Airplanes Altimeter Tarmac 
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. It helps measure how fast the airplane is going by measuring the air pressure. The other important part of the system is a tiny hole on the side of the airplane, called a static port.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 20, 2025
Obviously, the main similarity will be the actual aeroplanes (er, airplanes) youll fly. QNH sets the altimeter to msl, QFE to the destination field elevation so the altimeter will read zero upon landing. And speaking of tarmac, be prepared to meet some very crumbly taxiways and shabby runways. Probably not.
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