Is Sea Level the Same as Ground Level?
Above Ground Level, or Agl, Describes the Literal Height Above the Ground over Which You're Flying. Mean Sea Level, or Msl, Is Your True Altitude or Elevation...
Above Ground Level, or AGL, describes the literal height above the ground over which you're flying. Mean Sea Level, or MSL, is your true altitude or elevation. ... A plane that flies at 10,000 feet MSL and stays level registers as flying at 10,000 feet MSL — no matter the terrain changes below the pilot.
Is sea level lower than ground level?
Most people are surprised to learn that, just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the ocean is not flat, and that the surface of the sea changes at different rates around the globe. For instance, the absolute water level height is higher along the West Coast of the United States than the East Coast.
Is sea level the ground?
Height above mean sea level (AMSL) is the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of an object, relative to the average sea level datum.
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