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Old 14th Mar 2017, 23:42
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by FullWings
I thought the baro altitude is referenced to standard then the adjustment made for QNH elsewhere, like a transponder. Stand to be corrected...
Correct.

In this case, add approximately 150' to the Mode S/ADS-B altitudes to get true AMSL values.
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