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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 30
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight882 kg
Fuel68 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

97.82 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight881 kg
Fuel66 kg
Wind269° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
17 Jul 2025 0:04 3 nm PA28 Archer II 1 kg
Departure Score
95.43 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
98.03 %

What went well

Touched down at -40 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 305 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 13 ft and 63 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −0.83 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 1.6 ° at 71 %, −0.48 points
Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 9.1 ° at 81 %, −0.39 points

Next time

Departure

Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.

What happened: Bank increased to 1.8° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 8.4° into the next climb segment.

Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level

See Departure Climb 2Departure Climb 3

The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 11 stages, 10 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 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Average speed was 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt0 kt min to max 24 kt 0 24 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °2.5 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.5 2.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.07 g0.99 g min to max 1.23 g 1.23 0.99 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Up 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 90.00Departure roll runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 300 m 11 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 68 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 300 m11 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 68 ktTarget 62 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.81 m right0.69 m left to 1.81 m right 0.44 -1.81 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.10 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.4 ° min to max 4.1 ° 2.3 4.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 79 kt69 kt min to max 89 kt 69 89 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.85 g min to max 1.14 g 1.11 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 203 fpm-66 fpm min to max 557 fpm 319 557 fpm
Info Average altitude 23 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 45 ft agl 1 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °2.4 ° min to max 8.3 ° 4.2 8.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 29 ft agl · 76 kt
Departure Climb 2 95.32Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.9 ° min to max 0.8 ° -0.2 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 91 kt89 kt min to max 95 kt 89 93 kt
81 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.3 ° min to max 9.1 ° 0.3 9.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 864 fpm575 fpm min to max 1,449 fpm 575 1,449 fpm
Info Average altitude 107 ft agl46 ft agl min to max 370 ft agl 46 370 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °5.6 ° min to max 10.6 ° 8.4 10.6 °
Departure Climb 3 96.39Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 1.9 °1.5 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.5 2.4 °
100 % Average speed 91 kt90 kt min to max 92 kt 92 90 kt
82 % Average bank angle 8.4 °7.8 ° min to max 8.9 ° 8.9 7.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.91 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 0.91 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,485 fpm1,465 fpm min to max 1,511 fpm 1,465 1,471 fpm
Info Average altitude 433 ft agl395 ft agl min to max 470 ft agl 395 470 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °10.4 ° min to max 11.6 ° 11.2 10.4 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Monkton (South Ayrshire, Scotland). Climbing from 558 ft asl to 640 ft asl, an increase of 82 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 96 kt90 kt min to max 100 kt 90 100 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.6 °1.6 ° min to max 8.6 ° 7.6 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.79 g min to max 1.09 g 0.87 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 509 fpm107 fpm min to max 1,338 fpm 1,338 638 fpm
Info Average altitude 599 ft asl558 ft asl min to max 640 ft asl 558 640 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °1.8 ° min to max 8.7 ° 8.7 4.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Monkton (South Ayrshire, Scotland) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±533 ft of 627 ft asl414 ft asl min to max 736 ft asl 651 414 ft asl
100 % Average speed 86 kt69 kt min to max 102 kt 100 69 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.2 °0.1 ° min to max 18.0 ° 0.8 3.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.23 g 0.96 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-1.6 ° min to max 5.0 ° 3.8 2.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 641 ft agl · 95 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 695 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 642 ft agl · 81 kt
Arrival Final 2 100.00Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 358 ft agl to 344 ft agl. A decrease of 14 ft in 3 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.3 °3.2 ° min to max 3.3 °Target 3.0 ° 3.2 3.3 °
100 % Average speed 69 kt69 kt min to max 69 kt 69 69 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.1 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -262 fpm-280 fpm min to max -228 fpm -228 -280 fpm
Info Average altitude 351 ft agl344 ft agl min to max 358 ft agl 358 344 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °2.3 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 2.3 °
11.251.51.752300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-60-45-30-15015304560Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 94.20Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 339 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 340 ft in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
71 % Approach angle 1.6 °0.7 ° min to max 3.7 °Target 3.0 ° 3.3 0.7 °
100 % Average speed 70 kt64 kt min to max 73 kt 69 64 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 2.9 ° 0.9 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.09 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -497 fpm-829 fpm min to max -113 fpm -275 -113 fpm
Info Average altitude 58 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 339 ft agl 339 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-2.7 ° min to max 5.4 ° 2.4 5.4 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 98.42Landing on runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 64 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 64 kt. Target 70 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
94 % Great landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.03 m left0.03 m left to 0.02 m left 0.02 0.03 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average speed 56 kt49 kt min to max 64 kt 64 49 kt
Info Average VSI -57 fpm-125 fpm min to max 2 fpm -113 -1 fpm
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl6 ft agl min to max 14 ft agl 14 7 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.7 °5.4 ° min to max 11.9 ° 5.4 11.8 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 7 ft agl · 54 kt
07515022530001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.51Touchdown distance was good at 305 m. Touchdown speed at 49 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -1 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -1 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 305 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 49 ktTarget below 66 kt
97 % Runway alignment max 3.95 m left3.92 m left 3.94 3.87 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.2 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 0.98 1.00 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 49 kt49 kt min to max 49 kt 49 49 kt
Info Average pitch angle 11.6 °11.5 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.8 11.5 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 68 kt with 3.2° 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°LIFTOFF3.2° off7° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 29 kt 2.3° 0 s
Liftoff288 m · target 62 68 kt 3.2° 10.7 s
35 ft695 m · 10.2 s after liftoff 89 kt 7.0° 20.9 s
End of Climb 31,798 m · 470 ft 90 kt 10.4° 45.6 s

