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Aviation abbreviation

# Flight Level

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At a glance

## Meaning of Flight Level

The abbreviation for flight level, using the standard pressure setting.

### More about Flight Level

A flight level expresses standard-pressure altitude in hundreds of feet.

It is not the same as an altitude using local QNH. The appropriate pressure reference depends on the published transition arrangements, and the indicated level does not directly give height above terrain.

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