cruising altitude
noun
: the height in the sky at which an airplane stays for most of a flight
The pilot announced that we'd reached cruising altitude.
a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet
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The line of sight to the horizon for someone in an airliner at cruising altitude is about 360 kilometers long, assuming the terrain below is level.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
Some things can wait Many flight crew members are happy to respond to a page from a call button once the plane is at cruising altitude—with one major caveat.
—Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2023
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
Compared with other atmospheric elevations, ice supersaturation is relatively common at standard commercial jet cruising altitude (about 35,000 feet up).
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
Some things can wait Many flight crew members are happy to respond to a page from a call button once the plane is at cruising altitude—with one major caveat.
—Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2023
With a moving van posted outside Donahoe’s downtown Portland condominium building, the jet climbed to a cruising altitude of 41,000 feet, landing in San Jose, California, less than 24 hours after Donahoe’s exit was announced.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
Compared with other atmospheric elevations, ice supersaturation is relatively common at standard commercial jet cruising altitude (about 35,000 feet up).
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Cruising altitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruising%20altitude. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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