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    Station pressure given by the user must first be converted to millibars or hectopascals. Pressure altitude can then be calculated using an equation that takes the station pressure and converts it to altitude in feet by comparing it to standard pressure. The calculated altitude in feet can also be converted to meters.

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    Station pressure given by the user must first be converted to millibars or hectopascals. Pressure altitude can then be calculated using an equation that takes the station pressure and converts it to altitude in feet by comparing it to standard pressure. The calculated altitude in feet can also be converted to meters.

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    Station pressure given by the user must first be converted to millibars or hectopascals. Pressure altitude can then be calculated using an equation that takes the station pressure and converts it to altitude in feet by comparing it to standard pressure. The calculated altitude in feet can also be converted to meters.

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    Pressure Altitude

    From the user, a station pressure (psta) is given. In order to


    calculate pressure altitude, the units for station pressure must be
    converted to millibars (mb) or hectopascals (hPa). For information
    on how to convert to millibars, see the link below:
    http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/projects/wxcalc/formulas/pressureConversion.pdf

    Then, pressure altitude (halt) can be calculated using the equation


    below:

    psta 0.190284
    145366.45
    halt = 1

    1013.25

    The answer will be units of feet. To convert the answer to units of


    meters see the equation below:
    hm = 0.3048 halt

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