What's standard altitude at your home DZ?

[livendive 8]

Just wondering what altitudes are most common these days, given current fuel prices (at least in the US). I'm referring to "normal" altitude, not "15,000 foot Fridays" or anything like that. If you have more than one home DZ, feel free to check multiple answers.

Blues,
Dave

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[ianmdrennan 2]

14500

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[Brains 2]

Standard is 13K sometimes we get 13.5 but not as often as we used to.

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[VanillaSkyGirl 6]

Dave, Gia told me about the price and altitude that you are used to (not to mention the jump planes), and I spat out some curses from the shock. You poor dear...

[ivanrockon 0]

Cessna dz here bro! 10,500 is the standard... highest standard 11,000

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[skydived19006 4]

I think the poll would be more useful if you broke it into recip and turbine. I doubt there are many 182 DZs going to 13,500, lol!

I run a one 182 DZ, we go to 11k, with a 1,300 ground elevation. I think the norm for Cessnas (not Caravan) is on average lower than 11k.

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[livendive 8]

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I think the poll would be more useful if you broke it into recip and turbine. I doubt there are many 182 DZs going to 13,500, lol!

I run a one 182 DZ, we go to 11k, with a 1,300 ground elevation. I think the norm for Cessnas (not Caravan) is on average lower than 11k.

Yeah, but I kinda figured the distinction would be somewhat obvious, with a small distribution between 9,000 and 11,000, and a larger distribution between 12,000 and 15,000.

Blues,
Dave

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[Peej 0]

11000ft.

Our DZ is 5000ft asl.

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[CanuckInUSA 0]

12.5 is the best that we can do. Any higher and we're in Class A airspace (only IFR traffic is allowed into Class Alpha airspace) due to our base altitude of 5000' MSL.

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[bob.dino 1]

13k5. Our DZ is 500 AMSL, and the APF Op Regs don't allow flight above 14,000ft without oxygen.

[tbrown 26]

Perris and Elsinore both go to 12,500 AGL. Perris is about 1420 ft MSL, and Elsinore is maybe 100 or so ft lower elevation. Up at Taft, 13,000 or so is not unusual from the PAC-750, but I think Taft is only 500 ft or so MSL. So any which way, we're getting up near the oxygen limits. Sitting in an Otter or the PAC-750 I don't notice it, but standing up in the Skyvan I do feel a tired light headed feeling, and it's not nerves either.

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