Flight planning: Raleigh Regional AT Person County TDF / KTDF
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Raleigh Regional AT Person County in Roxboro, North Carolina, in plain English: right now VFR: good flying weather, Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 8 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
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
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
- B752 at 30,000 ft, 44 nm southeast, 7:31 am EDT (11:31 UTC): light chop turbulence above 30,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
RDU UA /OV RDU090030/TM 1131/FLF300/TP B752/TB CONS LGT CHOP 300
- Report
- a routine report filed through RDU
- Where
- 30 nm east (090°) of RDU
- Time
- 11:31 UTC
- Height
- at F300
- Aircraft
- B752
- Turbulence
- continuous light chop at 30,000 ft
- B739 at 33,000 ft, 50 nm west, 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): light turbulence, remarks: ztlfd 33.
as filed, and in English
ATL UA /OV GSO/TM 1300/FL330/TP B739/TB LGT/RM ZTLFD 33
- Report
- a routine report filed through ATL
- Where
- over GSO
- Time
- 13:00 UTC
- Height
- at 33,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B739
- Turbulence
- light
- Remarks
- ztlfd 33
- E145 at 4,000 ft, 65 nm northwest, 8:06 am EDT (12:06 UTC): a broken layer above 4,000 ft, remarks: during the descent 20SW roa bases 4,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
ROA UA /OV ROA170020/TM 1206/FL040/TP E145/SK BKN040/RM DURD 20SW ROA BASES 040
- Report
- a routine report filed through ROA
- Where
- 20 nm south (170°) of ROA
- Time
- 12:06 UTC
- Height
- at 4,000 ft
- Aircraft
- E145
- Sky
- a broken layer from 4,000 ft
- Remarks
- during the descent 20SW roa bases 4,000 ft
- E75L descending, 82 nm northwest, 7:09 am EDT (11:09 UTC): a broken layer above 3,700 ft.
as filed, and in English
ROA UA /OV ROA/TM 1109/FLDURD/TP E75L/SK BKN037 050
- Report
- a routine report filed through ROA
- Where
- over ROA
- Time
- 11:09 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- E75L
- Sky
- BKN037 at 5,000 ft
- BE36 at 2,000 ft, 100 nm northeast, 8:18 am EDT (12:18 UTC): scattered clouds above 1,000 ft; overcast above 3,500 ft.
as filed, and in English
RIC UA /OV RIC210010/TM 1218/FL020/TP BE36/SK SCT010 OVC035
- Report
- a routine report filed through RIC
- Where
- 10 nm southwest (210°) of RIC
- Time
- 12:18 UTC
- Height
- at 2,000 ft
- Aircraft
- BE36
- Sky
- SCT010 OVC035
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 RDU, 26 nm south of the field · for use 08:00–15:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 30 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 340° (north) | 24 knots | 12 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 26 knots | 7 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 320° (northwest) | 30 knots | 3 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 39 knots | -8 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 310° (northwest) | 30 knots | -20 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 300° (northwest) | 33 knots | -33 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 310° (northwest) | 34 knots | -39 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 310° (northwest) | 41 knots | -47 °C |
Based on data from the 12th at 06:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 12:00 UTC for use 08:00 to 15:00 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
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 Raleigh Regional AT Person County, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.