Flight planning: Oakland/Troy Airport VLL / KVLL
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Oakland/Troy Airport in Troy, 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
- CL60 at 6,000 ft, 9 nm north, 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
- SR22 at 5,000 ft, 13 nm northwest, 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, 13 nm northwest, 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
- H25B at 1,500 ft, 14 nm northwest, 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
- CL35 at 1,900 ft, 15 nm northwest, 4:17 pm EDT (20:17 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
PTK UA /OV PTK270002/TM 2017/FL019/TP CL35/SK BASES 019 OVC
- Report
- a routine report filed through PTK
- Where
- 2 nm west (270°) of PTK
- Time
- 20:17 UTC
- Height
- at 1,900 ft
- Aircraft
- CL35
- Sky
- bases 1,900 ft overcast
- CRJ9 at 5,000 ft, 16 nm south, 4:01 pm EDT (20:01 UTC): no turbulence, overcast above 4,300 ft.
as filed, and in English
DTW UA /OV 6 NE DXO/TM 2001/FL050/TP CRJ9/SK OVC043/TB SMOOTH
- Report
- a routine report filed through DTW
- Where
- 6 northeast dxo
- Time
- 20:01 UTC
- Height
- at 5,000 ft
- Aircraft
- CRJ9
- Sky
- overcast from 4,300 ft
- Turbulence
- smooth
- BE36 at 3,000 ft, 20 nm southwest, 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
- M700 at 24,000 ft, 20 nm southwest, 4:36 pm EDT (20:36 UTC): moderate rime icing from 23,300 ft to 24,000 ft, -23 °C, remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
OZW UA /OV SVM/TM 2036/FL240/TP M700/TA M23/IC MOD RIME 240-233/RM DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through OZW
- Where
- over SVM
- Time
- 20:36 UTC
- Height
- at 24,000 ft
- Aircraft
- M700
- Temperature
- −23 °C
- Icing
- moderate rime from 24,000 ft to 23,300 ft
- Remarks
- during the descent
- B712 at 300 ft, 21 nm south, 6:21 pm EDT (22:21 UTC): overcast, remarks: tops 4,000 ft bases 300 ft.
as filed, and in English
DTW UA /OV DTW/TM 2221/FL003/TP B712/SK OVC/RM TOPS 040 BASES 003
- Report
- a routine report filed through DTW
- Where
- over DTW
- Time
- 22:21 UTC
- Height
- at 300 ft
- Aircraft
- B712
- Sky
- overcast
- Remarks
- tops 4,000 ft bases 300 ft
- A320 descending, 21 nm south, 5:38 pm EDT (21:38 UTC): overcast, remarks: tops 3,500 ft bases 500 ft.
as filed, and in English
DTW UA /OV DTW/TM 2138/FLDURD/TP A320/SK OVC/RM TOPS 035 BASES 005
- Report
- a routine report filed through DTW
- Where
- over DTW
- Time
- 21:38 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- A320
- Sky
- overcast
- Remarks
- tops 3,500 ft bases 500 ft
- CRJ7 descending, 21 nm south, 4:13 pm EDT (20:13 UTC): overcast above 40,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
DTW UA /OV DTW/TM 2013/FLDURD/TP CRJ7/SK OVC004
- Report
- a routine report filed through DTW
- Where
- over DTW
- Time
- 20:13 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- CRJ7
- Sky
- overcast from 400 ft
- TBM8 at 1,600 ft, 31 nm southwest, 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, 90 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
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 Oakland/Troy Airport, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.