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VNLK
Lukla, Nepal
Runway 24
Elevation9,337 ft asl
Weight2,991 kg
Fuel501 kg
Wind283° · 8 kn · 5 kn cross

Flight Score

82.09 %
VNPL
Namche Bazar, Nepal
Runway 20
Elevation8,035 ft asl
Weight2,972 kg
Fuel479 kg
19 Jan 2023 0:09 14 nm Cessna 208B 23 kg
Departure Score
80.03 %
Enroute Score
96.62 %
Arrival Score
63.59 %

What went well

Touched down at -8 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 43 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.24 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — Heading variation -1.4 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 27.5 ° at 0 %, −3.75 points
Departure Climb 2 — bounce on liftoff; bank angle up to 14.0 ° at 0 %, Heading variation -2.0 ° at 26 %, −3.62 points
Arrival Landing — at 0 %, bank angle up to 3.9 ° at 0 %, −3.53 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 · 16 stages, 15 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 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kn0 kn min to max 16 kn 0 12 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 3 knmax 3 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.98 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-4.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.2 -4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.5 °

Events

Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 7 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 7 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 7 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 7 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 7 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 7 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 7 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 7 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 4 kt
Departure Roll 89.85Departure roll runway 24 at VNLK Lukla. Takeoff distance 864 m 160 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 52 kn. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 8 kn at 282 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Takeoff distance 864 m160 % of runway
53 % Liftoff speed was 52 knTarget 83 kn
97 % Runway alignment max 2.10 m1.12 m left to 0.99 m right 0.91 -0.99 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.01 g 0.97 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -7.9 °-8.0 ° min to max -6.2 ° -6.2 -7.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.5 0.8 °
Departure Climb 1 83.69Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 24 VNLK Lukla.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn52 kn min to max 70 kn 52 70 kn
35 % Average bank angle 4.3 °0.8 ° min to max 6.9 ° 0.8 6.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.14 g1.00 g min to max 1.25 g 1.00 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -548 ft/m-879 ft/m min to max -243 ft/m -879 -243 ft/m
Info Average altitude -27 ft agl-39 ft agl min to max 0 ft agl 0 -39 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-7.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° -7.0 0.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 36 ft agl · 90 kt
Departure Climb 2 56.56Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 24 VNLK Lukla.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
26 % Heading variation -2.0 °-7.9 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -7.9 °
100 % Average speed 86 kn71 kn min to max 142 kn 71 142 kn
0 % Average bank angle 5.4 °0.2 ° min to max 14.0 ° 6.2 13.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.79 g min to max 1.24 g 1.06 1.16 g
Info Average VSI -348 ft/m-1,712 ft/m min to max 228 ft/m -231 -1,298 ft/m
Info Average altitude -89 ft agl-363 ft agl min to max -56 ft agl -56 -363 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-6.5 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.8 -3.7 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 596 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 634 ft agl · 132 kt
Enroute Descent 98.34Enroute descent started 1 mile south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal). Descent from 8,957 ft asl to 7,993 ft asl, a decrease of 964 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 185 kn168 kn min to max 198 kn 168 177 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.0 ° min to max 21.3 ° 14.6 8.2 °
83 % Average g force 1.02 g0.46 g min to max 1.50 g 1.15 1.18 g
Info Average VSI -876 ft/m-2,978 ft/m min to max 53 ft/m -1,109 -1,988 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8,409 ft asl7,993 ft asl min to max 8,957 ft asl 8,957 7,993 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.9 °-12.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° -2.8 -4.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 98.86Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 7,922 ft asl7,820 ft asl min to max 8,062 ft asl 7,966 8,062 ft asl
100 % Average speed 178 kn173 kn min to max 186 kn 176 174 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.5 °0.9 ° min to max 22.8 ° 8.1 4.5 °
89 % Average g force 1.08 g0.66 g min to max 1.45 g 1.23 1.09 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-8.0 ° min to max 6.0 ° -1.0 6.0 °
Enroute Climb 89.01Enroute climb started 5 miles south west of VNLK Lukla Lukla (Province 1, Nepal). Climbing from 8,087 ft asl to 10,196 ft asl, an increase of 2,108 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Climb speed 121 kn106 kn min to max 152 knTarget 104 kn 152 122 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.1 °0.1 ° min to max 31.1 ° 1.8 1.6 °
93 % Average g force 1.00 g0.62 g min to max 1.24 g 1.08 0.65 g
Info Average VSI 1,261 ft/m-1,618 ft/m min to max 2,764 ft/m 1,496 -1,618 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9,652 ft asl8,087 ft asl min to max 10,452 ft asl 8,087 10,196 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °-8.1 ° min to max 12.9 ° 6.2 -8.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Battery Master On 7 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 7 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl
