Editing Flight level (section)

==Flight levels in Russian Federation and North Korea==
On 5 September 2011 the government of the [[Russian Federation]] issued decree No.743,<ref>{{cite web|title=Постановление Правительства РФ от 05.09.2011 N 743|url=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=119021#|publisher=Консультант Плюс|language=ru|trans-title=Checked on September 5, 2011: N 743, AMENDING In the federal regulations of air space use RUSSIAN FEDERATION|access-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091332/http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc%3Bbase%3DLAW%3Bn%3D119021|archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> pertaining to the changes in the rules of use of the country's airspace. The new rules came into force on 17 November 2011, introducing a flight level system similar to the one used in the West. RVSM has also been in force since this date.

The following table is true for IFR flights:

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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!       FL	!!     (metres)	!!	(feet)
|-
||	20	||	600	||	2000
|-					
||	40	||	1200	||	4000
|-					
||	60	||	1850	||	6000
|-					
||	80	||	2450	||	8000
|-					
||	100	||	3050	||	10000
|-					
||	120	||	3650	||	12000
|-					
||	140	||	4250	||	14000
|-					
||	160	||	4900	||	16000
|-					
||	180	||	5500	||	18000
|-					
||	200	||	6100	||	20000
|-					
||	220	||	6700	||	22000
|-					
||	240	||	7300	||	24000
|-					
||	260	||	7900	||	26000
|-					
||	280	||	8550	||	28000
|-					
||	300	||	9150	||	30000
|-					
||	320	||	9750	||	32000
|-					
||	340	||	10350	||	34000
|-					
||	360	||	10950	||	36000
|-					
||	380	||	11600	||	38000
|-					
||	400	||	12200	||	40000
|-					
||	430	||	13100	||	43000
|-					
||	470	||	14350	||	47000
|-					
||	510	||	15550	||	51000
|}
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;Track 000 to 179°
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!       FL	!!     (metres)	!!	(feet)
|-
|	10 	||	300	||	1000
|-					
|	30	||	900	||	3000
|-					
|	50	||	1500	||	5000
|-					
|	70	||	2150	||	7000
|-					
|	90	||	2750	||	9000
|-					
|	110	||	3350	||	11000
|-					
|	130	||	3950	||	13000
|-					
|	150	||	4550	||	15000
|-					
|	170	||	5200	||	17000
|-					
|	190	||	5800	||	19000
|-					
|	210	||	6400	||	21000
|-					
|	230	||	7000	||	23000
|-					
|	250	||	7600	||	25000
|-					
|	270	||	8250	||	27000
|-					
|	290	||	8850	||	29000
|-					
|	310	||	9450	||	31000
|-					
|	330	||	10050	||	33000
|-					
|	350	||	10650	||	35000
|-					
|	370	||	11300	||	37000
|-					
|	390	||	11900	||	39000
|-					
|	410	||	12500	||	41000
|-					
|	450	||	13700	||	45000
|-					
|	490	||	14950	||	49000
|}
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The new system would eliminate the need to perform climbs and descents in order to enter or leave Russian airspace from or to jurisdictions following the Western standard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rusaero.aero/files/679/aic-2011-11ang.pdf |title=About the Transition to the ICAO Vertical Separation System and Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) From FL 290 TO FL 410 Inclusive in the Airspace of the Russian Federation Effective From 17 November 2011 |publisher=rusaero.aero |date=20 November 2011 |access-date=20 August 2016 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415045050/http://www.rusaero.aero/files/679/aic-2011-11ang.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From February 2017, Russia is changing to use QNH and Feet below the Transition Level. The first airport to use this is ULLI/St. Petersburg.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Declan |last1=Selleck |date=2017-02-22|title=Big change: Russia finally moving to QNH|url=https://ops.group/blog/big-change-russia-finally-moving-to-qnh/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=International Ops 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Most other airports still{{As of?|date=April 2023}} use QFE.

Unlike Russia, North Korea uses metres below the TL based on QNH.