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NZMF
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Runway 29
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight2,726 lbs
Fuel461 lbs
Wind307° · 2 kn

Flight Score

88.04 %
NZMJ
Queenstown, New Zealand
Runway 02
Elevation26 ft asl
Weight2,706 lbs
Fuel440 lbs
6 Jun 2023 0:19 23 nm PA28 Turbo Arrow III 21 lbs
Departure Score
82.56 %
Enroute Score
93.25 %
Arrival Score
85.96 %

What went well

Touchdown 273 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Rollout controlled — 42 % of the runway used
Airborne in 981 ft — 39 % of the runway

What held you back

Enroute Climb — speed limits at 49 %, −2.25 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation 12.4 ° at 0 %, −1.69 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 7.3 ° at 15 %, −1.57 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 3.1 ° at 0 %, Touchdown VSI was -293 ft/m. at 74 %, −0.85 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

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.

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Start to finish · 15 stages, 14 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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kn0 kn min to max 19 kn 0 19 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 knmax 12 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.2 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 80.00Departure roll runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound. Takeoff distance 5,873 ft 235 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 2 kn at 306 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Takeoff distance 5,873 ft235 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 74 knTarget 75 kn
0 % Runway alignment max 289.4 ft0.0 ft left to 289.4 ft right -282.5 -289.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.02 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.6 1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 74.59Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation 12.4 °9.0 ° min to max 16.4 ° 16.4 9.0 °
100 % Average speed 84 kn75 kn min to max 89 kn 75 89 kn
98 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.99 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 542 ft/m353 ft/m min to max 720 ft/m 353 720 ft/m
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 0 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °1.7 ° min to max 8.6 ° 1.7 8.6 °
Departure Climb 2 76.38Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
15 % Heading variation 7.3 °4.8 ° min to max 8.8 ° 8.8 4.9 °
100 % Average speed 90 kn89 kn min to max 92 kn 89 92 kn
91 % Average bank angle 2.3 °0.2 ° min to max 5.5 ° 0.2 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.92 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 1,097 ft/m734 ft/m min to max 1,555 ft/m 734 1,419 ft/m
Info Average altitude 113 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 395 ft agl 51 395 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.3 °8.7 ° min to max 11.9 ° 8.7 11.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 97 ft agl · 89 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 325 ft agl · 89 kt
Departure Climb 3 81.84Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
25 % Heading variation 6.2 °5.1 ° min to max 8.5 ° 5.1 8.5 °
100 % Average speed 98 kn93 kn min to max 105 kn 93 105 kn
85 % Average bank angle 4.2 °1.2 ° min to max 7.8 ° 2.6 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.09 g 1.07 1.02 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,546 ft/m1,215 ft/m min to max 2,002 ft/m 1,543 2,002 ft/m
Info Average altitude 638 ft agl414 ft agl min to max 887 ft agl 414 887 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.2 °8.1 ° min to max 13.8 ° 12.8 11.8 °
Enroute Climb 79.75Enroute climb started overhead Milford Sound (Southland District, Southland, New Zealand). Climbing from 933 ft asl to 5,671 ft asl, an increase of 4,738 ft in 4 minutes and covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
49 % Climb speed 141 kn103 kn min to max 163 knTarget 110 kn 104 153 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.1 °0.1 ° min to max 28.0 ° 2.0 6.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.12 g 0.99 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 1,145 ft/m-985 ft/m min to max 2,204 ft/m 2,085 105 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,559 ft asl933 ft asl min to max 5,671 ft asl 933 5,671 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-5.7 ° min to max 12.0 ° 11.9 -4.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 8 miles south of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,723 ft asl5,673 ft asl min to max 5,784 ft asl 5,673 5,731 ft asl
100 % Average speed 165 kn157 kn min to max 170 kn 168 157 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.7 °3.0 ° min to max 13.1 ° 8.0 7.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.94 g min to max 1.17 g 1.00 1.17 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-3.8 ° min to max -0.2 ° -2.3 -0.7 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 7 miles south of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand). Descent from 5,736 ft asl to 1,074 ft asl, a decrease of 4,662 ft in 7 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 126 kn95 kn min to max 155 kn 155 96 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.8 °0.1 ° min to max 18.0 ° 8.0 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -676 ft/m-1,058 ft/m min to max 435 ft/m 193 -352 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,464 ft asl1,074 ft asl min to max 5,794 ft asl 5,736 1,074 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.8 °-5.7 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 -2.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,840 ft agl · 122 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,384 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,137 ft agl · 102 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 7 miles south of NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome Queenstown (Otago, New Zealand).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 86 kn79 kn min to max 95 kn 95 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 15.0 ° 1.8 4.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -254 ft/m-726 ft/m min to max 63 ft/m -394 -547 ft/m
Info Average altitude 976 ft asl800 ft asl min to max 1,060 ft asl 1,060 800 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-3.7 ° min to max 1.2 ° -1.6 -2.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,017 ft agl · 90 kt
Arrival Final 2 79.45Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 766 ft agl to 540 ft agl. A decrease of 226 ft in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Approach angle 5.2 °5.1 ° min to max 5.2 °Target 3.0 ° 5.2 5.1 °
100 % Average speed 84 kn82 kn min to max 87 kn 82 87 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.5 -0.3 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.9 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -778 ft/m-911 ft/m min to max -547 ft/m -547 -895 ft/m
Info Average altitude 656 ft agl540 ft agl min to max 766 ft agl 766 540 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.9 °-5.2 ° min to max -2.5 ° -2.5 -5.2 °
11.251.51.752450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-120-90-60-300306090120Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 78.24Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 524 ft agl to 7 ft agl. A decrease of 517 ft in 36 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 2.7 °1.0 ° min to max 5.1 °Target 3.0 ° 5.1 1.0 °
100 % Average speed 76 kn72 kn min to max 86 kn 86 72 kn
92 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.3 0.4 °
99 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.2 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.15 g 0.97 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -811 ft/m-973 ft/m min to max -658 ft/m -923 -670 ft/m
Info Average altitude 115 ft agl7 ft agl min to max 524 ft agl 524 7 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-5.5 ° min to max 1.9 ° -5.5 1.9 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 89.81Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 1,603 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 72 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 72 kn. Target 75 kn
78 % Target 26 ft agl
88 % Landing and flare profile
87 % Heading variation 0.5 °0.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.6 °
97 % Average bank angle 2.4 °1.6 ° min to max 3.0 ° 1.6 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.07 g min to max 1.14 g 1.09 1.14 g
Info Average speed 70 kn69 kn min to max 72 kn 72 69 kn
Info Average VSI -486 ft/m-655 ft/m min to max -293 ft/m -655 -293 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 12 ft agl 12 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 2.0 5.5 °
025050006.6713202733Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500-20-16-12-8-4048121620Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 87.25Touchdown distance was good at 261 ft. Touchdown speed at 69 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -293 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 53 °F. Wind 3 kn at 267 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Touchdown VSI was -293 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 261 ftTarget 1,034 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 69 knTarget 67 kn
91 % Runway alignment max 13.3 ft11.5 ft left 13.3 11.0 ft
0 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.5 ° min to max 3.1 ° 3.0 0.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.77 g min to max 1.27 g 1.14 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 65 kn61 kn min to max 69 kn 69 61 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-1.3 ° min to max 6.4 ° 5.5 0.3 °
Arrival Rollout 95.06Total landing distance 1,019 ft, 64 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,019 ft64 % of runway.
89 % Runway alignment max 15.4 ft15.4 ft left to 0.0 ft left 11.0 15.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g1.00 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 55 kn32 kn min to max 62 kn 62 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.5 0.5 °

