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Metric Leveling
300 meters (1000 ft)
400 meters (1300 ft) 
500 meters (1700 ft)
600 meters (2000 ft) 
700 meters (2300 ft)
800 meters (2700 ft) 
900 meters (3000 ft)
1200 meters (FL039) 
1500 meters (FL049)
1800 meters (FL059) 
2100 meters (FL069)
2400 meters (FL079) 
2700 meters (FL089)
3000 meters (FL098) 
3300 meters (FL108)
3600 meters (FL118) 
3900 meters (FL128)
4200 meters (FL138) 
4500 meters (FL148)
4800 meters (FL157)  |
5100 meters (FL167)
5400 meters (FL177) 
5700 meters (FL187)
6000 meters (FL197) 
6300 meters (FL207)
6600 meters (FL217) 
6900 meters (FL226)
7200 meters (FL236) 
7500 meters (FL246)
7800 meters (FL256) 
8100 meters (FL266)
8600 meters (FL282) 
9100 meters (FL299)
9600 meters (FL315) 
10100 meters (FL331)
10600 meters (FL348) 
11100 meters (FL364)
11600 meters (FL381) 
12100 meters (FL397)
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QFE settings
The QNH is the barometric pressure used to give the ALTITUDE above mean sea level. The QFE is the pressure used to give the HEIGHT above the ground, though more commonly it is the highest point on an aerodrome.
An example. My home airport UUDD is approximately 600 feet above mean sea level. The ATIS may read 'QNH 1023 millibars, QFE 1003 millibars' because the QFE is always 20 below the QNH due to the particular airfield's height (1mb/hPa (hectopascal) = roughly 30 feet in height).
QFE can mean height above ground level (note the difference between height and altitude). So in conclusion, no, the QFE is not the same as the QNH, but is very similar. It just gives the height above the aerodrome (AGL) as opposed to the altitude above mean sea level (AMSL).
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VATRUS Division "The Borscht" fly-in webpage, 2008
Design by Iliya Yagodinsky |
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