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PACD
Cold Bay, United States
Runway 26
Elevation89 ft asl
Weight31,232 lbs
Fuel7,010 lbs
Wind270° · 25 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

90.19 %
PADK
Adak, United States
Runway 23
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight31,232 lbs
Fuel7,008 lbs
Wind250° · 14 kn · 2 kn cross
25 Jul 2026 1:37 541 nm Cessna 750 Citation X 2 lbs
Departure Score
97.49 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
73.08 %

What went well

Lifted off at 137 kt — on the 125 kt target
Airborne in 805 ft — 17 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — GPWS warning; Touchdown distance was 4,091 ft at 0 %, Touchdown rate was -605 fpm at 17 %, −2.23 points
Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 1,000 ft gate 67 %, 500 ft gate 67 %, −2.22 points
Arrival Landing — GPWS warning; Threshold height at 183 ft agl was excessively over target at 0 %, Runway alignment max 71.3 ft left at 58 %, −2.17 points

Next time

Departure

Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.

What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 30 ft off the runway centreline.

Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.

See Departure Roll

Arrival

Steepen the descent on final to rejoin the glideslope, aiming to cross the threshold at 50 ft.

What happened: The approach drifted above the glideslope, carrying the aircraft across the threshold at 182 ft against the 50 ft target. Crossing the threshold high like this usually carries the touchdown point long.

Watch for: Watch radio altitude against 50 ft on short final to confirm the glidepath is recaptured before the threshold.

