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CYKF
Kitchener, Canada
Runway 26
Elevation1,030 ft asl
Weight997 kg
Fuel72 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

82.77 %
CYKF
Kitchener, Canada
Runway 08
Elevation1,030 ft asl
Weight992 kg
Fuel71 kg
Wind269° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
26 Mar 2024 0:08 10 nm Cessna Skyhawk 0 kg
Departure Score
78.07 %
Enroute Score
98.91 %
Arrival Score
62.59 %

What went well

Touchdown 198 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 444 m — 21 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — bounce at touchdown; Touchdown VSI was -1,001 ft/m at 0 %, Speed at touchdown 88 kn at 0 %, −6.95 points
Departure Taxi — peak taxi speed 43 kt at 0 %, −3.33 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed was excessively high at 91 kn at 15 %, Heading variation 1.0 ° at 68 %, −3.19 points

Next time

Shorten the long landing

See Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 12 stages, 11 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 60.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 43 kn0 kn min to max 43 kn 43 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.99 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.5 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 44 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Departure Roll 77.01Departure roll runway 26 at CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo. Takeoff distance 398 m 19 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 46 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 398 m19 % of runway
67 % Liftoff speed was 46 knTarget 62 kn
18 % Runway alignment max 26.63 m25.59 m left to 1.04 m right -1.04 25.59 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.3 ° min to max 6.5 ° 0.3 6.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Departure Climb 1 88.65Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 26 CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
64 % Heading variation -3.7 °-4.2 ° min to max -3.3 ° -3.3 -4.2 °
100 % Average speed 48 kn46 kn min to max 49 kn 46 46 kn
90 % Average bank angle 3.7 °0.0 ° min to max 5.7 ° 0.2 5.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.99 g min to max 1.24 g 1.07 1.06 g
Info Average VSI 605 ft/m343 ft/m min to max 857 ft/m 343 857 ft/m
Info Average altitude 17 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 0 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.2 °7.1 ° min to max 16.8 ° 7.1 16.8 °
Departure Climb 2 86.63Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 26 CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
60 % Heading variation -4.7 °-5.2 ° min to max -4.3 ° -4.3 -5.2 °
100 % Average speed 45 kn44 kn min to max 46 kn 46 44 kn
87 % Average bank angle 6.5 °5.4 ° min to max 7.0 ° 5.5 7.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.79 g min to max 1.06 g 1.06 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 932 ft/m832 ft/m min to max 996 ft/m 870 832 ft/m
Info Average altitude 63 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 79 ft agl 45 79 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.6 °12.4 ° min to max 17.4 ° 16.9 12.6 °
Enroute Climb 97.14Enroute climb started overhead CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo Kitchener (Ontario, Canada). Climbing from 1,128 ft asl to 3,043 ft asl, an increase of 1,914 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 64 kn40 kn min to max 104 kn 44 104 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 16.9 ° 7.0 0.5 °
71 % Average g force 0.99 g0.60 g min to max 1.75 g 0.92 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 544 ft/m-1,610 ft/m min to max 2,454 ft/m 824 468 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,942 ft asl1,128 ft asl min to max 3,043 ft asl 1,128 3,043 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.5 °-11.8 ° min to max 22.3 ° 12.3 1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 99.31Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north of CYKI Roseville Field Kitchener (Ontario, Canada) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,052 ft asl2,982 ft asl min to max 3,165 ft asl 3,039 3,165 ft asl
100 % Average speed 111 kn103 kn min to max 118 kn 109 105 kn
100 % Average bank angle 18.8 °5.2 ° min to max 24.8 ° 5.2 22.6 °
93 % Average g force 1.09 g0.87 g min to max 1.37 g 1.03 1.16 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-4.7 ° min to max 3.6 ° -0.9 2.5 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 2 miles north east of CYKI Roseville Field Kitchener (Ontario, Canada). Climbing from 3,181 ft asl to 3,428 ft asl, an increase of 246 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 102 kn96 kn min to max 113 kn 104 113 kn
100 % Average bank angle 18.9 °1.7 ° min to max 25.3 ° 20.1 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.85 g min to max 1.14 g 0.89 0.85 g
Info Average VSI 562 ft/m-2,378 ft/m min to max 964 ft/m 924 -2,378 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,365 ft asl3,181 ft asl min to max 3,492 ft asl 3,181 3,428 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-13.6 ° min to max 5.0 ° 3.7 -13.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 99.20Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of CYKI Roseville Field Kitchener (Ontario, Canada). Descent from 3,358 ft asl to 2,830 ft asl, a decrease of 528 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 120 kn110 kn min to max 131 kn 117 127 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.4 ° min to max 10.7 ° 6.4 7.3 °
92 % Average g force 0.92 g0.61 g min to max 1.33 g 0.74 1.33 g
Info Average VSI -2,210 ft/m-4,353 ft/m min to max 739 ft/m 739 -4,230 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,094 ft asl2,830 ft asl min to max 3,358 ft asl 3,358 2,830 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -12.9 °-23.2 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 -18.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 97.60Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started 3 miles north east of CYKI Roseville Field Kitchener (Ontario, Canada).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 98 kn77 kn min to max 130 kn 129 101 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.9 °0.2 ° min to max 28.8 ° 5.0 12.3 °
88 % Average g force 1.03 g0.74 g min to max 1.46 g 1.46 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -915 ft/m-3,690 ft/m min to max 350 ft/m -3,690 -982 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,146 ft asl1,409 ft asl min to max 2,773 ft asl 2,773 1,409 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.8 °-14.9 ° min to max 3.5 ° -14.8 -3.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 79.08Approaching runway 08 at CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 366 ft agl to 65 ft agl. A decrease of 301 ft in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
58 % Approach angle 4.4 °3.9 ° min to max 6.4 °Target 3.0 ° 6.1 3.9 °
100 % Average speed 93 kn91 kn min to max 99 kn 99 91 kn
55 % Heading variation 1.4 °1.1 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.1 1.3 °
82 % Average bank angle 4.4 °1.8 ° min to max 9.8 ° 9.8 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.20 g 1.06 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -935 ft/m-1,984 ft/m min to max -709 ft/m -840 -771 ft/m
Info Average altitude 127 ft agl65 ft agl min to max 366 ft agl 366 65 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.5 °-11.0 ° min to max -3.0 ° -3.4 -3.9 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 71.26Landing on runway 08 at CYKF Kitchener\/Waterloo, runway length 2,124 m. Threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was excessively high at 91 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
15 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 91 kn. Target 63 kn
90 % Landing and flare profile
68 % Heading variation 1.0 °0.7 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 0.7 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.8 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.95 g min to max 0.98 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average speed 89 kn88 kn min to max 91 kn 91 88 kn
Info Average VSI -864 ft/m-1,001 ft/m min to max -772 ft/m -772 -1,001 ft/m
Info Average altitude 29 ft agl-2 ft agl min to max 58 ft agl 58 -2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.8 °-5.8 ° min to max -3.9 ° -3.9 -5.8 °
07515022501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 37.44Touchdown distance was good at 192 m. Touchdown speed at 88 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,001 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 24.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 2 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown VSI was -1,001 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 192 mTarget 457 m
0 % Speed at touchdown 88 knTarget 53 kn
22 % Runway alignment max 24.54 m14.49 m left 24.54 1.90 m
40 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 0.9 6.6 °
44 % Average g force 1.08 g0.68 g min to max 2.23 g 0.97 0.68 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 76 kn71 kn min to max 88 kn 88 71 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-6.1 ° min to max 8.2 ° -5.8 -6.1 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 16 ft agl · 78 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 46 kt with 7.1° 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.

