Let's take a trip back to private pilot training for a moment. Do you remember your instructor trying to explain density altitude? At first, it probably sounded like an abstract concept buried ...

Has density altitude affected your flight plans recently? Do you plan for it when you create those summertime flight plans? I ask because as I write this column Seattle is under a heat advisory.

High density altitude, resulting from factors like high elevation, temperature, and humidity, severely degrades aircraft performance by increasing takeoff/landing distances, reducing climb rate, and ...

See a mistake? Contact us. It happens every summer. Temperatures rise and with them so does density altitude. It may seem we should simply avoid flying when the density altitude (DA) creeps up, but ...

High density altitude, primarily caused by high temperatures and low atmospheric pressure, significantly degrades aircraft performance by reducing wing lift, engine power output, and propeller thrust.

What you will learn in this articleWhat 'Density Altitude' is, and why performance is determined by 'air density' rather than ...

Despite what extraordinarily overpowered quadcopters suggest, the air pressure of whatever a flying machine flys at is extremely important. Pressure is dependent on altitude and temperature, and there ...

A rule of thumb to apply a density altitude correction for the amount of water vapor in the air is to double the dew point temperature and add a zero. Gear ...

Despite what extraordinarily overpowered quadcopters suggest, the air pressure of whatever a flying machine flys at is extremely important. Pressure is dependent on altitude and temperature, and there ...