See Arrival ApproachArrival LandingArrival Touchdown

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 · 15 stages, 13 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt0 kt min to max 21 kt 0 4 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 11 kt 0 4 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.4 ° -1.0 -0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 5 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Activated 5 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 5 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 5 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 26 at PACD Cold Bay Airport, Average speed was 26 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 9 kt 4 9 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.7 ° -0.7 -0.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 5 ft agl · 21 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 5 ft agl · 23 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 23 kt
Departure Roll 95.06Departure roll runway 26 at PACD Cold Bay Airport. Takeoff distance 805 ft 17 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 138 kt. Local weather - Temperature 54 °F. Wind 26 kt at 269 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 26 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 805 ft17 % of runway
98 % Liftoff speed was 138 ktTarget 125 kt
78 % Runway alignment max 30.0 ft left30.0 ft left to 0.0 ft left 29.8 20.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° -0.8 6.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.6 °
Departure Climb 1 99.83Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 26 PACD Cold Bay Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.7 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.7 ° -1.0 -0.7 °
100 % Average speed 140 kt138 kt min to max 142 kt 138 142 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.4 ° 0.7 3.4 °
99 % Average g force 1.19 g1.05 g min to max 1.29 g 1.05 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 641 fpm260 fpm min to max 990 fpm 260 990 fpm
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 0 21 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °7.2 ° min to max 10.4 ° 7.2 10.0 °
Departure Climb 2 97.91Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 26 PACD Cold Bay Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.6 -1.2 °
100 % Average speed 146 kt142 kt min to max 155 kt 142 149 kt
94 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.2 ° min to max 7.1 ° 3.5 0.8 °
94 % Average g force 0.93 g0.82 g min to max 1.54 g 1.01 0.82 g
Info Average VSI 1,224 fpm-84 fpm min to max 2,757 fpm 1,119 2,378 fpm
Info Average altitude 81 ft agl29 ft agl min to max 354 ft agl 29 354 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.3 °3.6 ° min to max 15.2 ° 9.3 10.2 °
Departure Climb 3 94.66Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 26 PACD Cold Bay Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 160 kt149 kt min to max 167 ktTarget 169 kt, 9 kt slow 149 163 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.4 °1.4 ° min to max 19.1 ° 1.4 19.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.00 g0.75 g min to max 1.46 g 0.80 1.09 g
83 % Landing gear up at 504 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl, 104 ft agl late
Info Heading variation 0.2 °-1.9 ° min to max 4.1 ° -1.6 4.1 °
Info Average VSI 1,533 fpm-437 fpm min to max 2,808 fpm 2,075 2,446 fpm
Info Average altitude 584 ft agl393 ft agl min to max 915 ft agl 393 915 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °0.5 ° min to max 14.1 ° 8.7 13.9 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 479 ft agl · 159 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 481 ft agl · 163 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 526 ft agl · 166 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 552 ft agl · 167 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 581 ft agl · 166 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile west of PACD Cold Bay Airport Cold Bay (Alaska, United States). Climbing from 1,104 ft asl to 44,009 ft asl, an increase of 42,905 ft in 21 minutes and covering 127 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 260 kt162 kt min to max 301 kt 163 221 kt
100 % Average bank angle 11.4 °0.0 ° min to max 31.4 ° 19.8 0.1 °
99.96 % Average g force 1.04 g0.86 g min to max 1.37 g 1.16 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,592 fpm-117 fpm min to max 5,663 fpm 2,569 38 fpm
Info Average altitude 15,356 ft asl1,104 ft asl min to max 44,011 ft asl 1,104 44,009 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °0.2 ° min to max 16.4 ° 14.6 1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 3,419 ft agl
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 1,704 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 1,704 ft agl · 176 kt
Info 49 Activated 1,704 ft agl · 176 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 1,730 ft agl · 177 kt
Info 49 Deactivated 1,730 ft agl · 177 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,159 ft agl · 284 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 44,761 ft agl · 456 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Deactivated 44,761 ft agl · 456 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 33 miles north west of Akutan (Alaska, United States) and lasted 34 minutes, covering 263 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,700 ft of 44,001 ft asl43,976 ft asl min to max 44,016 ft asl 44,003 44,003 ft asl
100 % Average speed 240 kt220 kt min to max 251 kt 221 250 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.6 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.8 0.9 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 45,077 ft agl · 508 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 45,077 ft agl · 508 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 58 miles north east of PAAK Atka Airport Atka (Alaska, United States). Descent from 43,901 ft asl to 1,153 ft asl, a decrease of 42,748 ft in 25 minutes and covering 142 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 245 kt192 kt min to max 301 kt 244 192 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.2 °0.0 ° min to max 30.4 ° 0.2 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.87 g min to max 1.18 g 0.97 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -1,272 fpm-2,596 fpm min to max 202 fpm -1,702 -525 fpm
Info Average altitude 10,824 ft asl1,153 ft asl min to max 43,901 ft asl 43,901 1,153 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-4.2 ° min to max 2.2 ° -1.0 0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 7,494 ft agl · 281 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 7,494 ft agl · 281 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 7,051 ft agl · 247 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 7,051 ft agl · 247 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,662 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 4,662 ft agl · 268 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 4,272 ft agl · 239 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 4,272 ft agl · 239 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 3,890 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 3,890 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Captured Armed 3,890 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Arm Activated 3,890 ft agl · 215 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 3,217 ft agl · 222 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,856 ft agl · 226 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 1,856 ft agl · 226 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 1,470 ft agl · 209 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,151 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,139 ft agl · 197 kt
Arrival Approach 66.67Final approach to runway 23 at PADK Adak Airport. Descent from 1,159 ft agl to 182 ft agl in 108 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed at both gates
50 % Sink ratefailed at one of the two gates
50 % On glideslopefailed at one of the two gates
50 % On centrelinefailed at one of the two gates
50 % On speedfailed at one of the two gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 845 ft agl · 166 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 224 ft agl · 123 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 176 ft agl · 118 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 136 ft agl · 121 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 380 ft agl · 164 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 216 ft agl · 123 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 149 ft agl · 121 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 131 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 135 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 158 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Activated 158 ft agl · 128 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Captured Disarmed 158 ft agl · 128 kt
Arrival Landing 67.40Landing on runway 23 at PADK Adak Airport, runway length 7,834 ft. Threshold height at 183 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was good at 125 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 125 kt. Target 128 kt
0 % Threshold height at 183 ft agl was excessively over target.Target 50 ft agl
88 % The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 4,091 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
58 % Runway alignment max 71.3 ft left71.3 ft left to 16.5 ft left 71.3 16.5 ft
97 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.5 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.17 g 0.87 0.87 g
Info Average speed 133 kt125 kt min to max 134 kt 125 134 kt
Info Average VSI -443 fpm-861 fpm min to max -214 fpm -342 -393 fpm
Info Average altitude 47 ft agl4 ft agl min to max 183 ft agl 183 4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.4 ° min to max 3.9 ° 1.9 0.4 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from an earlier stage 184 ft agl · 125 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 118 ft agl · 130 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Hold Deactivated 118 ft agl · 130 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Arm Deactivated 118 ft agl · 130 kt
02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,5003,7504,0004,2504,5004,75003671107142178Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,5003,7504,0004,2504,5004,750-110-88-66-44-22022446688110Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 66.56Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 134 kt was a little fast. Touchdown rate was heavy at -605 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 16 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 64 °F. Wind 14 kt at 250 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
17 % Touchdown rate was -605 fpm.
0 % Touchdown distance was 4,091 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 134 ktTarget below 125 kt
93 % Runway alignment max 16.5 ft left16.0 ft left 16.5 15.8 ft
97 % Average bank angle 2.1 °1.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.5 2.3 °
86 % Average g force 1.12 g0.87 g min to max 1.49 g 0.87 1.22 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 132 kt131 kt min to max 134 kt 134 131 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 -1.3 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from an earlier stage 184 ft agl · 125 kt
Arrival Rollout 77.54Total landing distance 5,929 ft, 76 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 47 ft from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Landing distance 5,929 ft76 % of runway.
59 % Runway alignment max 46.8 ft left46.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 15.9 25.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.10 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average speed 104 kt61 kt min to max 115 kt 115 61 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-1.5 ° min to max 0.2 ° -1.4 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.3 0.0 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from an earlier stage 184 ft agl · 125 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 5 ft agl · 128 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 37 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 25 kt15 kt min to max 57 kt 57 17 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.1 -0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5 ft agl · 38 kt
Info 49 Activated 5 ft agl · 21 kt
Arrival Taxi 87.25Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 9 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Average speed 14 kt0 kt min to max 31 kt 17 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 ktmax 18 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.9 -0.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Taxi Lights
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 137 kt with 7.2° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 160 kt, 9 kt under its 169 kt target.