Enroute Descent 2 98.17Enroute descent started 4 miles north of VNPL Phaplu Airport Namche Bazar (Province 1, Nepal). Descent from 10,156 ft asl to 8,635 ft asl, a decrease of 1,522 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 156 kn137 kn min to max 164 kn 151 137 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.7 °0.5 ° min to max 31.6 ° 4.8 12.4 °
82 % Average g force 1.04 g0.54 g min to max 1.57 g 0.67 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -2,968 ft/m-4,770 ft/m min to max -1,009 ft/m -2,115 -1,009 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9,323 ft asl8,635 ft asl min to max 10,156 ft asl 10,156 8,635 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -11.2 °-20.0 ° min to max -4.5 ° -10.2 -4.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 321 ft agl · 155 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 475 ft agl · 152 kt
Enroute Level 2 98.70Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north of VNPL Phaplu Airport Namche Bazar (Province 1, Nepal) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Average altitude 8,522 ft asl8,497 ft asl min to max 8,623 ft asl 8,623 8,539 ft asl
100 % Average speed 112 kn104 kn min to max 132 kn 132 109 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.8 °0.2 ° min to max 18.7 ° 11.3 1.7 °
89 % Average g force 1.02 g0.70 g min to max 1.45 g 0.89 0.88 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-10.5 ° min to max 2.1 ° -5.9 -0.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 345 ft agl · 105 kt
Arrival 99.77Arrival started 3 miles north of VNPL Phaplu Airport Namche Bazar (Province 1, Nepal).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 91 kn83 kn min to max 98 kn 88 83 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.4 °0.7 ° min to max 29.7 ° 1.1 11.4 °
99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.74 g min to max 1.27 g 1.02 1.11 g
Info Average VSI -608 ft/m-1,574 ft/m min to max 651 ft/m 228 638 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8,157 ft asl7,931 ft asl min to max 8,546 ft asl 8,542 8,030 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.9 °-8.1 ° min to max 6.0 ° 0.5 6.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 448 ft agl · 106 kt
Arrival Final 1 43.80Approaching runway 20 at VNPL Phaplu Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 9 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 38 ft in 20 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
19 % Approach angle 0.5 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.7 °Target 3.0 ° -0.4 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 62 kn54 kn min to max 78 kn 78 54 kn
0 % Heading variation -1.4 °-6.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -6.4 -0.3 °
0 % Average bank angle 6.7 °0.4 ° min to max 27.5 ° 8.0 3.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.81 g min to max 1.13 g 1.08 1.07 g
Info Average VSI -67 ft/m-235 ft/m min to max 868 ft/m 771 -32 ft/m
Info Average altitude 53 ft agl9 ft agl min to max 62 ft agl 9 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-1.0 ° min to max 6.1 ° 4.5 5.2 °
00.250.50.751050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-220-165-110-55055110165220Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 47.04Landing on runway 20 at VNPL Phaplu Airport, runway length 680 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
39 % Threshold speed at 54 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 75 kn
0 % Target 37 ft agl
91 % Landing and flare profile
95 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -0.3 °
0 % Average bank angle 2.9 °1.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.9 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 1.02 g
Info Average speed 53 kn52 kn min to max 54 kn 54 52 kn
Info Average VSI -16 ft/m-27 ft/m min to max -11 ft/m -27 -11 ft/m
Info Average altitude -2 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max -2 ft agl -2 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °4.6 ° min to max 6.6 ° 4.9 6.6 °
07515022530037545052508.7117263544Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10123456789Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.68Touchdown distance was good at 32 m. Touchdown speed at 52 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -8 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 6 kn at 290 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -8 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 32 mTarget 379 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 52 knTarget 64 kn
74 % Runway alignment max 4.40 m3.46 m right -3.17 -4.40 m
91 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.91 g min to max 1.24 g 1.08 1.01 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 51 kn49 kn min to max 52 kn 52 49 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °1.7 ° min to max 6.9 ° 6.8 1.7 °
Arrival Rollout 81.44Total landing distance 395 m, 58 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 395 m58 % of runway.
59 % Runway alignment max 6.64 m0.00 m left to 6.64 m right -4.53 -2.24 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average speed 62 kn35 kn min to max 67 kn 67 35 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °0.6 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.8 0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 8 ft agl · 63 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 2 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 13 kn6 kn min to max 29 kn 29 10 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.5 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.9 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 7 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 7 ft agl · 8 kt
Arrival Taxi 50.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 15 kn0 kn min to max 62 kn 10 62 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 knmax 11 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-1.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.0 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.0 0.2 °

