KBDU to KBDU Flight Report - PA28 Arrow III

Flight from KBDU to KBDU

Sunday, 17 September 2023 20:04

Minutes 16

14 nm

Fuel 11 lbs

PA28 Arrow III

Departure

Runway 08 at KBDU

Boulder Muni

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Altitude

5,279 ft asl

Weight

2,429 lbs

Fuel

456 lbs

Temperature

74 °F

Wind Speed

4 kt

Wind Direction

106.2 °

Headwind

3 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 26 at KBDU

Boulder Muni

Boulder Colorado, United States

5,279 ft asl

Altitude

2,418 lbs

Weight

445 lbs

Fuel

74 °F

Temperature

3 kt

Wind Speed

111.1 °

Wind Direction

-3 kt

Headwind

1 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 95.09%

Departure Score 95.99%

Enroute Score 98.34%

Arrival Score 89.41%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

75.86 %

Touchdown

97.65 %

Warning: Landed with a 3 kt tailwind

Approach & flare

Threshold height

60.22 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 71 kt.

Flare

43.21 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

92.86 %

Touchdown rate was smooth at -118 ft/m.

Impact

100 %

Speed

97.15 %

Touchdown speed at 64 kt was a little fast.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,152 ft.

Centreline

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bounce

100 %

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Departure Taxi

100 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 6 kn 0 kn min to max 8 kn	0		8 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 8 kn max 8 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 1.00 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		1.00 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 1.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.6 °	1.2		1.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.8		0.2 °
Info	Parking Brake Off at 20:06:28
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:07:06
Info	Parking Brake Off at 20:07:17
Info	Beacon Light OFF should be ON at 20:06:37

Departure Roll

93.87 %

Departure roll runway 08 at KBDU Boulder Muni. Takeoff distance 1,701 ft 44 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 79 kn. Local weather - Temperature 74 °F. Wind 4 kn at 106 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 3 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 1,701 ft 44 % of runway
72.31 %	Liftoff speed was 79 kn Target 70 kn
97.03 %	Runway alignment max 10.9 ft 7.8 ft left to 3.0 ft right	-1.0		6.0 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.94 g min to max 1.03 g	1.00		1.00 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 0.8 ° 0.3 ° min to max 2.2 °	1.0		2.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		0.1 °
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 20:07:56
Info	Strobe Light OFF should be ON at 20:08:11

Departure Climb 1

100 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08 KBDU Boulder Muni.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.2 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.1		-0.2 °
100 %	Average speed 83 kn 79 kn min to max 86 kn	79		86 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.0 °	0.0		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.95 g min to max 1.06 g	1.02		1.02 g
Info	Average VSI 175 ft/m 127 ft/m min to max 266 ft/m	266		225 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 17 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 33 ft agl	0		33 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.4 ° 2.5 ° min to max 4.0 °	2.5		3.8 °

Departure Climb 2

90.1 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08 KBDU Boulder Muni.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.9 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.2		-0.9 °
100 %	Average speed 86 kn 82 kn min to max 88 kn	86		82 kn
60.39 %	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 17.0 °	0.5		17.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.94 g min to max 1.05 g	1.02		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI 402 ft/m 229 ft/m min to max 788 ft/m	229		520 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 127 ft agl 40 ft agl min to max 370 ft agl	40		370 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.5 ° 3.1 ° min to max 6.4 °	3.8		5.2 °

Enroute Climb

90.53 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile south west of Gunbarrel (Boulder County, Colorado, United States). Climbing from 5,663 ft asl to 5,981 ft asl, an increase of 318 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
76.34 %	Climb speed 83 kn 77 kn min to max 86 kn Target 98 kn	82		77 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 12.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 23.6 °	18.4		16.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.95 g min to max 1.11 g	1.01		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI 389 ft/m 81 ft/m min to max 694 ft/m	472		308 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 5,809 ft asl 5,663 ft asl min to max 5,981 ft asl	5,663		5,981 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.4 ° 2.8 ° min to max 8.3 °	4.8		6.7 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Gunbarrel (Boulder County, Colorado, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 6,022 ft asl 5,971 ft asl min to max 6,070 ft asl	5,983		6,070 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 79 kn 77 kn min to max 81 kn	77		81 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.7 ° 0.1 ° min to max 15.9 °	15.9		1.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.93 g min to max 1.07 g	0.98		1.02 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 5.5 ° 3.9 ° min to max 7.5 °	6.0		6.1 °

