KSBA to KLAX Flight Report - Cessna CJ4 Citation

Flight from KSBA to KLAX

Thursday, 20 February 2025 20:00

Minutes 44

107 nm

Fuel 641 lbs

Cessna CJ4 Citation

Departure

Runway 25 at KSBA

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Altitude

10 ft asl

Weight

12,468 lbs

Fuel

2,548 lbs

Temperature

59 °F

Wind Speed

1 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

1 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 25R at KLAX

Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles California, United States

108 ft asl

Altitude

11,827 lbs

Weight

1,907 lbs

Fuel

59 °F

Temperature

1 kt

Wind Speed

270.0 °

Wind Direction

1 kt

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 89.07%

Departure Score 95.92%

Enroute Score 87.73%

Arrival Score 83.55%

The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 25 at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA). The takeoff distance was 1,940 feet, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 140 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 62°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 269°. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Isla Vista, California. The climb took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 21 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,049 feet above sea level to 17,010 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,962 feet.

Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 9 miles northeast of the W R Byron Airport (44CA) in Blythe, California. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 6 miles southwest of Ventura, California. The descent took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 40 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 17,008 feet above sea level to 4,991 feet above sea level, a decrease of 12,017 feet.

The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles east of Topanga, California. This phase lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 20 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started overhead Cudahy, California. The descent took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 4,730 feet above sea level to 1,175 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,556 feet.

The final approach to runway 25R at the Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) was made from the east, with a heading of 263.0° and an altitude of 1,029 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 11,107 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 93 knots. The touchdown distance was 1,453 feet, and the touchdown speed was 81 knots, both of which were good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -293 feet per minute.

The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 36 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 186 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 60°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270°. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 1 knot.

The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 107 nautical miles, and the total flight time was 44 minutes. The aircraft used 641 pounds of fuel during the flight.

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Departure Taxi

90 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 9 kn 0 kn min to max 16 kn	0		7 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 10 kn max 13 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.02 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average pitch angle -0.7 ° -1.0 ° min to max -0.4 °	-0.5		-0.7 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.2		0.2 °
Info	Battery Master On at 20:00:27
Info	Engine 1 Started at 20:00:27
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 20:00:27
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 20:00:27
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:00:27
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:00:27
Info	Engine 2 Started at 20:01:20
Info	Parking Brake Off at 20:06:15
0 %	Taxi Lights at 20:07:53

Departure Runway Entry

Entering runway 25 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Average speed was 14 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 14 kn 0 kn min to max 31 kn	7		31 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -0.8 ° -1.0 ° min to max -0.5 °	-0.6		-0.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.2		0.1 °
Info	Average g force 1.01 g 0.99 g min to max 1.02 g	1.00		1.02 g
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 20:10:07

Departure Roll

90 %

Departure roll runway 25 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Takeoff distance 1,940 ft 32 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 140 kn. Local weather - Temperature 62 °F. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 1,940 ft 32 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 140 kn Target 130 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 13.6 ft 6.8 ft left to 6.8 ft right	-6.5		6.0 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.94 g min to max 1.22 g	1.02		1.22 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle -0.6 ° -1.4 ° min to max 3.4 °	-0.8		3.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.1		0.2 °
0 %	Landing Lights at 20:10:52
0 %	Strobe Lights at 20:10:55

Departure Climb 1

99.69 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.2 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.2		-0.1 °
100 %	Average speed 148 kn 141 kn min to max 154 kn	141		154 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.2		0.5 °
96.86 %	Average g force 1.23 g 0.78 g min to max 1.61 g	1.27		1.16 g
Info	Average VSI 1,026 fpm 596 fpm min to max 1,226 fpm	596		1,226 fpm
Info	Average altitude 23 ft agl 1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl	1		50 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.0 ° 3.9 ° min to max 7.9 °	3.9		7.3 °

Departure Climb 2

100 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.0		0.0 °
100 %	Average speed 159 kn 154 kn min to max 172 kn	154		172 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.9 °	0.5		1.9 °
100 %	Average g force 1.22 g 0.91 g min to max 1.29 g	1.19		0.92 g
Info	Average VSI 1,809 fpm 1,242 fpm min to max 3,198 fpm	1,242		3,146 fpm
Info	Average altitude 106 ft agl 52 ft agl min to max 361 ft agl	52		361 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.9 ° 7.5 ° min to max 11.0 °	7.5		9.2 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 20:11:13

