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LPFR
Faro, Portugal
Runway 28
Elevation20 ft asl
Weight1,036 kg
Fuel170 kg
Wind260° · 8 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

90.48 %
LPPM
Portimão, Portugal
Runway 29
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight1,023 kg
Fuel157 kg
Wind341° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
11 Mar 2024 0:16 29 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 12 kg
Departure Score
89.39 %
Enroute Score
99.85 %
Arrival Score
77.76 %

What went well

Touchdown 212 m in — inside the full-score zone
Rollout held the centreline — 1.55 m off at taxi speed
Airborne in 343 m — 14 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 2.8 ° at 0 %, Heading variation 0.4 ° at 17 %, −3.19 points
Arrival Landing — at 49 %, Landing and flare profile at 57 %, −2.62 points
Departure Climb 3 — Heading variation -7.2 ° at 0 %, −1.85 points

Top opportunity

Hold the approach angle

Arrival Final 1

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 13 stages, 12 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 84.73Departure roll runway 28 at LPFR Faro. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 8 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 8 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 70 knTarget 70 kn
95 % Runway alignment max 7.50 m4.48 m left to 3.01 m right -3.01 4.48 m
58 % Average g force 0.42 g0.01 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °3.6 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.6 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.5 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28 LPFR Faro.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.6 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.8 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 80 kn70 kn min to max 85 kn 70 85 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.6 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 484 ft/m286 ft/m min to max 670 ft/m 286 670 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 0 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °3.6 ° min to max 8.2 ° 3.6 8.2 °
Departure Climb 2 95.10Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28 LPFR Faro.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Heading variation -0.7 °-3.2 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -3.2 °
100 % Average speed 86 kn83 kn min to max 100 kn 85 100 kn
96 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.0 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.81 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 905 ft/m677 ft/m min to max 1,333 ft/m 677 1,106 ft/m
Info Average altitude 114 ft agl46 ft agl min to max 392 ft agl 46 392 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °5.9 ° min to max 11.7 ° 8.2 8.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 136 ft agl · 87 kt
Departure Climb 3 77.74Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 28 LPFR Faro.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -7.2 °-10.8 ° min to max -3.4 ° -3.4 -10.8 °
100 % Average speed 104 kn86 kn min to max 121 kn 98 118 kn
93 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.1 ° min to max 4.6 ° 2.6 4.3 °
91 % Average g force 0.89 g0.59 g min to max 1.06 g 0.96 0.89 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 994 ft/m-60 ft/m min to max 1,948 ft/m 1,232 1,445 ft/m
Info Average altitude 735 ft agl413 ft agl min to max 989 ft agl 413 989 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °-1.3 ° min to max 13.9 ° 9.1 7.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile west of LPFR Faro Faro (Distrito de Faro, Portugal). Climbing from 1,029 ft asl to 3,043 ft asl, an increase of 2,013 ft in 4 minutes and covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 133 kn113 kn min to max 156 kn 116 153 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.1 ° min to max 13.1 ° 4.0 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.75 g min to max 1.05 g 0.90 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 744 ft/m-122 ft/m min to max 1,498 ft/m 1,451 282 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,847 ft asl1,029 ft asl min to max 3,043 ft asl 1,029 3,043 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-1.1 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.9 0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Albufeira (Distrito de Faro, Portugal) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,327 ft asl3,092 ft asl min to max 3,465 ft asl 3,092 3,123 ft asl
100 % Average speed 152 kn147 kn min to max 157 kn 152 150 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.0 °0.0 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.1 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.85 g min to max 1.00 g 0.90 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-2.5 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -1.9 °
Enroute Descent 99.54Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Porches (Distrito de Faro, Portugal). Descent from 3,094 ft asl to 1,827 ft asl, a decrease of 1,267 ft in 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 146 kn133 kn min to max 152 kn 146 133 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 12.5 ° 4.9 2.1 °
95 % Average g force 0.90 g0.67 g min to max 1.01 g 0.85 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -559 ft/m-2,139 ft/m min to max -101 ft/m -178 -2,139 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,547 ft asl1,827 ft asl min to max 3,094 ft asl 3,094 1,827 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.6 °-10.4 ° min to max -1.2 ° -1.9 -9.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south of Porches (Distrito de Faro, Portugal).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 121 kn110 kn min to max 135 kn 135 113 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 1.9 6.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.80 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -1,512 ft/m-2,090 ft/m min to max -771 ft/m -2,090 -1,803 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,262 ft asl702 ft asl min to max 1,793 ft asl 1,793 702 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -7.0 °-9.5 ° min to max -3.5 ° -9.5 -7.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 665 ft agl · 114 kt
Arrival Final 1 61.75Approaching runway 29 at LPPM Portimão from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 670 ft agl to 24 ft agl. A decrease of 646 ft in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 2.8 °1.2 ° min to max 6.5 °Target 3.0 ° 6.5 1.2 °
100 % Average speed 94 kn87 kn min to max 113 kn 113 87 kn
17 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.6 0.2 °
96 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.6 0.9 °
92 % Average g force 1.06 g0.80 g min to max 1.39 g 0.95 1.18 g
Info Average VSI -1,166 ft/m-1,757 ft/m min to max -600 ft/m -1,757 -600 ft/m
Info Average altitude 132 ft agl24 ft agl min to max 670 ft agl 670 24 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -5.2 °-8.5 ° min to max 0.3 ° -7.4 0.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 347 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 148 ft agl · 100 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-140-105-70-3503570105140Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 68.61Landing on runway 29 at LPPM Portimão, runway length 771 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 87 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
69 % Threshold speed was too high at 87 kn. Target 70 kn
49 % Target 42 ft agl
57 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
99 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.1 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.9 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.85 g min to max 1.20 g 1.11 0.91 g
Info Average speed 80 kn73 kn min to max 87 kn 87 73 kn
Info Average VSI -244 ft/m-576 ft/m min to max -148 ft/m -576 -164 ft/m
Info Average altitude 8 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 14 ft agl 14 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.7 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.1 -0.2 °
07515022509.9320304050Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 83.99Touchdown distance was good at 211 m. Touchdown speed at 73 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was good at -164 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kn at 341 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Touchdown VSI was -164 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 211 mTarget 409 m
42 % Speed at touchdown 73 knTarget 55 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.41 m1.24 m left 1.40 0.98 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.2 °
73 % Average g force 0.62 g0.27 g min to max 1.03 g 0.91 0.39 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 71 kn68 kn min to max 73 kn 73 68 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° -0.2 1.4 °
Arrival Rollout 96.69Total landing distance 565 m, 73 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 565 m73 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.37 m1.55 m left to 0.82 m right 0.97 1.55 m
67 % Average g force 0.29 g0.17 g min to max 0.43 g 0.36 0.43 g
Info Average speed 67 kn47 kn min to max 71 kn 71 47 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-1.9 ° min to max 3.8 ° 1.4 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 2 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kn4 kn min to max 33 kn 33 5 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °1.9 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.3 2.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.4 °
Info Average g force 0.94 g0.73 g min to max 1.08 g 0.73 1.07 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 7 kt

