Altimeter Ceiling Density Altitude 
Flight Training Central
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Among the performance elements are takeoff and landing distances, rate of climb, ceiling, speed, payload, and fuel economy. What effect does high density altitude have on aircraft performance? Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 1,300 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.6. 800-foot decrease.
Air Facts
AUGUST 5, 2024
Outside of the marine layer that incessantly taunts the coastal areas, back home your experiences with density altitude are minimal. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there. In the time it took me to write all of this, the Density Altitude moved up to 8000’!
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