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KAZC
Colorado City, United States
Runway 11
Elevation4,846 ft asl
Weight1,236 kg
Fuel61 kg
Wind110° · 5 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

99.88 %
67L
Mesquite, United States
Runway 02
Elevation1,873 ft asl
Weight1,227 kg
Fuel51 kg
Wind273° · 4 kn · 3 kn cross
28 Oct 2026 0:39 61 nm Diamond DA40 10 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
99.63 %

What went well

Touched down at -75 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 362 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 32 ft and 70 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Runway alignment max 4.88 m right at 93 %, −0.08 points

Next time

Arrival

Make small rudder corrections to track a point at the far end of the runway and close the offset before touchdown.

What happened: You touched down with the centreline offset by 4.9 m.

Watch for: Watch runway centreline alignment, keeping offset inside the limit.

See 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.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 15 minutes and covered 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 0 3 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 4 ktmax 9 kt 0 3 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.7 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.4 2.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 2 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 2 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 11 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 11 at KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport, Average speed was 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 13 kt 3 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °3.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.0 3.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.98 g
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 11 at KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport. Takeoff distance 647 m 34 % of runway. Rotation speed was 71 kt. Local weather - Temperature 20 °C. Wind 5 kt at 110 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 5 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 647 m34 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 71 ktTarget 69 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.19 m left2.19 m left to 0.17 m right 2.19 -0.12 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 1.01 1.09 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.1 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.2 3.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.4 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 11 KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 75 kt73 kt min to max 76 kt 73 76 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.11 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 178 fpm78 fpm min to max 261 fpm 78 261 fpm
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 40 ft agl 0 40 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.6 ° min to max 5.9 ° 3.6 5.2 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 11 KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 78 kt76 kt min to max 79 kt 76 79 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 409 fpm262 fpm min to max 636 fpm 262 636 fpm
Info Average altitude 113 ft agl41 ft agl min to max 420 ft agl 41 420 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °5.2 ° min to max 6.5 ° 5.2 6.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 399 ft agl · 87 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 11 KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 84 kt79 kt min to max 86 ktTarget 89 kt, 5 kt slow 79 85 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.1 ° min to max 15.7 ° 1.6 15.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.04 g 0.91 1.02 g
100 % Landing gear fixed
Info Heading variation 0.7 °0.4 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.4 1.6 °
Info Average VSI 592 fpm570 fpm min to max 646 fpm 633 646 fpm
Info Average altitude 568 ft agl433 ft agl min to max 714 ft agl 433 714 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °5.8 ° min to max 8.6 ° 6.0 8.4 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Centennial Park (Arizona, United States). Climbing from 5,591 ft asl to 6,102 ft asl, an increase of 511 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kt85 kt min to max 102 kt 85 101 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.3 °0.5 ° min to max 17.4 ° 15.0 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 600 fpm501 fpm min to max 715 fpm 651 628 fpm
Info Average altitude 5,857 ft asl5,591 ft asl min to max 6,102 ft asl 5,591 6,102 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.2 ° min to max 8.4 ° 8.1 4.1 °
Info Turn coordination 132 min to max 28 13 19
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Centennial Park (Arizona, United States) and lasted 19 minutes, covering 41 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±806 ft of 6,481 ft asl6,112 ft asl min to max 6,520 ft asl 6,112 6,498 ft asl
100 % Average speed 116 kt99 kt min to max 124 kt 101 120 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 20.5 ° 0.8 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 1.04 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 2-27 min to max 28 10 -15
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-2.3 ° min to max 6.1 ° 4.4 0.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 1,329 ft agl · 117 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,329 ft agl · 117 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 1,329 ft agl · 117 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles north east of Beaver Dam (Arizona, United States). Descent from 6,496 ft asl to 2,026 ft asl, a decrease of 4,469 ft in 7 minutes and covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 97 kt72 kt min to max 126 kt 117 77 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.0 ° min to max 22.8 ° 0.0 8.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -671 fpm-991 fpm min to max 17 fpm 17 -534 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,379 ft asl2,026 ft asl min to max 6,499 ft asl 6,496 2,026 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-6.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 -3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 0-21 min to max 25 0 -17

