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applelisa
9th Sep 2005, 13:57
Hi,

A late night conversation after a few too many glasses of wine led to a lively debate about what height planes are usually at as they come over Brentford on their way into LHR.
Obviously there'll be discrepancies, but can anybody give me an average height, please? (And in feet if poss, as we all still speak in old money!)

Thanks!

Doors to Automatic
9th Sep 2005, 14:05
An easy rule of thumb is 300 feet or so for every mile from the end of the runway. So my guess for Brentford would be around 1200-1500 feet.

applelisa
9th Sep 2005, 14:11
DTA - thankyou for that. I think we're about 6.5 miles away, so I guess we're looking at nearer 2000 ft. It's a useful rule of thumb.
Better still, I was the one who guessed 2000 ft, so I win, not that we'd come up with a prize!