Aircraft Altitude Regulations

Discussions center on aircraft and drone flying altitudes, regulatory limits like 400ft rules, distinctions between AGL and MSL measurements, flight levels, and cruising heights in aviation contexts.

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spingsprong May 4, 2014 View on HN

I wonder if it's because can fly higher than 65,535ft.

awqrre Apr 10, 2016 View on HN

Any idea what is the altitude of these planes?

tacticus Dec 5, 2013 View on HN

10k feet sounds a bit low. i thought the limit was at 60k feet and 600MPH

em-bee Dec 1, 2019 View on HN

from their cruising altitude? more then 10000km up?

occamrazor Jul 4, 2020 View on HN

We are discussing high altitude flyovers here.

FabHK Jan 25, 2020 View on HN

Nice plane you have, if you fly above 10000' or above 150 knots frequently :-)

seany Jun 20, 2014 View on HN

Wouldn't this not effect anything if you fly over 500ft AGL?

lysp Mar 15, 2019 View on HN

The feet measurement was above sea-level not ground-level. The airport there is around 7600 feet. So in actual fact this plane was only sitting 500-1000 feet above ground.

cr1895 Jul 14, 2017 View on HN

Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_level

Scalene2 Feb 20, 2023 View on HN

What makes you think it was at anywhere near 80 000 ft?