altitude
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ADS-B Out continually broadcasts an aircraft’s location, altitude, speed and identification number, giving air-traffic control better situational awareness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Several of his players are already accustomed to some altitude from playing for clubs in Johannesburg, at 5,751 feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
So far, though, the SpaceX AI play is getting a lot less altitude than its rockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
In the last 20 minutes of games, with that heat, with the humidity, altitude - you need to keep him as fresh as you can.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
That I proposed to climb to the cruising altitude of an Airbus 300 jetliner struck me, at that moment, as preposterous, or worse.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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