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NZMF
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Runway 29

Flight Score

80.04 %
NZMJ
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway 20
2 Apr 2024 0:18 25 nm DR400 6 kg
Departure Score
94.82 %
Enroute Score
99.60 %
Arrival Score
41.87 %

What went well

Touchdown 326 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 305 m — 39 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 0.25 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Arrival Landing — at 0 %, Landing and flare profile at 0 %, −9.57 points
Arrival Final 1 — Heading variation -6.8 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 47.2 ° at 0 %, −5.49 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 11.1 ° at 0 %, Touchdown VSI was -922 ft/m. at 8 %, −4.31 points

Top opportunity

Improve the touchdown

Arrival Touchdown

There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.

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Start to finish · 13 stages, 13 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 Taxi 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kn0 kn min to max 17 kn 0 3 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 8 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.3 ° 0.0 2.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound. Takeoff distance 1,028 m 133 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 60 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Takeoff distance 1,028 m133 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 60 knTarget 54 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 3.85 m1.88 m left to 1.97 m right -1.97 -0.25 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.90 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.9 ° min to max 4.8 ° 2.6 4.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.67Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn60 kn min to max 68 kn 60 67 kn
99 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.92 g min to max 1.14 g 1.02 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 459 ft/m159 ft/m min to max 718 ft/m 159 718 ft/m
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 0 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °4.7 ° min to max 11.8 ° 5.1 11.0 °
Departure Climb 2 89.63Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.5 ° -0.4 1.5 °
100 % Average speed 67 kn63 kn min to max 67 kn 67 63 kn
59 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.1 ° min to max 17.8 ° 0.1 17.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.07 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 717 ft/m641 ft/m min to max 881 ft/m 721 758 ft/m
Info Average altitude 70 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 143 ft agl 43 143 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.2 °9.2 ° min to max 13.1 ° 10.9 11.3 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand). Climbing from 165 ft asl to 2,506 ft asl, an increase of 2,341 ft in 5 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 73 kn63 kn min to max 88 kn 63 88 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.0 ° min to max 19.1 ° 18.4 8.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.83 g min to max 1.17 g 0.95 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 491 ft/m99 ft/m min to max 974 ft/m 646 316 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,293 ft asl165 ft asl min to max 2,506 ft asl 165 2,506 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.7 °3.0 ° min to max 13.9 ° 9.9 3.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 6 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,466 ft asl2,243 ft asl min to max 2,559 ft asl 2,512 2,243 ft asl
100 % Average speed 97 kn88 kn min to max 113 kn 88 113 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.1 ° min to max 8.6 ° 8.1 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.84 g min to max 1.10 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-3.4 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.8 -2.9 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 8 miles north west of Milford Sound (Southland, New Zealand). Descent from 2,145 ft asl to 1,718 ft asl, a decrease of 428 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 114 kn113 kn min to max 116 kn 116 115 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 9.7 ° 0.6 9.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -340 ft/m-566 ft/m min to max -172 ft/m -328 -447 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,843 ft asl1,718 ft asl min to max 2,145 ft asl 2,145 1,718 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.7 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.4 -1.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 98.00Enroute level cruise started 11 miles south west of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average altitude 1,143 ft asl671 ft asl min to max 1,710 ft asl 1,710 671 ft asl
100 % Average speed 114 kn113 kn min to max 116 kn 116 115 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 16.7 ° 9.6 15.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 1.15 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-2.8 ° min to max 0.8 ° -1.3 -1.8 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles west of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand). Descent from 661 ft asl to 490 ft asl, a decrease of 171 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 112 kn106 kn min to max 115 kn 115 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.0 °1.1 ° min to max 15.1 ° 15.1 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -355 ft/m-629 ft/m min to max 41 ft/m -629 -52 ft/m
Info Average altitude 545 ft asl490 ft asl min to max 661 ft asl 661 490 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-2.1 ° min to max 1.5 ° -2.0 1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 57.16Arrival started 2 miles west of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kn70 kn min to max 105 kn 105 75 kn
3 % Average bank angle 10.2 °0.1 ° min to max 49.5 ° 1.4 48.7 °
80 % Average g force 1.04 g0.86 g min to max 1.60 g 1.03 0.86 g
Info Average VSI -10 ft/m-562 ft/m min to max 793 ft/m 1 -562 ft/m
Info Average altitude 443 ft asl365 ft asl min to max 500 ft asl 491 468 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °-6.8 ° min to max 10.1 ° 1.7 -6.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 468 ft agl · 97 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 441 ft agl · 76 kt
Arrival Final 1 50.55Approaching runway 20 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 418 ft agl to 117 ft agl. A decrease of 300 ft in 8 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
67 % Approach angle 8.5 °6.2 ° min to max 11.0 °Target 3.0 ° 11.0 6.2 °
100 % Average speed 84 kn77 kn min to max 87 kn 77 83 kn
0 % Heading variation -6.8 °-10.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -10.3 -0.2 °
0 % Average bank angle 29.2 °3.2 ° min to max 47.2 ° 47.2 35.4 °
71 % Average g force 1.20 g0.90 g min to max 1.75 g 0.99 1.29 g
Info Average VSI -2,117 ft/m-2,854 ft/m min to max -1,193 ft/m -1,193 -1,308 ft/m
Info Average altitude 252 ft agl117 ft agl min to max 418 ft agl 418 117 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -13.2 °-19.6 ° min to max -8.5 ° -11.4 -9.2 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-180-135-90-4504590135180Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 13.90Landing on runway 20 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 489 m. Threshold height at 84 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
17 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kn. Target 55 kn
0 % Target 26 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
37 % Heading variation -0.3 °-2.1 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.5 2.1 °
27 % Average bank angle 14.2 °0.2 ° min to max 29.6 ° 29.6 11.0 °
63 % Average g force 1.03 g0.62 g min to max 1.89 g 1.06 0.69 g
Info Average speed 69 kn59 kn min to max 79 kn 79 62 kn
Info Average VSI -606 ft/m-1,421 ft/m min to max 133 ft/m -1,268 -922 ft/m
Info Average altitude 34 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 84 ft agl 84 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-13.2 ° min to max 9.6 ° -13.2 -12.6 °
07515022530037501734506784Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-6-5-4-3-2-10123456Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 61.18Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 62 kn was too fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -922 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kn at 271 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
8 % Touchdown VSI was -922 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 295 mTarget 315 m
70 % Speed at touchdown 62 knTarget 51 kn
84 % Runway alignment max 7.53 m6.98 m left 5.90 7.53 m
0 % Average bank angle 7.7 °2.0 ° min to max 11.1 ° 11.0 2.0 °
51 % Average g force 1.37 g0.69 g min to max 2.10 g 0.69 1.24 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 48 kn41 kn min to max 62 kn 62 41 kn
Info Average pitch angle -9.6 °-15.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° -12.6 2.6 °

