EKVG to BIFF Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from EKVG to BIFF

Friday, 02 February 2024 17:43

Minutes 136

259 nm

Fuel 1 kg

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 30 at EKVG

Vagar

Vagar, Vaga Sysla, Faroe Islands

Altitude

249 ft asl

Weight

1,101 kg

Fuel

38 kg

Temperature

7 °C

Wind Speed

27 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

23 kt

Crosswind

12 kt

Arrival

Runway 30 at BIFF

Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport

Eskifjoerdur Austurland, Iceland

3 ft asl

Altitude

1,119 kg

Weight

36 kg

Fuel

-1 °C

Temperature

31 kt

Wind Speed

249.9 °

Wind Direction

23 kt

Headwind

21 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 87.80%

Departure Score 84.52%

Enroute Score 100.00%

Arrival Score 78.89%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

61.24 %

Touchdown

93.68 %

Landed with a 21 kt crosswind, well done!

Approach & flare

Threshold height

58.42 %

Threshold height at 69 ft agl was above target.

Threshold speed

87.67 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 64 kt.

Flare

17.77 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

100 %

Touchdown rate was perfect at -39 ft/m.

Impact

87.43 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 46 kt was good.

Aim point

92.51 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.

Centreline

69.81 %

Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.3 m from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages EKVG to BIFF

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Departure Taxi

48.19 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 36 kn 0 kn min to max 44 kn	0		24 kn
73.75 %	Average speed turning corners 11 kn max 19 kn	0		0 kn
86.86 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.52 g min to max 1.15 g	1.01		0.52 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 3.8 ° 2.4 ° min to max 4.7 °	3.7		4.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
Info	Battery Master On at 17:43:09
Info	Engine 1 Started at 17:43:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 17:43:09
Info	Parking Brake On at 17:43:09
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 17:44:10
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 17:44:11
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 17:44:12
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 17:48:36
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 17:48:37
Info	Parking Brake Off at 17:49:10
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 17:52:46
Info	Beacon Light OFF should be ON at 17:51:00

Departure Roll

95.6 %

Departure roll runway 30 at EKVG Vagar. Takeoff distance 9,890 m 551 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather - Temperature 8 °C. Wind 27 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 12 kn Headwind: 23 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 9,890 m 551 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 70 kn Target 70 kn
98.86 %	Runway alignment max 2.33 m 1.85 m left to 0.48 m right	-0.48		1.12 m
58.29 %	Average g force 0.26 g 0.02 g min to max 0.46 g	0.46		0.02 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 3.7 ° 2.6 ° min to max 4.8 °	4.5		4.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.1 ° min to max 3.0 °	0.1		2.0 °
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 17:53:01

Departure Climb 1

98.54 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EKVG Vagar.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
94.33 %	Heading variation 0.7 ° -0.2 ° min to max 1.5 °	-0.2		1.5 °
100 %	Average speed 76 kn 71 kn min to max 77 kn	71		77 kn
99.82 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.1 °	2.0		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.96 g min to max 1.12 g	1.11		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI 501 ft/m 358 ft/m min to max 624 ft/m	358		624 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 19 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl	0		47 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.9 ° 5.0 ° min to max 9.4 °	5.0		8.9 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 17:53:09

Departure Climb 2

91.12 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EKVG Vagar.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
65.12 %	Heading variation 2.5 ° 1.5 ° min to max 4.8 °	1.5		4.8 °
100 %	Average speed 80 kn 77 kn min to max 91 kn	77		91 kn
99.34 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.2 °	0.4		2.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.82 g min to max 1.05 g	0.99		0.93 g
Info	Average VSI 673 ft/m 418 ft/m min to max 878 ft/m	625		418 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 124 ft agl 48 ft agl min to max 398 ft agl	48		398 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.0 ° 6.3 ° min to max 11.0 °	9.0		6.3 °
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 17:53:17

Departure Climb 3

89.16 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 EKVG Vagar.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
47.67 %	Heading variation 5.8 ° 4.9 ° min to max 7.1 °	4.9		7.1 °
100 %	Average speed 91 kn 88 kn min to max 95 kn	93		89 kn
98.16 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.7 °	2.2		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.83 g min to max 0.97 g	0.94		0.90 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 1,010 ft/m 427 ft/m min to max 1,649 ft/m	427		1,624 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 657 ft agl 405 ft agl min to max 991 ft agl	405		991 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.1 ° 6.4 ° min to max 11.0 °	6.4		9.6 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started overhead Sorvagur (Vaga Sysla, Faroe Islands). Climbing from 1,263 ft asl to 3,852 ft asl, an increase of 2,588 ft in 4 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 88 kn 78 kn min to max 96 kn	88		89 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.5 ° 0.0 ° min to max 17.1 °	0.8		5.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.84 g min to max 1.01 g	0.90		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI 701 ft/m -364 ft/m min to max 1,768 ft/m	1,603		157 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,348 ft asl 1,263 ft asl min to max 3,852 ft asl	1,263		3,852 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.5 ° 4.8 ° min to max 13.0 °	9.3		7.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 17:54:55
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 17:56:52
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 17:57:08
Info	Pitot Heat Switched On at 17:57:12

