METEOROLOGY | Altimetry (QFE, QNH, QNE)

*QUESTIONS*
An altimeter adjusted to 1013hPa indicates an altitude of 3600ft- Should this altimeter be adjusted to the local QNH value of 991hPa, the altitude indicated would be:
-- 2922'
-- 3006'
-- 4278'
-- 4194'
Aviation Exam (53755)
An altimeter of an aircraft is set to1013.2hPa. The aircraft has to land on a point with an elevation of 290' where the QNH is 1023hPa. Assuming that 1hPa corresponds to 27ft, the reading on the altimeter on ground will be:
-- 20'
-- 11'
-- -10'
-- 560'
Aviation Exam (3745)
00:00 Intro
00:26 QFE, QNH, QNE Explained
11:14 Question 1
17:50 Question 2
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[@DB-thats-me]

Q nh =. Nautical Height Q fe = Fieid Elevation Q ne = Nautical Estimate or En Route FYI 👍

[@VASAviation]

Good mnemonics!

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That really helps. Nice one.

[@phillee2814]

I always remembered them as FE = Field Elevation, NH = Nautical Height,, NE = Normalised Everywhere. If that helps anyone else remember them, you're welcome. After that and 27ft/hPa, it is just arithmetic and correct visualisation of the isobars in relation to each other. I'm lucky in that respect, as the product of a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Mathematics Teacher! Also, when looking at a low-level chart, raised obstructions have the altitude marked first, then the height in brackets. The first figure is what your altimeter will be reading if you hit the top of the obstruction, the second is the distance you will fall afterwards.

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Thanks for your comment, Phil. I'm sure your mnemonic will be helpful for someone out there

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Very well done! I’m a student pilot and I’m gonna take the theory exams in a few months, so every bit of practice i get is useful. Thanks mate 👍

[@MrPouHan]

Well done - thank you.

[@laggeryt7558]

Thank you for doing this. I think I understood altimeters a lot better than from other explanations I've seen now. Good job! :)

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Great to hear! Thanks for watching!

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This made sense! Thank you for posting!

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This is the best explanation about this topic I ever saw. Thank you!

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This is massively helpful. Thank you.

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So glad it is!

[@Longbyname]

Please keep making these videos on these valuable subjects. They’re massively overlooked for those, like myself and other future flyers need to know.

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[@nerysghemor5781]

Funny, I had been wondering how altitude was really determined given the differences in terrain. Not a pilot but raised by one, so I think about this kind of stuff!!! XD

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Yes. I need it. Thx!!

[@JohnWick-bb9jl]

Math problem at 17:57, plane is set to 1013.2 qnh, but the plane lands somewhere where its 1023 qnh. The messed up altimeter setting is now 270 feet off (negative). Airport is at 290, so the (now incorrect) altimeter will say 20. It took me like an hour to wrap my head around it.

[@bogdan_n]

Setting the QNH practically means setting the reference, or the 0 point of the altimeter scale. Pressure drops as the altitude increases, so, setting a lower QNH than the actual, means setting the 0 point higher than it should be, so the plane will be higher than what's indicated on the altimeter.

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Sir. Its very. Simple explanation Really useful Thank you so much Iam from India. Iam a cpl trainee

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Keep it up please!!

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Wilco!

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Great information! Very interesting... Thank you for this video, keep it up...

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[@transmaster]

Q code’s are still used in Amateur radio, mostly CW. I would like to know about the WW2 “R” codes that were used in the UK by the Bomber squadrons.

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Maaan.. better than aviation school, keep posting more instructional :)

[@VASAviation]

Definitely will if you like this :)

[@Mash4096]

Very good explanation! This subject is hard to understand for many people.

[@Lagrange1970]

Agree, job well do me here. Many thanks for that

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Do you have Aeroméxico AM549 aborted take off comms?

[@CAQNUZGHIR]

I'm confused from which altitude i have to calculate the temperature correction error. can you please help me

[@manueladao8653]

Good. Just a question. Is the formula QNH=QFE+Alt(feets)/28.5 Correct?

[@Die4dutch2]

ahhhh so thankful i passed my atpl exams and dont have to worry about calculating them and practising them everyday xd

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How were they? I'm focusing on finishing my MEI and then on that.

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Thanks. We mixing metric with Imperial? We missed Mars doing that...

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We'll see some of the powerplant topics

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Please, buy a better mic. Otherwise thanks for the video, your explanations are amazing

[@flankerskioneniner4290]

Thanks, long duration but actually.. simple 👍 For the last question, i just subtract 1.023-1.013 = 10 hPa because i still remember that the last 2 digits behind the decimal are the significant figures rules in physics. Can i use that ?

[@VASAviation]

Affirm, it's just the difference between both pressures.

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@@VASAviation roger that.. thanks for the knowlegde sir 👍

[@ralfbaechle]

You like many, many other sources are explaining it as if QNE was only used above the transitiion altitude which isn't strictly true. QNE can be useful when the airpressure is outside the value that can be set on the subscale of the altimetere. I've also seen it being used in the handout for pilots of a gliding competition - not sure why, the weather there certainly wasn't extreme, I was wondering there are altimeters that can' tbe adjusted at all? Or the button has fallen off ;-) Various sources alternate between describing QNE as the standard pressure of 1013.25hPa or the altitude indicated when the altimeter is set to that standard pressure of 1013.25hPa. This is what Skybrary says: "QNE is different to the other altimetry Q codes in that it is an altitude not a pressure (although it is commonly incorrectly described as such)." I take Skybrary is as close to authoritative as it gets, so this is how I'm using the term QNE.

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Dear VAS, some of my comments are missing from another of your video comment section. Do you ever delete comments? If so, did you delete mine? There was no objectionable language or ethnic content in them. I am curious.

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where is p2?

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Can you please do a gnav lesson on quj,qte,...

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that's on the list :)

[@stamatisk6432]

What if we are on sea level and set QFE while the airfield is actually above us?

[@VASAviation]

Altimeter would read negative values

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@@VASAviation I thought ab that but I wasn't sure. Thanks VASA

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You'll hear "climb, climb now".

[@chrisschack9716]

Same thing would happen at some fields below sea level when you set QNH

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But when is QFE used instead of QNH? I just don't get it imma bang my head into the damn wall

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