Events

Info Bounce during touchdown 2 ft agl · 46 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 8 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 9 kn4 kn min to max 24 kn 24 4 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.3 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll981 ft · 39 %
100.00Liftoff speed73 kt
0.00Runway alignment289.4 ft R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
74.59Rate of climb542 fpm

Landing

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

77.53Threshold height11 ft
100.00Threshold speed71 kt
86.79Centreline offset0.6 ft L

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 NZMJ 02

Past threshold100.00
273ft
Centreline91.31
11.0ft L
Speed100.00
68kt
Touchdown rate74.44
-293fpm
Impact98.86
1.27G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,603 ft of the approach.

11 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 11 ft, down at 273 ft

Plan view — the full 1,603 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 273 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 273 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 682 ft of 1,603 ft · 43 %
Rollout distance100.00
409ft42 % used
Rollout alignment89.02
15.4ft L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound in the Piper PA-28 Arrow III
82.56 %
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
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
2 1 0
80 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 29 at NZMF Milford Sound. Takeoff distance 5,873 ft 235 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 2 kn at 306 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 5,873 ft using 235.2 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 74 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
0 %
0.0 ft left to 289.4 ft right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 50 20
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
01,0002,000-40-30-20-10010203040 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
74.59 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
98.37 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
9 5 1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 350 -100
76.38 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
14.62 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
90.89 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 10 8
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,600 1,100 600
81.84 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 NZMF Milford Sound.
Alignment
24.5 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
110 100 90
Bank °
84.71 %
8 4.5 1
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 11 8
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,100 1,600 1,100
01,0002,0000275481108135 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.750100200300400500600700800 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.75-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome in the Piper PA-28 Arrow III
Landing Score 87.59 %
79.45 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 766 ft agl to 540 ft agl. A decrease of 226 ft in 16 seconds.
Glideslope
34.83 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
34.83 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
87 83 80
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
95 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-547 -774 -1,000
11.251.51.752450500550600650700750 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-120-90-60-300306090120 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
78.24 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 524 ft agl to 7 ft agl. A decrease of 517 ft in 36 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
92.14 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
87 78 70
Alignment
92.14 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
99.05 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-658 -829 -1,000
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-90-68-45-23023456890 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
89.81 %
Landing
Landing on runway 02 at NZMJ Martins Bay Aerodrome, runway length 1,603 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 72 kn.
Height
77.53 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 72 kt. Target 75 kt
Flare
88.07 %
Very good landing flare
Centreline ft
86.79 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
97.26 %
3 2 1
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
72 66 60
Pitch °
Info
6 4 2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-302 -501 -700
025050006.6713202733 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
0250500-20-16-12-8-4048121620 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
87.25 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 261 ft. Touchdown speed at 69 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -293 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 53 °F. Wind 3 kn at 267 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
Touchdown
74.44 %
Touchdown rate was fair at -293 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 69 kt was a little fast. Target below 67 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 261 ft.
Alignment
91.31 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 ft from centreline.
Bank
0 %
Bank angle 1.8 °
G
98.86 %
G 1.03 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
95.06 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 1,019 ft, 64 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 1,019 ft using 63.57 % of runway
Alignment
89.02 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
61 46 30
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 0.5 0
0500 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
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