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In aviation and aviation meteorology, a flight level (FL) is an aircraft's altitude at standard air pressure, expressed in hundreds of feet.
25 sty 2024 · A flight level (FL) is a standard pressure altitude, expressed as three numbers. Aircraft flying on flight levels all measure their altitude from the same pressure setting, 1013.2 Hpa (or 29.92 InHg).
Poziom lotu ( ang. Flight level) – powierzchnia baryczna o określonym ciśnieniu oddzielona od innych takich powierzchni o określoną różnicę ciśnienia i odniesiona do specyficznej wartości ciśnienia zwanego ciśnieniem standardowym o wartości 1013,25 hPa (760 mm Hg).
Flight level and standard pressure. A Flight Level (FL) is the vertical distance of an aircraft above the ISOBARIC SURFACE of 1013.25hPa (hecto Pascal) or 29.92 in Hg (inches of Mercury). An ISOBARIC SURFACE is the invisible landscape that connects all points with the same atmospheric pressure.
Strictly speaking a flight level is an indication of pressure, not of altitude. Only above the transition level (which depends on the local QNH but is typically 4000 feet above sea level) are flight levels used to indicate altitude; below the transition level feet are used.
The flight levels correspond to the altitude in 100-ft increments (hectofeet) above the pressure surface of 1,013.25 hPa calculated according to the standard atmosphere. For example, FL050 is the pressure surface 5,000 ft above the pressure surface 1,013.25 hPa.
27 cze 2023 · One flight level is equivalent to 100 ft, i.e. FL 100 is 10 000 ft and FL 320 is 32 000 ft. Since the pressure lapse rate is approximately 1 hPa per 30 ft, the pressure altitude at an airfield can be easily determined if the QNH is known (see here for further details and a calculator).
