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Old 3rd Mar 2005, 14:23
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Aslak
 
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In the aircrafts I fly, the FMC gives you a possibility to put it values for temperature correction. Then it is automatically transfered to ADC and your instruments. I believe...

Also, as said before, in some countries, when it is very cold, ATC gives you corrected value for initial approach altitudes with a phrase ("xxx123 decent to 1500 ft on QNH 1023 corrected for temperature error by ATC"), or something.

Kabul airfield´s elevation is almost as high as 5800 ft and there you have to be extra carefull in any way and sense. Temperature correction being just one of them.

Great answer by the way Capt H. P.

Cheers!
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