Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flight level

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
flight lev-el
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a pressure altitude measured in terms of hundreds of feet above sea level (ie. flight level 120 (FL120) is 12,000 ft. ASL)

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

FL

Questions

What does flight level mean?
Any of several internationally agreed standard altitudes that are based on atmospheric pressure rather than on true height

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