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EGKB
London, England
Runway 21
Elevation545 ft asl
Weight2,305 kg
Fuel451 kg
Wind180° · 8 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

85.48 %
EGKB
London, England
Runway 21
Elevation545 ft asl
Weight2,302 kg
Fuel448 kg
Wind189° · 14 kn · 4 kn cross
7 Nov 2025 0:04 6 nm Beechcraft Baron G58 3 kg
Departure Score
95.39 %
Pattern Score
67.11 %
Arrival Score
93.93 %

What went well

Touched down at -60 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 283 m in — inside the full-score zone
Flare on profile — 100 %

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.5 ° at 0 %, speed limits at 0 %, −4.00 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -21.6 ° at 0 %, −3.03 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 87.4 ° at 0 %, −2.01 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 7.8 m off the runway centreline.

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

See Departure Roll

Base. Turn 90 degrees towards the runway when the threshold sits about 45 degrees behind your shoulder. Descend at around 80 kt with second-stage flap. The geometry of that 45-degree cue isn't arbitrary. It produces a base leg long enough to lose roughly 500 ft at about 500 fpm before the final turn. Once you know that's what the cue is for, you can derive your own turn point for any aircraft and any speed.

Read more in Pattern Work

Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 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 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport, Average speed was 30 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 31 kt8 kt min to max 40 kt 8 40 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.4 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.6 2.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.0 1.2 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.97 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 3 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl · 33 kt
Departure Roll 96.55Departure roll runway 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport. Takeoff distance 425 m 27 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 89 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 8 kt at 179 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 425 m27 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 89 ktTarget 90 kt
83 % Runway alignment max 7.78 m left7.78 m left to 0.00 m left 5.59 6.05 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 0.97 1.07 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °2.4 ° min to max 9.2 ° 2.4 9.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.1 1.3 °
Departure Climb 1 99.62Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 21 EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 96 kt89 kt min to max 102 kt 89 102 kt
98 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 1.6 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 562 fpm401 fpm min to max 611 fpm 401 565 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 60 ft agl 1 60 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.3 °8.0 ° min to max 11.3 ° 9.0 10.2 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 22 ft agl · 102 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 21 EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 107 kt103 kt min to max 112 kt 103 112 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.4 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.79 g min to max 1.14 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 882 fpm262 fpm min to max 1,867 fpm 577 262 fpm
Info Average altitude 148 ft agl67 ft agl min to max 462 ft agl 67 462 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °7.2 ° min to max 16.2 ° 10.4 7.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 292 ft agl · 113 kt
Pattern Entry 95.07Left hand pattern entry from runway 21 EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 118 kt114 kt min to max 124 kt 114 124 kt
89 % Average bank angle 34.0 °9.5 ° min to max 45.0 ° 9.5 40.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.17 g1.02 g min to max 1.22 g 1.02 1.18 g
Info Average VSI 565 fpm1 fpm min to max 998 fpm 185 1 fpm
Info Average altitude 536 ft agl473 ft agl min to max 584 ft agl 473 582 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °3.8 ° min to max 11.2 ° 7.5 3.8 °
Pattern Crosswind 54.54Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 21 EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -21.6 °-40.3 ° min to max 13.6 ° 13.6 -40.3 °
100 % Average speed 137 kt126 kt min to max 145 kt 126 145 kt
95 % Average g force 1.08 g0.82 g min to max 1.33 g 1.21 1.13 g
Info Average VSI -2 fpm-382 fpm min to max 592 fpm -181 -382 fpm
Info Average altitude 571 ft agl547 ft agl min to max 592 ft agl 577 572 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 19.3 °0.2 ° min to max 36.4 ° 33.1 11.1 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °1.6 ° min to max 7.0 ° 4.2 3.2 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 69.92Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 87.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 87.4 °.
100 % Average speed 147 kt145 kt min to max 148 kt 145 147 kt
99.7 % Average bank angle 21.1 °7.5 ° min to max 32.0 ° 24.4 7.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.81 g min to max 1.25 g 1.16 0.81 g
Info Average VSI 208 fpm-226 fpm min to max 444 fpm -226 444 fpm
Info Average altitude 589 ft agl569 ft agl min to max 619 ft agl 569 619 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °3.4 ° min to max 7.2 ° 3.8 3.4 °
Pattern Downwind 76.02Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 42 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 2.6 °-24.5 ° min to max 16.9 ° 16.5 -24.5 °
20 % Average altitude 589 ft agl361 ft agl min to max 747 ft agl 622 361 ft agl