Departure Climb 3

99.94 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.1 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.0		0.1 °
100 %	Average speed 191 kn 175 kn min to max 209 kn	175		209 kn
99.68 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.5 ° min to max 2.1 °	1.8		1.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.96 g 0.53 g min to max 1.06 g	0.94		0.95 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 2,664 fpm 1,631 fpm min to max 3,580 fpm	3,072		1,680 fpm
Info	Average altitude 742 ft agl 411 ft agl min to max 1,012 ft agl	411		1,012 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.9 ° 5.5 ° min to max 10.2 °	8.8		5.5 °
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 20:11:20

Enroute Climb

38.66 %

Enroute climb started overhead Isla Vista (California, United States). Climbing from 1,049 ft asl to 17,010 ft asl, an increase of 15,962 ft in 8 minutes and covering 21 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 234 kn 86 kn min to max 311 kn	211		255 kn
63.66 %	Average bank angle 14.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 58.2 °	1.9		0.4 °
32 %	Average g force 1.06 g -0.26 g min to max 3.88 g	0.78		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI 2,455 fpm -10,991 fpm min to max 10,196 fpm	1,528		55 fpm
Info	Average altitude 8,717 ft asl 1,049 ft asl min to max 17,011 ft asl	1,049		17,010 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.2 ° -16.9 ° min to max 29.8 °	4.1		-0.3 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 20:11:45
Info	Autopilot Flight Director Activated at 20:11:45
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 20:11:49
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 20:12:37
Info	Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated at 20:12:37
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 20:12:43
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 20:12:43
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 20:12:49
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 20:12:54
Info	Navigation Lights Switched Off at 20:13:03
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 20:13:03
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated at 20:13:03
Info	Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated at 20:13:03
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 20:13:03
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 20:13:03
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 20:13:04
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:13:04
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:13:05
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:13:12
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:13:29
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 20:13:54
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 20:14:28
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 20:14:30
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 20:14:59
Info	Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated at 20:14:59
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 20:15:07
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:15:58
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:16:19
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 20:17:45
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 20:17:53
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 20:18:04
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 20:18:04

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 9 miles north east of 44CA W R Byron Airport Blythe (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 11 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 17,009 ft asl 17,008 ft asl min to max 17,011 ft asl	17,008		17,008 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 252 kn 250 kn min to max 254 kn	254		250 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 13.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 30.0 °	0.2		7.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.97 g min to max 1.20 g	1.02		1.00 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -0.6 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.4		-0.4 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 6 miles south west of Ventura (California, United States). Descent from 17,008 ft asl to 4,991 ft asl, a decrease of 12,017 ft in 9 minutes and covering 40 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 233 kn 184 kn min to max 251 kn	250		184 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 8.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 29.8 °	8.5		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.93 g min to max 1.15 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI -1,270 fpm -1,743 fpm min to max 70 fpm	14		70 fpm
Info	Average altitude 11,514 ft asl 4,989 ft asl min to max 17,009 ft asl	17,008		4,991 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.7 ° -4.0 ° min to max 1.2 °	-0.4		1.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 20:22:11
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 20:22:11
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 20:29:08
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 20:29:08
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated at 20:30:43

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Topanga (California, United States) and lasted 9 minutes, covering 20 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 4,995 ft asl 4,804 ft asl min to max 5,011 ft asl	4,992		4,804 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 166 kn 162 kn min to max 181 kn	181		162 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 17.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 31.4 °	0.0		6.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.08 g 0.93 g min to max 1.21 g	0.98		1.05 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.8 ° -3.0 ° min to max 2.5 °	1.0		0.4 °
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 20:34:58
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 20:39:17

