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MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 11
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,835 kg
Fuel232 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

95.89 %
MDST
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Runway 11
Elevation558 ft asl
Weight1,822 kg
Fuel217 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
2 Sep 2025 0:04 4 nm Pilatus PC-6 15 kg
Departure Score
94.19 %
Enroute Score
99.06 %
Arrival Score
94.42 %

What went well

Touched down at -280 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 198 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 28 ft and 57 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Runway alignment max 26.23 m left at 15 %, −1.59 points
Departure Climb 3 — bank angle up to 24.2 ° at 42 %, −0.98 points
Departure Roll — Strobe Lights at 0 %, −0.55 points

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Departure

Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.

What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 4.7°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.

Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.

See Departure Climb 3

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 10 stages, 9 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 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport, Average speed was 10 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 22 kt0 kt min to max 33 kt 0 33 kt
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °7.7 ° min to max 11.9 ° 11.9 7.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.96 g0.95 g min to max 0.99 g 0.98 0.95 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 560 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 560 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 560 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 560 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 560 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 560 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 560 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl
Departure Roll 93.37Departure roll runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport. Takeoff distance 219 m 8 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 63 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 219 m8 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 63 ktTarget 65 kt
92 % Runway alignment max 5.28 m left5.28 m left to 1.30 m right -0.92 5.28 m
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.92 g min to max 1.04 g 0.94 1.04 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °4.6 ° min to max 7.8 ° 7.8 5.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.7 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 97.90Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 11 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Heading variation -1.4 °-1.6 ° min to max -1.0 ° -1.0 -1.6 °
100 % Average speed 72 kt64 kt min to max 77 kt 64 77 kt
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.2 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.7 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.92 g min to max 1.12 g 1.05 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 543 fpm321 fpm min to max 636 fpm 321 596 fpm
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 0 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °5.3 ° min to max 8.2 ° 5.3 6.5 °
Departure Climb 2 97.17Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 11 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -1.6 °-1.9 ° min to max -0.4 ° -1.6 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 83 kt78 kt min to max 93 kt 78 90 kt
89 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 0.3 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.91 g min to max 1.04 g 0.97 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 639 fpm464 fpm min to max 1,055 fpm 594 1,055 fpm
Info Average altitude 119 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 387 ft agl 51 387 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °3.3 ° min to max 7.2 ° 6.5 7.2 °
Departure Climb 3 88.30Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 11 MDST Cibao International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.8 °-0.3 ° min to max 1.6 ° -0.3 1.3 °
100 % Average speed 86 kt74 kt min to max 90 kt 90 74 kt
42 % Average bank angle 4.7 °0.2 ° min to max 24.2 ° 1.4 24.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.21 g 1.01 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,212 fpm890 fpm min to max 2,109 fpm 1,087 2,109 fpm
Info Average altitude 661 ft agl406 ft agl min to max 982 ft agl 406 982 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.0 °5.9 ° min to max 17.2 ° 7.4 15.3 °
Enroute Climb 98.12Enroute climb started 1 mile east of MDST Cibao International Airport Santiago (Provincia de Dajabon, Dominican Republic). Climbing from 1,612 ft asl to 1,975 ft asl, an increase of 363 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 81 kt71 kt min to max 106 kt 72 106 kt
95 % Average bank angle 13.8 °0.2 ° min to max 42.4 ° 22.4 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.78 g min to max 1.35 g 0.93 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 522 fpm-1,127 fpm min to max 1,791 fpm 1,791 -1,127 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,963 ft asl1,612 ft asl min to max 2,165 ft asl 1,612 1,975 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °-7.8 ° min to max 17.4 ° 14.1 -6.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of Licey al Medio (Provincia de Santiago, Dominican Republic). Descent from 1,954 ft asl to 651 ft asl, a decrease of 1,303 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 90 kt60 kt min to max 116 kt 107 67 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.0 ° min to max 30.9 ° 1.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.86 g min to max 1.28 g 1.05 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -645 fpm-1,614 fpm min to max 928 fpm -1,196 -955 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,354 ft asl651 ft asl min to max 1,954 ft asl 1,954 651 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-9.8 ° min to max 4.9 ° -5.6 -2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 980 ft agl · 106 kt
Arrival Final 1 99.84Approaching runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 93 ft agl to 37 ft agl. A decrease of 56 ft in 4 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.6 °1.9 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 2.8 ° 3.2 1.9 °
100 % Average speed 62 kt58 kt min to max 67 kt 67 58 kt
99 % Heading variation 0.3 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.0 0.5 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.96 g min to max 1.11 g 1.04 1.11 g
Info Average VSI -781 fpm-955 fpm min to max -641 fpm -955 -641 fpm
Info Average altitude 61 ft agl37 ft agl min to max 93 ft agl 93 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-2.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° -2.0 3.7 °
00.250.50.751050Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 97.76Landing on runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport, runway length 2,606 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 58 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 58 kt. Target 60 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
99 % Excellent landing flare
94 % Runway alignment max 0.20 m left0.20 m left to 0.16 m left 0.16 0.19 m
86 % Average bank angle 5.0 °2.5 ° min to max 7.2 ° 6.1 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.85 g min to max 1.19 g 1.12 1.07 g
Info Average speed 51 kt44 kt min to max 58 kt 58 44 kt
Info Average VSI -324 fpm-633 fpm min to max -132 fpm -633 -259 fpm
Info Average altitude 15 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 28 ft agl 28 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °2.4 ° min to max 10.6 ° 4.0 10.4 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 14 ft agl · 60 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 12 ft agl · 59 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 7 ft agl · 57 kt
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 85.65Touchdown distance was good at 198 m. Touchdown speed at 44 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -259 fpm. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 26.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown rate was -259 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 198 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 44 ktTarget below 58 kt
15 % Runway alignment max 26.23 m left25.95 m left 26.23 25.61 m
94 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.2 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.15 g1.07 g min to max 1.24 g 1.07 1.24 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 44 kt44 kt min to max 44 kt 44 44 kt
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °8.2 ° min to max 10.5 ° 10.4 8.2 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 63 kt with 4.8° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF4.8° off7° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 21 kt 7.8° 0 s
Liftoff203 m · target 65 63 kt 4.8° 6.8 s
35 ft400 m · 4.7 s after liftoff 75 kt 6.9° 11.5 s
End of Climb 33,412 m · 982 ft 74 kt 15.3° 73 s

