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BIRK
Reykjavik, Iceland
Runway 31
Elevation26 ft asl
Weight1,239 kg
Fuel75 kg
Wind0° · 20 kn · 18 kn cross

Flight Score

95.00 %
BIIA
Isafjoerdur, Iceland
Runway 12
Elevation98 ft asl
Weight1,198 kg
Fuel34 kg
Wind344° · 16 kn · 14 kn cross
5 Feb 2024 0:59 130 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 41 kg
Departure Score
92.88 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
90.14 %

What went well

Touched down at -62 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 244 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 3.77 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 3.0 ° at 21 %, −1.43 points
Departure Roll — landing lights off should be on; g force 0.05 to 0.80 g at 60 %, Runway alignment max 10.54 m at 87 %, −1.11 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed at 60 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 75 %, Heading variation -0.7 ° at 88 %, −1.08 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 · 15 stages, 14 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 Taxi 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 1 kn0 kn min to max 10 kn 0 10 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.89 g min to max 0.97 g 0.97 0.89 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °2.9 ° min to max 4.2 ° 3.3 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.5 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Roll 83.33Departure roll runway 31 at BIRK Reykjavik. Takeoff distance 52 m 5 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 72 kn. Local weather - Temperature -6 °C. Wind 20 kn at 0 °. Crosswind: 18 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 52 m5 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 72 knTarget 70 kn
87 % Runway alignment max 10.54 m5.39 m left to 5.16 m right -0.07 -5.16 m
60 % Average g force 0.36 g0.05 g min to max 0.80 g 0.80 0.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.6 ° min to max 4.2 ° 4.2 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 2.7 °0.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 0.6 5.9 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 94.10Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Heading variation 1.9 °1.4 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.4 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 80 kn73 kn min to max 82 kn 73 82 kn
90 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.09 g 0.94 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 511 ft/m278 ft/m min to max 704 ft/m 278 704 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 43 ft agl 0 43 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °3.4 ° min to max 9.3 ° 3.5 9.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 34 ft agl · 83 kt
Departure Climb 2 98.49Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Heading variation 2.3 °2.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.2 2.3 °
100 % Average speed 82 kn80 kn min to max 84 kn 82 84 kn
98 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.3 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.83 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 892 ft/m712 ft/m min to max 1,392 ft/m 712 814 ft/m
Info Average altitude 106 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 366 ft agl 44 366 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °9.1 ° min to max 13.9 ° 9.3 9.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 191 ft agl · 83 kt
Departure Climb 3 98.47Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 2.8 °2.4 ° min to max 3.6 ° 2.4 3.6 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn76 kn min to max 85 kn 85 83 kn
92 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.1 ° min to max 4.9 ° 1.1 2.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.85 g min to max 1.00 g 0.96 0.94 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,161 ft/m860 ft/m min to max 1,484 ft/m 948 1,240 ft/m
Info Average altitude 699 ft agl397 ft agl min to max 964 ft agl 397 964 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °9.2 ° min to max 14.6 ° 10.6 12.2 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south east of Seltjarnarnes (Hoefudborgarsvaedi, Iceland). Climbing from 1,026 ft asl to 5,282 ft asl, an increase of 4,256 ft in 4 minutes and covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 86 kn75 kn min to max 96 kn 83 95 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 7.0 ° 3.1 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.80 g min to max 0.96 g 0.93 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 1,034 ft/m670 ft/m min to max 1,518 ft/m 1,323 866 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,166 ft asl1,026 ft asl min to max 5,282 ft asl 1,026 5,282 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °6.6 ° min to max 14.2 ° 12.8 7.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2,939 ft agl · 97 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south of Akranes (Vesturland, Iceland) and lasted 43 minutes, covering 106 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,527 ft asl5,433 ft asl min to max 5,569 ft asl 5,433 5,505 ft asl
100 % Average speed 161 kn94 kn min to max 167 kn 94 160 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 24.9 ° 0.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.82 g min to max 1.05 g 0.83 0.95 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-2.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 6.3 -0.4 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of THingeyri (Vestfirdir, Iceland). Descent from 5,473 ft asl to 1,279 ft asl, a decrease of 4,194 ft in 6 minutes and covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 141 kn126 kn min to max 166 kn 159 126 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.0 ° min to max 9.9 ° 0.1 9.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.80 g min to max 1.04 g 0.92 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -697 ft/m-1,827 ft/m min to max 150 ft/m -498 -260 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,497 ft asl1,279 ft asl min to max 5,473 ft asl 5,473 1,279 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-8.2 ° min to max -0.4 ° -3.0 -0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 3,662 ft agl · 159 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Sudureyri (Vestfirdir, Iceland) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,260 ft asl1,225 ft asl min to max 1,277 ft asl 1,275 1,225 ft asl
100 % Average speed 113 kn100 kn min to max 125 kn 125 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.5 ° min to max 8.9 ° 8.9 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.89 g min to max 1.00 g 0.96 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° -0.4 0.1 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,251 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,225 ft agl · 101 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 3 miles west of Sudureyri (Vestfirdir, Iceland).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kn65 kn min to max 99 kn 99 72 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.7 °0.0 ° min to max 7.4 ° 2.6 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.83 g min to max 1.06 g 0.93 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -460 ft/m-924 ft/m min to max -211 ft/m -211 -532 ft/m
Info Average altitude 857 ft asl533 ft asl min to max 1,222 ft asl 1,222 533 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-3.6 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.1 -1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 1,068 ft agl · 94 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 894 ft agl · 80 kt
Arrival Final 1 82.83Approaching runway 12 at BIIA Suðureyri Airstrip from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 426 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 404 ft in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
21 % Approach angle 3.0 °1.4 ° min to max 4.1 °Target 3.0 ° 4.1 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 66 kn60 kn min to max 73 kn 72 60 kn
93 % Heading variation -0.6 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.5 -0.7 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.1 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.83 g min to max 1.06 g 0.92 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -597 ft/m-882 ft/m min to max -468 ft/m -546 -468 ft/m
Info Average altitude 179 ft agl22 ft agl min to max 426 ft agl 426 22 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-3.5 ° min to max 1.1 ° -1.8 1.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 87.09Landing on runway 12 at BIIA Suðureyri Airstrip, runway length 548 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 60 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
75 % Threshold speed at 60 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
87 % Target 29 ft agl
91 % Landing and flare profile
88 % Heading variation -0.7 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.6 ° -0.7 -0.8 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.3 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.82 g min to max 1.14 g 0.99 0.89 g
Info Average speed 55 kn48 kn min to max 60 kn 60 48 kn
Info Average VSI -212 ft/m-464 ft/m min to max 37 ft/m -464 -58 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 19 ft agl 19 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °0.5 ° min to max 6.6 ° 1.1 4.8 °
07507.2815222936Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 96.95Touchdown distance was good at 240 m. Touchdown speed at 48 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -58 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature -7 °C. Wind 16 kn at 344 °. Crosswind: 14 kn Tailwind: 7 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown VSI was -58 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 240 mTarget 335 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 48 knTarget 55 kn
90 % Runway alignment max 4.29 m4.11 m right -4.28 -3.77 m
86 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.1 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.3 3.1 °
86 % Average g force 0.73 g0.50 g min to max 0.89 g 0.89 0.50 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 47 kn47 kn min to max 48 kn 48 47 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °4.6 ° min to max 6.0 ° 4.8 6.0 °
Arrival Rollout 93.71Total landing distance 402 m, 73 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 402 m73 % of runway.
92 % Runway alignment max 3.93 m0.23 m left to 3.70 m right -3.70 -1.70 m
71 % Average g force 0.39 g0.24 g min to max 0.74 g 0.48 0.74 g
Info Average speed 51 kn31 kn min to max 56 kn 56 31 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °2.0 ° min to max 6.9 ° 6.2 3.2 °
Info Average bank angle 5.0 °0.1 ° min to max 8.8 ° 3.3 0.6 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 1 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kn3 kn min to max 26 kn 26 3 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °2.9 ° min to max 5.2 ° 2.9 4.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.6 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.77 g min to max 1.08 g 0.77 0.94 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll215 m · 19 %
100.00Liftoff speed72 kt
86.66Runway alignment5.39 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
94.10Rate of climb510 fpm

