Pilot Institute

APRIL 30, 2025

Types of Altitude To fundamentally understand density altitude, you need to understand the five types of altitude used in aviation: Indicated altitude: the altitude read on the altimeter (regardless of altimeter setting) Pressure Altitude: the indicated altitude of the altimeter when it is set to 29.92 A density altitude chart.

Density Altitude 85

Density Altitude OAT Flight Computer Altimeter 85

Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

The altimeter setting for the aerodrome is 29.93 As a good general rule, the smaller the difference between the outside air temperature (OAT), and the dew point, the more likely it is that a cloud will form, and the lower its base will be. 9) Altimeter Setting A3000 Last but not least, you will find the aerodrome pressure.

Weather 84

Weather Altimeter Runway NOTAMs 84

Northstar VFR

JUNE 2, 2024

Indicated altitude is the altitude read directly off the altimeter. If you set the altimeter to the standard 29.92, you can read the pressure altitude off of the altimeter. Let’s take KBJC’s field elevation of 5,673 and say the altimeter setting was 30.10. Pressure altitude is corrected for non-standard temperature.

Density Altitude 68

Density Altitude Altimeter OAT Pilot 68

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Flying in the clouds in a single engine airplane when the OAT is below freezing is not a good idea! Upon level off at 4,000, I was relieved to note the OAT gauge was showing +3 degrees C. I glanced at the OAT gauge in the upper left corner of the windshield and noticed a balmy +5 degrees Centigrade. How can this be?

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52