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NZMF
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Runway 29
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight756 kg
Fuel79 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

80.04 %
NZMJ
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway 20
Elevation26 ft asl
Weight750 kg
Fuel73 kg
Wind271° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
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

Next time

Shorten the long landing

See Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 13 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 57.16Not counted in the flight scoreArrival 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 % 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 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 59 kt with 5.1° 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°LIFTOFF5.1° off11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 8 kt 2.7° 0 s
Liftoff299 m 59 kt 5.1° 16.4 s
35 ft525 m · 6.7 s after liftoff 67 kt 11.1° 23.1 s
End of the climb796 m · 143 ft 63 kt 11.3° 31.5 s

Takeoff from NZMF 29

Takeoff roll100.00
305m39 %
Liftoff speed100.00
59kt
Runway alignment100.00
1.97m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.67
459fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 143 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 242 m of runway left; then climbing at 570 fpm on average to 143 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 59 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 774 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 1.9 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 39 % 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.

100200300400500600700THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 1.87 m LAirborne 307 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 307 m of 774 m · 40 %
Behind the start of the roll, 8 mTakeoff roll, 299 m Left ahead, 467 m

Landing and touchdown on NZMJ 20

Over the threshold

Threshold height0.00
84ft
Threshold speed17.22
79kt
Centreline offset36.80
0.63m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
326m
Centreline83.68
7.53m L
Speed69.95
61kt
Touchdown rate8.26
-922fpm
Impact51.43
2.10G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 16° right of the track, 11° of bank.

Wind 271° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 0 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 489 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 84 ft, 34 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 326 m in, close to 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 489 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.

84 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −921 fpm · −12.6° nose down · 62 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 84 ft, down at 326 m

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

From 81 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 520 fpm before coming down at 920 fpm to touch. The nose came up 0.6° 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 UP0−1,250−2,500−14°−2°10°touchdown−921 fpm at touchdown−12.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

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

Touched down 7.5 m left of 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.

THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 326 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

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 %
In the air over the runway, 326 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 163 m

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