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VNPL
Namche Bazar, Nepal
Runway 02
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel477 kg

Flight Score

80.71 %
VNLK
Lukla, Nepal
Runway 06
Elevation9,337 ft asl
Weight2,948 kg
Fuel455 kg
19 Jan 2023 0:07 12 nm Cessna 208B 22 kg
Departure Score
78.20 %
Enroute Score
87.13 %
Arrival Score
72.77 %

What went well

Touched down at 543 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 40 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.60 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Taxi — landing lights on should be off, then taxi light off should be on; Average speed 15 kn at 0 %, −3.33 points
Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 20.4 ° at 0 %, Heading variation -1.7 ° at 80 %, −3.33 points
Enroute Climb — speed limits at 9 %, −3.05 points
Arrival Landing — at 0 %, Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 40 %, −2.93 points

Top opportunity

Work on the flare

Arrival Landing

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 14 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 Climb 1 84.53Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.9 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn52 kn min to max 78 kn 52 78 kn
38 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 6.6 ° 0.3 6.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.99 g min to max 1.20 g 1.00 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 380 ft/m70 ft/m min to max 633 ft/m 70 633 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 14 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-1.5 ° min to max 7.4 ° -1.5 7.4 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 78 kt
Departure Climb 2 70.06Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Heading variation -1.7 °-3.6 ° min to max -0.9 ° -0.9 -2.8 °
100 % Average speed 82 kn78 kn min to max 90 kn 78 90 kn
0 % Average bank angle 7.4 °0.1 ° min to max 20.4 ° 6.5 20.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.97 g min to max 1.10 g 1.07 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 998 ft/m646 ft/m min to max 1,941 ft/m 646 1,941 ft/m
Info Average altitude 133 ft agl74 ft agl min to max 400 ft agl 74 400 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °6.1 ° min to max 10.2 ° 7.4 10.2 °
Departure Climb 3 80.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -1.6 °-1.8 ° min to max -1.2 ° -1.8 -1.2 °
100 % Average speed 88 kn87 kn min to max 90 kn 90 87 kn
0 % Average bank angle 20.1 °19.7 ° min to max 20.5 ° 19.7 20.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.01 g min to max 1.16 g 1.01 1.16 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,954 ft/m1,918 ft/m min to max 2,009 ft/m 1,918 2,009 ft/m
Info Average altitude 417 ft agl384 ft agl min to max 450 ft agl 384 450 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.7 °12.0 ° min to max 13.2 ° 12.0 13.2 °
Enroute Climb 85.99Enroute climb started overhead VNPL Phaplu Airport Namche Bazar (Province 1, Nepal). Climbing from 8,569 ft asl to 10,566 ft asl, an increase of 1,997 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
65 % Climb speed 82 kn59 kn min to max 86 knTarget 104 kn 86 59 kn
100 % Average bank angle 16.1 °1.6 ° min to max 23.0 ° 21.6 15.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 2,044 ft/m1,809 ft/m min to max 2,248 ft/m 2,125 1,855 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8,942 ft asl8,569 ft asl min to max 10,566 ft asl 8,569 10,566 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 10.7 °8.6 ° min to max 12.7 ° 11.4 11.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 99.89Enroute descent started 2 miles north east of VNPL Phaplu Airport Namche Bazar (Province 1, Nepal). Descent from 10,840 ft asl to 8,928 ft asl, a decrease of 1,912 ft in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 173 kn126 kn min to max 192 kn 126 183 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.3 °0.4 ° min to max 30.0 ° 17.6 1.8 °
99 % Average g force 1.02 g0.87 g min to max 1.27 g 1.12 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -618 ft/m-2,548 ft/m min to max 634 ft/m -1,529 -261 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9,627 ft asl8,928 ft asl min to max 10,840 ft asl 10,840 8,928 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-6.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 1.6 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Climb 2 63.43Enroute climb started 4 miles south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal). Climbing from 8,780 ft asl to 9,151 ft asl, an increase of 371 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
9 % Climb speed 152 kn139 kn min to max 157 knTarget 104 kn 157 139 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °1.0 ° min to max 8.8 ° 6.5 1.0 °
98 % Average g force 1.05 g0.85 g min to max 1.29 g 1.12 0.87 g
Info Average VSI 344 ft/m-1,099 ft/m min to max 1,965 ft/m -1,099 1,696 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8,829 ft asl8,699 ft asl min to max 9,151 ft asl 8,780 9,151 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-4.1 ° min to max 2.3 ° -4.1 -0.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,379 ft agl · 174 kt
Enroute Level 99.20Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 9,181 ft asl9,138 ft asl min to max 9,215 ft asl 9,171 9,138 ft asl
100 % Average speed 139 kn120 kn min to max 160 kn 160 120 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.0 ° min to max 13.0 ° 9.3 2.6 °
92 % Average g force 1.06 g0.83 g min to max 1.39 g 1.19 1.14 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-3.1 ° min to max 2.6 ° -2.8 2.2 °
Arrival 96.91Arrival started 2 miles south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 97 kn85 kn min to max 103 kn 97 85 kn
100 % Average bank angle 15.3 °1.8 ° min to max 25.5 ° 1.8 24.3 °
85 % Average g force 1.05 g0.77 g min to max 1.52 g 1.09 0.83 g
Info Average VSI -161 ft/m-783 ft/m min to max 789 ft/m -388 145 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9,122 ft asl9,068 ft asl min to max 9,182 ft asl 9,133 9,087 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-5.0 ° min to max 4.4 ° 1.9 -1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,866 ft agl · 120 kt
Arrival Final 1 63.44Approaching runway 06 at VNLK Lukla from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 0 ft agl to -140 ft agl. A decrease of 116 ft in 18 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
25 % Approach angle -0.9 °-1.9 ° min to max 0.3 °Target 3.0 ° -1.6 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn55 kn min to max 79 kn 79 55 kn
92 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
0 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.4 ° min to max 12.5 ° 12.5 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.83 g min to max 1.18 g 1.18 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 347 ft/m-108 ft/m min to max 599 ft/m -108 484 ft/m
Info Average altitude -183 ft agl-256 ft agl min to max -140 ft agl -256 -140 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °1.4 ° min to max 7.4 ° 1.4 7.4 °
00.250.50.751050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-20-15-10-505101520Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 56.01Landing on runway 06 at VNLK Lukla, runway length 541 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
40 % Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 75 kn
0 % Target 29 ft agl
93 % Landing and flare profile
96 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -0.3 °
81 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.1 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 0.96 1.11 g
Info Average speed 53 kn53 kn min to max 54 kn 54 53 kn
Info Average VSI 503 ft/m485 ft/m min to max 535 ft/m 485 535 ft/m
Info Average altitude -3 ft agl-6 ft agl min to max 0 ft agl -6 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °7.8 ° min to max 9.9 ° 7.8 9.6 °
07515022530037545052507.0714212835Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 97.28Touchdown distance was good at 27 m. Touchdown speed at 52 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at 543 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 6 kn at 290 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Tailwind: 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was 543 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 27 mTarget 333 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 52 knTarget 64 kn
86 % Runway alignment max 2.73 m2.10 m right -2.73 -1.60 m
96 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.1 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.4 0.5 °
93 % Average g force 1.12 g1.06 g min to max 1.37 g 1.10 1.06 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 51 kn49 kn min to max 52 kn 52 49 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.3 °6.5 ° min to max 9.6 ° 9.6 7.2 °
Arrival Rollout 97.12Total landing distance 371 m, 69 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 371 m69 % of runway.
94 % Runway alignment max 1.55 m0.00 m left to 1.55 m right -1.55 -0.56 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.99 g
Info Average speed 61 kn32 kn min to max 69 kn 69 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.3 °6.8 ° min to max 8.3 ° 7.3 8.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.6 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 2 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 12 kn0 kn min to max 28 kn 28 5 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °-0.8 ° min to max 8.3 ° 8.2 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.1 0.9 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.89 g min to max 1.00 g 0.98 0.98 g
Arrival Taxi 50.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 15 kn0 kn min to max 71 kn 4 71 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 knmax 14 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.84 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-8.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -8.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights ON should be OFF
Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 7 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 7 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 7 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 7 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 7 ft agl · 14 kt

