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Old 15th Jul 2004, 19:52
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Humidity affects density [altitude?] too, as water molecules weigh less than nitrogen or oxygen molecules
Yes indeed, but remember that the maximum amount of water vapour strongly depends on the temperature :



The maximum mass fraction of water in saturated air is below 5%, in which case the density of the mixture will only be 2% less than the density of dry air in the same conditions. This figure will drop to 0.5% at 20 deg C.

No big influence on aircraft performance at ground level (and nothing at all at high altitude)
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