Russian Airspace
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Russian Airspace
Just as a matter of interest, when flying in Russian airspace are altitudes give in metres or feet?
I did once read about the russians using metres.
I presume if the controller gives climb to FL260 he actually means flight level 26,000metres, is this correct?
Thanks in advance!
I did once read about the russians using metres.
I presume if the controller gives climb to FL260 he actually means flight level 26,000metres, is this correct?
Thanks in advance!
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Above transition altitude they use Flight Levels in metres.
You think any commercial aircraft can climb to 26000 metres?! They'll give clearances to an appropriate Russian standard flight level e.g "Climb Flight Level 10300 metres standard", then you write it down, read it back then get the book out and work out what the equivalent is in feet then set that value in the autopilot.
I presume if the controller gives climb to FL260 he actually means flight level 26,000metres, is this correct?
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And just to add to the awkwedness a little further, some of the ex-Russian states use Metres, some use Feet, some use RVSM, some don't.
A flight across the former USSR can be a series of ups and downs.
Regards,
Old Smokey
A flight across the former USSR can be a series of ups and downs.
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further variations
Certainly for a while the RAF ERCs used to show those airways into and out of the CIS that use CLs and those that use FLs in a different colour. I honestly can't remember the Lithuania/Belarus transition now. A trouble can be that the CLs shown on the reverse are ICAO levels and might or might not be those offered. As has been pointed out Russia and China differ. As the RAF charts are/were printed on stout paper and are/were easily available through RAF AIDU I used to find them handy. After BA got rid of AERAD the RAF AIDU printed their charts in a nice setup at Northolt. I don't know if they still do. Other funny variations are, for example, Israel where their hemispheres go North-South and not East-West like elsewhere. Fun isn't it?
