Hello cpt's

I searched on internet but can't find the right info.

In a boeing you set the landing altitude on the overhead panel, where do you set it in an Airbus ?

And what to fill in on the Approach page of the mcdu. It has two boxes :  Baro and Radio.

I would like to know,

Thnx !

Hello Rene, 

Have a look here for how to configure for approach https://docs.flybywiresim.com/pilots-corner/beginner-guide/descent/#advanced-arrival-planning

Not sure about airport elevation - I think it's entered automatically in the Airbus. 

Cheers. 

58 minutes ago, Rene777 said:

In a boeing you set the landing altitude on the overhead panel, where do you set it in an Airbus ?

You can set it on the overhead if you want to, check this link, but usually this option is left in the automatic position. As with almost everything in the Airbus. 😉

The FBW site is a great source for everything Airbus related!!! This page for instance is very convenient! Just click on something and you'll get a wealth of information. That site is an example for a lot of payware devs...

The airport elevation is set (automatically), when the landing runway / approach is set in the MCDU.

Second question: the radio alt is only used, when doing low visibility, high precision approaches (this is the RADIO alt, means altitude above ground).

Normaly you use the baro for minimums, which is alt MSL (you can find both numbers on the approach chart of the respective airport). In most cases you should use the "C" minimums for the A320Neo.

On recent Airbus, RADIO and BARO are replacing the previous DH (Decision Hight) and MDA (Minimum Descent Altitude).

If you perform a CAT II or CAT III ILS approach DH (RADIO) would be the information to input taken from your approach plate. Any other approach would use the BARO, ie. MDA information.

Thanks for all the reactions !

I'll go study...😊