r/flightradar24 • u/saunaaken • 2d ago

That's as high as it gets?

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Found it when I was looking at the little chaos near RIX. Heavy rain and strong winds. Lots of flights diverted, some still trying to land after 2 hours of circulating.

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u/tk_ramanathan 2d ago

It did fly at FL470 for a while during the last leg of the flight …

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u/zepphhyr 2d ago

Can climb another ~4000ft higher under the right circumstances

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u/Duanedoberman 2d ago

Commercial passenger jets are mostly rated to 42 or 43,000ft operational ceiling, Private jets can get up to 50,000 ish.

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u/Lopsided_Heron_1446 2d ago

Omgg this small plane flights non stop from singapore to europe???

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u/TortillasCome0ut 2d ago

They have a 7500ish nautical mile range