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.

Climb 3 target 169180 kt12060020°10°0°LIFTOFFGEAR UP7.2° off9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 47 kt -0.8° 0 s
80 kt273 ft 80 kt -0.9° 4.2 s
Liftoff1,930 ft · target 125 137 kt 7.2° 15.2 s
35 ft2,625 ft · 3.5 s after liftoff 143 kt 8.8° 18.6 s
Climb 35,901 ft · 393 ft to 915 ft · target 169 160 kt avg 8.7° 34.2 s
Gear up8,428 ft · 504 ft · full marks to 400 ft 167 kt 9.9° 44.7 s
End of Climb 310,744 ft · 915 ft 163 kt 13.9° 55.1 s

Takeoff from PACD 26

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
805ft17 %
Liftoff speed97.56
137kttarget 125, 12 fast
Runway alignment77.76
30.0ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up82.68
504ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
160kttarget 169
Rate of climb99.83
640fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 915 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,360 ft of runway left; gear up at 504 ft, 104 ft past the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,380 fpm on average to 915 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 gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3160 kt avgtarget 169THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 137 ktGear up 504 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 4,875 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 30 ft at the widest, and lifted off 20 ft left. Airborne 16 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 29.6 ft LAirborne 820 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 820 ft of 4,875 ft · 17 %
Takeoff roll, 820 ft Left ahead, 4,055 ft

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.

Six checks, two gates1,000 ft 66.674 of 6500 ft 66.674 of 6
Gear down
Sink rate1,630 fpm420 fpm
On glideslope2.5°1.7°
On centreline0.6° off1.4° off
On speed+36 kt−2.6 kt
Wings level3° bank1° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed and speed more than 32 kt above the approach speed of 128 kt.

At the 500 ft gate: glideslope more than 1° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: sinking too fast until 2.5 nm, low until 0.7 nm, slow until 0.4 nm, left of the centreline from 0.4 nm to the threshold.

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.

Gear downSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to PADK 23

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

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 2.8 nm, then low to 0.7 nm (up to 480 ft under), then back on it to the threshold.

