The Standard Atmosphere and Other Data

The Standard Atmosphere

The tables that follow are derived from The ARDC Model Atmosphere, 1959, by Minzner, R. A., Champion, K. S. W., and Pond, H. L. Air Force Cambridge Research Center Report No. TR-59-267, U. S. Air Force, Bedford, MA, 1959. The values in the tables are the same, for most engineering purposes, as those derived from U. S. STAN­DARD ATMOSPHERE, 1976. Prepared by the USAF, NASA, and the NOAA.

English Units"

Altitude h. ft

Temperature T, °R

Pressure P, lb/jp

Density p, lb seU/ff

Speed of sound, ft/sec

Kinematic

viscosity,

fd/sec

0

518.69

2116.2

2.3769~3

1116.4

1.5723~4

1,000

515.12

2040.9

2.3081

1112.6

1.6105

2,000

511.56

1967.7

2.2409

1108.7

1.6499

3,000

507.99

1896.7

2.1752

1104.9

1.6905

4,000

504.43

1827.7

2.1110

1101.0

1.7324

5,000

500.86

1760.9

2.0482

1097.1

1.7755

6,000

497.30

1696.0

1.9869’3

1093.2

1.820Г4

7,000

493.73

1633.1

1.9270

1089.3

1.8661

8,000

490.17

1572.1

1.8685

1085.3

1.9136

9,000

486.61

1512.9

1.8113

1081.4

1.9626

10,000

483.04

1455.6

1.7556

1077.4

2.0132

11,000

479.48

1400.0

1.7011 3

1073.4

2.0655 ~4

12,000

475.92

1346.2

1.6480

1069.4

2.1196

13,000

472.36

1294.1

1.5961

1065.4

2.1754

14,000

468.80

1243.6

1.5455

1061.4

2.2331

15,000

465.23

1194.8

1.4962

1057.4

2.2927

16,000

461.67

1147.5

1.4480’3

1053.3

2.3544-4

17,000

458.11

1101.7

1.4011

1049.2

2.4183

18,000

454.55

1057.5

1.3553

1045.1

2.4843

19,000

450.99

1014.7

1.3107

1041.0

2.5526

20,000

447.43

973.27

1.2673

1036.9

2.6234

Altitude

h. ft

Temperature T, °R

Pressure P, Ib/ft2

Density p, lb sec^/ft4

Speed of sound, ft/sec

Kinematic

viscosity,

ff’/sec

21,000

443.87

933.26

I.2249-3

1032.8

2.6966~4

22,000

440.32

894.59

1.1836

1028.6

2.7724

23,000

436.76

857.24

1.1435

1024.5

2.8510

24,000

433.20

821.16

1.1043

1020.3

2.9324

25,000

429.64

786.33

1.0663

1016.1

3.0168

26,000

426.08

752.71

1.0292~3

1011.9

3.1044~4

27,000

422.53

720.26

9.93 ІГ4

1007.7

3.1951

28,000

418.97

688.96

9.5801

1003.4

3.2893

29,000

415.41

658.77

9.2387

000.13

3.3870

30,000

411.86

629.66

8.9068

994.85

3.4884

31,000

408.30

601.61

8.584 Г 4

990.54

З.59З7-4

32,000

404.75

