Climb (aeronautics)

An Iberia Airbus A321 on the climbout from London Heathrow Airport

In aviation, a climb or ascent is the operation of increasing the altitude of an aircraft. It is also the logical phase of a typical flight (the climb phase or climbout) following takeoff and preceding the cruise. During the climb phase there is an increase in altitude to a predetermined level.[1] The opposite of a climb is a descent.

  1. ^ Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual 2008 (2008 ed.). Federal Aviation Administration. 2007. p. 944. ISBN 978-1-56027-655-5.