what is the highest height and the fastest speed a normal passenger plane can go
do not include concorde as this is no longer in service????
2007-02-05 02:18:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Boeing 747 605 mph. Fastest operating commercial jet.
Not sure about the highest flying commercial jet, but the highest flying jet is the blackbird
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2007-02-05 02:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by footynutguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest any plane can go without being rocket powered is an amazing 15 miles up. The actual number is probably a bit more, but is still classified.
Standard passenger planes could go as high as 6 miles up if they had to, and fly at 600 mph, but that height would be pushing things for the design on any passenger aircraft.
Keep in mind also that the higher you manage to get, the less air available so the less speed you will get out of the engines.
The atmosphere has five layers. The layer closest to the surface is called the Troposphere. It is about 3.2 km (two miles) thick, and can contain low lying clouds. The next layer is the stratosphere. The stratosphere is about 21 km (13 miles) thick and contains the high cirrus and cirrostratus clouds. The highest altitude commercial planes fly at this level. The level above the stratosphere is the Mesosphere. Above the Mesosphere is the Thermosphere. Combined, the Thermosphere and the Mesosphere create the Ionosphere, which is 435 km (270 miles) thick. The last layer of our atmosphere is the Exosphere, which extends into space.
2007-02-05 02:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
For commercial airliners the limits are around M0.9 and a little over 40,000 feet (A380 will be 43,000 for example), quite a few business jets will reach 45,000 and some Lear jets will reach 51,000 where they are free to go direct without conflict with most commercial traffic.
Speeds are often quoted in knots, but that is altitude dependent, at operating altitudes they are limited by Mach number. But a typical knots figure is 485 with the Boeing 747 doing 509. Long range cruise is typically in the M0.8-0.9 range though, across large Boeing and Airbus aircraft, the 737 variants are a little slower, 0.785-0.82 depending on model.
2007-02-05 03:19:21 · answer #3 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed
In general, modern jets fly at about 420 to 580 miles per hour or 680 to 900 km/h.
Highest Altitudes for Jet Aircraft
jet aircraft normally fly at altitudes as high as 10,000 to 15,000 meters, about 33,000 to 49,000 feet
The highest altitude obtained by a manned air-breathing jet propelled aircraft following an uncontrolled ballistic trajectory is 123,523 feet (37,650 m) set by Alexandr Fedotov, in a Mikoyan Gurevitch E-266M (MiG-25M), on 31st August 1977.
The highest altitude obtained by a manned air-breathing jet propelled aircraft in controlled horizontal flight is 85,069 feet (25,929 m) set by Robert C. Helt and Larry A. Elliott, in a Lockheed SR-71, on 27th/28th July 1976.
2007-02-05 02:25:36 · answer #4 · answered by Q_142857 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by normal passenger planes, you mean airliners, then they top out at 41,000 feet and about 88% the speed of sound, or Mach 0.88. Business jets have slightly more performance being that they are smaller and carry fewer people, so they can get up to 51,000 and as fast as 0.92 mach.
2007-02-05 02:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by pdkflyguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lockheed SR-71 Type A, unofficially known as the Blackbird, is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed YF-12A and A-12 aircraft by Lockheed's Skunk Works (also responsible for the U-2 and many other advanced aircraft). The legendary "Kelly" Johnson, in particular, was the man behind many of the design's advanced concepts. The SR-71 was one of the first aircraft to be shaped to have an extremely low radar signature. The aircraft flew so fast and so high that if the pilot detected a surface-to-air missile had been launched, the standard evasive action was to simply accelerate. No SR-71 has ever been shot down.
2007-02-05 02:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
ceiling altitude is around 45000 feet. 450 knots is about max speed. these numbers will vary between different air craft makes and models. these would be just general numbers. everybody, they asked passenger planes. quit using military aircraft as answers.
2007-02-05 03:43:52 · answer #7 · answered by cparkmi331 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
approx 45000 feet, and 550-600 mph. Hope this helps.
2007-02-05 02:22:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be about six miles up and 600 mph.
2007-02-05 02:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2161000/2161465.stm
2007-02-05 02:22:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