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KSZL
Knob Noster, United States
Runway 01
Elevation837 ft asl
Weight241,553 lbs
Fuel83,481 lbs
Wind290° · 4 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

83.08 %
KSZL
Knob Noster, United States
Runway 01
Elevation837 ft asl
Weight239,246 lbs
Fuel80,886 lbs
Wind290° · 5 kn · 5 kn cross
9 Mar 2025 0:10 12 nm B-2 Spirit 2,595 lbs
Departure Score
95.62 %
Pattern Score
66.52 %
Arrival Score
87.10 %

What went well

Touched down at -316 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 568 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 16 ft and 137 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 0.4 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 61.7 ° at 0 %, −4.10 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -20.6 ° at 0 %, g force 0.73 to 2.45 g at 31 %, −3.46 points
Arrival Taxi — landing lights; peak taxi speed 56 kt at 0 %, peak speed in a turn 22 kt at 36 %, −3.35 points

Next time

Improve the pattern base leg turn

See Pattern Base Leg 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.

Read more in Pattern Work

Start to finish · 16 stages, 14 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 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base, Average speed was 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.01 g

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 869 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base. Takeoff distance 3,149 ft 25 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 138 kt. Local weather - Temperature 38 °F. Wind 4 kt at 290 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 3,149 ft25 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 138 ktTarget 145 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 8.3 ft3.6 ft left to 4.7 ft right -4.7 1.6 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.02 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-1.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.1 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Climb 1 91.23Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average speed 161 kt138 kt min to max 182 kt 138 182 kt
65 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 15.3 ° 0.0 15.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.04 g 1.03 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 368 fpm144 fpm min to max 522 fpm 144 514 fpm
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 48 ft agl 0 48 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °4.1 ° min to max 5.4 ° 4.2 5.4 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 17 ft agl · 158 kt
Pattern Entry 98.49Left hand pattern entry from runway 01 KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base. Distance was less than 1 nm in 9 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 190 kt182 kt min to max 206 kt 182 206 kt
100 % Average bank angle 26.0 °16.3 ° min to max 64.8 ° 16.3 64.8 °
85 % Average g force 1.21 g1.00 g min to max 2.03 g 1.00 2.03 g
Info Average VSI 828 fpm513 fpm min to max 1,628 fpm 513 1,337 fpm
Info Average altitude 121 ft agl89 ft agl min to max 280 ft agl 89 280 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.9 °5.7 ° min to max 9.8 ° 5.7 7.6 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 155 ft agl · 198 kt
Pattern Crosswind 48.14Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 01 KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base. Distance was less than 1 nm in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -20.6 °-37.4 ° min to max 17.9 ° 17.9 -37.4 °
100 % Average speed 205 kt200 kt min to max 209 kt 206 200 kt
31 % Average g force 1.53 g0.73 g min to max 2.45 g 2.34 0.85 g
Info Average VSI 1,716 fpm972 fpm min to max 2,390 fpm 1,374 1,589 fpm
Info Average altitude 475 ft agl303 ft agl min to max 650 ft agl 303 650 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 35.4 °3.4 ° min to max 73.2 ° 67.0 23.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °2.8 ° min to max 9.8 ° 7.5 5.3 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Deactivated 322 ft agl · 204 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 340 ft agl · 204 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 378 ft agl · 208 kt
Pattern Downwind Turn 66.24Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 137.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 137.8 °.
100 % Average speed 213 kt200 kt min to max 224 kt 200 223 kt
88 % Average bank angle 26.1 °9.8 ° min to max 34.2 ° 26.7 9.8 °
99 % Average g force 1.13 g0.83 g min to max 1.55 g 0.86 0.83 g
Info Average VSI 958 fpm-16 fpm min to max 2,430 fpm 1,243 2,418 fpm
Info Average altitude 763 ft agl668 ft agl min to max 967 ft agl 668 967 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °1.9 ° min to max 7.3 ° 4.4 5.4 °
Pattern Downwind 81.23Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 45 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -3.9 °-15.4 ° min to max 7.4 ° 0.9 -15.4 °
39 % Average altitude 1,325 ft agl1,002 ft agl min to max 1,443 ft agl 1,002 1,443 ft agl
100 % Average speed 242 kt224 kt min to max 264 kt 224 228 kt
96 % Average g force 1.04 g0.68 g min to max 1.63 g 0.75 1.23 g
Info Average VSI 647 fpm-279 fpm min to max 2,419 fpm 2,173 140 fpm
Info Average bank angle 19.5 °0.2 ° min to max 50.6 ° 4.1 38.5 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-0.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° 4.0 2.5 °

