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LEPP
Pamplona, Spain
Elevation1,482 ft asl
Weight2,584 kg
Fuel259 kg
Wind320° · 18 kn

Flight Score

87.72 %
LEPP
Pamplona, Spain
Elevation1,479 ft asl
Weight2,544 kg
Fuel218 kg
Wind320° · 19 kn
21 Oct 2026 0:11 7 nm Airbus H145 41 kg
Departure Score
73.44 %
Enroute Score
99.99 %
Arrival Score
89.72 %

What went well

Touched down at 20 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Departure Hover — Moved over the ground at 16.7 kt on average at 0 %, bank angle up to 15.9 ° at 30 %, −4.15 points
Departure Hover — Moved over the ground at 12.9 kt on average at 21 %, Height held within 7 ft at 72 %, −3.00 points
Arrival Hover — Height held within 9 ft at 56 %, Moved over the ground at 6.8 kt on average at 82 %, −1.82 points

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Departure

Pick a mark on the ground ahead and hold it with small cyclic pressures, correcting the moment it starts to move.

What happened: In the hover after lift-off the helicopter moved over the ground at 17 kt on average, where a steady hover stays under 5 kt.

Watch for: A fixed point on the ground just ahead, held still in the windscreen.

See Departure Hover

Arrival

Hold the hover height with small, early collective movements, and add pedal as you change power so the nose stays put.

What happened: The hover before landing wandered 9.3 ft around its height, against 4 ft for a steady one.

Watch for: Height above the ground, steady within 4 ft.

See Arrival Hover

The ground restricts the rotor's downwash, reducing the power needed to hover. The effect is strongest within about half a rotor diameter of the surface and mostly gone by one full diameter. This is why a collective setting that holds a hover at 3 feet won't hold it at 30 feet.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 12 stages, 12 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt11 kt min to max 11 kt 11 11 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.03 g1.03 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-1.6 ° min to max -1.6 ° -1.6 -1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 7.1 °7.1 ° min to max 7.1 ° 7.1 7.1 °
Departure Hover 55.06Lifted into the hover and held it for 10 seconds, on average 6 ft above the spot, moving 215 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
21 % Moved over the ground at 12.9 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
72 % Height held within 7 ftFull marks within 4 ft
76 % Steepest bank 9 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 6 ft0 ft min to max 18 ft 0 18 ft
Info Average ground speed 13 kt12 kt min to max 14 kt 12 14 kt
Info Average VSI 106 fpm-2 fpm min to max 261 fpm -2 87 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-2.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.2 -1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 9.4 5.1 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.98 g
100 ft200 ft300 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
051015200 s5 s10 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 6.5 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 74.40Accelerated away from 16 kt to 62 kt, reaching 121 ft above the spot in 55 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 15 °
36 % Sank at up to 420 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 10 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 74 ft18 ft min to max 123 ft 18 121 ft
Info Average ground speed 44 kt6 kt min to max 62 kt 16 62 kt
Info Average airspeed 48 kt1 kt min to max 75 kt 3 75 kt
Info Average VSI 71 fpm-420 fpm min to max 675 fpm 37 -3 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -3.9 °-10.3 ° min to max 8.2 ° -1.3 -4.3 °
Info Average bank angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 8.4 ° 6.4 5.0 °
Info Average g force 1.03 g0.83 g min to max 1.24 g 1.01 0.99 g
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead LEPP Pamplona Airport Pamplona (Navarra, Spain) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±580 ft of 1,579 ft asl1,539 ft asl min to max 1,727 ft asl 1,605 1,727 ft asl
100 % Average speed 86 kt76 kt min to max 89 kt 76 86 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.5 °0.3 ° min to max 14.5 ° 5.0 10.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.88 g min to max 1.27 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.3 °-7.9 ° min to max -0.2 ° -4.1 -3.0 °
Enroute Climb 99.98Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of LEPP Pamplona Airport Pamplona (Navarra, Spain). Climbing from 1,940 ft asl to 2,677 ft asl, an increase of 738 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kt69 kt min to max 105 kt 94 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.1 °3.7 ° min to max 5.1 ° 4.1 4.9 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.00 g0.77 g min to max 1.39 g 1.04 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 505 fpm-139 fpm min to max 2,971 fpm 11 -28 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,260 ft asl1,933 ft asl min to max 2,678 ft asl 1,940 2,677 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-5.5 ° min to max 7.8 ° -2.9 -5.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles east of Beriain (Navarra, Spain). Descent from 2,675 ft asl to 1,950 ft asl, a decrease of 726 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 105 kt83 kt min to max 111 kt 83 104 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.6 °2.0 ° min to max 16.0 ° 5.0 5.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.20 g 0.98 1.11 g
Info Average VSI -462 fpm-920 fpm min to max -82 fpm -82 -301 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,341 ft asl1,950 ft asl min to max 2,675 ft asl 2,675 1,950 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.1 °-5.5 ° min to max 2.2 ° -5.3 1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 80.74The approach began 478 ft above the landing spot at 91 kt and slowed to 16 kt in 67 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 7 °Full marks up to 20 °
59 % Fastest descent 1,289 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
77 % 16 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 9 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 221 ft27 ft min to max 499 ft 478 27 ft
Info Average ground speed 36 kt7 kt min to max 91 kt 91 16 kt
Info Average airspeed 53 kt20 kt min to max 103 kt 103 33 kt
Info Average VSI -361 fpm-1,289 fpm min to max 374 fpm -175 -148 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-4.9 ° min to max 9.2 ° 1.7 4.9 °
Info Average bank angle 1.9 °0.1 ° min to max 7.1 ° 6.3 0.6 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.82 g min to max 1.28 g 1.06 1.05 g
020040060002,0004,000Steepest, 1,289 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Hover 78.12Hovered before the landing for 44 seconds, on average 16 ft above the spot, moving 448 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Moved over the ground at 6.8 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
56 % Height held within 9 ftFull marks within 4 ft
100 % Steepest bank 1 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 16 ft4 ft min to max 27 ft 27 7 ft
Info Average ground speed 7 kt3 kt min to max 15 kt 15 8 kt
Info Average VSI -79 fpm-258 fpm min to max 23 fpm -82 23 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-0.5 ° min to max 5.2 ° 4.9 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.8 °0.2 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.6 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.01 g
200 ft400 ft600 ftNArriveSet down
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from where it set down.
01020300 s10 s20 s30 s40 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 15.6 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 11 fpm with 1 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 11 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.1 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 1.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 1 ft0 ft min to max 2 ft 2 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 2 kt1 kt min to max 3 kt 3 1 kt
Info Average VSI -5 fpm-11 fpm min to max 1 fpm -11 1 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.3 °-3.6 ° min to max -1.0 ° -1.0 -3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.4 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.4 2.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Hover 37.72Lifted into the hover and held it for 23 seconds, on average 16 ft above the spot, moving 653 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Moved over the ground at 16.7 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
83 % Height held within 6 ftFull marks within 4 ft
30 % Steepest bank 16 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 16 ft9 ft min to max 28 ft 11 13 ft
Info Average ground speed 17 kt7 kt min to max 27 kt 7 15 kt
Info Average VSI -6 fpm-271 fpm min to max 209 fpm 121 7 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-6.9 ° min to max 9.2 ° -2.9 -1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 8.3 °0.2 ° min to max 15.9 ° 1.0 5.8 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.14 g 1.01 0.97 g
500 ft1000 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s5 s10 s15 s20 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 15.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 16 kt to 1 kt, reaching 1 ft above the spot in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 11 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % Sank at up to 54 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 10 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 23 ft1 ft min to max 38 ft 13 1 ft
Info Average ground speed 12 kt1 kt min to max 21 kt 16 1 kt
Info Average airspeed 20 kt12 kt min to max 28 kt 22 12 kt
Info Average VSI 68 fpm-54 fpm min to max 355 fpm -22 -13 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-9.9 ° min to max 12.4 ° -1.3 1.5 °
Info Average bank angle 3.8 °0.3 ° min to max 11.1 ° 9.0 3.9 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.10 g 1.01 1.00 g
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 20 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 20 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 5 ft 5 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 2 kt 2 0 kt
Info Average VSI -10 fpm-20 fpm min to max 0 fpm -20 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g

