• Altimeter setting is the value of the atmospheric pressure used to adjust the scale of a pressure altimeter so that it indicates the height of an aircraft...
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    instrument is a type of altimeter called a pressure altimeter or barometric altimeter. A pressure altimeter is the altimeter found in most aircraft, and...
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    by a pressure altimeter using the International Standard Atmosphere. It is expressed in hundreds of feet or metres. The altimeter setting used is the ISA...
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    instrument is a type of altimeter called a pressure altimeter or barometric altimeter. A pressure altimeter is the altimeter found in most aircraft, and...
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    of what parameters they measure: AWOS A: barometric pressure and altimeter setting (in inches of Mercury). AWOS I: wind speed and wind gusts (in knots)...
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  • reports on radio, television, and newspapers or on the Internet. The altimeter setting in aviation is an atmospheric pressure adjustment. Average sea-level...
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  • ( 29.92 − Altimeter setting ) . {\displaystyle {\text{Pressure altitude (PA)}}={\text{Elevation}}+1000\times (29.92-{\text{Altimeter setting}}).} For example...
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  • visibility, obstructions to vision, sky condition, temperature, dew point, altimeter setting, density altitude advisory if appropriate; and other pertinent remarks...
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    received an ACARS printout for the weather at Hartford. It noted an altimeter setting (reference atmospheric pressure) of 29.42 inches of mercury (996 hPa)...
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  • and setting the altimeter so as to read zero on the ground of that airport. Confusion between AGL and AMSL, or improper calibration of the altimeter, may...
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    region while the SDA is an "altimeter setting" region. This means that pilots operating in the SDA will calibrate their altimeters to atmospheric pressure...
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    trainee controller had also transmitted an incorrect QNH (barometric altimeter setting) that was 9 hPa too high. The approach instructions were not fully...
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    temperature/dew point is below zero Celsius. Q1020 indicates the current altimeter setting (in QNH) is 1,020 hPa (30.12 inHg). NOSIG is an example of a TREND...
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    other jurisdictions). So when the altimeter reads the country-specific flight level on the standard pressure setting the aircraft is said to be at "Flight...
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    knot (1.9 km/h), Ceiling and Visibility OK, QNH 1002 HPa, current altimeter setting 29.59 in.Hg, falling to 998 HPa, 29.47 in.Hg, NO SIGnificant change...
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  • of the standard ICAO radiotelephony phraseology in aviation. Altimeter Pressure Settings CAA CAP 1430 UK Air Traffic Management Vocabulary CAP 413 Radiotelephony...
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  • point and was descending. The operator provided the pilots with the altimeter setting for Candler Field and with the current weather. Flight 21 then contacted...
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  • Airways Flight 105." aviation-safety.net, Retrieved: 28 October 2017. "Altimeter Setting in Doubt at Ljubljana – Jugoslav report criticises crew and airline...
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  • practice. This is the altimeter setting that is intended to produce correct altitude indication (i.e., no error) on an altimeter at the actual sea level...
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    000 feet [above ground level]; temperature—27 °C; dew point—25 °C; altimeter setting 29.85 inches Hg; remarks—showers vicinity northwest-northeast.: 20 ...
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    and descend too steeply. The actual altimeter settings on both the captain's and the first officer's altimeters could not be determined because of fire...
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    pressure altimeters (the most basic and common type of altimeter) are essentially the same instrument, but used for different purposes. An altimeter is intended...
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  • and air traffic controllers that refers to atmospheric pressure and altimeter settings Quick Fix Engineering, also known as "hotfix". Quoted for emphasis...
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    during a nighttime approach in poor visibility because of an incorrect altimeter setting and the absence of the flight instructor in the cockpit during the...
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    class A airspace are pressure altitudes referenced to a standardized altimeter setting of 29.92" InHg and thus the true altitudes depend on local atmospheric...
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    It was found that the crew had been issued an outdated barometric altimeter setting after bypassing an ILS signal, causing them to fly almost 1,000 feet...
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    Waypoint coordinates, Runway conditions and Weather (e.g., RVR, ceiling, altimeter setting, wind, wake vortex, wind shear). In the United States, the FAA suspended...
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    between the pilots and the control tower that resulted in an incorrect altimeter setting, killing 126 of 128 on board in Syria's worst ever air disaster. On...
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    tools. Altimeter setting is a term and quantity used in aviation. The regional or local air pressure at mean sea level is called the altimeter setting, and...
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  • levelling off at the correct level or altitude, but with an incorrect altimeter setting Mis-hear An ATCO member failed to detect an incorrect readback. Mis...
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