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EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight1,139 kg
Fuel122 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

92.80 %
EGPK
Prestwick, Scotland
Runway 12
Elevation52 ft asl
Weight1,139 kg
Fuel122 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
29 Aug 2025 0:04 7 nm Velocity XL
Departure Score
90.97 %
Pattern Score
91.72 %
Arrival Score
95.71 %

What went well

Touched down at -60 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 3.17 m off the centreline, no bounce
1.07 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.90 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 76.8 ° at 0 %, −1.43 points
Departure Climb 2 — scored 90.00 %, −1.11 points

Next time

Departure

Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 90 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.

What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 112 kt, 22 kt above the target liftoff speed.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 90 kt at liftoff

See Departure Roll

A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 16 stages, 15 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 82.90Departure roll runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Takeoff distance 141 m 5 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 112 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 141 m5 % of runway
65 % Liftoff speed was 112 ktTarget 90 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.04 m left2.04 m left to 0.00 m left 2.03 1.66 m
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.19 g 1.01 1.19 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-0.1 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.1 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.5 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 117 kt112 kt min to max 121 kt 112 121 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.5 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.06 g min to max 1.25 g 1.21 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 760 fpm493 fpm min to max 1,027 fpm 493 1,027 fpm
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 55 ft agl 1 55 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °3.3 ° min to max 7.5 ° 3.3 7.5 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 26 ft agl · 119 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 124 kt121 kt min to max 128 kt 121 127 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.6 ° min to max 2.5 ° 1.7 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.04 g min to max 1.12 g 1.11 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 1,342 fpm1,042 fpm min to max 2,416 fpm 1,042 2,416 fpm
Info Average altitude 93 ft agl56 ft agl min to max 258 ft agl 56 258 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °7.6 ° min to max 13.0 ° 7.6 13.0 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Right hand pattern entry from runway 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 128 kt124 kt min to max 138 kt 127 138 kt
100 % Average bank angle 24.4 °6.2 ° min to max 34.7 ° 6.2 29.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.83 g min to max 1.17 g 0.96 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 1,852 fpm914 fpm min to max 2,612 fpm 2,526 938 fpm
Info Average altitude 638 ft agl308 ft agl min to max 869 ft agl 308 869 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.5 °5.2 ° min to max 13.7 ° 12.8 5.4 °
Pattern Crosswind 100.00Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 12 EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 9 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.9 °-15.6 ° min to max 17.2 ° -15.6 17.2 °
100 % Average speed 147 kt140 kt min to max 155 kt 140 155 kt
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.93 g min to max 1.21 g 1.16 1.20 g
Info Average VSI 557 fpm106 fpm min to max 1,038 fpm 980 139 fpm
Info Average altitude 933 ft agl886 ft agl min to max 956 ft agl 886 956 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 31.5 °29.8 ° min to max 33.9 ° 29.8 30.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.2 ° min to max 5.8 ° 5.6 1.8 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to the runway's far end 76.8 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 76.8 °.
100 % Average speed 159 kt157 kt min to max 160 kt 157 159 kt
100 % Average bank angle 27.5 °23.9 ° min to max 30.6 ° 30.6 29.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.05 g min to max 1.20 g 1.15 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 388 fpm145 fpm min to max 674 fpm 177 246 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,001 ft agl959 ft agl min to max 1,046 ft agl 959 1,046 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °1.4 ° min to max 3.4 ° 1.6 1.4 °
Pattern Downwind 98.72Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 73 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Heading 5.6 °-17.2 ° min to max 17.0 ° -17.2 17.0 °
100 % Average altitude 993 ft agl864 ft agl min to max 1,130 ft agl 1,048 1,110 ft agl
100 % Average speed 147 kt113 kt min to max 163 kt 160 113 kt
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.72 g min to max 1.15 g 1.07 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 61 fpm-755 fpm min to max 1,199 fpm 145 -449 fpm
Info Average bank angle 5.4 °0.0 ° min to max 28.1 ° 28.1 18.3 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °-2.0 ° min to max 7.8 ° 1.1 -0.7 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,108 ft agl · 128 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 79.43Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 22.9 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
