In Health, what constitutes a "flight climbed"?

[zorinlynx]

How many feet is a "flight" according to the iPhone 6 Health app?

I'm just trying to convert that into a useful number. For example, a typical apartment complex might have 10 foot flights of stairs, but the library on campus has 15 foot flights.

Has anyone measured this or tried to figure it out? I suppose I could use this, and the Altimeter test xcode project I found, and calculate it, but I'm lazy.

 

[troop231]

From here: http://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_steps_are_in_a_flight_of_stairs

"Though codes vary, a good rule of thumb is that stairs must not be continuous for more than 12 vertical feet. At 12 feet, a landing must be introduced.

With typical riser heights of 7"3/4 you typically see 16-18 "steps" in a flight of stairs.

Anything beyond that is not code complaint."

 

[IrishVixen]

Fitbit's trackers count around a 10 foot increase in elevation as a flight. (Walking the hill closest to my house adds 9 flights to my total, running up the stairs here at home counts as one flight.) I'd think Apple's works in a similar way.