altitude setting

[facthunter]

At the transition level is when you change and update on the ATIS. . I've seen it about 4  times and picked it up once from the jumpseat. . Not good  eh!. Nev

[danny_galaga]

On 14/10/2024 at 9:04 PM, BrendAn said:

when we are doing preflight checks we always switch to atis and put in the latest qnh .

if you are flying out of the same place all the time why not just turn the altimeter to the known height, like outside our hangar it is 130 ft asl.

wouldn't that be the same result as the atis advice or am i thinking this wrong.

Its what ive always done with ultralights. In fact it's probably more accurate if you know your current elevation since that doesn't change from hour to hour, whilst the air pressure might.

 

In my case the airfield elevation is different from one end to the other so I have to be mindful of that. I think it's maybe 30 feet difference. Not a disaster if you get that wrong but it pays to be as accurate as possible in general, doesn't it?

 

Edit: I'm thinking of circuits and local area mind you.

Edited October 18 by danny_galaga

[facthunter]

I think the elev of each Parking bay was available.  . Nev