31 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 22.9 °.
100 % Average speed 114 kt113 kt min to max 116 kt 113 116 kt
100 % Average bank angle 20.5 °17.8 ° min to max 22.8 ° 17.8 22.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.95 g min to max 1.20 g 1.09 1.15 g
Info Average VSI -594 fpm-843 fpm min to max -422 fpm -438 -836 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,037 ft agl958 ft agl min to max 1,102 ft agl 1,102 958 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-2.6 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.2 -1.8 °
Pattern Base Leg 93.91Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 8 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Heading -7.0 °-31.4 ° min to max 13.6 ° -15.0 13.6 °
100 % Average speed 117 kt114 kt min to max 118 kt 116 114 kt
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.97 g min to max 1.21 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Average altitude 880 ft agl823 ft agl min to max 945 ft agl 945 823 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 22.5 °21.4 ° min to max 23.9 ° 22.4 23.9 °
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-3.8 ° min to max -0.2 ° -2.8 -1.8 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 25 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 113 kt111 kt min to max 115 kt 114 113 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.9 °1.0 ° min to max 25.2 ° 24.6 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.92 g min to max 1.23 g 0.96 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -873 fpm-1,391 fpm min to max -403 fpm -746 -1,033 fpm
Info Average altitude 642 ft agl441 ft agl min to max 810 ft agl 810 441 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-5.6 ° min to max 0.3 ° -3.2 -2.7 °
Arrival Final 2 97.16Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 426 ft agl to 281 ft agl. A decrease of 145 ft in 9 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.7 ° min to max 3.1 °Target 3.0 ° 3.1 2.7 °
100 % Average speed 113 kt112 kt min to max 113 kt 113 112 kt
98 % Heading variation 1.5 °0.6 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 0.6 °
87 % Average bank angle 6.8 °5.8 ° min to max 7.9 ° 5.8 7.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -887 fpm-935 fpm min to max -833 fpm -935 -833 fpm
Info Average altitude 359 ft agl281 ft agl min to max 426 ft agl 426 281 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-3.1 ° min to max -2.2 ° -2.8 -2.2 °
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-180-135-90-4504590135180Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 267 ft agl to 7 ft agl. A decrease of 260 ft in 26 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.7 °1.1 ° min to max 2.7 °Target 3.0 ° 2.7 1.1 °
100 % Average speed 103 kt99 kt min to max 112 kt 112 99 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -554 fpm-848 fpm min to max -394 fpm -848 -394 fpm
Info Average altitude 55 ft agl7 ft agl min to max 267 ft agl 267 7 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-2.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° -2.4 0.9 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 86.34Landing on runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, runway length 2,737 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was too high at 98 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
83 % Threshold speed was too high at 98 kt. Target 80 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
63 % Fair landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.03 m left0.03 m left to 0.02 m left 0.02 0.03 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.3 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average speed 84 kt68 kt min to max 98 kt 98 68 kt
Info Average VSI -66 fpm-388 fpm min to max 17 fpm -388 -35 fpm
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl9 ft agl min to max 22 ft agl 22 9 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °1.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 1.0 3.9 °
07515022530037545052560067575082501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.20Touchdown point was 304 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 68 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -35 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.4 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -35 fpm.
69 % Touchdown distance was 739 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 68 ktTarget below 96 kt
99 % Runway alignment max 3.36 m left3.29 m left 3.36 3.17 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.8 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.01 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.01 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 68 kt68 kt min to max 68 kt 68 68 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °3.4 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.9 3.4 °
Arrival Rollout 99.86Total landing distance 1,067 m, 39 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,067 m39 % of runway.
99.7 % Runway alignment max 3.14 m left3.14 m left to 0.00 m left 3.14 2.64 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average speed 65 kt39 kt min to max 68 kt 68 39 kt
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.5 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 26 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 26 kt0 kt min to max 63 kt 34 63 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.3 -0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.09 g0.99 g min to max 1.24 g 0.99 1.24 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 112 kt with 2.5° 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.

