Cruising altitude

Cruising Altitude
Cruising altitude is an altitude or flight level maintained during en route level flight. This is a constant altitude and should not be confused with a cruise clearance.

CRUISING ALTITUDE- An altitude or flight level maintained during en route level flight. This is a constant altitude and should not be confused with a cruise clearance.
(See ALTITUDE.)
(See ICAO term CRUISING LEVEL.) ...

Upon reaching cruising altitude, the airplane's pitch attitude is reduced and the airplane accelerates to cruising speed. The power is reduced and adjusted to maintain the selected cruising speed.

Cruising Altitude: The planned cruising altitude or flight level.
Route: Proposed route of flight. The route can be made up of airways, intersections, navaids, or possibly direct.
Destination: Point of intended landing.

If you take any non-turbocharged airplane up to a typical cruising altitude, the throttle will be wide open at cruise. This means that when you level off after a climb, the airspeed will converge only asymptotically to the final value.

Once a plane is in the air, it continues to climb until it reaches its cruising altitude, which is determined by the pilot and must be approved by Air Traffic Control.

Semi - circular - system of cruising altitudes.
sfc - specific fuel consumption of an engine, expressed in pounds of fuel consumed for each unit of power (hp, shp, lb/st) produced. Also surface.
shp - shaft horsepower.

A straight or neutral elevator will, at normal cruising altitudes, yield maximum cruise speed.

A small airplane that loses all engine power at 10,500 feet (a common cruising altitude) can fly for more than 15 miles. Keep in mind that the space shuttle is a glider — it lands without any engine power at all.

That portion of flight operation between takeoff and the initial cruising altitude.
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See also: Altitude, Aircraft, Pilot, Flight, Direct