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KDTS
Destin, United States
Runway 14
Elevation20 ft asl
Weight469 kg
Fuel73 kg
Wind225° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

90.16 %
KDTS
Destin, United States
Runway 14
Elevation20 ft asl
Weight469 kg
Fuel43 kg
Wind225° · 3 kn · 3 kn cross
10 Jun 2024 0:05 5 nm Sting S4 30 kg
Departure Score
95.00 %
Pattern Score
85.47 %
Arrival Score
90.00 %

What went well

Touched down at -96 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 316 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.08 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Speed at touchdown 49 kn at 3 %, Landing Bounce at 60 %, −2.97 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -37.3 ° at 0 %, −2.50 points
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 610 ft agl at 25 %, Heading 14.5 ° at 37 %, −2.34 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

Arrival Touchdown

Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.

Read more in VRef Explained

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 Runway Entry Entering runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach, Average speed was 26 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 32 kn0 kn min to max 32 kn 32 0 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 37 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 4 ft agl
Departure Roll 95.00Departure roll runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach. Takeoff distance 714 m 47 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 714 m47 % of runway
75 % Liftoff speed was 74 knTarget 60 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.12 m0.00 m left to 2.12 m right -1.06 -1.38 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.3 ° -0.6 2.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 83 kn74 kn min to max 90 kn 74 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.99 g min to max 1.24 g 1.08 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 424 ft/m327 ft/m min to max 584 ft/m 327 584 ft/m
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl 0 47 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °2.6 ° min to max 5.0 ° 2.6 5.0 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kn90 kn min to max 102 kn 90 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.9 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.82 g min to max 1.04 g 1.02 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 699 ft/m240 ft/m min to max 1,141 ft/m 588 240 ft/m
Info Average altitude 127 ft agl47 ft agl min to max 437 ft agl 47 437 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °1.3 ° min to max 6.7 ° 5.0 1.4 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach. Distance was less than 1 nm in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 101 kn100 kn min to max 102 kn 100 102 kn
100 % Average bank angle 23.4 °5.5 ° min to max 29.6 ° 5.5 29.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.96 g min to max 1.14 g 0.98 1.12 g
Info Average VSI 285 ft/m47 ft/m min to max 415 ft/m 194 372 ft/m
Info Average altitude 470 ft agl445 ft agl min to max 509 ft agl 445 509 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °0.5 ° min to max 2.8 ° 1.0 2.5 °
Pattern Crosswind 55.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach. Distance was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -37.3 °-76.3 ° min to max 15.0 ° 15.0 -73.5 °
100 % Average speed 104 kn102 kn min to max 105 kn 102 102 kn
100 % Average g force 1.14 g0.99 g min to max 1.20 g 1.13 1.17 g
Info Average VSI 223 ft/m100 ft/m min to max 709 ft/m 306 709 ft/m
Info Average altitude 549 ft agl520 ft agl min to max 599 ft agl 520 599 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 23.9 °1.4 ° min to max 31.2 ° 30.1 1.4 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.1 ° min to max 5.9 ° 2.1 5.9 °
Pattern Downwind 57.84Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 90 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Heading 14.5 °-10.7 ° min to max 18.2 ° 17.2 -10.7 °
25 % Average altitude 610 ft agl558 ft agl min to max 667 ft agl 616 606 ft agl
100 % Average speed 80 kn69 kn min to max 101 kn 101 69 kn
94 % Average g force 1.00 g0.69 g min to max 1.36 g 0.91 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 4 ft/m-895 ft/m min to max 893 ft/m 893 -13 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 21.8 ° 1.2 21.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-4.7 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 2.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 617 ft agl · 91 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 100.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 49.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 49.4 °.
100 % Average speed 68 kn68 kn min to max 69 kn 69 68 kn
100 % Average bank angle 16.9 °6.4 ° min to max 23.6 ° 22.2 6.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -166 ft/m-314 ft/m min to max -47 ft/m -47 -81 ft/m
Info Average altitude 588 ft agl570 ft agl min to max 605 ft agl 605 570 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.9 1.5 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -2.0 °-19.5 ° min to max 8.3 ° 8.3 -19.5 °
100 % Average speed 67 kn61 kn min to max 68 kn 68 61 kn
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 0.98 g
0 % 0 0 ft/m
Info Average altitude 529 ft agl503 ft agl min to max 568 ft agl 568 505 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 3.5 °0.5 ° min to max 9.7 ° 3.6 9.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.4 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.2 1.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 521 ft agl · 70 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 49 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 58 kn56 kn min to max 60 kn 59 60 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.1 ° min to max 11.8 ° 10.4 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 0.96 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -395 ft/m-618 ft/m min to max -16 ft/m -16 -589 ft/m
Info Average altitude 350 ft agl164 ft agl min to max 504 ft agl 504 164 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-4.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 -4.0 °
Arrival Final 1 98.54Approaching runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 154 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 108 ft in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Approach angle 3.1 °2.7 ° min to max 3.6 °Target 3.0 ° 3.6 2.7 °
100 % Average speed 60 kn59 kn min to max 61 kn 60 59 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 -0.0 °
95 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.2 ° 2.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -483 ft/m-593 ft/m min to max -444 ft/m -593 -452 ft/m
Info Average altitude 74 ft agl46 ft agl min to max 154 ft agl 154 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-3.9 ° min to max -2.1 ° -3.9 -2.7 °
00.250.50.751050100150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 98.14Landing on runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach, runway length 1,524 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 59 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Threshold speed was well above target at 59 kn. Target 50 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
100 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 1.05 g
Info Average speed 56 kn49 kn min to max 59 kn 59 49 kn
Info Average VSI -271 ft/m-476 ft/m min to max -96 ft/m -454 -96 ft/m
Info Average altitude 15 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 42 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-2.9 ° min to max 1.9 ° -2.7 1.9 °
07515022530037501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 73.31Touchdown distance was good at 313 m. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -96 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown VSI was -96 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 313 mTarget 457 m
3 % Speed at touchdown 49 knTarget 33 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.47 m0.34 m right -0.32 -0.47 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.01 g
60 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 47 kn46 kn min to max 49 kn 49 46 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.9 1.6 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll318 m · 21 %
75.00Liftoff speed73 kt
100.00Runway alignment2.12 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb424 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height42 ft
92.57Threshold speed58 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.02 m R

