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Old 16th Apr 2009, 13:38
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Old Smokey
 
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ex902,

Welcome to PPRuNe!

Your Flight Planning data should provide you with the information that you need, but a "quick and dirty" cruise level is approximately 1000 feet for each 10 miles of distance, up to the optimum level.

For Example, if you are planning a 310 nm flight, 31000 feet would be a good "rough" level to begin examining wind gradient etc. to refine it further.

That works pretty well in ISA+15 environments for aircraft in the B757 league, but beware, all aircraft are different!!!!!

Regards and Welcome,

Old Smokey
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