How high can a Cessna 150-152 fly ?
The climb performance of individual model years of Cessna 150-152’s are very similar, but Cessna seems to have changed their measuring methods from time to time, so the book maximum altitude figures ( service ceiling ) vary from a low of 12, 650 feet to a high of 15,300 feet. In actual practice, the climb performance of these airplanes is sluggish above 9,500 feet. At altitudes above 9,500 typical climb rates hover around 100 feet per minute, so a climb from 9,500 to 12,500 feet could easily take 20 minutes to half an hour. Above that, both the crew and the engine are starving for oxygen. As a practical matter, Cessna 150-152 pilots rarely fly above 9,500 feet, it just takes too much fuel and patience to get there. The vast majority of Cessna 150-152 flying takes place between 2,500 and 6,500 feet.
