Outside North America the Transition Altitude is not 18000 feet, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East it's 2-3000 feet above the airport, in Australia it's 10000 ft, In Mexico it's 20000 feet.
> [Original Message] > From: Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 15/12/03 07:00:17 > Subject: [USMA:27853] RE: Airplane altitudes > > Feet and kPa are not directly related. > > What it does mean is that an altimeter, set to standard pressure (1013.2), > will read the altitude indicated, if the outside pressure at that altitude > is the amount given. > > And the main reason for the common setting at and above FL 180 is to make > sure everyone up there is using the same standard, so they are separated > with relationship to each other. > > Carleton > Former flight instructor > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Terry Simpson > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 20:52 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:27849] RE: Airplane altitudes > > >can we know what range of altitude the plane is actually at? > > Near Norway right now, the pressure is 968 hPa. A pilot with an altimeter > set to the standard 1013 hPa therefore has a pressure error of 45 hPa. There > are about 10 m (30 ft) per 1 hPa. It will read '33 000 ft' when it is around > 31 500 ft. > > Over Portugal right now, the pressure 1033 hPa. A pilot with an altimeter > set to the standard 1013 hPa therefore has a pressure error of 20 hPa. It > will read '33 000 ft' when it is around 33 700 ft. > > > > >How did you come up with 33 000 ft = 26.2 kPa? > > http://mtp.jpl.nasa.gov/notes/altitude/altitude.html --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
