Why I look higher than I should be?

Question

I was doing a flight from LEMD to LPPT. I was just in line with the runway 21 at 2500 ft. Suddenly I realised that I was way higher than I was supposed to be. Why sometimes I'm at 2500 ft. and it looks like I'm at 2500 ft. and why sometimes not?

Answer 1

At strange airports, this is quite common. Even in real life, pilots tend to be a little higher on their glideslope than usual. The airport elevation (MSL) could be factored into the equation as well; the elevation can throw new pilots off a bit. Cheers, -TwelveYearOldPilot