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NZTG
Tauranga, New Zealand
Runway 07
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight1,831 kg
Fuel193 kg
Wind36° · 9 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

93.91 %
NZWK
Whakatane, New Zealand
Runway 09
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,831 kg
Fuel158 kg
Wind36° · 9 kn · 8 kn cross
16 Jan 2025 0:34 37 nm DHC-2 Beaver 35 kg
Departure Score
90.26 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
91.48 %

What went well

Touchdown 85 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 19 ft and 68 kt — both inside band
1.40 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.17 points
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 13.96 m at 60 %, −0.75 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -1.2 ° at 73 %, bank angle up to 7.3 ° at 86 %, −0.68 points

Next time

Maintain the centreline

See Departure Roll

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 23 stages, 21 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 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 4 kn0 kn min to max 12 kn 0 9 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 8 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.5 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 07 at NZTG Tauranga Airport, Average speed was 12 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 17 kn0 kn min to max 40 kn 10 40 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.6 0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.4 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 8 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 8 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 8 ft agl · 26 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 8 ft agl · 34 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 8 ft agl · 41 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 8 ft agl · 46 kt
Departure Roll 82.44Departure roll runway 07 at NZTG Tauranga Airport. Takeoff distance 94 m 5 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 65 kn. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 9 kn at 35 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 94 m5 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 65 knTarget 68 kn
62 % Runway alignment max 13.42 m13.42 m left to 0.00 m left 8.42 12.55 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 0.99 1.15 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.3 ° min to max 5.9 ° 0.5 5.9 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.1 ° min to max 3.8 ° 0.1 3.8 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 89.77Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 07 NZTG Tauranga Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Heading variation -1.2 °-3.4 ° min to max 1.4 ° -3.4 1.4 °
100 % Average speed 71 kn65 kn min to max 75 kn 65 75 kn
86 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.8 ° min to max 7.3 ° 4.0 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.95 g min to max 1.18 g 1.17 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 473 fpm223 fpm min to max 678 fpm 223 678 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 0 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °4.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 5.9 6.8 °
Departure Climb 2 92.30Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 07 NZTG Tauranga Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
75 % Heading variation 2.8 °1.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° 1.5 3.0 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn75 kn min to max 93 kn 75 91 kn
94 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.1 ° min to max 4.2 ° 1.6 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.90 g min to max 1.14 g 1.04 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 873 fpm684 fpm min to max 1,930 fpm 684 1,930 fpm
Info Average altitude 105 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 379 ft agl 50 379 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °3.6 ° min to max 9.4 ° 6.8 9.4 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 215 ft agl · 82 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 144 ft agl · 78 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 165 ft agl · 78 kt
Departure Climb 3 96.80Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 07 NZTG Tauranga Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 2.7 °2.2 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.9 2.3 °
100 % Average speed 86 kn84 kn min to max 90 kn 90 85 kn
84 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 8.1 ° 1.8 5.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 0.97 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 2,062 fpm1,824 fpm min to max 2,265 fpm 2,024 1,824 fpm
Info Average altitude 698 ft agl413 ft agl min to max 961 ft agl 413 961 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °8.4 ° min to max 11.1 ° 9.5 8.4 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 644 ft agl · 86 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 752 ft agl · 85 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 785 ft agl · 85 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead NZTG Tauranga Airport Tauranga (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand). Climbing from 1,015 ft asl to 2,216 ft asl, an increase of 1,201 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 87 kn75 kn min to max 96 kn 86 92 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.0 ° min to max 17.2 ° 4.7 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.23 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 974 fpm-961 fpm min to max 1,963 fpm 1,802 1,296 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,558 ft asl1,015 ft asl min to max 2,216 ft asl 1,015 2,216 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-6.4 ° min to max 10.8 ° 8.2 8.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,910 ft agl · 91 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of NZTG Tauranga Airport Tauranga (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,439 ft asl2,215 ft asl min to max 2,684 ft asl 2,277 2,519 ft asl
100 % Average speed 98 kn85 kn min to max 104 kn 86 96 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.0 °0.0 ° min to max 9.7 ° 6.5 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.84 g min to max 1.12 g 0.90 0.96 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-4.3 ° min to max 7.1 ° 7.1 -2.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of Maketu (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand). Climbing from 2,470 ft asl to 3,123 ft asl, an increase of 653 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kn90 kn min to max 110 kn 100 99 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.6 °0.3 ° min to max 17.2 ° 0.8 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.29 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 721 fpm-930 fpm min to max 1,856 fpm 118 404 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,891 ft asl2,470 ft asl min to max 3,206 ft asl 2,470 3,123 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-8.1 ° min to max 9.4 ° 1.9 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Maketu (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,965 ft asl2,572 ft asl min to max 3,140 ft asl 3,140 2,572 ft asl
100 % Average speed 99 kn96 kn min to max 103 kn 97 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.1 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.3 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.04 g 0.97 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-3.3 ° min to max 1.7 ° -1.2 -2.2 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 7 miles west of Matata (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand). Descent from 2,513 ft asl to 1,617 ft asl, a decrease of 896 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kn97 kn min to max 102 kn 99 102 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.9 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -419 fpm-602 fpm min to max -278 fpm -297 -360 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,836 ft asl1,617 ft asl min to max 2,513 ft asl 2,513 1,617 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-2.8 ° min to max -0.9 ° -1.0 -1.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles west of Matata (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,586 ft asl1,436 ft asl min to max 1,933 ft asl 1,613 1,818 ft asl
100 % Average speed 97 kn86 kn min to max 107 kn 100 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 15.2 ° 1.0 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.84 g min to max 1.18 g 1.02 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-5.2 ° min to max 5.3 ° -1.1 -5.1 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 1,441 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,438 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 1,438 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,626 ft agl · 110 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,640 ft agl · 107 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 1,654 ft agl · 107 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Matata (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand). Descent from 1,800 ft asl to 1,156 ft asl, a decrease of 644 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 97 kn92 kn min to max 104 kn 100 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.9 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 2.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.13 g 1.05 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -330 fpm-1,144 fpm min to max 221 fpm -1,144 -538 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,482 ft asl1,156 ft asl min to max 1,800 ft asl 1,800 1,156 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-4.8 ° min to max 2.2 ° -4.8 -2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Matata (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 906 ft asl709 ft asl min to max 1,147 ft asl 1,147 1,094 ft asl
100 % Average speed 96 kn88 kn min to max 107 kn 97 91 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.5 °0.1 ° min to max 25.8 ° 1.1 4.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.86 g min to max 1.20 g 1.01 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-5.7 ° min to max 6.8 ° -1.9 -3.8 °
Arrival Final 4 97.79Approaching runway 09 at NZWK Whakatane Airport from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,077 ft agl to 1,077 ft agl. A decrease of 0 ft in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.3 °3.1 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 2.9 ° 3.1 3.4 °
100 % Average speed 94 kn92 kn min to max 98 kn 93 92 kn
100 % Heading variation -1.6 °-1.8 ° min to max -1.4 ° -1.8 -1.4 °
89 % Average bank angle 3.5 °0.6 ° min to max 7.1 ° 0.6 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.05 g 0.96 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -5 fpm-104 fpm min to max 101 fpm -28 13 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,074 ft agl1,070 ft agl min to max 1,078 ft agl 1,077 1,077 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.1 °-5.1 ° min to max -3.2 ° -3.9 -5.1 °

