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How to choose the right size of flag for your flagpole

Usually the size of flag should be proportional to the height of the flagpole it will be flown on.

These days we use metric measurements for flagpoles but still mainly refer to flag sizes in feet and inches. For example a 6 metre flagpole, being approx. 20ft, would fly a 6ft x 3ft flag.

There are exceptions though: not all flags have a proportion ratio of 2:1 and not all flagpoles are designed to fly the flag size you might want. Our advice is to ask the flagpole supplier or manufacturer what size of flag you should fly on the flagpole they have supplied. Together with weather conditions the correct size of flag is a critical safety aspect. Have a look at the table above to see which flag size goes with which flagpole.

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