60 kt4020020°10°0°LIFTOFF7.1° off16° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 0 kt 0.6° 0 s
Liftoff252 m 46 kt 7.1° 14.4 s
35 ft356 m · 3.6 s after liftoff 47 kt 15.9° 18.0 s
End of the climb431 m · 79 ft 44 kt 12.6° 20.8 s

Takeoff from CYKF 26

Takeoff roll100.00
444m21 %
Liftoff speed67.25
46kt
Runway alignment17.81
25.59m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb88.65
605fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 79 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,574 m 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 END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 46 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,124 m runway.

Rolled from 194 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 26 m at the widest, and lifted off 26 m left. Airborne 20 % 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.

5001,0001,5002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 25.69 m LROLL 194 M INAirborne 445 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 445 m of 2,124 m · 21 %
Behind the start of the roll, 194 mTakeoff roll, 252 m Left ahead, 1,679 m

The approach to CYKF 08

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

High from 1.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 610 ft over).

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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND959405
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 431 m right of the centreline at 1.0 nm, then 70 m left of it from 0.5 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 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND400 m R20 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on CYKF 08

Over the threshold

Threshold height93.56
57ft
Threshold speed15.42
90kt
Centreline offset67.60
0.40m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
198m
Centreline21.66
24.54m L
Speed0.00
88kt
Touchdown rate0.00
-1,001fpm
Impact44.00
2.23G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 269° at 2 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 57 ft, close to 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.

57 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −1,000 fpm · −5.8° nose down · 88 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 57 ft, down at 198 m

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

The sink grew from 870 fpm at 65 ft to 1,000 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 2.0° 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 UP0−750−1,500−6°2°10°touchdown−1,000 fpm at touchdown−5.8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,124 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.9 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.

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 2.23 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 198 m of 2,124 m · 9 %
In the air over the runway, 198 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,926 m

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