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TFFJ
St Barthelemy I, Guadeloupe
Runway 10
Elevation46 ft asl
Weight10,492 kg
Fuel1,509 kg
Wind225° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

87.14 %
TFFJ
St Barthelemy I, Guadeloupe
Runway 10
Elevation46 ft asl
Weight10,883 kg
Fuel1,481 kg
Wind60° · 14 kn · 7 kn cross
13 Jul 2024 0:06 4 nm DHC-4 Caribou 29 kg
Departure Score
94.94 %
Pattern Score
71.98 %
Arrival Score
94.49 %

What went well

Touchdown 180 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.42 m off the centreline, no bounce
1.25 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Pattern Crosswind — Heading -24.2 ° at 0 %, −3.00 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.3 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 34.2 ° at 88 %, −2.25 points
Pattern Downwind — Heading -18.5 ° at 10 %, Average altitude 1,115 ft agl at 85 %, −2.09 points

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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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Start to finish · 13 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 Roll 94.82Departure roll runway 10 at TFFJ St Barthelemy I. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 71 kn. Local weather - Temperature 31 °C. Wind 3 kn at 224 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
74 % Liftoff speed was 71 knTarget 90 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.90 m2.64 m left to 0.25 m right -0.25 0.64 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-1.8 ° min to max 2.5 ° -1.5 2.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 6 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 6 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 6 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 6 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 6 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 6 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 6 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 6 ft agl · 42 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 10 TFFJ St Barthelemy I.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 75 kn72 kn min to max 76 kn 72 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.0 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.01 g min to max 1.23 g 1.09 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 506 ft/m210 ft/m min to max 748 ft/m 210 748 ft/m
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 0 34 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °3.1 ° min to max 8.5 ° 3.1 8.5 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 21 ft agl · 77 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 10 TFFJ St Barthelemy I.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kn76 kn min to max 78 kn 76 78 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.6 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.6 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.14 g 1.02 1.14 g
Info Average VSI 870 ft/m754 ft/m min to max 1,097 ft/m 754 1,097 ft/m
Info Average altitude 61 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 135 ft agl 35 135 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °8.6 ° min to max 14.1 ° 8.6 14.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 106 ft agl · 79 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 10 TFFJ St Barthelemy I. Distance was less than 1 nm in 9 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kn72 kn min to max 77 kn 77 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 24.0 °9.2 ° min to max 37.4 ° 9.2 35.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.87 g min to max 1.11 g 1.05 0.87 g
Info Average VSI 1,157 ft/m538 ft/m min to max 1,420 ft/m 1,299 538 ft/m
Info Average altitude 239 ft agl139 ft agl min to max 324 ft agl 139 324 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.2 °5.7 ° min to max 15.8 ° 15.0 5.7 °
Pattern Crosswind 54.94Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 10 TFFJ St Barthelemy I. Distance was less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -24.2 °-46.6 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.8 -46.6 °
100 % Average speed 93 kn76 kn min to max 106 kn 76 106 kn
99 % Average g force 1.04 g0.76 g min to max 1.26 g 1.13 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 518 ft/m-173 ft/m min to max 1,266 ft/m 125 569 ft/m
Info Average altitude 386 ft agl317 ft agl min to max 497 ft agl 323 497 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 14.4 °0.4 ° min to max 25.6 ° 25.2 23.3 °
Info Average pitch angle 8.3 °4.5 ° min to max 12.4 ° 6.1 5.8 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 112.0 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 112.0 °.
100 % Average speed 109 kn106 kn min to max 114 kn 110 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 13.7 °6.0 ° min to max 26.7 ° 23.9 6.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.14 g0.77 g min to max 1.41 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 2,181 ft/m459 ft/m min to max 2,384 ft/m 561 1,559 ft/m
Info Average altitude 676 ft agl515 ft agl min to max 843 ft agl 515 843 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.9 °4.4 ° min to max 15.7 ° 5.9 9.7 °
Pattern Downwind 68.66Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 49 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
10 % Heading -18.5 °-59.7 ° min to max 91.4 ° -8.2 -59.7 °
85 % Average altitude 1,115 ft agl868 ft agl min to max 1,329 ft agl 868 1,182 ft agl
100 % Average speed 99 kn70 kn min to max 114 kn 106 78 kn
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.64 g min to max 1.25 g 1.05 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 411 ft/m-1,388 ft/m min to max 1,554 ft/m 1,554 -1,384 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 6.4 °0.2 ° min to max 20.9 ° 3.8 20.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °-7.2 ° min to max 10.2 ° 9.2 -6.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 801 ft agl · 115 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 727 ft agl · 115 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 887 ft agl · 111 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 1,270 ft agl · 102 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 66.32Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.3 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 11.3 °.
100 % Average speed 68 kn56 kn min to max 82 kn 78 59 kn
88 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 34.2 ° 20.7 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.87 g min to max 1.25 g 1.13 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -545 ft/m-1,342 ft/m min to max 70 ft/m -1,342 -348 ft/m
Info Average altitude 594 ft agl221 ft agl min to max 1,160 ft agl 1,160 221 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-6.6 ° min to max 6.9 ° -4.8 1.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 660 ft agl · 84 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 429 ft agl · 63 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 429 ft agl · 62 kt
Arrival Final 1 89.36Approaching runway 10 at TFFJ St Barthelemy I from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 214 ft agl to 32 ft agl. A decrease of 182 ft in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
60 % Approach angle 4.8 °2.6 ° min to max 6.0 °Target 3.0 ° 6.0 2.6 °
100 % Average speed 61 kn59 kn min to max 66 kn 60 65 kn
90 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.7 0.2 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 4.8 ° 1.4 2.4 °
99 % Average g force 0.99 g0.71 g min to max 1.55 g 0.95 1.55 g
Info Average VSI -878 ft/m-1,137 ft/m min to max -417 ft/m -417 -945 ft/m
Info Average altitude 109 ft agl32 ft agl min to max 214 ft agl 214 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.4 °-10.2 ° min to max 6.0 ° 1.0 6.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 91.32Landing on runway 10 at TFFJ St Barthelemy I, runway length 642 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 65 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 65 kn. Target 75 kn
73 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
98 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.2 2.8 °
96 % Average g force 1.02 g0.70 g min to max 1.65 g 1.59 1.07 g
Info Average speed 62 kn60 kn min to max 65 kn 65 60 kn
Info Average VSI -405 ft/m-914 ft/m min to max -129 ft/m -914 -411 ft/m
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl-12 ft agl min to max 28 ft agl 25 -12 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-3.7 ° min to max 6.9 ° 6.4 0.6 °
07515008.5317263443Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 97.27Touchdown distance was good at 178 m. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -411 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 31 °C. Wind 14 kn at 59 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 12 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
89 % Touchdown VSI was -411 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 178 mTarget 366 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 60 knTarget 75 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.42 m1.14 m left 0.93 1.42 m
99 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.3 ° min to max 2.8 ° 2.8 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.18 g1.07 g min to max 1.25 g 1.07 1.16 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 59 kn57 kn min to max 60 kn 60 57 kn
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.7 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -1.6 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 240 m, 37 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 240 m37 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 1.53 m1.53 m left to 0.00 m left 1.47 0.00 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 1.00 g
Info Average speed 38 kn30 kn min to max 44 kn 44 30 kn
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-1.7 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.5 -1.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 8 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 12 kn0 kn min to max 43 kn 28 43 kn
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-2.4 ° min to max 0.8 ° -1.7 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.1 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 6 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 6 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 6 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 6 ft agl · 12 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 71 kt with 3.1° 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.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF3.1° off9° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 20 kt -1.5° 0 s
Liftoff239 m 71 kt 3.1° 11.5 s
35 ft358 m · 3.6 s after liftoff 76 kt 8.6° 15.1 s
End of the climb567 m · 135 ft 78 kt 14.1° 21.9 s

