Back to Tools

Pitot-Static Airspeed

Loading author...

Calculate incompressible pitot-static airspeed from pressure difference and local air density.

Indicated airspeed

90.35 m/s

175.63 kt

Dynamic pressure

5,000.0 Pa

pitot-static pressure difference

Pitot-static pressure split

The forward opening senses total pressure while side ports sense static pressure; their difference is dynamic pressure.

175.6 kt

free streamV 90.4 m/spitot openingtotal pressurestatic portsDelta ppressure difference maps to incompressible indicated airspeed

Differential pressure

5,000.0 Pa

total pressure minus static pressure

Air density

1.225 kg/m3

sets the pressure-speed conversion

Indicated speed

90.35 m/s

175.63 kt

Open Source and Easy to Use Elsewhere

This tool is open source and the underlying logic is fully transparent. You can inspect the code, understand the calculations, and contribute improvements. If you want to use the tool in your own website, course page, or learning platform, you can also embed it directly and start from a ready-made iframe setup for this exact tool.

Open source: review the implementation and see how the results are produced.

Embeddable: preview this tool, copy the iframe, and use it in your own site or LMS.