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Old 26th Sep 2008, 15:58
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IO540
 
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What is the point of Pressure Altitude?

It seems just a definition. It is what the altimeter reads when set to 1013 i.e. the Flight Level.

I also find it odd that so few planes seem to come with one of those graphical diagrams which take in weight, temperature, wind, runway slope, runway-end obstacle height, and instantly you can get the required runway distance.

Working this out by hand is very error prone.
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