How high is an aircraft 5kms from airport on landing approach

[milanbenes]

looks lads nice effort but I'd rather see some substantiable evidence than a simple I makes its about 292m

feck's sake kids today



Milan.

[KimberleyChris]

fer feck's sake

so how high is the fecking aircraft 5kms from the airport on the landing approach ?

jeeez call yourselves experts

Milan.

"Milanbenes is professional and courteous"
Happy new year :-)
Please remember that we are all permapissed this week.

[NotAllThere]

At 15km, above my house, at 6:00am - too bloody low.

[KimberleyChris]

5 degees equals 5.24 percent.
5000 times 5.24 percent equals 262 metres....simples!!!!

(Why am I on the dole !!!!!)

[TimberWolf]

At 5000m I make it about 262 m,,,around 700 - 750 feet. Pretty low.

Yeah, that's what I made it too, and likewise Google produced a 3% glide angle. So tan(3 degrees) is about 1 down for every 19 across. Though presumably the aircraft would aim to touch down some 500m or so along the runway, so say just under 300m high at 5km distant. Doesn't sound high, but is probably only a minute or so from landing.

[EternalOptimist]

at 5km

passanger jets have the 800m slot
santa - 800 -1000
harry potter 1000 -1200
alien attackers 1200 - 1500

[milanbenes]

Kim et al

if that's the best you can do then so be it

have a great new year,

Milan.

[KimberleyChris]

Ooops...missed a nought off there...

That's maybe why I am on the dole :-)

Bollocks anyway...It's still flying..

[Cliphead]

Google instrument approach plates.

Every airport is different and many factors will affect the glideslope if flying an IFR approach and a VFR approach can vary every time. There's no definitive at 5km an Airbus 319 will be at x altitude answer.

[AtW]

Ah the old 'buy a surface to air rocket launcher and threaten to blow up planes unless the authorities pay you £50million' plan B.