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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight707 kg
Fuel43 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

89.36 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight706 kg
Fuel85 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
11 Jun 2025 0:05 6 nm PA38 Tomahawk
Departure Score
88.13 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
79.96 %

What went well

Touched down at -59 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 2.80 m off the centreline, no bounce
1.08 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Flare profile at 0 %, Threshold speed was excessively high at 89 kt at 22 %, −4.93 points
Departure Climb 3 — Heading variation 5.2 ° at 2 %, bank angle up to 10.7 ° at 77 %, −2.02 points
Departure Roll — Liftoff speed was 88 kt at 0 %, −1.67 points

Next time

Departure

Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 58 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.

What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 88 kt, 30 kt above the target liftoff speed.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 58 kt at liftoff

See Departure Roll

Arrival

Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 122 fpm.

What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.

Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 59 fpm.

See 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 · 9 stages, 8 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Average speed was 24 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 34 kt10 kt min to max 40 kt 10 40 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-1.3 ° min to max -0.9 ° -1.0 -1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 80.00Departure roll runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 646 m 24 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 88 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 646 m24 % of runway
0 % Liftoff speed was 88 ktTarget 58 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.01 m left3.01 m left to 2.54 m right 1.24 -2.53 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-2.0 ° min to max -0.7 ° -1.1 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.4 2.2 °
Departure Climb 1 98.76Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 91 kt88 kt min to max 92 kt 88 91 kt
95 % Average bank angle 3.3 °2.3 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.3 3.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.99 g min to max 1.13 g 1.03 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 420 fpm153 fpm min to max 776 fpm 153 776 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 43 ft agl 0 43 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-1.4 ° min to max 5.9 ° -1.4 5.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 15 ft agl · 90 kt
Departure Climb 2 98.01Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.2 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 88 kt80 kt min to max 91 kt 91 87 kt
92 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.1 ° min to max 5.0 ° 3.3 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 898 fpm387 fpm min to max 1,221 fpm 790 577 fpm
Info Average altitude 136 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 375 ft agl 44 375 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °1.7 ° min to max 8.1 ° 6.0 1.7 °
Departure Climb 3 75.77Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
2 % Heading variation 5.2 °0.5 ° min to max 9.9 ° 0.5 9.9 °
100 % Average speed 97 kt88 kt min to max 102 kt 88 95 kt
77 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 10.7 ° 1.0 10.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 0.97 1.03 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 81 fpm-88 fpm min to max 479 fpm 479 108 fpm
Info Average altitude 441 ft agl382 ft agl min to max 508 ft agl 382 508 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-2.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 -0.7 °
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Troon (South Ayrshire, Scotland) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±529 ft of 493 ft asl261 ft asl min to max 586 ft asl 574 261 ft asl
100 % Average speed 96 kt92 kt min to max 99 kt 95 93 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.0 °0.3 ° min to max 28.0 ° 14.4 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.96 g min to max 1.23 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-6.4 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.9 -6.4 °
Arrival Final 1 99.30Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 194 ft agl to 2 ft agl. A decrease of 192 ft in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.3 °0.6 ° min to max 2.5 °Target 3.0 ° 2.5 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 95 kt89 kt min to max 100 kt 94 89 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.2 -0.0 °
97 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.4 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.14 g 0.98 1.14 g
Info Average VSI -329 fpm-957 fpm min to max -93 fpm -892 -506 fpm
Info Average altitude 41 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 194 ft agl 194 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-6.8 ° min to max -1.4 ° -6.6 -2.3 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 55.59Landing on runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was excessively high at 89 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
22 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 89 kt. Target 62 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
0 % Very poor landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.03 m left0.03 m left to 0.00 m right -0.00 0.03 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.6 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.15 g 1.15 1.01 g
Info Average speed 67 kt47 kt min to max 89 kt 89 47 kt
Info Average VSI -28 fpm-499 fpm min to max 69 fpm -499 -7 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl11 ft agl min to max 17 ft agl 17 11 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-2.2 ° min to max 6.3 ° -2.2 6.3 °
0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,0501,12501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft0751502253003754505256006757508259009751,0501,125-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 85.00Touchdown point was 511 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 47 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -7 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 5 kt at 268 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Tailwind: 4 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -7 fpm.
0 % Touchdown distance was 951 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 47 ktTarget below 48 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 3.05 m left2.93 m left 3.05 2.80 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.01 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 46 kt46 kt min to max 47 kt 47 46 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °6.3 ° min to max 6.4 ° 6.3 6.4 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 87 kt with −1.7° of pitch.

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 figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF-1.7° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0306090120150 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 32 kt -1.1° 0 s
Liftoff603 m · target 64 87 kt -1.7° 18.0 s
35 ft933 m · 7.3 s after liftoff 92 kt 5.3° 25.2 s
End of Climb 36,757 m · 508 ft 95 kt -0.7° 153 s

Takeoff from EGPK 30

Takeoff roll100.00
793m29 %
Liftoff speed0.00
87kttarget 64, 23 fast
Runway alignment100.00
3.01m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb98.76
420fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 508 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft with 1,655 m of runway left; then climbing at 230 fpm on average to 508 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 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050607080KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 87 ktSCALE CHANGES4.2 km past the runway
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 148 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 3.1 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.2 m right. Airborne 27 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 3.12 m LROLL 148 M INAirborne 751 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 751 m of 2,737 m · 27 %
Behind the start of the roll, 148 mTakeoff roll, 603 m Left ahead, 1,986 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: no landing flap all the way, fast all the way, banked until 0.9 nm and left of the centreline until 0.9 nm.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Landing flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to EGPK 12

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 80 ft below the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND146300 ft gate5 of 7landing flapon centreline333 ft · 97 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 464 m left of the centreline at 1.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND11 m R51 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +30 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 70+26 kt+19 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 12

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
15ft
Threshold speed22.35
89kttarget 70, 19 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.03m L

Touchdown

Past threshold0.00
951m
Centreline100.00
3.05m L
Speed100.00
46kttarget 68 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-59fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
BouncesOk
None
The flare0.00

Very poor landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 270° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 15 ft, 35 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 951 m in, 646 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.

15 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −59 fpm · 6.3° nose up · 47 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 15 ft, down at 951 m

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

The sink went from 390 fpm at 14 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 8.5° 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 UP0−500−1,000−3°4°10°touchdown−59 fpm at touchdown6.3° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 2.8 m left of the centreline.

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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 951 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 951 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 951 m of 2,737 m · 35 %
In the air over the runway, 951 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,786 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the PA38 Tomahawk aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 646 meters, which accounted for 24% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 88 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 270 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots.

After departing from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, the aircraft flew an enroute level cruise, which started overhead Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This phase of the flight lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was located to the north-west. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 194 feet above ground level and was heading in a direction of 121.0 degrees, approximately 1 nautical mile from the runway.

Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 12, which had a length of 2,737 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 89 knots. The touchdown point was located 509 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a good 47 knots. The touchdown rate was also perfect at -7 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 268 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots.

The total flight distance was 6 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 5 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -42 kilograms of fuel during the flight.

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