Transition Altitude

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Here’s a tutorial that may be of use. It’s made for ATCs but also useful for pilots,

Assigning a Transition Altitude

Much has been written about this, but still I get a lot of questions from trainee ATCs. This topic is about: what transition altitude does the ATC assign to an aircraft. Mark has written a tutorial for pilots, on when, and when not to request a Transition. What we see in Mark’s post, is that you only request a transition, when you are passing through an airport’s airspace. Above 5000 AAL (Above Aerodome Level), don’t contact Tower! For ATC’s to know what altitude to assign to an aircraft wh…