How can one get ahead of time an approximation of the aircraft cabin temperature during a flight?
Aircraft cabin temperatures vary greatly, with the extremes of the range reaching 18°C and 32.2°C (mirror), sometimes even less/more, which makes it difficult to assess appropriately how much clothing to keep on carry-on. How can one get ahead of time an approximation of the aircraft cabin temperature during a flight?
Ideally I'd like a website where one enters the flight number and flight date, and get some approximation. Or some https://flightaware.com-like website that'd log past aircraft cabin temperatures.
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This would be a terrific app or service, but unfortunately, is extremely difficult in practice. There's too much variation from one crew to another, one plane to another, one airline to another. There are some general tips, such as the observation that Asian airlines generally have hotter cabin temperatures than U.S. and European airlines.
Some airlines have configured some of their aircraft with individual air jets for each seat, or for each seat along the sides but not the center. If you have an individual air jet, you can control your own air temperature by adjusting the jet, since air coming from the jet will be colder than the ambient cabin air.
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How is cabin temperature controlled?
The temperature of the air distributed to the cabin and cockpit is controlled by mixing hot trim air with the conditioned air from the mixing manifold before it enters the cabin. There is a separate trim-air valve for each zone. The trim-air valves regulate the flow of trim air to control the temperature of the zones.How do planes maintain temperature?
\u201cI keep the cockpit cool, as we're surrounded by windows," he says. "The temp in the cabin is regulated by separate controllers, by zone (forward cabin, aft cabin).How does cabin pressurization work?
Airplanes pressurize their cabins by pumping air into them. As their jet engines suck in air, some of the excess air is diverted into the airplane's cabin. The air is both cooled and humidified \u2014 meaning moisture is added to it \u2014 after which it's circulated into and throughout the cabin.Does temperature affect flight?
More broadly, as high temperatures thin the atmosphere, oxygen molecules spread farther apart from one another. With fewer air molecules pushing back beneath the wings of the plane, the air fails to generate enough force for takeoff.Aircrew secret \
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Well, without a Tardis or similar device, this proposition is practically impossible.
Cabin temperatures are regulated in flight so the only way to know this beforehand is to get a personal guarantee ahead of time from the Captain. Depending on the airline, this might be possible a month or so in advance.
Boarding and ground temperature can be predicted as far out as reliable weather forecasts.
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