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Old 16th Apr 2009, 13:33
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Hola Enis -
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Many factors to consider as to FL level selection. All planes different.
And for same airplane types, how heavy are they...?
Climb/distance to TOC cruise FL depends mostly on their weight/payload.
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With a heavy 747, the best I could hope was some FL280 initially.
And might take some 150 NM to get there.
With the 727 - medium payload, short distance, 120 NM might be ok.
And FL 310/330 was fine.
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The only "somewhat" general rule is point of descent.
With all types of jet airliners I flew... 3 times the FL for distance to start descent.
As example - FL 350 = 105 NM for descent. Correct some for winds aloft.
Using the above data, you could derive an approximate FL selection.
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