Flight planning: Virginia Highlands Airport VJI / KVJI
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Virginia Highlands Airport in Abingdon, Virginia, in plain English: right now VFR: good flying weather, Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 13 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: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist, fog).
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
- CRJ9 at 24,000 ft, 15 nm south, 12:29 pm EDT (16:29 UTC): moderate turbulence.
as filed
ATL UA /OV HMV090010/TM 1629/FL240/TP CRJ9/TB MOD/RM ZTLFD 43
- A319 at 36,000 ft, 16 nm south, 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
ATL UA /OV HMV/TM 1500/FL360/TP A319/TB NEG/RM ZTLFD 15
- E55P at 0 ft, 28 nm southwest, 12:13 pm EDT (16:13 UTC): overcast above 3,000 ft.
as filed
TRI UA /OV BOOIE/TM 1613/FLDURC/TP E55P/SK OVC030
- PA31 at 10,000 ft, 45 nm northwest, 10:43 am EDT (14:43 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
LOZ UA /OV AZQ110030/TM 1443/FL100/TP PA31/SK TOP 140-150/TB NEG
- E75L at 17,000 ft, 49 nm southeast, 10:39 am EDT (14:39 UTC): no turbulence, no icing.
as filed
ATL UA /OV BZM340014/TM 1439/FL170/TP E75L/TB NEG/IC NEG/RM ZTLFD 44
- LJ75 at 2,200 ft, 65 nm southeast, 10:33 am EDT (14:33 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
HKY UA /OV KHKY/TM 1433/FL022/TP LJ75/RM BASES REPORTED AT 022 ON THREE MILE FINAL RWY 24
- E75S at 34,000 ft, 73 nm northwest, 12:54 pm EDT (16:54 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
LOZ UA /OV AZQ/TM 1654/FL340/TP E75S/TB LGT CHOP
- CRJ9 at 6,000 ft, 83 nm southeast, 11:01 am EDT (15:01 UTC): moderate turbulence.
as filed
CLT UA /OV CLT 350022/TM 1501/FL060/TP CRJ9/TB MOD/RM DURING DESCENT 060-040
- A306 at 30,000 ft, 94 nm northwest, 10:34 am EDT (14:34 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
LOZ UA /OV AZQ360030/TM 1434/FL300/TP A306/TB NEG
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 CRW, 104 nm north of the field · for use 06:00–18:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 320° (northwest) | 16 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 340° (north) | 25 knots | 13 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 340° (north) | 27 knots | 8 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 340° (north) | 34 knots | 4 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 340° (north) | 40 knots | -7 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 44 knots | -19 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 55 knots | -34 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 320° (northwest) | 60 knots | -42 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 330° (northwest) | 44 knots | -50 °C |
Based on data from the 11th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 12:00 UTC for use 06:00 to 18:00 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 Virginia Highlands Airport, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.