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 2,251 ft agl
Pattern Base Leg Turn 38.49Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 3 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 0.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 0.4 °.
100 % Average speed 185 kt160 kt min to max 225 kt 225 160 kt
0 % Average bank angle 34.1 °0.2 ° min to max 61.7 ° 39.4 0.4 °
85 % Average g force 1.30 g0.88 g min to max 2.03 g 1.21 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -690 fpm-1,532 fpm min to max 157 fpm 126 -1,029 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,285 ft agl963 ft agl min to max 1,456 ft agl 1,445 963 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-1.0 ° min to max 7.1 ° 2.3 1.8 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 1,296 ft agl · 182 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,295 ft agl · 180 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,204 ft agl · 170 kt
Arrival Final 3 98.96Approaching runway 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 950 ft agl to 723 ft agl. A decrease of 227 ft in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.2 °3.2 ° min to max 3.3 °Target 3.0 ° 3.2 3.2 °
100 % Average speed 145 kt132 kt min to max 159 kt 159 132 kt
100 % Heading variation -1.6 °-2.0 ° min to max -1.0 ° -2.0 -1.0 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.2 ° min to max 4.9 ° 0.5 4.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -799 fpm-1,042 fpm min to max -638 fpm -857 -891 fpm
Info Average altitude 847 ft agl723 ft agl min to max 950 ft agl 950 723 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.3 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.8 3.3 °
Arrival Final 2 98.96Approaching runway 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 950 ft agl to 339 ft agl. A decrease of 610 ft in 42 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.1 °2.8 ° min to max 3.3 °Target 3.0 ° 3.2 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 140 kt131 kt min to max 159 kt 159 143 kt
100 % Heading variation -1.1 °-2.0 ° min to max -0.4 ° -2.0 -0.4 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 4.9 ° 0.5 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -857 fpm-1,141 fpm min to max -631 fpm -857 -692 fpm
Info Average altitude 647 ft agl339 ft agl min to max 950 ft agl 950 339 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °1.2 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.8 1.2 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 619 ft agl · 132 kt
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-380-285-190-95095190285380Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 97.27Approaching runway 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 325 ft agl to 54 ft agl. A decrease of 270 ft in 20 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.6 °1.4 ° min to max 2.8 °Target 3.0 ° 2.8 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 145 kt137 kt min to max 149 kt 143 137 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 0.0 °
86 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 8.4 ° 6.4 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.09 g 0.94 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -587 fpm-1,150 fpm min to max -340 fpm -806 -340 fpm
Info Average altitude 98 ft agl54 ft agl min to max 325 ft agl 325 54 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.1 ° min to max 3.3 ° 0.3 3.3 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 2 619 ft agl · 132 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 86 ft agl · 147 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-210-158-105-53053105158210Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 97.79Landing on runway 01 at KSZL Whiteman Air Force Base, runway length 12,413 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 137 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 137 kt. Target 130 kt
91 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.08 g
Info Average speed 135 kt133 kt min to max 137 kt 137 133 kt
Info Average VSI -331 fpm-345 fpm min to max -316 fpm -338 -316 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl3 ft agl min to max 16 ft agl 16 3 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °3.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° 3.3 5.0 °
025050001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500-80-64-48-32-1601632486480Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 91.98Touchdown distance was good at 574 ft. Touchdown speed at 133 kt was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -316 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 36 °F. Wind 5 kt at 290 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Touchdown VSI was -316 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 574 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 133 ktTarget below 144 kt
99 % Runway alignment max 11.0 ft5.8 ft left 1.4 11.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.85 g min to max 1.31 g 1.08 1.21 g
60 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 130 kt127 kt min to max 133 kt 133 127 kt
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °5.0 ° min to max 5.5 ° 5.0 5.2 °
Arrival Rollout 95.18Total landing distance 5,576 ft, 45 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 5,576 ft45 % of runway.
89 % Runway alignment max 19.6 ft19.6 ft left to 0.0 ft left 11.3 9.1 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.86 g min to max 1.22 g 1.22 1.00 g
Info Average speed 110 kt68 kt min to max 125 kt 125 68 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °0.2 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.2 0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.0 °

Events

Info Bounce during touchdown 7 ft agl · 116 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 42 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 39 kt23 kt min to max 64 kt 64 26 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Arrival Taxi 29.55Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 22 kt3 kt min to max 56 kt 24 4 kt
36 % Average speed turning corners 15 ktmax 22 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 138 kt with 4.2° 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.

