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Climb

Meaning in aviation, with examples

/klaɪm/verbCore term

In aviation, climb means: To gain height. In aviation the word also names the phase of flight between takeoff and cruise, when the aircraft goes up to its cruising level.

In Turkish: tırmanmak, irtifa almak

How it is used

In ATC phraseology: 'climb to flight level 250', or in the US 'climb and maintain 6,000'. Pilots talk about the rate of climb, top of climb and 'expedite climb'. Also a noun: 'during the climb'.

Example sentences

  1. Fastair 345, climb to flight level 240.

  2. We could not climb above flight level 300 because the aircraft was too heavy.

Common collocations

  • climb to
  • rate of climb
  • top of climb
  • expedite climb
  • initial climb
  • descentThe phase of flight in which an aircraft leaves its cruising level and goes down towards the destination before the approach begins.
  • takeoffThe moment or phase in which an aircraft speeds up along the runway and leaves the ground to begin a flight.
  • cruiseThe longest and usually level part of a flight, flown at a steady altitude and speed between the climb and the descent.
  • flight levelA cruising level used above the transition altitude, measured with the standard pressure setting of 1013 hPa and given in hundreds of feet: FL350 is about 35,000 feet.
  • altitudeThe vertical distance of an aircraft above mean sea level, usually given in feet. Height, by contrast, is measured from the ground or the airport.

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