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll343 m · 14 %
100.00Liftoff speed69 kt
94.78Runway alignment4.48 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb484 fpm

Landing

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

48.78Threshold height13 ft
68.68Threshold speed86 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.06 m 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 LPPM 29

Past threshold100.00
212m
Centreline100.00
0.98m L
Speed41.78
73kt
Touchdown rate88.02
-164fpm
Impact72.57
1.03G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 771 m of the approach.

13 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 13 ft, down at 212 m

Plan view — the full 771 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 212 m past threshold CLEARED

The 212 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.03 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 502 m of 771 m · 65 %
Rollout distance100.00
290m65 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.55m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 28 at LPFR Faro in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
89.39 %
84.73 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 28 at LPFR Faro. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 8 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 8 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 70 kn - Target 70 kn
Alignment
94.78 %
4.48 m left to 3.01 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
57.71 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 35 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 4 3
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,250-20-15-10-505101520 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28 LPFR Faro.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 75 60
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
9 6 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
95.1 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28 LPFR Faro.
Alignment
84.88 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
95.53 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 8.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,400 950 500
77.74 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 28 LPFR Faro.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
130 105 80
Bank °
93.29 %
5 2.5 0
G
90.86 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 6.5 -1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,000 950 -100
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2500154308462616770 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.250100200300400500600700800900 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 29 at LPPM Portimão in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 77.76 %
61.75 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 29 at LPPM Portimão from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 670 ft agl to 24 ft agl. A decrease of 646 ft in 28 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
16.8 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
113 96 80
Alignment
16.8 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
95.97 %
5 2.5 0
G
92 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-600 -1,200 -1,800
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-140-105-70-3503570105140 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
68.61 %
Landing
Landing on runway 29 at LPPM Portimão, runway length 771 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 87 kn.
Height
48.78 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
68.68 %
Threshold speed was too high at 87 kt. Target 70 kt
Flare
57.39 %
Poor landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
98.95 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
87 78 70
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-149 -374 -600
07515022509.9320304050 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225-15-12-9-6-303691215 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
83.99 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 211 m. Touchdown speed at 73 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was good at -164 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kn at 341 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
88.02 %
Touchdown rate was good at -164 fpm.
Speed
41.78 %
Touchdown speed at 73 kt was excessively fast. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 211 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.1 °
G
72.57 %
G 0.62 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
96.69 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 565 m, 73 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 565 m using 73.28 % of runway
Alignment
100 %
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
G
66.86 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
68 54 40
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
4 1.5 -1
0200400 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
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