Events

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

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll255 m · 47 %
52.70Liftoff speed51 kt
96.54Runway alignment1.12 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone

Landing

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

0.00Threshold height-2 ft
38.61Threshold speed53 kt
95.36Centreline offset0.10 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 VNPL 20

Past threshold100.00
43m
Centreline74.06
4.40m R
Speed100.00
52kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-8fpm
Impact100.00
1.24G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 680 m of the approach.

-2 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — -2 ft, down at 43 m

Plan view — the full 680 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 43 m past threshold CLEARED

The 43 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 345 m of 680 m · 51 %
Rollout distance100.00
302m49 % used
Rollout alignment58.75
6.64m R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 24 at VNLK Lukla in the Cessna 208B
80.03 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 -1.5 -4
89.85 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 24 at VNLK Lukla. Takeoff distance 864 m 160 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 52 kn. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 8 kn at 282 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 864 m using 159.63 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
52.7 %
Liftoff speed was 52 kn - Target 70 kn
Alignment
96.54 %
1.12 m left to 0.99 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 30 0
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
-5 -6 -7
0250500-10-50510 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
83.69 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 24 VNLK Lukla.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 65 50
Bank °
34.78 %
7 3.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
1 -2.5 -6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
-100 -550 -1,000
56.56 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 24 VNLK Lukla.
Alignment
26.25 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
150 110 70
Bank °
0 %
15 7.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
2 -2 -6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
300 -750 -1,800
025050000.20.40.60.81 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.2500.20.40.60.81 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.25-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 20 at VNPL Phaplu Airport in the Cessna 208B
Landing Score 66.99 %
43.8 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 20 at VNPL Phaplu Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 9 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 38 ft in 20 seconds.
Glideslope
18.98 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
0 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
18.98 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
78 64 50
Alignment
0 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
0 %
28 14 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
868 284 -300
00.250.50.751050100150200 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-220-165-110-55055110165220 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
47.04 %
Landing
Landing on runway 20 at VNPL Phaplu Airport, runway length 680 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
38.61 %
Threshold speed at 54 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 80 kt
Flare
91.41 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
95.36 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
0 %
4 2.5 1
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
54 52 50
Pitch °
Info
7 5.5 4
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-11 -56 -100
07515022530037545052508.7117263544 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10123456789 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
95.68 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 32 m. Touchdown speed at 52 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -8 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 4 °C. Wind 6 kn at 290 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was perfect at -8 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 52 kt was good. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 32 m.
Alignment
74.06 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from centreline.
Bank
91.44 %
Bank angle 0.9 °
G
100 %
G 1.05 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
81.44 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 395 m, 58 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 395 m using 58.11 % of runway
Alignment
58.75 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
49 29 10
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
50 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 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
2 0.5 -1
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