150 kt10050020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.5° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 102 kt 0.1° 0 s
80 kt0 m 102 kt 0.1° 0 s
Liftoff126 m · target 90 112 kt 2.5° 2.3 s
35 ft314 m · 3.1 s after liftoff 119 kt 6.5° 5.4 s
End of the climb794 m · 258 ft 127 kt 13.0° 13.1 s

Takeoff from EGPK 12

Takeoff roll100.00
1,782m65 %
Liftoff speed64.51
112kttarget 90, 22 fast
Runway alignment100.00
2.04m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
760fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 258 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 771 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,430 fpm on average to 258 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 END6080100KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 112 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 2,737 m runway.

Rolled from 1,652 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 1.7 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.4 m left. Airborne 64 % 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.

1,0002,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 1.69 m LROLL 1,652 M INAirborne 1,778 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,778 m of 2,737 m · 65 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,652 mTakeoff roll, 126 m Left ahead, 958 m

The circuit to EGPK 12

Right-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, 1.6 nm out at 157 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 thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+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 ft35°131°223°325°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
808 ft
Bank
35°
Speed
129 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
31°
Height
993 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
147 kt
Out
1.1 nm 1.6 suits 157 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 0.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
23° target 45°
Bank
23°
Height
1,118 ft

Late: turned base with the threshold 23° behind, against 45°.

The stopwatch. From abeam the threshold, fly roughly 30 to 45 seconds before turning base, in nil wind at 172 speeds. Treat that as a starting value and calibrate it. If your finals keep coming out at 400 ft instead of 500, add a few seconds. Then adjust for wind, roughly a second per knot of headwind on final (a headwind on final is a tailwind on downwind, carrying you further from the field per second).

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
25°
Overshoot
215 m
Speed
113 kt

Overshot: went 215 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind100Turn onto downwind70Downwind99Base turn79Base94Final turn100

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Six checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 500 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off and wings more than 10° from level.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: fast all the way, banked until 1.3 nm and left of the centreline until 0.8 nm.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to EGPK 12

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 120 ft above the slope.

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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND368186500 ft gate4 of 6on centrelinewings level673 ft · 111 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

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 215 m left of the centreline at 1.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.8 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° BAND82 m L5 m L167 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 42 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +31 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

80100120140 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 84+29 kt+24 kt+15 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on EGPK 12

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
20ft
Threshold speed82.69
98kttarget 84, 14 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.03m L

Touchdown

Past threshold69.14
739m
Centreline98.84
3.36m L
Speed100.00
68kttarget 83 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-60fpm
Impact100.00
1.07G
BouncesOk
None
The flare62.68

Fair landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 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.

The stop

From 69 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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.

02040608060 kt · 254 m30 kt · 363 mtouchdown377 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 739 m in, 435 m past 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.

20 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −60 fpm · 3.9° nose up · 68 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 20 ft, down at 739 m

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

The sink went from 290 fpm at 18 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.9° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−60 fpm at touchdown3.9° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 3.2 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.4 m left at the widest.

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 739 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
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Touched down 739 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,045 m of 2,737 m · 38 %
In the air over the runway, 739 mRollout, 305 m Left over, 1,692 m
Rollout distance100.00
305m38 % used
Rollout alignment99.68
3.14m L

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The Velocity XL aircraft departed from runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, rolling down the runway for a takeoff distance of 141 meters, which accounted for 5% of the runway's length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 112 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind and tailwind.

Following takeoff, the aircraft entered a right-hand pattern, navigating the turn in less than 1 nautical mile in 19 seconds. The subsequent crosswind turn was completed in an even shorter distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 9 seconds. The aircraft then proceeded to the downwind leg, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile and making a turn at an angle of 76.8 degrees relative to the runway. The downwind leg itself spanned 3 nautical miles, taking 73 seconds to complete.

As the aircraft approached the base leg, it made a turn at an angle of 22.9 degrees relative to the runway, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The base leg itself was short, lasting less than 1 nautical mile in 8 seconds. The final turn was completed in less than 1 nautical mile in 25 seconds, setting the aircraft up for a final approach to runway 12 from the north-west, at a heading of 133.0 degrees and an altitude of 426 feet above ground level.

The aircraft landed on runway 12, with a touchdown point located 304 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 68 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -35 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.4 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing remained the same as during takeoff.

The total landing distance was 1,067 meters, accounting for 39% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The total flight distance was 7 nautical miles, taking 4 minutes to complete, and the aircraft used no fuel during the flight.

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