Stefanie Waldek is a space, travel, and design journalist with expertise in aviation, meteorology, and polar regions. She was a former editor at Architectural Digest, TripAdvisor, and ArtNews.

An curved arrow pointing right. Most commercial airplanes fly between 35,000 to 42,000 feet high, but there are a number of factors that deem this range optimal. Here are the reasons and science ...

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Cruising altitude isn't a fixed number — many factors go into computing this for every flight — but there is a good reason why airplanes typically fly at 35,000 feet. Planes generally fly at ...