Pressure altitude is whatever altitude your altimeter would read if you set 29.92 Hg in the Kollsman window (the small portion of the altimeter that shows the barometer setting.) ...

An airfied has elevation of 2000 feet - what will the altimeter read when the aircraft is on the ground while setting 1013.2 qnh qfe qff? Posted 2008-10-12T17:25:29+00:00 - Updated 2008-10-12T17 ...

It is what the altimeter reads when the local pressure (altimeter setting) is set in the Kollsman window. True Altitude. True altitude is the height above msl.

Crew operating procedures at the time, says the inquiry, did not particularly emphasise the importance of correct altimeter settings. The crew read back the incorrect pressure setting of 1011mb ...

You may not know that it can also function as a real barometer and altimeter, allowing you to predict changes in the weather by monitoring atmospheric pressure, no matter where you are.

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 ...

I was recently looking at an altimeter for climbing fourteeners. My concern is that it works on barometric pressure, so changes in the weather could give me a false reading.