Enroute Climb 2

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile north of KBDU Boulder Muni Boulder (Colorado, United States). Climbing from 6,075 ft asl to 6,421 ft asl, an increase of 346 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 82 kn 80 kn min to max 85 kn	81		82 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 17.0 °	0.7		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.93 g min to max 1.05 g	1.02		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI 343 ft/m -100 ft/m min to max 666 ft/m	271		-100 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 6,247 ft asl 6,075 ft asl min to max 6,426 ft asl	6,075		6,421 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.7 ° 1.8 ° min to max 6.6 °	6.2		2.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

99.77 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of KBDU Boulder Muni Boulder (Colorado, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
99.24 %	Average altitude 6,707 ft asl 6,421 ft asl min to max 6,850 ft asl	6,421		6,825 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 84 kn 81 kn min to max 90 kn	83		85 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 11.8 °	1.2		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.95 g min to max 1.06 g	1.06		0.97 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 3.0 ° -0.6 ° min to max 5.5 °	2.8		0.4 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of Paragon Estates (Boulder County, Colorado, United States). Descent from 6,819 ft asl to 6,669 ft asl, a decrease of 150 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 88 kn 85 kn min to max 90 kn	85		90 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.6 °	0.0		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.96 g min to max 1.03 g	0.98		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -279 ft/m -541 ft/m min to max -91 ft/m	-308		-532 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 6,748 ft asl 6,669 ft asl min to max 6,819 ft asl	6,819		6,669 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.7 ° -0.6 ° min to max 1.9 °	0.1		-0.6 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 3

99.75 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Paragon Estates (Boulder County, Colorado, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
99.15 %	Average altitude 6,371 ft asl 6,167 ft asl min to max 6,661 ft asl	6,661		6,167 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 83 kn 75 kn min to max 92 kn	90		78 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 18.2 °	0.2		2.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.95 g min to max 1.10 g	1.02		1.03 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° -0.7 ° min to max 3.6 °	-0.6		0.6 °
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 20:17:03
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 20:18:45

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 1 mile north of Paragon Estates (Boulder County, Colorado, United States).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 78 kn 78 kn min to max 79 kn	78		78 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.8 °	2.8		0.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.03 g	1.03		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -331 ft/m -433 ft/m min to max -251 ft/m	-357		-360 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 6,081 ft asl 5,998 ft asl min to max 6,162 ft asl	6,162		5,998 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.1 ° -1.1 ° min to max 1.0 °	0.9		-1.1 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival Final 2

81.24 %

Approaching runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 706 ft agl to 420 ft agl. A decrease of 286 ft in 31 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
37.46 %	Approach angle 3.8 ° 3.7 ° min to max 3.9 ° Target 3.0 °	3.7		3.9 °
100 %	Average speed 75 kn 74 kn min to max 78 kn	78		74 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.3 ° -0.3 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.3		-0.2 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.3 °	0.8		1.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.94 g min to max 1.05 g	0.99		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI -540 ft/m -701 ft/m min to max -278 ft/m	-383		-610 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 569 ft agl 420 ft agl min to max 706 ft agl	706		420 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.1 ° -2.9 ° min to max -0.9 °	-1.3		-2.5 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 20:19:34

Arrival Final 1

84.29 %

Approaching runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 410 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 376 ft in 34 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
71.46 %	Approach angle 2.6 ° 1.9 ° min to max 3.9 ° Target 3.0 °	3.9		1.9 °
100 %	Average speed 72 kn 71 kn min to max 75 kn	74		71 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° -0.1 ° min to max 0.2 °	-0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.2 °	1.3		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.97 g min to max 1.04 g	0.98		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -543 ft/m -863 ft/m min to max -461 ft/m	-640		-480 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 113 ft agl 34 ft agl min to max 410 ft agl	410		34 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.5 ° -3.3 ° min to max -0.8 °	-2.6		-1.1 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 20:04:26
Info	Gear not down at 20:20:10

