Kobuleti AI

[GTFreeFlyer]

Every time I take off from Kobuleti, ATC says, “... climb 300 at QFE xx.xx...”. What is 300 in reference to? Is it my assigned heading? Climb rate (perhaps meters/minute)? Airspeed? It never changes, regardless of which runway I choose or where my first waypoint is. I can’t make sense of it. Regardless, they always let me come back and land :)

 

Thanks.

[Ramsay]

Every time I take off from Kobuleti, ATC says, “... climb 300 at QFE xx.xx...”. What is 300 in reference to?

 

AFAIK, ATC is instructing you to climb to 300 m (1,000 ft) AGL (I've never read an ED explanation) ...

 

China, Mongolia, Russia and many CIS countries use flight levels specified in meters.

 

FL 0300 meter = (1,000 ft.)

 

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Flight_level

 

QFE (Station Field Elevation) is used in Russia and China mainly and only for departure and arrival. QFE will cause an altimeter to read zero when at the reference datum of a particular airfield (generally a runway threshold).

 

Originally Posted by Hack74

"When I get takeoff clearance from ATC he ends the call with climb 300 at QFE 29. What does climb 300 mean?"

I interpret that to mean climb to 1000' above airport elevation. :pilotfly:

Edited February 22, 2019 by Ramsay

[GTFreeFlyer]

AFAIK, ATC is instructing you to climb to 300 m (1,000 ft) AGL (I've never read an ED explanation) ...

 

 

 

Thanks! I never thought about altitude in meters. I thought feet was universal for aviation. This makes sense and goes along with what I know as a general aviation pilot. You usually get an assigned altitude, but usually relieved of the restriction before you reach it. It’s not usually as low as 1000 feet though. I can’t imagine a 300m restriction for fighter jets climbing at 5000 fpm.