MIKE MOSS SAYS: Khalid, I'm not sure I entirely follow the question as written, but an aircraft sitting on the ground at an airport with field elevation 2000 feet above mean sea level will have a ...

Pressure altitude is the height of an aircraft above a theoretical standard datum plane, used as a baseline for calculating aircraft performance under standard atmospheric conditions (29.92 inHg and ...

French investigators are highlighting the importance of validating altimeter pressure settings, after a Hop Bombardier CRJ1000 descended below the glidepath on approach to Nantes. The aircraft (F-HMLD ...

Norwegian investigators have disclosed that they are probing a low approach involving a Wideroe De Havilland Dash 8-100 at the northern Svolvaer airport last month. The aircraft dipped 700ft below the ...

No, this doesn't address the anxiety you might feel while shooting an instrument approach to minimums or the intense pressure to keep your speed up after a slam-dunk vector to the final approach ...

An Airliner Came Within Six Feet Of Crashing Into The Ground In France An incorrect altimeter setting led the crew to believe the plane was nearly 300 feet in the air as it was heading for the ground.