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 1,077 ft agl · 100 kt
33.253.53.7541,0001,0501,1001,150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft33.253.53.754-250-188-125-63063125188250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 3 86.05Approaching runway 09 at NZWK Whakatane Airport from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 1,075 ft agl to 629 ft agl. A decrease of 446 ft in 42 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
77 % Approach angle 3.3 °2.8 ° min to max 3.8 °Target 2.9 ° 3.4 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 83 kn75 kn min to max 92 kn 92 80 kn
100 % Heading variation -1.0 °-1.7 ° min to max 0.2 ° -1.2 0.1 °
64 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.4 ° min to max 16.2 ° 3.8 3.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.72 g min to max 1.22 g 0.96 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -626 fpm-1,756 fpm min to max 131 fpm -63 -625 fpm
Info Average altitude 863 ft agl629 ft agl min to max 1,075 ft agl 1,075 629 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -6.9 °-12.2 ° min to max -1.2 ° -5.3 -6.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 1,052 ft agl · 94 kt
22.252.52.7535506006507007508008509009501,0001,050Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft22.252.52.753-190-143-95-4804895143190Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 2 96.88Approaching runway 09 at NZWK Whakatane Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 614 ft agl to 322 ft agl. A decrease of 293 ft in 45 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.6 °2.1 ° min to max 3.0 °Target 2.9 ° 2.9 3.0 °
100 % Average speed 79 kn75 kn min to max 84 kn 80 77 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.6 °-1.5 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -1.5 °
84 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.1 ° min to max 8.8 ° 2.0 4.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.20 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -382 fpm-1,029 fpm min to max 252 fpm -452 -280 fpm
Info Average altitude 420 ft agl322 ft agl min to max 614 ft agl 614 322 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.3 °-6.5 ° min to max 1.5 ° -5.4 -2.7 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 339 ft agl · 85 kt
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-70-53-35-18018355370Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 90.51Approaching runway 09 at NZWK Whakatane Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 310 ft agl to 35 ft agl. A decrease of 275 ft in 40 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.2 °1.6 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 2.9 ° 3.0 1.6 °
100 % Average speed 71 kn68 kn min to max 77 kn 77 68 kn
79 % Heading variation -0.2 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° -1.0 -0.1 °
74 % Average bank angle 3.7 °0.1 ° min to max 13.5 ° 3.0 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.88 g min to max 1.26 g 0.98 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -440 fpm-751 fpm min to max -137 fpm -340 -358 fpm
Info Average altitude 91 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 310 ft agl 310 35 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-6.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -3.1 -0.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 278 ft agl · 76 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 256 ft agl · 76 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-70-53-35-18018355370Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 93.75Landing on runway 09 at NZWK Whakatane Airport, runway length 1,276 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 68 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 68 kn. Target 70 kn
75 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.5 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.22 g 0.97 1.18 g
Info Average speed 67 kn65 kn min to max 68 kn 68 65 kn
Info Average VSI -421 fpm-486 fpm min to max -359 fpm -359 -437 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 20 ft agl 20 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-2.1 ° min to max 3.6 ° -1.0 2.6 °
07501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 89.77Touchdown distance was good at 83 m. Touchdown speed at 65 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was hard at -437 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 9 kn at 35 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Touchdown VSI was -437 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 83 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 65 knTarget 61 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.86 m0.56 m right -0.86 -0.11 m
74 % Average bank angle 2.7 °1.3 ° min to max 4.8 ° 1.3 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.30 g1.15 g min to max 1.40 g 1.18 1.26 g
60 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 64 kn63 kn min to max 65 kn 65 63 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °2.4 ° min to max 7.6 ° 2.6 7.6 °
Arrival Rollout 82.05Total landing distance 448 m, 35 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 448 m35 % of runway.
60 % Runway alignment max 13.96 m13.96 m left to 0.00 m left 0.01 10.53 m
99 % Average g force 1.00 g0.68 g min to max 1.52 g 1.26 1.00 g
Info Average speed 49 kn32 kn min to max 60 kn 60 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °-0.8 ° min to max 9.9 ° 8.6 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 5.2 0.3 °