Takeoff from MDST 11

Takeoff roll100.00
323m12 %
Liftoff speed100.00
63kttarget 65, 2 slow
Runway alignment91.86
5.28m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb97.90
542fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 982 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,103 m of runway left; then climbing at 900 fpm on average to 982 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 63 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,606 m runway.

Rolled from 103 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 4.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.3 m left. Airborne 11 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 4.18 m LROLL 103 M INAirborne 306 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 306 m of 2,606 m · 12 %
Behind the start of the roll, 103 mTakeoff roll, 203 m Left ahead, 2,301 m

Landing and touchdown on MDST 11

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
28ft
Threshold speed100.00
57kttarget 54, 3 fast
Centreline offset94.00
0.20m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
198m
Centreline15.49
26.23m L
Speed100.00
43kttarget 52 or less
Touchdown rate94.53
-280fpm
Impact100.00
1.24G
BouncesOk
None
The flare98.85

Excellent landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 18° right of the track, 2° of bank.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt tail · 0 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 28 ft, 22 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 198 m in, 107 m short of 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.

28 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −280 fpm · 10.4° nose up · 44 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 28 ft, down at 198 m

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

The sink went from 490 fpm at 25 ft to 280 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 6.4° 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°6°11°touchdown−280 fpm at touchdown10.4° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,606 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 26 m left of the centreline.

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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 198 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 198 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 198 m of 2,606 m · 8 %
In the air over the runway, 198 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,408 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll on runway 11 at Cibao International Airport. The Pilatus PC-6 aircraft accelerated down the runway, covering a distance of 219 meters, which accounted for 8% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 63 knots, marking the start of the takeoff phase.

As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 15°C temperature and a gentle wind of 1 knot from the northwest. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile east of the airport, where the aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 1,612 feet above sea level to 1,975 feet, a gain of 363 feet in just 1 minute. This climb phase covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile southeast of Licey al Medio. The descent from 1,954 feet to 651 feet, a decrease of 1,303 feet in 2 minutes, covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. This phase of the flight was characterized by a smooth and controlled descent.

As the aircraft approached the final approach phase, it was heading west towards runway 11 at Cibao International Airport. The aircraft was at an altitude of 93 feet above ground level and 0 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The final approach was made from the west, aligning with the runway centerline.

The landing phase was executed successfully, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 44 knots. The touchdown distance was 194 meters, which was within the acceptable limits. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned from the centerline by 26.2 meters. The local weather conditions during the landing phase were similar to those encountered during takeoff, with a temperature of 16°C and a gentle wind of 1 knot from the northwest.

The total flight distance was 4 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 4 minutes. The aircraft consumed 15 kilograms of fuel during the entire flight. Overall, the flight was executed smoothly, with the aircraft performing well within the expected parameters.

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