574.58

8.2704

986.22

3.7030

33,000

401.19

548.54

7.9656

981.88

3.8167

34,000

397.64

523.47

7.6696

977.52

3.9348

35,000

394.08

499.34

7.3820

973.14

4.0575

36,000

390.53

476.12

7.1028~4

968.75

4.1852 4

37,000

389.99

453.86

6.7800

968.08

4.3794

38,000

389.99

432.63

6.4629

968.08

4.5942

39,000

389.99

412.41

6.1608

968.08

4.8196

40,000

389.99

393.12

5.8727

968.08

5.0560

41,000

389.99

374.75

5.5982~4

968.08

5.ЗОЗ9-4

42,000

389.99

357.23

5.3365

968.08

5.5640

43,000

389.99

340.53

5.0871

968.08

5.8368

44,000

389.99

324.62

4.8493

968.08

6.1230

45,000

389.99

309.45

4.6227

968.08

6.4231

46,000

389.99

294.99

4.4067 ~4

968.08

6.7380 4

47,000

389.99

281.20

4.2008

968.08

7.0682

48,000

389.99

268.07

4.0045

968.08

7.4146

49,000

389.99

255.54

3.8175

968.08

7.7780

50,000

389.99

243.61

3.6391

968.08

8.1591

51,000

389.99

232.23

3.4692~4

968.08

8.5588~4

52,000

389.99

221.38

3.3072

968.08

8.9781

53,000

389.99

211.05

3.1527

968.08

9.4179

54,000

389.99

201.19

3.0055

968.08

9.8792

55,000

389.99

191.80

2.8652

968.08

1.0363-3

56,000

389.99

182.84

2.7314~4

968.08

1.0871 3

57,000

389.99

174.31

2.6039

968.08

1.1403

58,000

389.99

166.17

2.4824

968.08

1.1961

59,000

389.99

158.42

2.3665

968.08

1.2547

60,000

389.99

151.03

2.2561

968.08

1.3161

Altitude h. ft

Temperature T, °R

Pressure P, Ib/ft2

Density p, lb sec2/ft4

Speed of sound, ft/sec

Kinematic

viscosity,

ff/sec

61,000

389.99

143.98

2.1508“4

968.08

1.3805-3

62,000

389.99

137.26

2.0505

968.08

1.4481

63,000

389.99

130.86

1.9548

968.08

1.5189

64,000

389.99

124.75

1.8636

968.08

1.5932

65,000

389.99

118.93

1.7767

968.08

1.6712

66,000

389.99

113.39

1.6938 4

968.08

1.7530-3

67,000

389.99

108.10

1.6148

968.08

1.8387

68,000

389.99

102.06

1.5395

968.08

1.9286

69,000

389.99

98.253

1.4678

968.08

2.0230

70,000

389.99

93.672

1.3993

968.08

2.1219

71,000

389.99

89.305

1.334Г4

968.08

2.2257 “3

72,000

389.99

85.142

1.2719

968.08

2.3345

73,000

389.99

81.174

1.2126

968.08

2.4486

74,000

389.99

77.390

1.1561

968.08

2.5683

75,000

389.99

73.784

1.1022

968.08

2.6938

“Note: the notation xxx " means xxx X 10 ".

