Hi guys and girls hope you can help on this topic.
Was flying at Salzburg airport the other day and because of high terrain alt readings were way apart. So flying at night managed to stack my A321 into some high ground when I was reading 1800 feet ish. ☹️ I see the alt setting at the bottom but not sure how and when and what to set it at?
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The altitude tape on the right is your altitude above sea level - exactly as shown in a real life pfd. You can be at 5000ft and fly in to high terrain which is also at 5000ft or more. That’s why you look at charts to see where the terrain is, what you minimum safe altitude is, and what path you can safely take.
If you want the altitude above ground level go down to the tape across the bottom of your screen, select one of the figures shown, and change it to “altitude AGL”.
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Ok thanks for reply. More learning to do on charts or stay out the mountains. 🤪🥊🛸Regards Darren.
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No problem. This is what makes flying in and out of airports in mountain ranges very challenging but also very rewarding - unlike flying in to AMS where you don’t have to concentrate too hard as there is nothing to hit!
The Altitude reading you were getting was MSL (Sea Level) not AGL (Ground Level).
Mods, please close this.
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