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DAR · Altimeter

Altimeter Trainer

A means altimeter setting. The four digits are inches of mercury — put the decimal after the first two.
28.529.029.530.030.531.0STDLOWHIGH29.92inHg · 1013 hPa · A2992

Turn the knob, scroll on the dial, or focus it and use ↑ ↓ (Page Up/Down for 0.10).

METAR codeA2992
A + 29.92 = 29.92 inHg
≈ 1013 hPa · exactly standard (29.92)
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Pressure doesn't change what you see out the window — it changes what your altimeter reads. Set the instrument below the way a pilot would before flying from this airport.

Challenge: the METAR says A2959. Set your altimeter.