.0 m/s min to max 4.7 m/s 4.0 4.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 24.3 m agl16.2 m agl min to max 44.2 m agl 16.2 44.2 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.9 °11.8 ° min to max 13.8 ° 11.8 12.2 °
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Monkton (South Ayrshire, Scotland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 49 m asl14 m asl min to max 145 m asl 60 14 m asl
100 % Average speed 70 kn57 kn min to max 79 kn 63 57 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 25.9 ° 13.5 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.14 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °-2.0 ° min to max 11.3 ° 11.3 6.0 °
Go-around Go-Around runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport at 0.0 m agl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 65 kn50 kn min to max 76 kn 57 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.0 ° min to max 24.5 ° 0.2 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average altitude 22.3 m agl-2.3 m agl min to max 84.0 m agl -1.8 28.5 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °-2.5 ° min to max 12.7 ° 6.0 1.4 °
Arrival Final 1 99.71Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 27.2 m agl to -1.5 m agl. A decrease of 28.7 m in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.5 °0.9 ° min to max 1.8 °Target 3.0 ° 1.8 0.9 °
100 % Average speed 69 kn66 kn min to max 73 kn 73 66 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.1 ° min to max 3.6 ° 2.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1.4 m/s-1.7 m/s min to max -0.7 m/s -1.3 -0.7 m/s
Info Average altitude 12.7 m agl-1.5 m agl min to max 27.2 m agl 27.2 -1.5 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °1.6 ° min to max 4.2 ° 1.6 4.2 °
00.250.50.751050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 65 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 65 kn. Target 70 kn
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.4 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average speed 58 kn51 kn min to max 65 kn 65 51 kn
Info Average VSI -0.3 m/s-0.6 m/s min to max 0.0 m/s -0.6 -0.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 2.9 m agl2.0 m agl min to max 4.5 m agl 4.5 2.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.3 °5.0 ° min to max 9.1 ° 5.0 9.1 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 4 ft agl · 51 kt
07515022530037545001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 370 m. Touchdown speed at 51 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -0.2 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -0.2 m/s.
100 % Touchdown distance was 370 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 51 knTarget 61 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.42 m2.35 m left 2.42 2.27 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.01 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 50 kn50 kn min to max 51 kn 51 50 kn
Info Average pitch angle 9.4 °9.1 ° min to max 9.8 ° 9.1 9.8 °
Arrival Rollout 99.82Total landing distance 659 m, 24 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 659 m24 % of runway.
99.6 % Runway alignment max 3.16 m3.16 m left to 0.00 m left 2.03 3.16 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average speed 45 kn33 kn min to max 51 kn 51 33 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °1.6 ° min to max 9.1 ° 9.1 1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 9 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kn0 kn min to max 50 kn 27 50 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.3 ° min to max 3.4 ° 1.5 2.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 62 kt with 4.8° 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°LIFTOFF4.8° off12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 54 kt 1.7° 0 s
Liftoff81 m 62 kt 4.8° 2.4 s
35 ft212 m · 3.8 s after liftoff 65 kt 11.6° 6.2 s
End of the climb463 m · 145 ft 63 kt 12.2° 14.3 s

Takeoff from EGPK 12

Takeoff roll100.00
94m3 %
Liftoff speed100.00
62kt
Runway alignment100.00
1.15m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.18
648fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 145 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,483 m of runway left; then climbing at 730 fpm on average to 145 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 62 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 1,042 m in, never more than 0.8 m off the centreline. Airborne 41 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 0.81 m LROLL 1,042 M INAirborne 1,122 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,122 m of 2,737 m · 41 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,042 mTakeoff roll, 81 m Left ahead, 1,614 m

The approach to EGPK 12

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 90 ft below the slope.

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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND124
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 7× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 50 m left of the centreline at 0.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.5 nm to the threshold.

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 nmTHR128 m L0128 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND16 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 12

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
14ft
Threshold speed100.00
64kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.02m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
372m
Centreline100.00
2.42m L
Speed100.00
51kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-40fpm
Impact100.00
1.01G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 270° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 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.

The stop

From 53 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 14 s, an average deceleration of 0.10 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

020406030 kt · 303 mtouchdown315 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 14 ft, 36 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 372 m in, 67 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.

14 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −39 fpm · 9.1° nose up · 51 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 14 ft, down at 372 m

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

The sink went from 110 fpm at 13 ft to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.1° 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−39 fpm at touchdown9.1° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2.3 m left of the centreline, and stayed within 2.4 m of it down the rollout.

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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 372 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 372 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 607 m of 2,737 m · 22 %
In the air over the runway, 372 mRollout, 235 m Left over, 2,130 m
Rollout distance100.00
235m22 % used
Rollout alignment99.60
3.16m L

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, a PA28 Archer II aircraft taking to the skies. The takeoff distance was a mere 94 meters, which is just 3% of the runway's total length. The liftoff speed was 62 knots, a relatively low speed for a PA28 Archer II, which is capable of reaching speeds of up to 123 knots.

As the aircraft climbed to a safe altitude, it leveled off and began its enroute level cruise. This phase of the flight lasted for just 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its descent, executing a go-around at an altitude of 0.0 meters above ground level (agl) before making a final approach to runway 12.

The final approach was made from the north-west, with the aircraft heading 122.0 degrees at an altitude of 27.2 meters agl and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The landing was smooth, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 51 knots and a distance of 370 meters. The touchdown rate was perfect, at -0.2 meters per second, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.

The total landing distance was 659 meters, which is just 24% of the runway's total length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft throughout the landing process. The local weather conditions remained consistent throughout the flight, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from 270 degrees.

The flight was relatively short, covering a total distance of 3 nautical miles and lasting just 9 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2 kilograms of fuel during the flight, a relatively small amount considering the PA28 Archer II's fuel capacity. Overall, the flight was a successful demonstration of the aircraft's capabilities and the pilot's skills.

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