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Old 16th February 2009 | 20:35
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Bose-x has worked out the Pressure Altitude (from Sea Level). Islander2 has worked out Aerodrome Pressure Altitude - which is what the question wanted, but is a term I've never heard of before (and probably why Bose-x's computer thingies haven't either). I'm not quite sure why you would want to know the Aerodrome Pressure Altitude...
Quite a few performance charts have pressure altitude and temperature as their entry arguments (in order to save you working out density altitude.). I am surprised you haven't heard of it!

The difference between the QFE (the Field Elevation pressure) and the standard 1013 hPa level (multiplied by the standard lower level correction of 30feet/hPa) is the Aerodrome's Pressure Altitude.
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