SI Units

Altitude h, m

Tempera­ture T, К

Pressure

PN/m2

Density p kg/m3

Speed of Sound m/s

Kinematic

Viscosity,

m2/s

0

288.16

1.0132545

1.2250

340.29

1.4607-5

300

286.21

9.7773+4

1.1901

339.14

1.4956

600

284.26

9.4322

1.1560

337.98

1.5316

900

282.31

9.0971

1.1226

336.82

1.5687

1,200

280.36

8.7718

1.0900

335.66

1.6069

1,500

278.41

8.4560

1.0581

334.49

1.6463

1,800

276.46

8.1494

1.0269

333.32

1.6869

2,100

274.51

7.8520

9.9649 1

332.14

1.7289

2,400

272.57

7.5634

9.6673

330.96

1.7721

2,700

270.62

7.2835

9.3765

329.77

1.8167

3,000

268.67

7.0121

9.0926

328.58

1.8628

3,300

266.72

6.7489

8.8153

327.39

1.9104

3,600

264.77

6.4939

8.5445

326.19

1.9595

3,900

262.83

6.2467

8.2802

324.99

2.0102

4,200

260.88

6.0072

8.0222

323.78

2.0626

4,500

258.93

5.7752

7.7704

322.57

2.1167

4,800

256.98

5.5506

7.5247

321.36

2.1727

5,100

255.04

5.3331

7.2851

320.14

2.2305

5,400

253.09

5.1226

7.0513

318.91

2.2903

5,700

251.14

4.918844

6.8234“1

317.69

2.3522-5

Altitude h, m

Tempera­ture T, К

Pressure

PN/m2

Density p kg/m3

Speed of Sound m/s

Kinematic

Viscosity,

m2/s

6,000

249.20

4.7217

6.6011

316.45

2.4161

6,300

247.25

4.5311

6.3845

315.21

2.4824

6,600

245.30

4.3468

6.1733

313.97

2.5509

6,900

243.36

4.1686

5.9676

312.72

2.6218

7,200

241.41

3.9963

5.7671

311.47

2.6953

7,500

239.47

3.8299

5.5719

310.21

2.7714

7,800

237.52

3.6692

5.3818

308.95

2.8503

8,100

235.58

3.5140

5.1967

307.68

2.9320

8,400

233.63

3.3642

5.0165

306.41

3.0167

8,700

231.69

3.2196

4.8412

305.13

3.1046

9,000

229.74

3.0800

4.6706

303.85

3.1957

9,300

227.80

2.9455

4.5047

302.56

3.2903

9,600

225.85

2.8157

4.3433

301.27

3.3884

9,900

223.91

2.6906

4.1864

299.97

3.4903

10,200

221.97

2.5701

4.0339

298.66

3.5961

10,500

220.02

2.4540

3.8857

297.35

3.7060

10,800

218.08

2.3422

3.7417

296.03

3.8202

11,100

216.66

2.2346

3.5932

295.07

3.9564

11,400

216.66

2.1317

3.4277

295.07

4.1474

11,700

216.66

2.033544

3.2699

295.07

4.З475-3

12,000

216.66

1.9399

3.1194

295.07

4.5574

12,300

216.66

1.8506

2.9758

295.07

4.7773

12,600

216.66

1.7654

2.8388

295.07

5.0078

12,900

216.66

1.6842

2.7081

295.07

5.2494

13,200

216.66

1.6067

2.5835

295.07

5.5026

13,500

216.66

1.5327

2.4646

295.07

5.7680

13,800

216.66

1.4622

2.3512

295.07

6.0462

14,100

216.66

1.3950

2.2430

295.07

6.3378

14,400

216.66

1.3308

2.1399

295.07

6.6434

14,700

216.66

1.2696

2.0414

295.07

6.9637

15,000

216.66

1.2112

1.9475

295.07

7.2995

15,300

216.66

1.1555

1.8580

295.07

7.6514

15,600

216.66

1.1023

1.7725

295.07

8.0202

15,900

216.66

1.0516

1.6910

295.07

8.4068

16,200

216.66

1.0033

1.6133

295.07

8.8119

16,500

216.66

9.571743

1.5391

295.07

9.2366

16,800

216.66

9.1317

1.4683

295.07

9.6816

17,100

216.66

8.7119

1.4009

295.07

1.0148 4

17,400

216.66

8.3115

1.3365

295.07

1.0637

17,700

216.66

7.929543

1.2751 [24]

295.07

1.1149 4

18,000

216.66

7.5652

1.2165

295.07

1.1686

18,300

216.66

7.2175

1.1606

295.07

1.2249

18,600

216.66

6.8859

1.1072

295.07

1.2839

18,900

216.66

6.5696

1.0564

295.07

1.3457

Other Data

Conversion Factors

Multiply

By

To Get

Pounds (lb)

4.448

Newtons (N)

Feet (ft)

0.3048

Meters (m)

Slugs

14.59

Kilograms (kg)

Slugs per cubic foot (slugs/ft3)

515.4

Kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3)

Miles per hour (mph)

0.4471

Meters per second (m/s)

Knots (kt)

0.5151

Meters per second (m/s)

Knots (kt)

1.152

Miles per hour (mph)