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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These are the fascinating ways your body changes while at cruising altitude on flights.
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Nathalie Alonso, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
The program’s second half hits cruising altitude with Bret’s montage of highlights from the Aughties’ cringiest cable-TV show ever.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Most die during the ordeal, either from being crushed by retracted landing gear or expiring from hypoxia (lack of oxygen) or hypothermia from the freezing temperatures at cruising altitude.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Flightradar24 data shows Flight 613 descending abruptly from cruising altitude about 93 minutes after takeoff.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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Nathalie Alonso, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
The program’s second half hits cruising altitude with Bret’s montage of highlights from the Aughties’ cringiest cable-TV show ever.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Most die during the ordeal, either from being crushed by retracted landing gear or expiring from hypoxia (lack of oxygen) or hypothermia from the freezing temperatures at cruising altitude.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Flightradar24 data shows Flight 613 descending abruptly from cruising altitude about 93 minutes after takeoff.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Cruising altitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruising%20altitude. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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