with the aircraft altitude will be stated as a flight level instead of altitude.

In the United States and Canada, the transition altitude is 18000 ft. In Europe, the transition altitude varies and can be as low as 3000 ft -2 . There are discussions to standardize the transition altitude within the Eurocontrol area. In the United Kingdom, different airports have different transition altitudes, between 3000 and 6000 feet.

On 25 November 2004 the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

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