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 4,341 ft agl · 129 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,341 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 4,399 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 4,399 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,773 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 1,773 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,353 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,215 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,215 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 1,215 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 341 ft agl · 82 kt
Arrival Landing 99.52Landing on runway 02 at 67L Mesquite, runway length 1,557 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 70 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 70 kt. Target 72 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
95 % Runway alignment max 7.25 m right4.34 m right to 7.25 m right -7.25 -4.87 m
99.8 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 0.98 g
Info Average speed 66 kt60 kt min to max 70 kt 70 60 kt
Info Average VSI -243 fpm-392 fpm min to max -98 fpm -392 -98 fpm
Info Average altitude 25 ft agl21 ft agl min to max 33 ft agl 33 27 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °0.7 ° min to max 5.3 ° 1.2 5.1 °
07515022530037501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.00Touchdown distance was good at 361 m. Touchdown speed at 60 kt was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -75 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 23 °C. Wind 5 kt at 273 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -75 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 362 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 60 ktTarget below 71 kt
93 % Runway alignment max 4.88 m right4.63 m right -4.87 -4.29 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.12 g 0.98 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 60 kt59 kt min to max 60 kt 60 59 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °3.7 ° min to max 5.2 ° 5.1 3.7 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 735 m, 47 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 735 m47 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.87 m right0.26 m left to 1.87 m right 0.26 -0.87 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average speed 47 kt32 kt min to max 63 kt 63 32 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °3.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.3 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.4 0.4 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 13 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 13 kt0 kt min to max 32 kt 32 4 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °1.5 ° min to max 5.0 ° 4.0 2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.4 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 8 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 6 kt 4 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 3 ktmax 4 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °2.4 ° min to max 5.3 ° 2.4 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.2 1.5 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 4 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Rotated at 71 kt, on the 69 kt target, and lifted off at 73 kt 0.5 s later, the nose coming up at 0.8° a second. Climb 3 held close to its 89 kt target, at 84 kt on average.

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 dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 8990 kt6030020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 691.7° off · 0.8°/s5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH020406080 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 21 kt 3.2° 0 s
Rotate486 m · target 69 71 kt 1.2° 19.2 s
Liftoff505 m · +2 kt from rotation 73 kt 1.7° 19.7 s
35 ft741 m · 6.0 s after liftoff 76 kt 5.0° 25.7 s
Climb 32,151 m · 433 ft to 714 ft · target 89 84 kt avg 6.0° 61 s
End of Climb 33,285 m · 714 ft 85 kt 8.4° 86 s

Takeoff from KAZC 11

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
647m34 %
Rotation speed100.00
71kttarget 69, 2 fast
Liftoff speed
73kt
Runway alignment100.00
2.19m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Climb 3 speed100.00
84kttarget 89
Rate of climb100.00
178fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 714 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,064 m of runway left; then climbing at 650 fpm on average to 714 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 384 kt avgtarget 89THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 71 kttarget 69Liftoff 73 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,916 m runway.

Rolled from 110 m in, drifted 2.2 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 32 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 2.16 m LROLL 110 M INAirborne 615 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 615 m of 1,916 m · 32 %
Behind the start of the roll, 110 mTakeoff roll, 505 m Left ahead, 1,301 m

Landing and touchdown on 67L 02

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
32ft
Threshold speed100.00
70kttarget 72, 2 slow
Centreline offset95.37
7.25m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
362m
Centreline93.33
4.88m R
Speed100.00
60kttarget 71 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-75fpm
Impact100.00
1.12G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

3 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 61 kt. Touched down with the nose 4° into wind, wings level.

Wind 273° at 4 kt · 2 kt tail · 3 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.

The stop

From 65 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 16 s, an average deceleration of 0.11 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

02040608060 kt · 86 m30 kt · 396 mtouchdown412 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 33 ft. Touched down 362 m in, 57 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.

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 33 ft · −360 fpm · 1.2° · 70 ktdescent slowed at 2 ft · −44 fpm · 4.9°−75 fpm · 5° nose up · 60 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 32 ft, down at 362 m

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

The sink went from 360 fpm at the flare to 80 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.8° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−75 fpm at touchdown5° at touchdown, +3.8° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,557 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.3 m right of the centreline and drifted to 9.9 m left on the rollout.

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 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 362 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 362 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 700 m of 1,557 m · 45 %
In the air over the runway, 362 mRollout, 338 m Left over, 856 m
Rollout distance100.00
338m45 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.87m R

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The Diamond DA40 departed KAZC Colorado City Municipal Airport from runway 11. The take-off roll was 647 m, using 34 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 71 kt. Local weather was 20 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 110°, giving a 1 kt crosswind and a 5 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 63 seconds, averaging 464 fpm and reaching 85 kt at the top of the climb. The aircraft then climbed from 5,591 ft asl to 6,102 ft asl in 1 minute, covering 1 nm while passing overhead Centennial Park.

Cruise was maintained at 6,500 ft asl for 19 minutes, covering 41 nm, beginning about 1 mile south-west of Centennial Park. Descent began at 6,496 ft asl and proceeded to 2,026 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 14 nm, starting 4 miles north-east of Beaver Dam.

The approach to runway 02 at 67L Mesquite was stabilized. Threshold speed was 70 kt, which was noted as good. The aircraft was configured for landing and the flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred at 60 kt, with a touchdown distance of 361 m, a rate of -75 fpm, and a position 4.9 m off the centreline. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 735 m, representing 47 % of the 1,557 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The overall flight covered 61 nm in 39 minutes and consumed 10 kg of fuel.

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