Takeoff from EGPK 30

Takeoff roll100.00
383m14 %
Liftoff speed100.00
68kttarget 62, 6 fast
Runway alignment100.00
1.81m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
202fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 470 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,956 m of runway left; then climbing at 810 fpm on average to 470 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.

500 ft250 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 68 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 86 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.6 m right. Airborne 13 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 1.55 m RROLL 86 M INAirborne 374 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 374 m of 2,737 m · 14 %
Behind the start of the roll, 86 mTakeoff roll, 288 m Left ahead, 2,363 m

The stabilisation gates

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.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 1.0 nm, about 380 ft above the runway, to the threshold, before the 300 ft gate.

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.

Landing flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to EGPK 12

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 1.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 60 ft above 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° BAND263300 ft gate7 of 7381 ft · 69 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 6× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 57 m right of the centreline at 1.3 nm, then inside the band from 1.0 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 nmTHR149 m L0149 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND5 m L27 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band all the way, between −6 kt and +3 kt on the approach speed of 70 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.

6080100120 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 70+1 kt−6 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 12

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
13ft
Threshold speed100.00
63kttarget 70, 7 slow
Centreline offset100.00
0.03m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
305m
Centreline96.71
3.95m L
Speed100.00
49kttarget 63 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-40fpm
Impact100.00
1.02G
BouncesOk
None
The flare93.67

Great landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 269° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 1 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 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 305 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.

13 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −40 fpm · 11.8° nose up · 49 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 13 ft, down at 305 m

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

The sink went from 120 fpm at 11 ft to 40 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°12°touchdown−40 fpm at touchdown11.8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.9 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. 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 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 305 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 305 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 305 m of 2,737 m · 11 %
In the air over the runway, 305 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 2,431 m

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the aircraft, a PA28 Archer II, accelerated down the 300-meter section of the runway that made up 11% of its total length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 68 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 2 knots from a direction of 270°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 2 knots, providing a relatively stable environment for the climb.

The enroute climb phase began overhead Monkton, a location in South Ayrshire, Scotland, where the aircraft transitioned from a low altitude of 558 feet above sea level to a higher altitude of 640 feet, an increase of 82 feet in less than 1 minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, also starting overhead Monkton, and lasted for 2 minutes, during which it covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. This phase allowed the aircraft to stabilize at a consistent altitude and airspeed, conserving fuel and maintaining a steady pace.

As the flight progressed, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, coming in from the north-west at a heading of 117.0° and at an altitude of 358 feet above ground level, approximately 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold.

The landing phase was executed smoothly, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 49 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed of 64 knots. The touchdown distance was also good, at 304 meters, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -1 foot per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4 meters.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as during the takeoff phase, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind of 2 knots from a direction of 270°, resulting in a crosswind component of 1 knot and a tailwind component of 2 knots.

In conclusion, the flight was completed in a total distance of 3 nautical miles, taking approximately 4 minutes to complete, and used 1 kilogram of fuel. The flight was executed smoothly, with a good balance of climb, cruise, and descent phases, and a successful landing on the designated runway.

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