Cabin altitude of an A350 or 787 at 40,000 feet?
Jan 31, 2023, 4:21 pm
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Cabin altitude of an A350 or 787 at 40,000 feet?
All,
Not sure if this is the right section to post. But curious if any experts can tell me what the effective cabin altitude is at 40,000 feet for an A350 or 787?
From my understanding, a 77W at 36,000ft has a cabin pressure of around 6000 feet (which is lower than the max of 8000ft). Curious how "comfy" an A350/787 actually is at normal cruising altitude?
Thanks!
Not sure if this is the right section to post. But curious if any experts can tell me what the effective cabin altitude is at 40,000 feet for an A350 or 787?
From my understanding, a 77W at 36,000ft has a cabin pressure of around 6000 feet (which is lower than the max of 8000ft). Curious how "comfy" an A350/787 actually is at normal cruising altitude?
Thanks!
Feb 3, 2023, 5:15 pm
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The Boeing 787 has a design cabin altitude of 6,000 ft, the A350 is set even lower at 5,500 ft. The cabins are pressurized and maintain this level regardless of cruising altitude, be that 30,000 ft or 40,000 ft.
That's one reason (the other being increased humidity levels and the reduced noise footprint on those two aircraft) why they feel more 'comfy' to passengers.
That's one reason (the other being increased humidity levels and the reduced noise footprint on those two aircraft) why they feel more 'comfy' to passengers.
May 2, 2023, 7:15 am
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The Boeing 787 has a design cabin altitude of 6,000 ft, the A350 is set even lower at 5,500 ft. The cabins are pressurized and maintain this level regardless of cruising altitude, be that 30,000 ft or 40,000 ft.
That's one reason (the other being increased humidity levels and the reduced noise footprint on those two aircraft) why they feel more 'comfy' to passengers.
That's one reason (the other being increased humidity levels and the reduced noise footprint on those two aircraft) why they feel more 'comfy' to passengers.
May 9, 2023, 3:09 pm
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The only other differences are the sources of air. Airbus still uses bleed air tapped off form the compressor sections of engines. Boeing have got what is effectively 4 dysons that draw and compress air prior to sending it to the air conditioning packs. Form then on the process in the bootstrap system is the same.