Takeoff

100.00 %
100.00Takeoff roll305 m · 39 %
100.00Liftoff speed59 kt
100.00Runway alignment0.25 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
99.67Rate of climb459 ft/m
Takeoff weight756 kg
Airfield elevation3 ft asl
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Approach

50.55 %
Not assessed1,000 ft gateNot recorded
Not assessed500 ft gateNot recorded
0.00Threshold height84 ft
17.22Threshold speed79 kt
36.80Centreline offset0.63 m L

Touchdown

61.18 %
100.00Touchdown point326 m
83.68Centreline at touchdown7.53 m L
8.26Sink rate-921 ft/m
51.43Touchdown force2.10 G
OkBouncesNone
Landing weight750 kg
Airfield elevation16 ft asl
Wind271° · 2 kn

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.

Six checks, two gates1,000 ft500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on NZMJ 20

Past threshold
326 m
Off centreline
7.53 mL
Sink rate
-921 ft/m
Impact
2.10G

Side view — the last 489 m of the approach.

84 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 84 ft, down at 326 m

Plan view — the full 489 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 326 m past threshold CLEARED

The 326 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.10 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 326 m of 489 m · 67 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound in the DR400
94.82 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
0 %
Switched Off
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
4 2 0
100 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound. Takeoff distance 1,028 m 133 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 60 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 1,028 m using 132.76 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 60 kn - Target 54 kn
Alignment
100 %
1.88 m left to 1.97 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
60 30 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3 1
0250500750-10-50510 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
99.67 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
98.68 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 8 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 350 -100
89.62 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 65 60
Bank °
58.5 %
18 9 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 12 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
900 700 500
02505007500265278104130 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.020.030.050.060.080100 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.020.030.050.060.08-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 20 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome in the DR400
Landing Score 41.87 %
50.55 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 20 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 418 ft agl to 117 ft agl. A decrease of 300 ft in 8 seconds.
Glideslope
67.01 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
0 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
67.01 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
87 78 70
Alignment
0 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
0 %
48 26 3
G
71.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-1,193 -2,046 -2,900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-180-135-90-4504590135180 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
13.9 %
Landing
Landing on runway 20 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 489 m. Threshold height at 84 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kn.
Height
0 %
Threshold height at 84 ft agl was significantly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
17.22 %
Threshold speed was excessively high at 79 kt. Target 55 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
36.8 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
27.43 %
30 15 0
G
63.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
79 65 50
Pitch °
Info
10 -1.5 -13
Descent Rate fpm
Info
133 -683 -1,500
07515022530037501734506784 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375-6-5-4-3-2-10123456 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
61.18 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 62 kn was too fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -922 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kn at 271 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
8.26 %
Touchdown rate was very heavy at -922 ft/m.
Speed
69.95 %
Touchdown speed at 62 kt was too fast. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.
Alignment
83.68 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline.
Bank
0 %
Bank angle 7.7 °
G
51.43 %
G 1.37 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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