cruising altitude

noun

: the height in the sky at which an airplane stays for most of a flight
The pilot announced that we'd reached cruising altitude.
a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet

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That’s about the cruising altitude of a commercial jet. Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 21 May 2025 And as his new colleagues well know, cruising altitude isn’t nearly as eventful as takeoff or landing. Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025 Even without music to ratchet up the tension of an ultimately uneventful flight, the sight of Fielder in the cockpit at cruising altitude is jaw-dropping in a way TV rarely has the capacity to be. Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025 Then there are air traffic controllers who focus on the next phase, the ascent or descent a little farther out; then there are controllers who keep planes at cruising altitude on track. Terence McGinley, New York Times, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cruising altitude

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“Cruising altitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruising%20altitude. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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