Events

Info Bounce during touchdown 8 ft agl · 44 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 12 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kn5 kn min to max 30 kn 30 10 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.4 1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 8 ft agl · 32 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 8 ft agl · 30 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 10 kn5 kn min to max 11 kn 10 5 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 9 knmax 10 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.5 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.1 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 64 kt with 5.9° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF5.9° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 48 kt 0.5° 0 s
Liftoff94 m · target 68 64 kt 5.9° 3.7 s
35 ft232 m · 4.3 s after liftoff 74 kt 6.5° 8.0 s
End of Climb 31,622 m · 962 ft 85 kt 8.4° 44.0 s

Takeoff from NZTG 07

Taxi lightsFail
Off
Takeoff roll100.00
94m5 %
Liftoff speed100.00
64kttarget 68, 4 slow
Runway alignment62.18
13.42m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb89.77
473fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 962 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,483 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,430 fpm on average to 962 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 64 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,823 m runway.

Rolled from 108 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 13 m at the widest, and lifted off 13 m left, in 7 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 11 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS7 kn75 %widest 13.46 m LROLL 108 M INAirborne 202 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 202 m of 1,823 m · 11 %
Behind the start of the roll, 108 mTakeoff roll, 94 m Left ahead, 1,621 m

The approach to NZWK 09

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 2.9° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 530 ft below 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: 2.9° here, which is about 310 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,2809706703602.9° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND7721,059669448330222
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.

Outside the 1° band twice; furthest 203 m right at 3.1 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° BAND351 m L197 m R1 m L20 m R42 m R2 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on NZWK 09

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
19ft
Threshold speed100.00
68kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.03m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
85m
Centreline100.00
0.86m R
Speed100.00
64kt
Touchdown rate88.37
-437fpm
Impact100.00
1.40G
Bounces60.00
2
The crosswind

8 kt across from the left, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 65 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 036° at 9 kt · 2 kt head · 8 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.

Side view — the last 1,276 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 19 ft, 31 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 85 m in, 219 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 1,276 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.

19 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −437 fpm · 2.6° nose up · 65 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 19 ft, down at 85 m

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

The sink grew from 370 fpm at 19 ft to 440 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.5° 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 UP0−500−1,000−3°4°10°touchdown−437 fpm at touchdown2.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,276 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 13 m left on 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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 8 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 85 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 85 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.40 G arrival bounced 2 times.

Runway used 432 m of 1,276 m · 34 %
In the air over the runway, 85 mRollout, 346 m Left over, 844 m
Rollout distance100.00
346m34 % used
Rollout alignment60.23
13.96m L

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The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver, then departed from runway 07 at Tauranga Airport (NZTG). The takeoff distance was 94 meters, which accounted for 5% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 65 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 35 degrees. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots. The aircraft climbed from 1,015 feet above sea level to 2,216 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,201 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.

After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 6 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 2,470 feet above sea level to 3,123 feet above sea level, an increase of 653 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.

The aircraft continued to cruise at various altitudes and locations, including near Maketu and Matata, before beginning its descent phase. The descent from 2,513 feet above sea level to 1,617 feet above sea level, a decrease of 896 feet in 2 minutes, covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase once again, lasting for 2 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.

The final approach to runway 09 at Whakatane Airport (NZWK) was made from the west, heading 105.0 degrees at 3 nautical miles and 1,077 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 09 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 83 meters and a touchdown speed of 65 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -437 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 35 degrees. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 448 meters, which accounted for 35% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 meters from the centerline.

The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 37 nautical miles, taking 34 minutes, and the aircraft used 35 kilograms of fuel.

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