Enroute Descent 2

100 %

Enroute descent started overhead Cudahy (California, United States). Descent from 4,730 ft asl to 1,175 ft asl, a decrease of 3,556 ft in 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 124 kn 115 kn min to max 164 kn	161		119 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 8.8 °	8.8		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.74 g min to max 1.11 g	0.94		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI -1,076 fpm -2,588 fpm min to max 935 fpm	-987		-1,201 fpm
Info	Average altitude 2,034 ft asl 1,175 ft asl min to max 4,730 ft asl	4,730		1,175 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.2 ° -11.8 ° min to max 3.6 °	-2.1		-2.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:39:43
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 20:39:45
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated at 20:41:30
Info	Autopilot Approach Mode Activated at 20:41:30
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 20:41:31

Arrival Final 4

100 %

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,029 ft agl to 574 ft agl. A decrease of 455 ft in 30 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 2.2 ° 1.8 ° min to max 2.4 ° Target 3.0 °	2.4		1.8 °
100 %	Average speed 116 kn 113 kn min to max 119 kn	119		113 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.91 g min to max 1.09 g	1.03		1.06 g
Info	Average VSI -897 fpm -1,215 fpm min to max -771 fpm	-1,215		-929 fpm
Info	Average altitude 799 ft agl 574 ft agl min to max 1,029 ft agl	1,029		574 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.8 ° -2.4 ° min to max 0.4 °	-2.4		0.1 °

Arrival Final 3

100 %

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 561 ft agl to 272 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 31 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 1.6 ° 1.3 ° min to max 1.8 ° Target 3.0 °	1.8		1.3 °
100 %	Average speed 108 kn 106 kn min to max 113 kn	113		106 kn
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.0 °	0.5		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.89 g min to max 1.10 g	1.02		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI -556 fpm -860 fpm min to max -336 fpm	-860		-410 fpm
Info	Average altitude 409 ft agl 272 ft agl min to max 561 ft agl	561		272 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 2.1 ° -0.1 ° min to max 3.8 °	-0.1		3.8 °

Arrival Final 2

62.39 %

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 267 ft agl to 373 ft agl. A decrease of 106 ft in 47 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
75.08 %	Approach angle 2.1 ° 1.1 ° min to max 5.3 ° Target 3.0 °	1.3		5.3 °
0 %	Average speed 101 kn 89 kn min to max 112 kn	106		98 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.2 ° min to max 0.0 °	0.0		-0.2 °
99.32 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.2 °	0.8		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.66 g min to max 1.19 g	1.06		0.66 g
Info	Average VSI 122 fpm -493 fpm min to max 1,262 fpm	-336		38 fpm
Info	Average altitude 240 ft agl 174 ft agl min to max 375 ft agl	267		373 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.7 ° -0.4 ° min to max 12.7 °	4.1		-0.4 °
Info	Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated at 20:43:32
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:43:50
Info	GPWS Warning Activated at 20:43:56
Info	GPWS Warning Deactivated at 20:43:59
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:44:01
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 20:44:01

Arrival Final 1

88.49 %

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 353 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 307 ft in 17 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
43.8 %	Approach angle 3.9 ° 3.2 ° min to max 5.5 ° Target 3.0 °	5.5		3.2 °
100 %	Average speed 94 kn 93 kn min to max 96 kn	96		93 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.3 ° -0.3 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.1		-0.2 °
98.63 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.4 ° min to max 3.5 °	1.4		0.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.82 g min to max 1.08 g	0.82		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -931 fpm -1,229 fpm min to max -523 fpm	-523		-836 fpm
Info	Average altitude 109 ft agl 46 ft agl min to max 353 ft agl	353		46 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.5 ° -1.7 ° min to max 2.7 °	-1.7		2.5 °

Arrival Landing

94.78 %

Landing on runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport, runway length 11,107 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 93 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 93 kn. Target 93 kn
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
79.79 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.2 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.2		-0.2 °
98.33 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.6 °	0.7		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.81 g min to max 1.18 g	0.99		0.94 g
Info	Average speed 88 kn 81 kn min to max 93 kn	93		81 kn
Info	Average VSI -364 fpm -849 fpm min to max 188 fpm	-836		-293 fpm
Info	Average altitude 15 ft agl 2 ft agl min to max 52 ft agl	52		2 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.6 ° 2.6 ° min to max 10.2 °	2.6		5.1 °
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:44:33
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:44:38
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 20:44:41