Arrival Landing

75.86 %

Landing on runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni, runway length 3,875 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 71 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 71 kn. Target 71 kn
60.22 %	Target 50 ft agl
43.21 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.3 °	0.3		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.94 g min to max 1.10 g	0.99		1.01 g
Info	Average speed 69 kn 64 kn min to max 71 kn	71		64 kn
Info	Average VSI -235 ft/m -488 ft/m min to max -50 ft/m	-482		-118 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 9 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 27 ft agl	27		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.2 ° -1.1 ° min to max 2.5 °	-1.1		2.5 °

Arrival Touchdown

97.65 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,152 ft. Touchdown speed at 64 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -118 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 75 °F. Wind 3 kn at 111 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
92.86 %	Touchdown VSI was -118 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 1,152 ft Target 1,500 ft
97.15 %	Speed at touchdown 64 kn Target 61 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 3.7 ft 3.2 ft left	2.8		3.7 ft
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.4		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 1.01 g min to max 1.09 g	1.01		1.02 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 64 kn 63 kn min to max 64 kn	64		63 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 2.4 ° 2.3 ° min to max 2.5 °	2.5		2.4 °

Arrival Rollout

97.45 %

Total landing distance 2,190 ft, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 2,190 ft 57 % of runway.
94.33 %	Runway alignment max 10.4 ft 10.4 ft left to 0.0 ft left	3.7		1.9 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.99 g min to max 1.02 g	1.02		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 70 kn 39 kn min to max 74 kn	74		39 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 2.2 ° -0.4 ° min to max 2.7 °	2.4		-0.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.1		0.1 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 8 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 9 kn 3 kn min to max 31 kn	31		11 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 1.0 ° -0.8 ° min to max 1.7 °	-0.6		1.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.0 °	0.2		0.7 °
Info	Average g force 1.00 g 1.00 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		1.00 g

Arrival Taxi

100 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 8 kn 3 kn min to max 11 kn	11		3 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 0 kn max 0 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 1.00 g min to max 1.01 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average pitch angle 2.1 ° 1.3 ° min to max 3.2 °	1.3		2.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.6		0.8 °
Info	Landing Lights ON should be OFF at 20:22:11

Takeoff on runway 08 at KBDU Boulder Muni in the PA28 Arrow III

95.99 %

100 %

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

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

93.87 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 1,701 ft using 43.9 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

72.31 %

Liftoff speed was 79 kn - Target 67 kn

Alignment

97.03 %

7.8 ft left to 3.0 ft right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

0 %

Switched Off

Landing Lights

0 %

Switched Off

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

100 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08 KBDU Boulder Muni.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

90.1 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08 KBDU Boulder Muni.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

60.39 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni in the PA28 Arrow III

Landing Score 88.81 %

81.24 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 706 ft agl to 420 ft agl. A decrease of 286 ft in 31 seconds.

Glideslope

37.46 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

37.46 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

84.29 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 410 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 376 ft in 34 seconds.

Glideslope

71.46 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

71.46 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

75.86 %

Landing

Landing on runway 26 at KBDU Boulder Muni, runway length 3,875 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 71 kn.

Height

60.22 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 71 kt. Target 71 kt

Flare

43.21 %

Very poor landing flare

Centreline ft

100 %

Bank °

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Pitch °

Info

Descent Rate fpm

Info

97.65 %

Touchdown

92.86 %

Touchdown rate was smooth at -118 ft/m.

Speed

97.15 %

Touchdown speed at 64 kt was a little fast. Target below 61 kn

Distance

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,152 ft.

Alignment

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bank

100 %

Bank angle 0.1 °

100 %

G 1.05 g

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

97.45 %

Rollout

Total landing distance 2,190 ft, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Distance

100 %

Landing distance 2,190 ft using 56.52 % of runway

Alignment

94.33 %

Runway rollout alignment was very good.

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

100 %

Taxi

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Landing Lights

-2 %

Switched On

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

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