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north west of Sorvagur (Vaga Sysla, Faroe Islands) and lasted 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,929 ft asl 3,868 ft asl min to max 3,993 ft asl	3,868		3,993 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 90 kn 88 kn min to max 91 kn	91		88 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.4 °	1.4		0.3 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.89 g min to max 0.93 g	0.93		0.89 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 8.1 ° 7.0 ° min to max 8.9 °	8.0		8.5 °

Enroute Climb 2

100 %

Enroute climb started 3 miles north west of Sorvagur (Vaga Sysla, Faroe Islands). Climbing from 4,014 ft asl to 6,472 ft asl, an increase of 2,458 ft in 6 minutes and covering 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 91 kn 86 kn min to max 95 kn	89		95 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 7.7 °	0.6		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.87 g min to max 0.94 g	0.92		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI 397 ft/m -46 ft/m min to max 809 ft/m	84		527 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 5,062 ft asl 4,014 ft asl min to max 6,472 ft asl	4,014		6,472 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.8 ° 5.0 ° min to max 8.6 °	7.2		6.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 8 miles north west of Sorvagur (Vaga Sysla, Faroe Islands) and lasted 105 minutes, covering 215 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
99.99 %	Average altitude 6,456 ft asl 6,278 ft asl min to max 6,707 ft asl	6,563		6,279 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 155 kn 94 kn min to max 158 kn	94		156 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 9.0 °	0.2		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.92 g 0.83 g min to max 0.98 g	0.91		0.88 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.7 ° -2.8 ° min to max 6.1 °	6.0		-0.7 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 18:09:43

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 3 miles south east of Naggur (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 6,213 ft asl to 3,746 ft asl, a decrease of 2,468 ft in 6 minutes and covering 14 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 159 kn 156 kn min to max 160 kn	158		159 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 10.8 °	0.3		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.92 g 0.89 g min to max 0.99 g	0.99		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI -463 ft/m -806 ft/m min to max -193 ft/m	-585		-284 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 4,830 ft asl 3,746 ft asl min to max 6,213 ft asl	6,213		3,746 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.4 ° -3.0 ° min to max -1.6 °	-2.7		-1.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 19:55:42

Enroute Level 3

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 5 miles east of Stoedvarfjoerdur (Austurland, Iceland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,625 ft asl 3,553 ft asl min to max 3,701 ft asl	3,701		3,553 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 160 kn 159 kn min to max 161 kn	159		160 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.1 ° 0.5 ° min to max 3.0 °	0.5		2.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.90 g min to max 0.92 g	0.90		0.91 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -1.9 ° -2.0 ° min to max -1.9 °	-1.9		-1.9 °

Enroute Descent 2

100 %

Enroute descent started 9 miles south east of Faskrudsfjoerdur (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 3,543 ft asl to 1,090 ft asl, a decrease of 2,453 ft in 4 minutes and covering 6 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 139 kn 107 kn min to max 166 kn	160		108 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 14.6 °	6.2		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.80 g min to max 1.18 g	0.94		0.94 g
Info	Average VSI -656 ft/m -1,568 ft/m min to max -36 ft/m	-102		-472 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,007 ft asl 1,090 ft asl min to max 3,543 ft asl	3,543		1,090 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.1 ° -7.2 ° min to max 0.1 °	-1.9		-1.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 4

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south east of Faskrudsfjoerdur (Austurland, Iceland) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,006 ft asl 973 ft asl min to max 1,083 ft asl	1,083		973 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 104 kn 96 kn min to max 108 kn	108		96 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.2 °	0.1		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.88 g min to max 0.96 g	0.92		0.92 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -1.3 ° min to max 0.7 °	-1.2		-0.2 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 20:00:36
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:00:46

Enroute Descent 3

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of Faskrudsfjoerdur (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 970 ft asl to 372 ft asl, a decrease of 599 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 77 kn 64 kn min to max 95 kn	95		65 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 5.4 °	0.8		0.3 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.83 g min to max 1.01 g	0.95		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI -372 ft/m -672 ft/m min to max -135 ft/m	-145		-263 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 659 ft asl 372 ft asl min to max 970 ft asl	970		372 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.1 ° -4.0 ° min to max 1.2 °	0.1		0.7 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Up at 20:00:57
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:00:58
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 20:01:01
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 20:01:26

