Aircraft altimeter pressure settings

Question 1

The altimeter setting QNH describes your

Answer 1

Altitude above mean sea level

Question 2

The altimeter setting 1013 hPa describes the

Answer 2

Distance above that barometric pressure level

Question 3

In level flight above the transition altitude in the Brussels FIR (4500 ft), what altimeter setting should be used?

Answer 3

1013.2 hPa

Question 4

What is pressure altitude?

Answer 4

The altitude indicated when the barometric pressure scale is set to 1013.2 hPa

Question 5

Cruising levels are given in what?

Answer 5

Heights, altitudes and flight levels, depending on the altimeter setting

Question 6

What’s the altimeter setting in Verviers-Theux at 3000 ft AMSL?

Answer 6

At and below 3000 ft: your own choice (QFE or regional QNH). However the regional QNH is recommended

Question 7

How you will set the altimeter in the CTR of EBCI?

Answer 7

On the CHARLEROI QNH

Question 8

How you will set the altimeter over the Antwerpen airport when flying on an altitude of 3000 ft?

Answer 8

On the Brussels QNH, because you are in the Brussels TMA

Question 9

You set your altimeter at an AD with ELEV = 60 ft. The QNH is 1018 hPa. What would you expect the aerodrome QFE to be? (1HPA =30 feet)

Answer 9

1016 hPa

Question 10

You just received a clearance to descend from FL 65 for the approach to the aerodrome EBCI. The minimum information (besides the RWY in use) ATC of Charleroi has to give you, will be:

Answer 10

The latest QNH altimeter setting for EBCI and the transition level

Question 11

How do variations in temperature affect the altimeter?

Answer 11

Pressure levels lowers when flying towards a colder region → the indicated altitude is higher than the true altitude.

Question 12

If a flight is made from an area of high pressure into an area of low pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will show you:

Answer 12

An indicated altitude which is higher than the true altitude.

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