100 % Average speed 138 kt116 kt min to max 155 kt 147 118 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.66 g min to max 1.30 g 0.73 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -329 fpm-1,242 fpm min to max 1,135 fpm 246 -498 fpm
Info Average bank angle 7.8 °0.1 ° min to max 23.8 ° 0.1 9.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °-1.0 ° min to max 7.5 ° 1.7 4.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 679 ft agl · 127 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 40.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.5 °.
0 % Average speed 106 kt96 kt min to max 117 kt 117 96 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.9 °0.0 ° min to max 26.4 ° 9.9 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.89 g min to max 1.28 g 1.12 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -263 fpm-1,287 fpm min to max 642 fpm -367 -417 fpm
Info Average altitude 263 ft agl77 ft agl min to max 370 ft agl 356 77 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °0.4 ° min to max 9.8 ° 4.7 6.5 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 508 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 543 ft agl · 104 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 469 ft agl · 116 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 469 ft agl · 116 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 351 ft agl · 116 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 376 ft agl · 116 kt
Arrival Final 1 97.55Approaching runway 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 70 ft agl to 10 ft agl. A decrease of 60 ft in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.0 °0.9 ° min to max 1.3 °Target 3.0 ° 0.9 1.0 °
100 % Average speed 105 kt97 kt min to max 106 kt 97 103 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.5 0.4 °
88 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.1 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.80 g min to max 1.12 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -230 fpm-395 fpm min to max 34 fpm -395 -156 fpm
Info Average altitude 28 ft agl10 ft agl min to max 70 ft agl 70 10 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °2.7 ° min to max 8.8 ° 6.2 5.0 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 195 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 216 ft agl · 103 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 91.20Landing on runway 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport, runway length 1,560 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 103 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
65 % Threshold speed was too high at 103 kt. Target 80 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.11 m left0.11 m left to 0.07 m left 0.11 0.07 m
99.5 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.5 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.89 g min to max 1.14 g 0.97 1.05 g
Info Average speed 95 kt89 kt min to max 103 kt 103 89 kt
Info Average VSI -117 fpm-262 fpm min to max 20 fpm -156 20 fpm
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl11 ft agl min to max 23 ft agl 23 13 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.7 °4.7 ° min to max 9.3 ° 4.8 8.8 °
07515022530001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.10Touchdown distance was good at 283 m. Touchdown speed at 89 kt was fast. Touchdown rate was perfect at 20 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.1 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 17 °C. Wind 13 kt at 189 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 13 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was 20 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 283 mTarget 457 m
96 % Speed at touchdown 89 ktTarget below 78 kt
92 % Runway alignment max 5.13 m left4.65 m left 5.13 4.41 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.01 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 86 kt82 kt min to max 89 kt 89 82 kt
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °7.1 ° min to max 9.3 ° 8.8 7.1 °
Arrival Rollout 91.89Total landing distance 751 m, 48 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 751 m48 % of runway.
82 % Runway alignment max 7.99 m left7.99 m left to 0.00 m left 4.44 3.23 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 72 kt43 kt min to max 78 kt 78 43 kt
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °1.4 ° min to max 7.1 ° 7.0 1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.6 0.6 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 3 ft agl · 85 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 31 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 24 kt13 kt min to max 35 kt 35 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.9 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.3 0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.01 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 88 kt with 9.0° 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.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF9.0° off11° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 39 kt 2.4° 0 s
Liftoff417 m · target 90 88 kt 9.0° 12.3 s
35 ft632 m · 4.6 s after liftoff 98 kt 10.7° 16.9 s
End of the climb1,851 m · 462 ft 112 kt 7.2° 41.0 s

Takeoff from EGKB 21

Takeoff roll100.00
537m34 %
Liftoff speed100.00
88kttarget 90, 2 slow
Runway alignment82.77
7.78m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb99.62
562fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 462 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 817 m of runway left; then climbing at 970 fpm on average to 462 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050607080KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 88 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,560 m runway.

