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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight704 kg
Fuel85 kg
Wind225° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

97.67 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight704 kg
Fuel44 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
13 Jun 2025 0:06 3 nm PA38 Tomahawk 41 kg
Departure Score
96.74 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
96.26 %

What went well

Touched down at -62 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 449 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 37 ft and 63 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 16.9 ° at 61 %, −1.09 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 3.4 ° at 40 %, −1.00 points
Arrival Final 2 — Approach angle 3.8 ° at 94 %, −0.25 points

Next time

Departure

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

What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 7.6°, more roll than the climb out called for.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb

See Departure Climb 2

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 · 9 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 Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 107 m 4 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kt. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kt at 224 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 107 m4 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 56 ktTarget 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.14 m left2.14 m left to 0.00 m left 2.14 1.78 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.21 g 1.00 1.21 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-0.5 ° min to max 7.0 ° -0.5 7.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.3 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 55 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 56 kt55 kt min to max 56 kt 56 55 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.4 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.94 g min to max 1.28 g 1.23 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 690 fpm481 fpm min to max 753 fpm 481 721 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 53 ft agl 1 53 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °7.4 ° min to max 10.6 ° 7.4 9.4 °
Departure Climb 2 90.22Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 54 kt54 kt min to max 55 kt 55 54 kt
61 % Average bank angle 7.6 °1.2 ° min to max 16.9 ° 1.2 16.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.01 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 624 fpm599 fpm min to max 717 fpm 717 599 fpm
Info Average altitude 80 ft agl54 ft agl min to max 115 ft agl 54 115 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.4 °8.9 ° min to max 9.6 ° 9.3 9.1 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Monkton (South Ayrshire, Scotland). Climbing from 183 ft asl to 486 ft asl, an increase of 304 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 74 kt54 kt min to max 88 kt 54 88 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.2 °0.0 ° min to max 30.2 ° 19.3 28.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.66 g min to max 1.18 g 1.00 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 251 fpm-80 fpm min to max 771 fpm 562 -39 fpm
Info Average altitude 396 ft asl183 ft asl min to max 495 ft asl 183 486 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-1.8 ° min to max 8.9 ° 8.3 -0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 141 ft agl · 67 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Mossblown (South Ayrshire, Scotland) and lasted 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±524 ft of 522 ft asl439 ft asl min to max 569 ft asl 486 546 ft asl
100 % Average speed 89 kt81 kt min to max 96 kt 88 88 kt
100 % Average bank angle 21.7 °0.2 ° min to max 31.0 ° 28.8 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.84 g min to max 1.22 g 1.15 0.96 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-3.6 ° min to max 4.3 ° -0.4 -0.6 °
Arrival Final 2 97.05Approaching runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 493 ft agl to 467 ft agl. A decrease of 26 ft in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Approach angle 3.8 °3.3 ° min to max 4.3 °Target 3.5 ° 3.3 4.3 °
100 % Average speed 88 kt85 kt min to max 89 kt 88 85 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
95 % Average bank angle 2.9 °1.8 ° min to max 5.0 ° 3.9 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.03 g 0.97 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -86 fpm-363 fpm min to max 80 fpm -67 -363 fpm
Info Average altitude 486 ft agl467 ft agl min to max 493 ft agl 493 467 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-2.3 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.8 -2.3 °
11.251.51.752400450500550Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-60-45-30-15015304560Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 88.00Approaching runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 460 ft agl to 50 ft agl. A decrease of 409 ft in 41 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
40 % Approach angle 3.4 °2.5 ° min to max 4.5 °Target 3.5 ° 4.3 2.5 °
100 % Average speed 67 kt64 kt min to max 84 kt 84 64 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.2 -0.0 °
99.7 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.7 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 0.98 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -593 fpm-788 fpm min to max -396 fpm -396 -532 fpm
Info Average altitude 140 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 460 ft agl 460 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-3.9 ° min to max -0.3 ° -2.4 -0.3 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 100.00Landing on runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 64 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 64 kt. Target 62 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.01 m right0.01 m right to 0.01 m right -0.01 -0.01 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.2 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.0 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average speed 55 kt45 kt min to max 64 kt 64 45 kt
Info Average VSI -173 fpm-528 fpm min to max 8 fpm -528 -55 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 39 ft agl 39 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °-0.3 ° min to max 6.8 ° -0.3 6.8 °
07515022530037545052501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 449 m. Touchdown speed at 45 kt was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -55 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kt at 224 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -55 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 449 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 45 ktTarget below 48 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.82 m right0.79 m right -0.77 -0.82 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.8 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 44 kt44 kt min to max 45 kt 45 44 kt
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °6.8 ° min to max 7.5 ° 6.8 7.5 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 55 kt with 5.5° 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.

