Altitude: Difference between revisions

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The distance vertically from the center of the altimeter to the object measuring to.

Altitude MSL is the elevation the altimeter is above the mean sea height.

Altitude AGL is the elevation the altimeter is above the ground.

Altitude is measured in thousandths of kilometers.

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	Altitude [[AGL]] is the elevation the altimeter is above the ground.		Altitude [[AGL]] is the elevation the altimeter is above the ground.

	Altitude is measured in thousandths of [[kilometer\|kilometers]]~~, km, meters~~.		Altitude is measured in thousandths of [[kilometer\|kilometers]].