If It's Too Hot, You Can't Fly However, the lapse rate is not consistent when it's hot outside. Additionally, hot air balloons have 20M-30M BTU burners that heat the balloon, causing passengers to feel an additional 10-15 degrees of heat. As a pilot, the high temperatures and heavy air make the balloon sluggish.

Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for hot-air-balloon flight, reaching 21,027 m (68,986 ft). He launched from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed 240 km (150 mi) south in Panchale.

In which country is hot air balloon famous? Cappadocia, Turkey makes for the most famous hot air balloons as it gives the riders a feeling of being in a fairytale with sun setting and the rocks looking like fairy chimneys' with hundreds of colorful balloons dotting the skyline.