Takeoff

84.53Rate of climb379 fpm

Landing

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

0.00Threshold height-6 ft
40.00Threshold speed54 kt
96.07Centreline offset0.09 m R

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five 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.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on VNLK 06

Past threshold100.00
40m
Centreline85.50
1.60m R
Speed100.00
52kt
Touchdown rate100.00
543fpm
Impact93.14
1.37G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 541 m of the approach.

-6 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — -6 ft, down at 40 m

Plan view — the full 541 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 40 m past threshold CLEARED

The 40 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 342 m of 541 m · 63 %
Rollout distance100.00
303m61 % used
Rollout alignment93.60
1.55m R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 02 at VNPL Phaplu Airport in the Cessna 208B
78.2 %
84.53 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 65 50
Bank °
38.11 %
7 3.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 3.5 -1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 200 -300
70.06 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
Alignment
80.25 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
0 %
21 11 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 8.5 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,000 1,250 500
80 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 02 VNPL Phaplu Airport.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 85 80
Bank °
0 %
21 20 19
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 13 12
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,100 1,950 1,800
025050002468101214 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.120.150.190100200300400 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.120.150.19-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 06 at VNLK Lukla in the Cessna 208B
Landing Score 78.46 %
63.44 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 06 at VNLK Lukla from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 0 ft agl to -140 ft agl. A decrease of 116 ft in 18 seconds.
Glideslope
25.41 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
91.79 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
25.41 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
79 64 50
Alignment
91.79 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
0 %
13 6.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
599 200 -200
00.250.50.751050100150200 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-20-15-10-505101520 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
56.01 %
Landing
Landing on runway 06 at VNLK Lukla, runway length 541 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
0 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
40 %
Threshold speed at 54 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 80 kt
Flare
93.22 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
96.07 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
81 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
54 52 50
Pitch °
Info
10 8.5 7
Descent Rate fpm
Info
535 418 300
07515022530037545052507.0714212835 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
97.28 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 27 m. Touchdown speed at 52 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at 543 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 6 kn at 290 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Tailwind: 4 kn.
Warning: Landed with a 4 kt tailwind
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was perfect at 543 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 52 kt was good. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 27 m.
Alignment
85.5 %
Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Bank
95.89 %
Bank angle 0.8 °
G
93.14 %
G 1.12 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
97.12 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 371 m, 69 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 371 m using 68.58 % of runway
Alignment
93.6 %
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
49 30 10
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
9 7.5 6
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
50 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
Switched On
Taxi Lights
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
1 -3.5 -8
Metrics
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