Trip distance vs cruising alt: is there a rule of thumb?
Now that i'm moving from spamcans into the world of larger aircraft that require descent planning,etc i would like to know if there is a formula or rule of thumb for roughly calculating the max altiude for short legs. I'm aware that larger ac have tables i their manuals to be used for flt planning.
What i mean is while FL350 might be ok for a 300nm flight it might be too high for a 100nm leg.
Thanks