— -- Question: Captain, could you explain the following: 1) Is there a standard altitude requirement for retracting and extending the landing gear during approach and landing, or is it primarily ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Khalid, I'm not sure I entirely follow the question as written, but an aircraft sitting on the ground at an airport with field elevation 2000 feet above mean sea level will have a ...

How many times have you heard this during an instructional flight? Let’s say you were told to fly at an indicated altitude of 1,900 msl and because you got a little distracted, you’re now at 2,100.

Most airplanes fly above Mean Sea Level altitudes (MSL), the altimeter would read 5,280 feet in Denver. They are corrected for barometric pressure. When flying above 18,000 feet in the U.S., airplanes ...

Yesterday my wife mentioned that part of the inflight ritual, when you are traveling on an instrument flight plan or getting "flight following" from controllers, is hearing and acknowledging the right ...

Investigators have determined that the crew of an Etihad Airways Boeing 787-10 did not set the correct destination pressure reference for the altimeter before the twinjet dipped far below the ...

The altimeters were calculating altitude using different measuring devices and the one on the copilot's side had an incorrect figure, but the 39-year-old captain switched his altimeter to reflect the ...

But with a QNH setting for the altimeter the aircraft would have been barely 120m above the airfield elevation. While still 15km from Tynda’s runway, the An-24 collided with trees at an altitude of ...