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  2. Altimeter setting - Wikipedia

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    QNH - is the barometric altimeter setting that causes an altimeter to read aircraft elevation above mean sea level - altitude (AMSL - above mean sea level) in ISA temperature conditions in the vicinity of the airfield that reported the QNH value. QFE - is the barometric altimeter setting that causes an altimeter to read zero when at the ...

  3. Flight level - Wikipedia

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    The altimeter setting used is the ISA sea level pressure of 1013 hPa or 29.92 inHg. The actual surface pressure will vary from this at different locations and times. Therefore, by using a standard pressure setting, every aircraft has the same altimeter setting, and vertical clearance can be maintained during cruise flight. [1]

  4. Pressure altitude - Wikipedia

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    It indicates altitude obtained when an altimeter is set to an agreed baseline pressure under certain circumstances in which the aircraft’s altimeter would be unable to give a useful altitude readout. Examples would be landing at a high altitude or near sea level under conditions of exceptionally high air pressure.

  5. Aeronautical Code signals - Wikipedia

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    The QNE is the reading in feet on an altimeter with the sub-scale set to 1013.2 hPa when the aircraft is at aerodrome or touchdown elevation. [2] QNH: The pressure set on the subscale of the altimeter so that the instrument indicates its height above sea level (the altimeter will read runway elevation when the aircraft is on the runway). [1]

  6. METAR - Wikipedia

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    Q1020 indicates the current altimeter setting (in QNH) is 1,020 hPa (30.12 inHg). NOSIG is an example of a TREND forecast which is appended to METARs at stations while a forecaster is on watch. NOSIG means that no significant change is expected to the reported conditions within the next 2 hours. 8849//91 indicates the condition of the runway.

  7. Pressure altimeter - Wikipedia

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    In aviation terminology, the regional or local air pressure at mean sea level (MSL) is called the QNH or "altimeter setting", and the pressure that will calibrate the altimeter to show the height above ground at a given airfield is called the QFE of the field. An altimeter cannot, however, be adjusted for variations in air temperature.

  8. Q code - Wikipedia

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    On landing at ____ (place) at ____ hours, with your sub-scale being set to 1013.2 millibars (29.92 inches), your altimeter will indicate ____ (figures and units). QNH : What should I set on the subscale of my altimeter so that the instrument would indicate its elevation if my aircraft were on the ground at your station?

  9. Atmospheric pressure - Wikipedia

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    The altimeter setting in aviation is an atmospheric pressure adjustment. Average sea-level pressure is 1,013.25 hPa (29.921 inHg; 760.00 mmHg). In aviation weather reports , QNH is transmitted around the world in hectopascals or millibars (1 hectopascal