The Cockpit is your performance dashboard, providing comprehensive statistics and analytics across all your flights. Use it to track progress, identify patterns, and discover your best flying sites and conditions.
Access the Cockpit to see your complete flying statistics.
The Cockpit has six different views, each providing unique insights:
- Overview - Statistics and totals about filtered data
- Glider - Performance breakdown by wing
- Season - Year-over-year comparison
- Country - International flying statistics
- Takeoff - Site-specific statistics with performance scores
- Month - Monthly breakdown and seasonal patterns
- Use the main tabs to switch between views
- Each view is scoped by filtered data
The Overview page Cockpit displays filtered data flying statistics.
- Definition - Count of all flights in your logbook
- Definition - Sum of all flight durations
- Unit - Hours and minutes
- Calculation - Sum of all (Landing time to Takeoff time)
- Definition - Total time spent circling in thermals
- Unit - Hours and minutes
- Breakdown - Separated into left and right thermaling
- Definition - Total time spent in straight flight
- Unit - Hours and minutes
- Interpretation - Higher gliding time = more efficient XC flying
All XC distances & scoring are computed by igc-xc-score
open source library maintened and created by Momtchil Momtchev.
- Definition - Sum of all scored cross-country distances
- Unit - Kilometers
- Use - Track your total XC achievement
- Definition - Sum of all XContest scores
- Includes - All multipliers (free flight, triangles)
- Use - Compare your XC performance over time
- Definition - Sum of all GPS track distances
- Unit - Kilometers
- Always > Total XC Distance - Includes all circling and deviations
- Definition - Longest scored cross-country flight
- Display - Distance and date
- Achievement - Your personal best XC!
- Definition - Highest XContest score for a single flight
- Display - Points and date
- Note - May differ from max distance (due to triangle multipliers)
- Definition - Highest altitude reached across all flights
- Unit - Meters above sea level (ASL)
- Display - Altitude
- Definition - Largest altitude gain in a single flight
- Unit - Meters
- Calculation - Max altitude - Min altitude
- Definition - Best climb rate ever encountered
- Unit - Meters per second (m/s)
- Display - Climb rate
- Definition - Fastest ground speed recorded
- Unit - Kilometers per hour (km/h)
- Note - Includes wind effect
- Definition - Longest flight time
- Unit - Hours and minutes
- Display - Duration and date
Access at /cockpit?view=month to see monthly statistics.
For each month with flights:
- Total flights that month
- Total distance
- Total points
- Average flight metrics
Identify patterns:
- Which months do you fly most?
- When are thermal conditions strongest?
- How does your flying change throughout the year?
- Plan your season - See when you typically fly best
- Track consistency - How many months per year are you active?
- Identify peak season - When do you achieve the best XC distances?
Access at /cockpit?view=season to see annual statistics.
For each season (year):
- Total flights
- Total XC distance and points
- Average flight metrics
- Personal bests that year
Compare years to see:
- Are you flying more?
- Are your XC distances increasing?
- How do different years compare?
- Track long-term progress
- Compare different years
- Set annual goals
Access at /cockpit?view=glider to compare wing performance.
For each glider in your logbook:
- Number of flights
- Total distance and points
- Average XC distance
- Average flight duration
- Max distance achieved
- Average climb rates
Answer questions like:
- Which wing gives me the best XC performance?
- How do my different gliders compare?
- Which wing do I fly most often?
- Equipment decisions - Choosing your next wing
- Performance comparison - Compare different wing classes
- Specialization - See which wing works best for different conditions
Access at /cockpit?view=takeoff to analyze site-specific performance.
For each takeoff site:
- Number of flights from that site
- Total XC distance
- Average XC distance
- Max distance from that site
- Performance Score (Z-score) - Statistical outlier detection (see: Z Score Pilot Guide)
Access at /cockpit/?view=country to see international statistics.
For each country you've flown in:
- Number of flights
- Total XC distance
- Average metrics
- Top sites in that country
- Upload all flights - More data = better statistics
- Historical flights - Upload old IGC files for complete picture
- Consistency - Regular flying builds better trends
- Start broad - See overall patterns first
- Then narrow - Apply filters for specific questions
- Compare apples to apples - Use same filters when comparing
Statistics are powerful, but consider:
- Skill progression - You improve over time
- Equipment changes - New gliders affect performance
- Conditions - Weather varies season to season
- Sample size - 2 flights vs 200 flights (which is more reliable?)
Use statistics to:
- Track progress - Compare to previous seasons
- Set challenges - Beat your personal bests
- Plan improvements - Identify areas to develop