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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,1633271831611,000 ft gate4 of 6sink rateon speed878 ft · 164 kt500 ft gate4 of 6on glideslopeon centreline302 ft · 125 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 5× larger than distances along the final.

Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 2.1 nm, then drifted 240 ft left between 2.1 and 0.8 nm, then back inside it from 0.8 to 0.4 nm, then 70 ft left of it from 0.4 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 nmTHR610 ft L0610 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND96 ft L244 ft L117 ft L8 ft L186 ft L227 ft L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 4 nm to 2.1 nm (up to +67 kt), then inside the band to 0.9 nm, then slow to 0.4 nm (up to −11 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

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.

120140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 128+67 kt+15 kt−5 kt−8 kt−4 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on PADK 23

Over the threshold

Threshold height0.00
182ft
Threshold speed100.00
125kttarget 128, 3 slow
Centreline offset57.80
71.3ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold0.00
4,091ft
Centreline92.82
16.5ft L
Speed100.00
133kttarget 125, 8 fast
Touchdown rate17.22
-605fpm
Impact86.29
1.49G
BouncesOk
None
The flare87.54

The flare mostly held the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 1.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 4,091 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.

The crosswind

Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 250° at 14 kt · 14 kt head · 2 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.

The stop

From 119 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 22 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 g.

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Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012060 kt · 2,050 ft30 kt · 2,626 fttouchdown2,731 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 6,318 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 182 ft, 132 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare at 20 ft. Touched down 4,091 ft in, 3,091 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 6,318 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

182 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 20 ft · −537 fpm · 2.8° · 134 ktdescent slowed at 11 ft · −204 fpm · 2°−605 fpm · 0.4° nose up · 134 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 182 ft, down at 4,091 ft

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

The sink went from 540 fpm at the flare to 90 fpm at 12 ft, then back up to 600 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 2.4° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−605 fpm at touchdown0.4° at touchdown, −2.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 6,318 ft of the 7,834 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 16 ft left of the centreline and drifted to 44 ft left on the rollout.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 2 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 4,091 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 4,091 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 605 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 5,918 ft of 7,834 ft · 76 %
In the air over the runway, 4,091 ftRollout, 1,827 ft Left over, 1,916 ft
Rollout distance100.00
1,827ft74 % used
Rollout alignment59.17
46.8ft L

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The Cessna 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at PACD Cold Bay Airport in a period of 9 minutes, covering a ground distance of 2 nm.

During the departure roll on runway 26, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 1,170 ft, representing 23 % of the runway length, and achieved liftoff at 138 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 54 °F with a wind from 269° at 26 kt, providing a headwind component of 26 kt and a cross-wind component of 2 kt.

The climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of PACD, with the airplane climbing from 1,104 ft asl to 44,009 ft asl, a gain of 42,905 ft. This ascent was completed in 21 minutes while traversing 127 nm.

Level cruise began 33 nm north-west of Akutan and continued for 34 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 263 nm at cruise altitude.

Descent operations were initiated 58 nm north-east of PAAK Atka Airport, descending from 43,901 ft asl to 1,153 ft asl, a loss of 42,748 ft. The descent lasted 25 minutes and spanned 142 nm.

The final approach to runway 23 at PADK Adak Airport was conducted from the north-east, on a heading of 240.0° at a distance of 4 nm and an altitude of 1,129 ft agl.

Landing on runway 23, which measures 7,834 ft, occurred with a threshold height of 183 ft agl that was noted as excessively over target, while the threshold speed was recorded as 125 kt. The touchdown point was beyond the midpoint of the runway, using more than 50 % of the available length, and the aircraft touched down at 134 kt, a speed described as too fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was a firm minus 393 fpm, and the touchdown location was offset 32 ft from the centreline. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 64 °F with a wind from 250° at 14 kt, providing a headwind component of 14 kt and a cross-wind component of 2 kt. The total landing distance recorded was 5,929 ft, representing 76 % of the runway.

Runway rollout alignment was observed to be misaligned by 63 ft from the centreline as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.

The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.

In total, the flight covered 541 nm, required 97 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2 lb of fuel.

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