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Old 25th July 2003 | 15:19
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PhilD
 
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Am I being really dense (no pun intended!), or did you get the temperature correction wrong in your example?

ISA temp at pressure altitude 2000ft = 11C
Actual temp (in your example) = 8C

Therefore actual temp is ISA -3 (not ISA +3)

If so, the correction should be subtracted from pressure altitude, giving:

Density altitude = 1990 - 360 = 1630

Either way it's alarmingly easy to make mistakes with this stuff and end up with an answer that is miles out....
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