2 landings

Every landing in this flight

The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.

# Where Into flight Touchdown Ground speed Sideways On the ground
1 LEPP · Pamplona Airport 9:07 11 ft/min 1.0 kt 0.1 kt 0:29
2 LEPP · Pamplona Airport 12:05 20 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt End of flight

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

82.50Hover heightsteady within 6 ft
0.00Hover drift16.7 kt
29.50Hover bank16°
100.00Sink moving off54 fpm
100.00Nose down10°

Approach

The last approach of 2 - each has its own stage above.

59.30Steepest descent1,289 fpm
76.50Slow and sinking16 %
100.00Bank7°
100.00Nose up9°
55.60Hover before landingsteady within 9 ft

Touchdown

The last landing of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Rate at contact20 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

Landing 2 of 2

Hover, approach and touchdown

The last lift-off and the last landing. The other landing has the same drawings in its own stages above.

Hover37.72

500 ft1000 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s5 s10 s15 s20 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 15.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach80.74

020040060002,0004,000Steepest, 1,289 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 taxied from the parking area to the runway in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

Take-off and initial climb: the aircraft lifted into a hover and held it for 10 seconds, averaging 6 ft above the spot while moving 215 ft over the ground. It then accelerated from 16 kt to 62 kt, reaching 121 ft above the spot in 55 seconds.

Climb: a series of three short climbs, descents and level legs were flown between 1 600 ft asl and 2 700 ft asl for 4 minutes, covering 6 nm from overhead LEPP Pamplona Airport to a point 2 miles east of Beriain.

Descent and approach: the approach began 478 ft above the landing spot at 91 kt and slowed to 16 kt in 67 seconds, covering less than 1 nm. The aircraft hovered before landing for 44 seconds, averaging 16 ft above the spot and moving 448 ft over the ground. Touchdown occurred at 11 fpm with 1 kt over the ground.

Go-around: after the first touchdown the aircraft lifted into a hover and held it for 23 seconds, averaging 16 ft above the spot and moving 653 ft over the ground. It then accelerated from 16 kt to 1 kt, reaching 1 ft above the spot in 34 seconds.

Second landing: the aircraft touched down at 20 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.

The total flight covered 7 nm, lasted 11 minutes and used 41 kg of fuel.

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