With no other civil traffic operating at its cruising altitude of about 56,000 ft (17,000 m), Concorde had exclusive use of dedicated oceanic airways, or "tracks", separate from the North Atlantic Tracks, the routes used by other aircraft to cross the Atlantic.

Jul 6, 2023 · Concorde's Altitude When operating at maximum performance, Concorde could fly at nearly 60,000 feet, flying far above both conventional jets of the time and those in the sky today.

Dec 18, 2024 · Capable of flying 1,350 miles per hour at 60,000 feet, the Concorde was a supersonic marvel — so why was it discontinued? The official presentation of a Concorde prototype in 1967. The British and French agreed to work together to build a commercial plane that could fly faster than the speed of sound in 1962. A view of the Concorde in 1967.

Jul 14, 2022 · Flying at 60,000 ft, passengers onboard the Concorde reported seeing the horizon curve on average about 50% of the time. This is due to two reasons. The first is that the aircraft flew at just about the noticeable threshold for seeing the horizon curve.

While Concordes were travelling supersonic they had to have a 50 mile horizontal separation from any other Concordes at the same altitude. Although normally there would have only been a maximum of two Concorde crossing the North Atlantic …

Feb 4, 2025 · The Concorde typically operated at a cruising altitude of around 60,000 feet. This is about twice the altitude of most commercial jets, which usually fly between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. Flying at such heights offered several advantages:

Concorde’s maximum cruising altitude was 60,000 ft (18,000 m) (though the typical altitude reached between London and New York was about 56,000 ft (17,000 m)); subsonic airliners typically cruise below 40,000 ft (12,000 m).

Jun 19, 2015 · Here is a report of the last journey of Concorde from JFK-LHR, which mentions "The highest altitude we reached was 58000 feet." Is this height aerodynamically feasible to reach? Sure, why not? You should check out the U-2 or SR-71 ceiling.

Nov 22, 2021 · It flew at a high altitude Concorde travelled at around 60,000ft, a height of over 11 miles, which meant that passengers could see the Earth’s curve. Due to the intense heat of the airframe, the plane used to expand by around 6-10 inches during the flight.

Concorde had a maximum cruising altitude of 18,300 metres (60,000 ft) and an average cruise speed of Mach 2.02 (2,150 km/h; 1,330 mph), more than twice the speed of conventional aircraft. [130]