Arrival Touchdown

89.6 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,453 ft. Touchdown speed at 81 kn was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -293 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 36 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 60 °F. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
93.34 %	Touchdown VSI was -293 fpm.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 1,453 ft Target 1,500 ft
100 %	Speed at touchdown 81 kn Target below 90 kn
70.98 %	Runway alignment max 36.1 ft 32.8 ft right	-36.1		-29.2 ft
83.88 %	Average bank angle 2.1 ° 0.3 ° min to max 3.3 °	0.6		0.3 °
88.57 %	Average g force 1.14 g 0.87 g min to max 1.90 g	0.94		1.07 g
80 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 80 kn 79 kn min to max 81 kn	81		79 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 5.2 ° 4.2 ° min to max 6.9 °	5.1		6.9 °
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 20:44:42

Arrival Rollout

55 %

Total landing distance 5,864 ft, 53 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 186 ft from centreline.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 5,864 ft 53 % of runway.
0 %	Runway alignment max 199.1 ft 13.0 ft left to 186.1 ft right	-28.8		-186.1 ft
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.06 g	1.06		0.99 g
Info	Average speed 69 kn 40 kn min to max 78 kn	78		40 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 7.1 ° -0.5 ° min to max 9.2 °	7.1		-0.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.5 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.8 °	0.3		0.1 °
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 20:44:53

Arrival Taxi

78.13 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
45.33 %	Average speed 12 kn 0 kn min to max 33 kn	33		0 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 10 kn max 16 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.97 g min to max 1.02 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average pitch angle -0.6 ° -0.9 ° min to max -0.4 °	-0.8		-0.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.0		0.0 °
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 20:47:33
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 20:48:17
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 20:48:19
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 20:48:19
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:52:13
Info	Engine 2 Stopped at 20:52:21
Info	Engine 2 Started at 20:52:22
Info	Engine 1 Stopped at 20:52:31
Info	Engine 2 Stopped at 20:52:32

Takeoff on runway 25 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport in the Cessna CJ4 Citation

95.92 %

90 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 9 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

0 %

Switched On

Speed

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

90 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 1,940 ft using 32.11 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 140 kn - Target 130 kn

Alignment

100 %

6.8 ft left to 6.8 ft right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

0 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

0 %

Switched On

100 %

Speed

Info

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

99.69 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

100 %

96.86 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

100 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

99.94 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25 KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

99.68 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

Landing on runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport in the Cessna CJ4 Citation

Landing Score 81.97 %

Landing Summary

The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport on runway 25R, achieving a score of 82.0%. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 263.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,029 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft demonstrated good control during the approach, with a threshold height that met the required standards.

Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was also satisfactory at 93 knots. The touchdown distance of 1,453 feet was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown speed of 81 knots was also good. However, the touchdown rate of -293 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft could have been brought down more smoothly.

One notable issue during the landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-centerline by 36 feet. This could have been due to a variety of factors, including pilot error or a discrepancy in the aircraft's navigation systems. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 186 feet from the centerline, which could have increased the risk of the aircraft veering off the runway.

The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 60°F and a light wind of 1 knot from 270°. The crosswind component was negligible, and the headwind was minimal at 1 knot. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase.

100 %

Final 4

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,029 ft agl to 574 ft agl. A decrease of 455 ft in 30 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope

100 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %

Bank

100 %

Descent Rate

Info

100 %

Final 3

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 561 ft agl to 272 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 31 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope

100 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %

Bank

100 %

Descent Rate

Info

62.39 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 267 ft agl to 373 ft agl. A decrease of 106 ft in 47 seconds.

Glideslope

75.08 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope

75.08 %

IAS

0 %

Heading

100 %

Bank

99.32 %

100 %

Descent Rate

Info

88.49 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 25R at KLAX Los Angeles International Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 353 ft agl to 46 ft agl. A decrease of 307 ft in 17 seconds.

Glideslope

43.8 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Great heading alignment

Glideslope

43.8 %

IAS

100 %

Heading

100 %