210 kt14070020°10°0°LIFTOFF4.2° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 6 kt -0.1° 0 s
80 kt1,002 ft 80 kt -0.2° 13.7 s
Liftoff3,154 ft · target 145 138 kt 4.2° 25.3 s
35 ft5,246 ft · 7.9 s after liftoff 176 kt 4.7° 33.2 s
End of the climb5,665 ft · 48 ft 182 kt 5.5° 34.6 s

Takeoff from KSZL 01

Takeoff roll100.00
3,149ft25 %
Liftoff speed100.00
138kttarget 145, 7 slow
Runway alignment100.00
4.7ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb91.23
368fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 48 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 6,884 ft of runway left.

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 END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 138 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 12,413 ft runway.

Rolled from 283 ft in, never more than 5 ft off the centreline. Airborne 27 % 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.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS4 kn75 %widest 4.7 ft RROLL 283 FT INAirborne 3,437 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 3,437 ft of 12,413 ft · 28 %
Behind the start of the roll, 283 ftTakeoff roll, 3,154 ft Left ahead, 8,976 ft

The circuit to KSZL 01

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, 2.4 nm out at 240 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 700 ft73°134°262°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
221 ft before the runway end
Bank
73°
Speed
205 kt

Rough: the G force varied more than a smooth turn and leg would.

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.

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2Onto downwind
Bank
34°
Height
1,325 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
242 kt
Out
1.1 nm 2.4 suits 240 kt

High on downwind: 1,325 ft against 1,000 ft, 325 ft above.

Downwind. Parallel to the runway, opposite the landing direction, at pattern altitude and roughly 90 kt. The single most important moment of the entire circuit is the point abeam your intended touchdown point. Power back (around 1,700 RPM in a 172 works as a starting value to calibrate), first stage of flap, pre-landing flow, and re-trim. Everything from abeam to touchdown is one continuous energy problem. Arrive at the abeam point high or fast and you'll pay for it ninety seconds later in the flare, which is why analysing only the touchdown so often misdiagnoses the fault.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
0° target 45°
Bank
62°
Height
1,408 ft

Rough: the G force varied more than a smooth turn and leg would.

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.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry98Crosswind48Turn onto downwind66Downwind81Base turn38

The approach to KSZL 01

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

On the glideslope from 3.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.5 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 80 ft under).

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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,132733510347142
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

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 1,060 ft right of the centreline at 3.5 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND1031 ft R378 ft R225 ft R137 ft R6 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 3.5 nm, where the final began, to 2.5 nm (up to +46 kt), then inside the band to 0.7 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +19 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.

120140160180 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 130+36 kt+5 kt+5 kt+13 kt+18 kt+7 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KSZL 01

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
16ft
Threshold speed100.00
137kttarget 130, 7 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.0ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
568ft
Centreline98.94
11.0ft L
Speed100.00
132kttarget 144 or less
Touchdown rate92.54
-316fpm
Impact100.00
1.31G
Bounces60.00
2
The crosswind

4 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 133 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 290° at 5 kt · 1 kt head · 4 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 5,403 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 16 ft, 34 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 568 ft in, 432 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 5,403 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

16 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −316 fpm · 5° nose up · 133 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 16 ft, down at 568 ft

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

The sink stayed between 240 fpm and 360 fpm from 13 ft to the runway. The nose came up 1.7° 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−316 fpm at touchdown5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,403 ft of the 12,413 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 11 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 20 ft left at the widest.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 4 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 568 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 568 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.31 G arrival bounced 2 times.

Runway used 5,003 ft of 12,413 ft · 40 %
In the air over the runway, 568 ftRollout, 4,435 ft Left over, 7,410 ft
Rollout distance100.00
4,435ft40 % used
Rollout alignment89.28
19.6ft L

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The B-2 Spirit aircraft departed from runway 01 at Whiteman Air Force Base, KSZL, with a takeoff distance of 3,149 feet, which is 25% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 138 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.

After takeoff, the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern, which it completed in a short distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 9 seconds. The aircraft then turned onto the downwind leg, which was 2 nautical miles long and at an angle of 45 degrees to the runway. The downwind leg took 45 seconds to complete, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then turned onto the base leg, which was also 3 nautical miles long and at an angle of 45 degrees to the runway. The base leg turn was completed with a very small angle to the runway, indicating a precise turn.

The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 01, flying from the south at a heading of 5.0 degrees and at an altitude of 950 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which was 12,413 feet long, with a threshold speed that was slightly above the target speed of 137 knots. The touchdown distance was good, at 574 feet, and the touchdown speed was also good, at 133 knots. The touchdown rate was firm, at -316 feet per minute.

The aircraft's runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline, by 11 feet. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 36 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 5,576 feet, which is 45% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.

After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 4 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 12 nautical miles, which was completed in 10 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,595 pounds of fuel during the flight.

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