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KGCN
Grand Canyon, United States
Runway 03
Elevation6,532 ft asl
Weight982 kg
Fuel60 kg
Wind270° · 4 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

92.71 %
BUSH
3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States), United States
Runway XX
Elevation2,404 ft asl
Weight979 kg
Fuel58 kg
Wind269° · 5 kn · 1 kn cross
22 Dec 2023 0:10 9 nm Cessna Skyhawk 2 kg
Departure Score
97.27 %
Enroute Score
99.87 %
Arrival Score
80.10 %

What went well

Touched down at -94 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 259 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.08 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 42 %, Heading variation -0.4 ° at 61 %, −4.03 points
Arrival Touchdown — Alignment max 32.55 m at 0 %, −1.79 points
Arrival Final 1 — bank angle up to 15.3 ° at 67 %, −0.81 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 · 11 stages, 11 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 Roll 93.00Departure roll runway 03 at KGCN Grand Canyon National Park. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 52 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 4 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
77 % Liftoff speed was 52 knTarget 62 kn
88 % Runway alignment max 4.92 m4.92 m left to 0.00 m left 4.92 4.61 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °2.5 ° min to max 7.6 ° 2.5 7.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 65 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 57 kn52 kn min to max 58 kn 52 58 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 461 ft/m315 ft/m min to max 500 ft/m 315 465 ft/m
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 53 ft agl 0 53 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.4 °6.5 ° min to max 10.8 ° 7.7 10.2 °
Departure Climb 2 98.05Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.5 ° min to max -0.5 ° -0.5 -1.2 °
100 % Average speed 61 kn58 kn min to max 63 kn 58 62 kn
92 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.7 2.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.88 g min to max 1.10 g 0.97 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 356 ft/m15 ft/m min to max 638 ft/m 463 523 ft/m
Info Average altitude 136 ft agl91 ft agl min to max 393 ft agl 91 393 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.8 °6.6 ° min to max 11.4 ° 10.1 10.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 53 ft agl · 73 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 99 ft agl · 78 kt
Departure Climb 3 98.02Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -1.9 °-3.5 ° min to max -1.1 ° -1.1 -3.5 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn58 kn min to max 66 kn 62 66 kn
90 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 4.3 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.90 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 495 ft/m174 ft/m min to max 959 ft/m 515 403 ft/m
Info Average altitude 535 ft agl364 ft agl min to max 689 ft agl 364 689 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.5 °7.8 ° min to max 14.2 ° 10.8 8.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Tusayan (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Climbing from 7,265 ft asl to 7,885 ft asl, an increase of 620 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 80 kn66 kn min to max 92 kn 66 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 19.7 ° 0.5 10.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.88 g min to max 1.10 g 0.98 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 381 ft/m-89 ft/m min to max 729 ft/m 425 729 ft/m
Info Average altitude 7,597 ft asl7,265 ft asl min to max 7,885 ft asl 7,265 7,885 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °1.9 ° min to max 8.5 ° 8.2 7.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 7,968 ft asl7,818 ft asl min to max 8,053 ft asl 7,900 7,818 ft asl
100 % Average speed 96 kn82 kn min to max 102 kn 89 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.2 °0.0 ° min to max 14.6 ° 9.9 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.89 g min to max 1.09 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °-1.2 ° min to max 8.7 ° 8.3 2.9 °
Enroute Descent 99.60Enroute descent started 2 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Descent from 7,867 ft asl to 6,258 ft asl, a decrease of 1,609 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 84 kn75 kn min to max 97 kn 92 75 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.0 °0.9 ° min to max 23.3 ° 2.4 0.9 °
96 % Average g force 1.01 g0.68 g min to max 1.18 g 0.93 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -1,307 ft/m-1,826 ft/m min to max 81 ft/m 81 -1,400 ft/m
Info Average altitude 7,123 ft asl6,258 ft asl min to max 7,867 ft asl 7,867 6,258 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.1 °-10.1 ° min to max 1.1 ° 1.1 -7.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3,959 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4,246 ft agl · 111 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 4,473 ft agl · 106 kt
Arrival 83.69Arrival started 2 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 54 kn47 kn min to max 81 kn 75 48 kn
59 % Average bank angle 5.8 °0.0 ° min to max 39.3 ° 0.3 12.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.10 g 0.93 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -362 ft/m-2,900 ft/m min to max 174 ft/m -1,525 -577 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,755 ft asl2,469 ft asl min to max 6,231 ft asl 6,231 2,469 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °-9.8 ° min to max 9.0 ° -8.1 3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 92.75Approaching landing ground 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 65 ft agl to 44 ft agl. A decrease of 21 ft in 1 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Approach angle 3.3 °2.9 ° min to max 3.5 °Target 3.0 ° 3.5 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 48 kn48 kn min to max 49 kn 48 49 kn
99 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 0.0 °
67 % Average bank angle 14.2 °12.4 ° min to max 15.3 ° 12.4 15.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -604 ft/m-675 ft/m min to max -568 ft/m -577 -675 ft/m
Info Average altitude 55 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 65 ft agl 65 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.4 ° min to max 3.4 ° 3.4 0.4 °
00.250.50.751050Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 63.72Approaching touchdown 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Descent from 36 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 36 ft in 7 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
63 % Threshold speed at 49 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 63 kn
42 % Landing and flare profile
61 % Heading variation -0.4 °-1.3 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -1.3 °
66 % Average bank angle 5.4 °0.4 ° min to max 15.1 ° 15.1 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.92 g min to max 1.20 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average speed 49 kn44 kn min to max 51 kn 49 44 kn
Info Average VSI -347 ft/m-739 ft/m min to max -94 ft/m -679 -94 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 36 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °-0.1 ° min to max 7.0 ° 0.3 6.0 °
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 83.85Touchdown 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 257 m. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 5 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 5 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown VSI was -94 ft/m.
100 % Speed at touchdown 44 knTarget 53 kn
0 % Alignment max 32.55 m30.59 m right -28.68 -32.55 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.4 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.08 g 0.98 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 44 kn44 kn min to max 44 kn 44 44 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °4.8 ° min to max 6.0 ° 6.0 4.9 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll1,093 m · 40 %
76.70Liftoff speed52 kt
88.28Runway alignment4.92 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb461 fpm

