Flight Planning

The two tables below will assist with users flight planning.  They allow the user to determine the appropriate flying height to get the desired swath width and pixel size. The range of flying heights available depends on the platform. For more information on the platforms that MASTER can be operated from see the Platform tab.

Flying Height vs Swath Width
Flying Height
(meters)
Swath Width

1000

1862.421438

2000

3724.842876

3000

5587.264314

4000

7449.685752

5000

9312.10719

6000

11174.52863

7000

13036.95007

8000

14899.3715

9000

16761.79294

10000

18624.21438

11000

20486.63582

12000

22349.05726

13000

24211.47869

14000

26073.90013

15000

27936.32157

16000

29798.74301

17000

31661.16444

18000

33523.58588

19000

35386.00732

20000

37248.42876

21000

39110.8502

22000

40973.27163

23000

42835.69307

24000

44698.11451

25000

46560.53595

26000

48422.95739

27000

50285.37882

28000

52147.80026

29000

54010.2217

30000

55872.64314

31000

57735.06458

32000

59597.48601

33000

61459.90745

34000

63322.32889

35000

65184.75033

36000

67047.17177

37000

68909.5932

38000

70772.01464

39000

72634.43608

40000

74496.85752

41000

76359.27896

42000

78221.70039

43000

80084.12183

44000

81946.54327

45000

83808.96471

46000

85671.38614

47000

87533.80758

48000

89396.22902

49000

91258.65046

50000

93121.0719

51000

94983.49333

52000

96845.91477

53000

98708.33621

54000

100570.7576

55000

102433.1791

56000

104295.6005

57000

106158.022

58000

108020.4434

59000

109882.8648

60000

111745.2863

61000

113607.7077

                       
Flying Height vs Pixel Size
Flying Height
(meters)
Pixel Size

1000

2.500001302

2000

5.000002604

3000

7.500003906

4000

10.00000521

5000

12.50000651

6000

15.00000781

7000

17.50000911

8000

20.00001042

9000

22.50001172

10000

25.00001302

11000

27.50001432

12000

30.00001563

13000

32.50001693

14000

35.00001823

15000

37.50001953

16000

40.00002083

17000

42.50002214

18000

45.00002344

19000

47.50002474

20000

50.00002604

21000

52.50002734

22000

55.00002865

23000

57.50002995

24000

60.00003125

25000

62.50003255

26000

65.00003385

27000

67.50003516

28000

70.00003646

29000

72.50003776

30000

75.00003906

31000

77.50004036

32000

80.00004167

33000

82.50004297

34000

85.00004427

35000

87.50004557

36000

90.00004688

37000

92.50004818

38000

95.00004948

39000

97.50005078

40000

100.0000521

41000

102.5000534

42000

105.0000547

43000

107.500056

44000

110.0000573

45000

112.5000586

46000

115.0000599

47000

117.5000612

48000

120.0000625

49000

122.5000638

50000

125.0000651

51000

127.5000664

52000

130.0000677

53000

132.500069

54000

135.0000703

55000

137.5000716

56000

140.0000729

57000

142.5000742

58000

145.0000755

59000

147.5000768

60000

150.0000781

61000

152.5000794