60 kt4020020°10°0°LIFTOFF5.5° off11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 44 kt -0.5° 0 s
Liftoff101 m · target 58 55 kt 5.5° 3.1 s
35 ft200 m · 3.1 s after liftoff 56 kt 10.6° 6.2 s
End of the climb440 m · 115 ft 54 kt 9.1° 14.3 s

Takeoff from EGPK 12

Takeoff roll100.00
1,816m66 %
Liftoff speed100.00
55kttarget 58, 3 slow
Runway alignment100.00
2.14m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
690fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 115 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 818 m of runway left; then climbing at 620 fpm on average to 115 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 END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 55 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

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

Rolled from 1,719 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 1.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.5 m left. Airborne 66 % 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 ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 1.80 m LROLL 1,719 M INAirborne 1,820 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,820 m of 2,737 m · 67 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,719 mTakeoff roll, 101 m Left ahead, 916 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 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 gate500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: no landing flap all the way.

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 EGPK 30

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

Profile height against the 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 250 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: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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 SLOPE1,5501,1808004303.5° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND480311500 ft gate6 of 7landing flap478 ft · 90 kt
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.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 1.8 nm, never more than 145 m off the centreline.

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° BAND21 m R4 m R34 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −6 kt and +21 kt on the approach speed of 70 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.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 70+18 kt+1 kt−6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 30

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
37ft
Threshold speed100.00
63kttarget 70, 7 slow
Centreline offset100.00
0.01m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
449m
Centreline100.00
0.82m R
Speed100.00
44kttarget 68 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-62fpm
Impact100.00
1.05G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 270° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 37 ft, 13 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 449 m in, 144 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.

37 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −62 fpm · 6.7° nose up · 45 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 37 ft, down at 449 m

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

The sink went from 480 fpm at 36 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 7.0° 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°touchdown−62 fpm at touchdown6.7° 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 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. 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 449 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 449 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 449 m of 2,737 m · 16 %
In the air over the runway, 449 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,288 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the aircraft, a PA38 Tomahawk, successfully took off after covering a distance of 107 meters, which accounted for 4% of the runway. The liftoff speed was recorded at 56 knots. At the time of takeoff, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a gentle wind blowing at 3 knots from a direction of 224 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.

As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb overhead Monkton, a location in South Ayrshire, Scotland. During this phase, the aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 183 feet above sea level to a height of 486 feet, representing an increase of 304 feet in just one minute. The climb also covered a distance of one nautical mile. Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Mossblown, another location in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This phase lasted for four minutes and covered a distance of less than one nautical mile.

The final approach to runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport was initiated from the south-east, with the aircraft heading in a direction of 300 degrees at an altitude of 493 feet above ground level and a distance of one nautical mile from the runway. The approach was characterized by good threshold height and threshold speed, which were both recorded at 64 knots.

The landing on runway 30 was successful, with the aircraft touching down after covering a distance of 447 meters. The touchdown speed was recorded at 45 knots, and the touchdown rate was an excellent -55 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a wind blowing at 3 knots from a direction of 224 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.

The flight came to an end after covering a total distance of three nautical miles, which was achieved in six minutes. The aircraft used a total of 41 kilograms of fuel during the flight.

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