Pressure Altitude
From the user, a station pressure is
given. In order to calculate pressure altitude, the units for station pressure
must be converted to millibars or
hectopascals For
information on how to convert to millibars, see the link below:
pressureConversion.php
Then, the pressure altitude can
be calculated using the equation below:
The answer will be units of feet. To convert the answer to units of meters
see the equation below:
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