(EMEP/CORINAIR 2006, Emission inventory guidebook, Group 8: Other mobile sources and machinery)
The part of a flight of an aircraft, after take off and above roughly 914 meters (3.000 feet) above ground level, consisting of getting an aircraft to the desired cruising altitude.
(IPCC 2006, "Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories", Volume 2: Energy, Ch3)
Illustration of the different flight phases
(EMEP/CORINAIR 2006, Emission inventory guidebook, Group 8: Other mobile sources and machinery)
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