Airports · Bishop International · flight planning · Sun 7:51 pm EDT (23:51 UTC)

Flight planning: Bishop International FNT / KFNT

What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Bishop International in Flint, Michigan, in plain English: right now marginal VFR: flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility, Wind calm. The warnings, reports and winds below come from the government's aviation weather service and the restrictions from the FAA, refreshed every few minutes. For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools.

Warnings in force SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area covers this field

AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).

A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft (thunderstorms, severe turbulence or icing, volcanic ash); an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments (moderate turbulence or icing, low cloud, strong surface wind, mountains hidden in cloud). An area is counted when it covers this field's position.

Pilot reports within 100 nautical miles, last three hours, nearest first

CRJ2 descending, 0 nm northwest, 6:30 pm EDT (22:30 UTC): overcast from 1,900 ft to 2,900 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
FNT UA /OV FNT/TM 2230/FLDURD/TP CRJ2/SK OVC019 - TOP029
```
Report
a routine report filed through FNT
Where
over FNT
Time
22:30 UTC
Height
during the descent
Aircraft
CRJ2
Sky
overcast from 1,900 ft, tops 2,900 ft
C172 descending, 0 nm northeast, 5:32 pm EDT (21:32 UTC): overcast above 1,800 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
FNT UA /OV KFNT/TM 2132/FLDURD/TP C172/SK OVC018
```
Report
a routine report filed through FNT
Where
over KFNT
Time
21:32 UTC
Height
during the descent
Aircraft
C172
Sky
overcast from 1,800 ft
H25B at 1,500 ft, 22 nm southeast, 6:20 pm EDT (22:20 UTC): overcast above 1,700 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
PTK UA /OV PTK270001/TM 2220/FL015/TP H25B/SK OVC017-TOPUNKN
```
Report
a routine report filed through PTK
Where
1 nm west (270°) of PTK
Time
22:20 UTC
Height
at 1,500 ft
Aircraft
H25B
Sky
overcast from 1,700 ft, tops unknown
GLF5 at 9,000 ft, 23 nm southeast, 7:13 pm EDT (23:13 UTC): overcast from 1,500 ft to 4,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
PTK UA /OV PTK 7E/TM 2313/FL090/TP GLF5/SK OVC015-TOP040
```
Report
a routine report filed through PTK
Where
ptk 7E
Time
23:13 UTC
Height
at 9,000 ft
Aircraft
GLF5
Sky
overcast from 1,500 ft, tops 4,000 ft
PA32 at 1,500 ft, 23 nm southeast, 7:03 pm EDT (23:03 UTC): overcast above 1,500 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
PTK UA /OV PTK 1W/TM 2303/FL015/TP PA32/SK OVC015
```
Report
a routine report filed through PTK
Where
ptk 1W
Time
23:03 UTC
Height
at 1,500 ft
Aircraft
PA32
Sky
overcast from 1,500 ft
SR22 at 5,000 ft, 23 nm southeast, 5:14 pm EDT (21:14 UTC): no turbulence, overcast above 4,100 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
DTW UA /OV PTK/TM 2114/FL050/TP SR22/SK UKNOVC041/TB SMOOTH
```
Report
a routine report filed through DTW
Where
over PTK
Time
21:14 UTC
Height
at 5,000 ft
Aircraft
SR22
Sky
UKNOVC041
Turbulence
smooth
C25A at 1,900 ft, 23 nm southeast, 5:13 pm EDT (21:13 UTC): overcast, remarks: bases 1,900 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
PTK UA /OV 2 WEST/TM 2113/FL019/TP C25A/SK OVC/RM BASES 019
```
Report
a routine report filed through PTK
Where
2 west
Time
21:13 UTC
Height
at 1,900 ft
Aircraft
C25A
Sky
overcast
Remarks
bases 1,900 ft
CL60 at 6,000 ft, 29 nm southeast, 5:01 pm EDT (21:01 UTC): overcast above 5,100 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
DTW UA /OV PTK090010/TM 2101/FL060/TP CL60/SK UKNOVC051
```
Report
a routine report filed through DTW
Where
10 nm east (090°) of PTK
Time
21:01 UTC
Height
at 6,000 ft
Aircraft
CL60
Sky
UKNOVC051
PA24 at 1,900 ft, 29 nm north, 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC): overcast from 1,900 ft to 2,900 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
MBS UA /OV HYX/TM 2055/FL019/TP PA24/SK OVC019 TOPS029
```
Report
a routine report filed through MBS
Where
over HYX
Time
20:55 UTC
Height
at 1,900 ft
Aircraft
PA24
Sky
overcast from 1,900 ft, tops 2,900 ft
BE36 at 3,000 ft, 34 nm south, 6:20 pm EDT (22:20 UTC): no turbulence, imc.
as filed, and in English
```
DTW UA /OV SVM/TM 2220/FL030/TP BE36/SK IMC/TB SMOOTH
```
Report
a routine report filed through DTW
Where
over SVM
Time
22:20 UTC
Height
at 3,000 ft
Aircraft
BE36
Sky
instrument conditions
Turbulence
smooth
GLEX at 2,200 ft, 39 nm west, 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
```
LAN UA /OV LAN/TM 2100/FL022/TP GLEX/SK T-030 B-022
```
Report
a routine report filed through LAN
Where
over LAN
Time
21:00 UTC
Height
at 2,200 ft
Aircraft
GLEX
Sky
T-030 B-022
TBM8 at 1,600 ft, 44 nm south, 5:24 pm EDT (21:24 UTC): overcast above 1,600 ft.
as filed, and in English
```
ARB UA /OV ARB060001/TM 2124/FL016/TP TBM8/SK OVC016
```
Report
a routine report filed through ARB
Where
1 nm northeast (060°) of ARB
Time
21:24 UTC
Height
at 1,600 ft
Aircraft
TBM8
Sky
overcast from 1,600 ft

What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind, and whatever they remarked on (wind shear on final, a smooth ride). An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, wind shear, or similar. Open "as filed, and in English" for the coded report and its translation line by line.

Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point CLE, 126 nm southeast of the field · for use 20:00–03:00 UTC

Height	Wind from	Speed	Temperature
3,000 ft	340° (north)	5 knots
6,000 ft	320° (northwest)	13 knots	14 °C
9,000 ft	300° (northwest)	12 knots	8 °C
12,000 ft	310° (northwest)	10 knots	2 °C
18,000 ft	310° (northwest)	14 knots	-10 °C
24,000 ft	340° (north)	14 knots	-23 °C
30,000 ft	320° (northwest)	27 knots	-35 °C
34,000 ft	260° (west)	28 knots	-40 °C
39,000 ft	250° (west)	36 knots	-48 °C

Based on data from the 11th at 18:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 00:00 UTC for use 20:00 to 03:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; the lowest rows are left out where the ground is already that high.

Temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles, from the FAA's list

No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles right now.

Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (a closed runway, lights out, a crane) are not shown here: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time, and the application for the FAA's data feed is in hand.

Radar and forecast charts government pictures, the latest each time the page loads

Radar now: KDTX (20 nautical miles away) · loop National Weather Service

Radar, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service

Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

The radar pictures come from the National Weather Service (the nearest radar, then the region); the surface analysis and the 12- and 24-hour forecast charts from the Weather Prediction Center. They are public-domain government images shown as they are published.

Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, and the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Back to Bishop International, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.