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 KDTS 14

Past threshold100.00
316m
Centreline100.00
0.47m R
Speed2.61
49kt
Touchdown rate95.15
-96fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
Bounces60.00
2

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

42 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 42 ft, down at 316 m

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

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 316 m past threshold CLEARED

The 316 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 316 m of 1,524 m · 21 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach in the TL Ultralight TL-96 Star
95 %
95 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach. Takeoff distance 714 m 47 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 714 m using 46.83 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
75 %
Liftoff speed was 74 kn - Target 60 kn
Alignment
100 %
0.00 m left to 2.12 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
80 40 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
3 1.5 0
02505007501,0001,250-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 85 70
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
Climb Rate fpm
Info
600 250 -100
90 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 14 KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
110 100 90
Bank °
100 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
7 4 1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 650 100
02505007501,0001,25004284126168210 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.250100200300400 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.25-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach in the TL Ultralight TL-96 Star
Landing Score 90 %
98.54 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 154 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 108 ft in 13 seconds.
Glideslope
98.02 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
98.02 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
61 56 50
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
94.7 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-444 -522 -600
00.250.50.751050100150 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
98.14 %
Landing
Landing on runway 14 at KDTS Destin-Ft Walton Beach, runway length 1,524 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 59 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
92.57 %
Threshold speed was well above target at 59 kt. Target 50 kt
Flare
100 %
Perfect landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
59 49 40
Pitch °
Info
2 0 -2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-99 -300 -500
07515022530037501123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
73.31 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 313 m. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -96 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Touchdown
95.15 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -96 fpm.
Speed
2.61 %
Touchdown speed at 49 kt was excessively fast. Target below 33 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 313 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.02 g
Bounce
60 %
Bounce Detected
Metrics
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