funchal elevation query

[gpgibson]

i was trying to land at funchal (madeira) LPMA rwy 5
the approach plate gives the threshold at 147ft but when i eventually landed my altimeter was reading 714 ft my altimeter was set at 29.92 why the discrepancy?

[C]

The most obvious answer is the QNH at Funchal  wasn't 1013/29.92, hence your altimeter was incorrectly set.

[gpgibson]

QNH was set at 29.92 for fenchal (local) I even flew a cessna at 100 ft above sea level ( couldnt go any lower) then i landed at fenchal and my altimeter still read 720 feet on the tarmac.....if for instance i sit on the tarmac at east midlands (EGNX) and set the altimeter to 29.92 it read 310 feet which is correct according to pooleys....

[dave3cu]

In FSX LPMA is poorly done, no doubt to accommodate the poor terrain elevaton map.

The airport elevation listed in the FSX map is 711ft.

[gpgibson]

thank god for that i thought i was losing it, i was working from an approach plate, so FSX is giving incorrect info then? phew!!

[C]

thank god for that i thought i was losing it, i was working from an approach plate, so FSX is giving incorrect info then? phew!!

Isn't Funchal built partially on stilts on the side of a hill on the sea front. Probably explains it then.

That aside, you shouldn't be flying in Europe on 29.92 (or in.Hg) anyway!