Field elevation The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, taken as the highest point on any of the runways of the airport. Same as airport elevation.
Field Elevation: The height in feet above sea level. Filling:When central pressure of a cyclone rises. F-Scale:The F-scale was devised by Professor T. Theodore Fujita of the University of Chicago.
airport elevation"(Also called field elevation, runway elevation, aerodrome elevation, airport height.) The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, in international usage denoted by the symbol Ha.
QFE barometric altimeter setting which will cause an altimeter to read height above a particular runway threshold if set to the correct field elevation while on the ground.
altimeter setting—The value to which the scale of a pressure altimeter is set so as to read true altitude at field elevation.
See also: Weather, Elevation, Sea level, Meteorology, Pressure
 
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