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Old 7th Mar 2016, 20:42
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If the ADS-B is reporting barometric altitudes above the transition level, the altitudes are feet above the 29.92 inches Hg (1013 hP) pressure surface.

Is not a geometric altitude the height above a particular ellipsoid, as in WGS84, which is regardless of pressure.
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