Takeoff from TFFJ 10

Takeoff roll100.00
242m38 %
Liftoff speed74.08
71kt
Runway alignment100.00
2.64m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
506fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 135 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 75 m of runway left; then climbing at 780 fpm on average to 135 ft.

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 END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 71 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 642 m runway.

Rolled from 209 m in, drifted 2.6 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 69 % 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.

100200300400500600THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 2.64 m LROLL 209 M INAirborne 447 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 447 m of 642 m · 70 %
Behind the start of the roll, 209 mTakeoff roll, 239 m Left ahead, 195 m

The circuit to TFFJ 10

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, 1.1 nm out at 106 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 500 ft37°127°234°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
297 ft
Bank
37°
Speed
72 kt

Low: turned crosswind at 297 ft, below the 500 ft minimum.

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
27°
Height
1,115 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
99 kt
Out
0.5 nm 1.1 suits 106 kt

Off heading: 18° from the leg's heading on average.

Spacing cues are relative to your eyepoint, so two simmers with different FOV settings following the same wingtip cue fly patterns half a mile different in width, and a wide FOV compresses depth so the runway on base looks further away than it is, biasing you towards a late turn. Pick a camera position and FOV, save it, and never change it, because every judgement you calibrate is calibrated to that picture.

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3Base turn
Angle
11° target 45°
Bank
34°
Height
1,153 ft

Steep: 34° of bank.

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.

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Entry100Crosswind55Turn onto downwind70Downwind69Base turn66

The approach to TFFJ 10

The final from 4 nm.

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

High from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 480 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND902562400
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 427 m right of the centreline at 1.6 nm.

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° BAND424 m R352 m R120 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on TFFJ 10

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
25ft
Threshold speed94.26
64kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.08m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
180m
Centreline100.00
1.42m L
Speed100.00
60kt
Touchdown rate89.29
-411fpm
Impact100.00
1.25G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

6 kt across from the left, which takes about 6° of crab to hold the centreline at 60 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, 3° of bank.

Wind 060° at 14 kt · 12 kt head · 6 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.

The stop

From 49 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 3 s, an average deceleration of 0.31 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

020406030 kt · 68 mtouchdown91 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 642 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 25 ft, 25 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 180 m in, 125 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 642 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.

25 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −410 fpm · 0.6° nose up · 60 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 25 ft, down at 180 m

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

From 25 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 360 fpm before coming down at 410 fpm to touch. The nose went down 5.8° 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 UP0−500−1,000−4°3°10°touchdown−410 fpm at touchdown0.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 642 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.5 m of it down the rollout.

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.

500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 180 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 180 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 227 m of 642 m · 35 %
In the air over the runway, 180 mRollout, 47 m Left over, 415 m
Rollout distance100.00
47m35 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
1.53m L

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