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How to Calculate Density Altitude (Without a Math Degree)

Pilot Institute

How to Calculate Density Altitude To calculate density altitude, you require two variables: Pressure Altitude Outside Air Temperature (OAT) With these two variables, you can calculate density altitude using the following methods: A flight computer. Lets look at how to use these methods to calculate density altitude. A density altitude chart.

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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

Our NIFA team of pilots would travel to other colleges and compete in sanctioned competition involving precise navigation, pre-flight inspections, accuracy landings, and simulated bomb drops into a barrel from 100 AGL feet using bean bags as bombs. Upon level off at 4,000, I was relieved to note the OAT gauge was showing +3 degrees C.

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