Flight planning: Henderson Executive HND / KHND
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Henderson Executive in Las Vegas, Nevada, in plain English: right now VFR: good flying weather, Wind from the south (190°) at 22 knots. 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 4E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist, fog).
- AIRMET ZULU 3C: moderate icing up to 22,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 20,000 ft to 36,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 16,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist, fog).
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: strong surface winds (30 knots or more) (due to sustained surface winds greater than 30 knots).
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
- A320 at 2,500 ft, 6 nm north, 10:21 am PDT (17:21 UTC): wind 180° at 32 knots.
as filed
LAS UA /OV KLAS/TM 1721/FL025/TP A320/WV 18032KT/RM WIND SHEAR OV 26L. COR ALT AND WIND. ZLA CWSU
- A320 at 500 ft, 6 nm north, 10:21 am PDT (17:21 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
LAS UA /OV KLAS/TM 1721/FL005/TP A320/WV 18023G32/RM WIND SHEAR REPORTED OVER RWY 26L
- B738 at 3,800 ft, 8 nm northeast, 11:18 am PDT (18:18 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
LAS UA /OV KLAS080005/TM 1818/FL038/TP B738/TB LIGHT CHOP/RM DURD
- B737 at 5,500 ft, 11 nm northeast, 11:50 am PDT (18:50 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
LAS UA /OV LAS080011/TM 1850/FL055/TP B737/SK B055/RM 11 MILE FINAL 26L
- B752 at 15,000 ft, 16 nm northeast, 12:06 pm PDT (19:06 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
LAS UA /OV LAS050013/TM 1906/FL150/TP B752/TB SMOOTH/RM DURC GIDGT SID
- 0C12 climbing, 16 nm north, 9:48 am PDT (16:48 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
VGT UA /OV LAS321010/TM 1648/FLUNKN/TP 0C12/TB LGT CHOP/RM DURC. COR ALT. ZLA CWSU
- E300 at 3,500 ft, 17 nm north, 11:20 am PDT (18:20 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
VGT UA /OV LAS318011/TM 1820/FL035/TP E300/TB NEG
- B738 at 10,000 ft, 31 nm east, 12:16 pm PDT (19:16 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
LAS UA /OV LAS067031/TM 1916/FL100/TP B738/TB SMOOTH/RM DURD CHOWW STAR RY26
- B38M at 11,000 ft, 31 nm northeast, 12:10 pm PDT (19:10 UTC): no turbulence, light rain.
as filed
LAS UA /OV LAS064030/TM 1910/FL110/TP B38M/WX -RA/TB NEG/RM DURD CHOWW STAR RY19 TRANSITION
- E135 at 16,000 ft, 31 nm east, 11:24 am PDT (18:24 UTC): light rime icing from 16,000 ft to 17,500 ft, -10 °C.
as filed
LAS UA /OV LAS065030/TM 1824/FL160/TP E135/TA M10/IC LGT RIME 160-175/RM -/ZLAWC111840 AWC-WEB
- F900 at 33,000 ft, 33 nm northeast, 11:19 am PDT (18:19 UTC): light to moderate rime icing from 23,000 ft to 25,000 ft, -22 °C.
as filed
LAS UA /OV BLD040021/TM 1819/FL330/TP F900/TA M22/IC LGT-MOD RIME 230-250/RM GIDGT DEP DURC -/ZLAWC111839 AWC-WEB
- A321 at 22,000 ft, 35 nm east, 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): moderate rime icing, -22 °C.
as filed
LAS UA /OV BLD090022/TM 1900/FL220/TP A321/TA M22/IC MOD RIME/RM -/ZLAWC111904 AWC-WEB
What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind. An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, or similar.
Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point BLH, 143 nm south of the field · for use 14:00–21:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 230° (southwest) | 23 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 26 knots | 11 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 29 knots | 6 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 33 knots | 1 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 38 knots | -13 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 66 knots | -16 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 36 knots | -25 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 43 knots | -34 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 46 knots | -45 °C |
Based on data from the 11th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 11th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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
- 6/8808 Las Vegas, NV, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 5 nm north · security · starts Tuesday 13 October · ZLA
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
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 Henderson Executive, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.