Enroute Level 5

100 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Faskrudsfjoerdur (Austurland, Iceland) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 300 ft asl 227 ft asl min to max 367 ft asl	367		227 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 63 kn 60 kn min to max 65 kn	65		62 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.1 °	0.6		2.1 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.90 g min to max 0.97 g	0.91		0.94 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.6 ° 0.5 ° min to max 2.2 °	0.5		2.0 °

Arrival Final 1

81.73 %

Approaching runway 30 at BIFF Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 212 ft agl to 71 ft agl. A decrease of 141 ft in 26 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
18.03 %	Approach angle 4.1 ° 3.6 ° min to max 4.3 ° Target 3.0 °	4.2		4.3 °
100 %	Average speed 64 kn 61 kn min to max 65 kn	61		64 kn
93.2 %	Heading variation 0.6 ° 0.4 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.4		0.7 °
100 %	Average bank angle 1.6 ° 0.2 ° min to max 3.8 °	1.9		2.0 °
94.86 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.66 g min to max 1.02 g	0.91		0.95 g
Info	Average VSI -307 ft/m -618 ft/m min to max -134 ft/m	-283		-292 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 99 ft agl 71 ft agl min to max 212 ft agl	212		71 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.2 ° -2.3 ° min to max 2.9 °	2.2		1.9 °

Arrival Landing

61.24 %

Landing on runway 30 at BIFF Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport, runway length 818 m. Threshold height at 69 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 64 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
87.67 %	Threshold speed was a little below target at 64 kn. Target 70 kn
58.42 %	Target 44 ft agl
17.77 %	Landing and flare profile
52.8 %	Heading variation 0.9 ° 0.5 ° min to max 1.7 °	0.7		1.7 °
100 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.8 °	2.0		1.5 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.78 g min to max 1.06 g	0.95		1.04 g
Info	Average speed 59 kn 46 kn min to max 64 kn	64		46 kn
Info	Average VSI -179 ft/m -344 ft/m min to max 99 ft/m	-291		-31 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 23 ft agl -3 ft agl min to max 69 ft agl	69		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.5 ° -0.1 ° min to max 9.3 °	1.9		9.3 °

Arrival Touchdown

93.68 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 46 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -31 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature -1 °C. Wind 31 kn at 249 °. Crosswind: 21 kn Headwind: 23 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Touchdown VSI was -31 ft/m.
92.51 %	Touchdown distance was 489 m Target 425 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 46 kn Target 55 kn
69.81 %	Runway alignment max 10.27 m 9.82 m left	9.57		10.27 m
100 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.7 ° min to max 1.5 °	1.5		1.2 °
87.43 %	Average g force 0.76 g 0.53 g min to max 1.04 g	1.04		0.53 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 45 kn 45 kn min to max 46 kn	46		45 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 9.6 ° 9.3 ° min to max 10.0 °	9.3		9.5 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 31 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 19 kn 0 kn min to max 26 kn	26		5 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 6.5 ° 3.0 ° min to max 9.6 °	9.4		3.1 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.3 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.9 °	1.3		0.5 °
Info	Average g force 0.50 g 0.08 g min to max 1.29 g	0.46		1.29 g

Takeoff on runway 30 at EKVG Vagar in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

84.52 %

48.19 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 5 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

0 %

Turn Speed

73.75 %

86.86 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

95.6 %

Takeoff Roll

Departure roll runway 30 at EKVG Vagar. Takeoff distance 9,890 m 551 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather - Temperature 8 °C. Wind 27 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 12 kn Headwind: 23 kn.

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 9,890 m using 550.96 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 70 kn - Target 75 kn

Alignment

98.86 %

1.85 m left to 0.48 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

58.29 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

98.54 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 EKVG Vagar.

Alignment

94.33 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

99.82 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

91.12 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 EKVG Vagar.

Alignment

65.12 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

99.34 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

89.16 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 30 EKVG Vagar.

Alignment

47.67 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

98.16 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 30 at BIFF Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Landing Score 78.89 %

81.73 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 30 at BIFF Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 212 ft agl to 71 ft agl. A decrease of 141 ft in 26 seconds.

Glideslope

18.03 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

93.2 %

Great heading alignment

Glideslope °

18.03 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

93.2 %

Bank °

100 %

94.86 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

61.24 %

Landing

Landing on runway 30 at BIFF Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport, runway length 818 m. Threshold height at 69 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 64 kn.

Height

58.42 %

Threshold height at 69 ft agl was above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

87.67 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 64 kt. Target 76 kt

Flare

17.77 %

Very poor landing flare

Alignment

52.8 %

Bank °