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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stay on the centreline during the ground roll.
What happened: You tracked 24 ft right of the runway centreline during the ground roll, and this pattern of drift usually carries forward into a rightward heading deviation during the initial climb, as seen in the -0.8° variation through Climb 1.
Watch for: Heading indicator: hold runway heading through the climb.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 22 ft, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 44 ft.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
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.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,435 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 6.4° against the runway's 3° and centreline 2.6° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,823 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 2,823 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 143 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kitfox STI departed from runway 17 at CYBW Calgary / Springbank Airport, achieving a take-off roll of 897 ft which represented 18 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 54 kt. Ambient conditions were 38 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 310°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced immediately after liftoff, beginning overhead CYBW and gaining altitude from 4,455 ft asl to 6,522 ft asl, an increase of 2,067 ft. The climb was completed in 3 minutes while covering 4 nm.
Cruise was established 4 miles east of CYBW and persisted for 23 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 20 nm at level flight.
Descent began 3 miles north-west of CFY4 Winters Aire Park Airport, descending from 4,949 ft asl to 3,462 ft asl, a loss of 1,487 ft. The descent lasted 3 minutes and covered 2 nm.
The final approach to runway 10 at CFY4 proceeded from 626 ft agl to 24 ft agl in 25 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 10, whose length is 2,823 ft, was executed with a threshold speed of 46 kt, slightly below target. Touchdown occurred 135 ft down the runway at 42 kt, with a firm rate of -305 fpm and a lateral deviation of 26 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported 46 °F, wind 3 kt from 150°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 270 ft, representing 10 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted to be slightly off centreline by 44 ft.
Taxi-in to the parking area required 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 28 nm, took 35 minutes, and consumed 0 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 01 at Paiela Airport descended from 605 ft AGL to -9 ft AGL in 36 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates, contributing to the overall score of 84.1 %.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, while the threshold speed was a little below the target at 58 kt.
Touchdown occurred 47 m down the runway at a speed of 54 kt and a vertical rate of minus 42 fpm, which met the criteria for a good touchdown. The touchdown point was misaligned by 14.1 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total distance of 338 m, representing 66 % of the 513-m runway, and the aircraft was slightly misaligned by 12.8 m from the centreline during this phase.
Focus on maintaining centreline alignment both at touchdown and through rollout, and adjust the approach to achieve the target threshold speed more precisely; these refinements will help convert the solid performance into an even higher score.
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