Sekirov Dictionary

cruise-climb

noun 1
verb 1
forms 6

noun1

•
An instance of cruise-climbing.
- A cruise-climb is more efficient than the standard step climb, but is rarely used since it's much harder for ATC to manage.

verb1

•
To slowly but continuously climb during cruise flight as the aircraft's weight decreases due to fuel burnoff (done because flight at higher altitudes is more efficient but requires a lighter aircraft).
- For a transatlantic crossing, the Concorde would be assigned a ~15,000-foot block of altitude; it started out at flight level 450 and gradually cruise-climbed up to between FL570 and FL600 over the mid-Atlantic before beginning to descend.

forms

cruise climbed · cruise-climbed · cruise climbing · cruise-climbing · cruise climbs · cruise-climbs

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