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Distance above sea level is not legend. Often referred to as altitude ASL (ABOVE SEA LEVEL), it is the difference in altitude between the sea and the point you are referring to. You could say a building is 100ft high, but that's the difference in altitude between the rooftop and the ground. Aircrafts need a point of reference, that's the sea. If the pilot needed to avoid said building, he would have to know the altitude of the ground, and add the height of the building. Since the ground isn't perfectly flat, most altitudes are defined relative to the sea. If the ground was 50ft above the sea level, the pilot would be instructed not to fly below 150ft ASL.
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The distance of a point on earth above or below sea level?
what distance is nether heage de56 2jx above or below sea level
Another name for elevation the distance above the sea level?
The elevation of a place above sea level
What word altitude means?
altitude is the distance above sea level.altitude is the distance above sea level.
What do we call the distance above sea level?
Altitude
What is it called when the elevation is above sea level?
The height above or below sea level is "elevation". Altitude is used only for distance above sea level.
What is the distance of an object above or below sea level?
Elevation.
What is distance of mouna loa volcano above the sea level?
The Mauna Loa Volcano is 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above sea level
In which temperature zones does the atmospheric temperature increase as the distance above sea level increases?
The temperature zones in which the atmospheric temperature increases as the distance above sea level increases are the stratosphere and the thermosphere.
Like altitude what word is the distance above sea level?
elevation
What is the formula for altitude?
Vertical distance above mean sea level.
What is the distance between 1240 feet above sea level to 620 feet below sea level?
1240 + 620 = 1860
What is another name for elevation It means the distance above sea level?
Altitude.
