Title: Why Do Planes Fly So High?
Headings: Why Do Airplanes Need To Fly So High?
Why Do Airplanes Need To Fly So High?
Air resistance and fuel efficiency
Cruising altitude: a sweet spot
Avoidance of weather-related events like thunderstorms
Clearing obstacles
Miracle on the Hudson
Safety cushion
What about private jets and helicopters?
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Content: As an airline company, you don’t want turbulence; what you want is to give your passengers as smooth a flight as possible. Clearing obstacles
This one is sort of obvious. As a pilot, you don’t want to duck and dart through towers, buildings, and other ground structures while flying a plane. Regardless of how cool that may sound to some of you, it’s simply unsafe, not to mention impossible! Terrain is marked by the sea level, so some terrain may be much higher above sea level than the runway/airstrip. That’s why planes ‘climb’ to an appropriate altitude to stay away from any sort of ground structures. It is forbidden to fly below 1,000 feet for commercial airplanes by most aviation authorities around the world unless there is an emergency. This is for safety and environmental reasons, like noise. If you have been close to an airport before, you know that commercial airplanes are very loud and noisy.