Landing

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

86.64Threshold height18 ft
75.34Threshold speed60 kt
87.60Centreline offset0.25 m R

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 BIIA 12

Past threshold100.00
244m
Centreline90.46
3.77m R
Speed100.00
47kt
Touchdown rate99.19
-62fpm
Impact85.71
0.89G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 548 m of the approach.

18 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 18 ft, down at 244 m

Plan view — the full 548 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 244 m past threshold CLEARED

The 244 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 387 m of 548 m · 71 %
Rollout distance100.00
144m70 % used
Rollout alignment92.49
3.70m R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 31 at BIRK Reykjavik in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
92.88 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3.5 2
83.33 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 31 at BIRK Reykjavik. Takeoff distance 52 m 5 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 72 kn. Local weather - Temperature -6 °C. Wind 20 kn at 0 °. Crosswind: 18 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 52 m using 4.52 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 72 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
86.66 %
5.39 m left to 5.16 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
60 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 45 10
Bank °
Info
7 3.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 3 1
02505007501,000-20-15-10-505101520 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
94.1 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
Alignment
86.33 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
90.05 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 6.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 350 -100
98.49 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
Alignment
95.75 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
98.21 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 12 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,400 1,000 600
98.47 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 31 BIRK Reykjavik.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
92.34 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
15 12 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,500 1,100 700
02505007501,000079158237316395 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 12 at BIIA Suðureyri Airstrip in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 90.14 %
82.83 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 12 at BIIA Suðureyri Airstrip from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 426 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 404 ft in 38 seconds.
Glideslope
21.36 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
92.8 %
Great heading alignment
Glideslope °
21.36 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
73 61 50
Alignment
92.8 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-468 -684 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
87.09 %
Landing
Landing on runway 12 at BIIA Suðureyri Airstrip, runway length 548 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 60 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
86.64 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
75.34 %
Threshold speed at 60 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 76 kt
Flare
91.32 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
87.6 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 50 40
Pitch °
Info
7 3.5 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
37 -232 -500
07507.2815222936 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075-15-12-9-6-303691215 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
96.95 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 240 m. Touchdown speed at 48 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -58 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature -7 °C. Wind 16 kn at 344 °. Crosswind: 14 kn Tailwind: 7 kn.
Warning: Landed with a 7 kt tailwind
Touchdown
99.19 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -62 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 48 kt was good. Target below 62 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 240 m.
Alignment
90.46 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from centreline.
Bank
86 %
Bank angle 1.7 °
G
85.71 %
G 0.73 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
93.71 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 402 m, 73 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 402 m using 73.46 % of runway
Alignment
92.49 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
70.86 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
46 28 10
Bank °
Info
9 4.5 0
Pitch °
Info
7 4 1
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
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