Rolled from 112 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 7.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 6.2 m left. Airborne 33 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS3 kn75 %widest 7.81 m LROLL 112 M INAirborne 528 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 528 m of 1,560 m · 34 %
Behind the start of the roll, 112 mTakeoff roll, 417 m Left ahead, 1,032 m

The circuit to EGKB 21

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.4 nm out at 139 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING123crosswinddownwind90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft45°132°226°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
588 ft
Bank
45°
Speed
119 kt

Off heading: 22° from the leg's heading on average.

Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
32°
Height
589 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
138 kt
Out
1.2 nm 1.4 suits 139 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 0.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

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3Base turn
Angle
11° target 45°
Bank
26°
Height
369 ft

Speed: 106 kt on average lost marks on the base turn.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

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Entry95Crosswind55Turn onto downwind70Downwind76Base turn40

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Five checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On speed

At the 300 ft gate: speed more than 20 kt above the approach speed of 82 kt.

Still turning onto final at the lower gate, so the centreline and wings level are not asked there - the aeroplane was not lined up yet, and was banked because it was turning. The other checks are marked as usual.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: banked until 0.8 nm, right of the centreline until 0.5 nm, fast from 0.5 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 downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to EGKB 21

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 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 210 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° BAND36077300 ft gate4 of 5on speed161 ft · 103 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 573 m left of the centreline at 1.5 nm, then drifted 36 m right between 0.9 and 0.5 nm, then inside the band from 0.5 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° BAND573 m L11 m R2 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.8 nm (up to +30 kt), then inside the band to 0.5 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +24 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.

80100120140 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 82+30 kt+17 kt+21 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGKB 21

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
22ft
Threshold speed65.00
103kttarget 81, 22 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.11m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
283m
Centreline92.40
5.13m L
Speed96.21
89kttarget 80, 9 fast
Touchdown rate100.00
-60fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

3 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 89 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 189° at 14 kt · 13 kt head · 3 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 82 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 16 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 g.

How to read this

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.

02040608010060 kt · 383 m30 kt · 502 mtouchdown522 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 22 ft, 28 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 283 m in, close to 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.

22 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −60 fpm · 8.8° nose up · 89 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 22 ft, down at 283 m

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

The sink went from 270 fpm at 22 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.0° 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°touchdown−60 fpm at touchdown8.8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,560 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.4 m left of the centreline and drifted to 7.7 m 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 3 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 283 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 283 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.08 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 675 m of 1,560 m · 43 %
In the air over the runway, 283 mRollout, 392 m Left over, 885 m
Rollout distance100.00
392m43 % used
Rollout alignment81.98
7.99m L

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport, where the Beechcraft Baron G58 took off with a takeoff distance of 425 meters, which accounted for 27% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 89 knots. At the time of takeoff, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 179 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.

After taking off, the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern, which it completed in a relatively short distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 11 seconds. The pattern crosswind leg was also flown from the left, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 19 seconds. The aircraft then proceeded to the downwind turn, which involved a turn of 45 degrees to align with the runway. This turn covered a distance of 1 nautical mile and was completed at an angle of 87.4 degrees to the runway.

The downwind leg of the pattern was flown for 2 nautical miles in 42 seconds, after which the aircraft turned onto the base leg. This turn also involved a 45-degree angle to the runway and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The final approach to the runway was made from the north-east, with the aircraft heading 204.0 degrees at an altitude of 70 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway.

The landing on runway 21 at EGKB London Biggin Hill Airport was completed with a touchdown distance of 283 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 89 knots was slightly faster than desired, and the touchdown rate of 20 feet per minute was perfect. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.1 meters.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 189 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 13 knots. The total landing distance was 751 meters, which accounted for 48% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.0 meters.

In conclusion, the flight was completed with a total distance of 6 nautical miles, which was covered in 4 minutes. The aircraft used 3 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was completed successfully, with the aircraft landing safely on the runway.

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