And at what altitude do the seatbelt signs goes off at?
How long does it take a commercial jet to reach a cruising altitude of 40,000 feet?
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20min….15,000
10-15 minutes, the seatbelt sign turns off at or above 10000 ft, because below 10000 ft is considered the critical stage of flight when accidents may occur.
when i was piloting with american, with the old 707′s
it used to take about 15 minutes or so. If we were pressed for time, we would hold our flight angle a little steeper than FAA
regulations, but that only cut the time back to 9 0r 10 minutes.
As I recall seat belt lights would go off at 25000 ft unless weather was a factor. Wind sheer was a terrible problem at times especially when landing , it would scare hell out of the passengers.
It would take approximately 15 – 20 Min’s for a jet to reach its cruising altitude. Signs usually go off at above 10,000Ft.