The management of transition altitude in the A320 is not clear.  I don't see a place to specify the Transition Altitude for Departure or Arrival so my questions are:

• Is the transition altitude entered/specified as part of departure and arrival procedures or is it picked-up automatically ?
• If it's picked-up automatically, what's the source ?

Thanks.

13 minutes ago, zachlog said:

don't see a place to specify the Transition Altitude for Departure or Arrival

It's just below v2 field.

 

2 minutes ago, polosim said:

It's just below v2 field.

 

Thanks....I missed it because I was expecting it in amber.  I guess it's auto-populated.

What about on the Arrival side if the Transition Altitude is different than Departure ?

Thanks again.

19 minutes ago, zachlog said:

If it's picked-up automatically, what's the source ?

From Aircraft FM Database.

7 minutes ago, zachlog said:

What about on the Arrival side if the Transition Altitude is different than Departure ?

Transition Altitude Field for Arrival/ Approach is located below MAG WIND field, If you need to modify it for any reason or discrepancy, you can insert the correct value via MCDU 4L key.

22 minutes ago, polosim said:

Transition Altitude Field for Arrival/ Approach is located below MAG WIND field, If you need to modify it for any reason or discrepancy, you can insert the correct value via MCDU 4L key.

Many thanks !

That is actually a very good question.

Transition altitude should always be auto-populated.  If I recall correctly, it is linked to the Airport ICAO in the database rather than the country as I've seen some mention. This is because there are a few places in the world where the TA is different between different airports in the same country.  The correct TA should always be verified with the chart and correctly manually if need be.

Best wishes my friend!