Landing

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

79.07Threshold height35 ft
63.14Threshold speed49 kt
60.71Centreline offset0.40 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 BUSH XX

Past threshold100.00
259m
Centreline0.00
32.55m R
Speed100.00
44kt
Touchdown rate95.41
-94fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
BouncesOk
None

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

35 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 35 ft, down at 259 m

Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD CROSS 4 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 259 m past threshold CLEARED

The 259 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 259 m of 1,524 m · 17 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 03 at KGCN Grand Canyon National Park in the Cessna Skyhawk
97.27 %
93 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 03 at KGCN Grand Canyon National Park. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 52 kn. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 4 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
76.7 %
Liftoff speed was 52 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
88.28 %
4.92 m left to 0.00 m left
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
60 50 40
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
8 5 2
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,500-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
60 55 50
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 8.5 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
600 250 -100
98.05 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
92.21 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 9 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
98.02 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 03 KGCN Grand Canyon National Park.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
90.11 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
15 11 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,000 500 0
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,500058116174232290 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50100200300400500600700 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.5-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway XX at 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States) in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 80.1 %
92.75 %
Final 1
Approaching landing ground 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 65 ft agl to 44 ft agl. A decrease of 21 ft in 1 seconds.
Glideslope
98.51 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
98.57 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
98.51 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
49 45 40
Alignment
98.57 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
66.65 %
16 14 12
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-568 -634 -700
00.250.50.751050 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
63.72 %
Landing
Approaching touchdown 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Descent from 36 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 36 ft in 7 seconds.
Height
79.07 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
63.14 %
Threshold speed at 49 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 63 kt
Flare
42.15 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
60.71 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
65.55 %
16 8 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
51 46 40
Pitch °
Info
8 4 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-94 -447 -800
07515022530001123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
83.85 %
Touchdown
Touchdown 3 miles north east of Grand Canyon (Coconino County, Arizona, United States). Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 257 m. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 5 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 5 kn
Warning: Landed with a 5 kt tailwind
Touchdown
95.41 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -94 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 44 kt was good. Target below 50 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 257 m.
Alignment
0 %
Runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 32.5 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.5 °
G
100 %
G 1.03 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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