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California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County to Crater Lake/Klamath Regional ACV → LMT

128 nautical miles (147 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 056°, about 039° magnetic at the departure end (variation 17E). At 120 knots that is 1 h 01 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 5-knot tailwind), arriving about 12:46 am PDT (07:46 UTC), after sunset at the destination. For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools. Airlines fly this pair: 1 flights in the DOT's last twelve reported months, the route's page.

The return flight

The route the straight line, the warnings crossed, restrictions, pilot reports and the airports along the way · click a mark for its words

Green, blue, red and purple airport dots are the flying conditions reported there now (VFR, marginal VFR, IFR, low IFR); grey means no report. Red areas are SIGMETs, orange areas AIRMETs, hatched red areas temporary flight restrictions. Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Warnings the route crosses SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area the line passes through or comes within 25 nm of

  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the whole route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: strong surface winds (30 knots or more) (due to sustained surface winds greater than 30 knots). Near the route, at the departure end.

A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft; an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments. "From 60 to 180 nm out" is measured along the route from ACV.

Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first

Not fetched just now.

Winds aloft along the route, and the time en route the forecast for use 02:00–09:00 UTC · at 120 knots true airspeed

The eastbound cruising heights for this course (VFR: odd thousands plus 500 ft; above 18,000 ft the forecast levels), with the wind averaged along the line from the 2 forecast points nearest it (FOT, SIY). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
5,500 ft040° at 14 kt+14 kt1 °C106 kt1 h 12 min12:57 am PDT (07:57 UTC)
7,500 ft030° at 16 kt+14 kt0 °C106 kt1 h 12 min12:57 am PDT (07:57 UTC)
9,500 ft010° at 20 kt+15 kt-4 °C105 kt1 h 13 min12:58 am PDT (07:58 UTC)
11,500 ft010° at 28 kt+18 kt-6 °C102 kt1 h 15 min1:00 am PDT (08:00 UTC)
13,500 ft360° at 40 kt+24 kt-8 °C96 kt1 h 20 min1:05 am PDT (08:05 UTC)
15,500 ft360° at 54 kt+31 kt-10 °C89 kt1 h 26 min1:11 am PDT (08:11 UTC)
17,500 ft360° at 67 kt+38 kt-13 °C82 kt1 h 34 min1:19 am PDT (08:19 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180360° at 71 kt+39 kt-13 °C81 kt1 h 35 min1:20 am PDT (08:20 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240360° at 89 kt+50 kt-23 °C70 kt1 h 50 min1:35 am PDT (08:35 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300360° at 88 kt+49 kt-38 °C71 kt1 h 48 min1:33 am PDT (08:33 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340350° at 45 kt+21 kt-42 °C99 kt1 h 18 min1:03 am PDT (08:03 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390310° at 21 kt−5 kt-42 °C125 kt1 h 01 min12:46 am PDT (07:46 UTC)

Based on data from the 12th at 00:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 06:00 UTC for use 02:00 to 09:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; a height is left out when the forecast has no wind for it over most of the line (the ground is higher). Ground speed is the airspeed less the headwind; the time en route is for the straight line and ignores climb, descent and routing around weather.

The forecast points as issued
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
FOTused from 0 nm out; 45 nm from the line040/18020/10 5°020/22 0°010/38 -3°360/70 -12°360/81 -23°360/88 -39°360/52 -44°330/31 -43°
SIYused from 49 nm out; 14 nm from the line050/17 1°010/16 -5°360/26 -8°360/71 -14°360/94 -23°360/88 -37°350/41 -40°290/17 -41°

The weather now: both ends and the airports along the way public airports with a weather report within 25 nm of the line, one for each stretch

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
ACV Arcata/Eureka, CA departure no report just now 222 ft
SIY Montague, CA 89 nm out, 1 nm south of the line no report just now 2,651 ft
LMT Klamath Falls, OR destination no report just now 4,095 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 4,095 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At LMT when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 12:46 am PDT (07:46 UTC)

LMT has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.

Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it

No temporary flight restriction on or near this route right now.

Daylight

Sunset at ACV 6:40 pm PDT (01:40 UTC), at LMT 6:30 pm PDT (01:30 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:58 pm PDT (01:58 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at LMT is before sunrise there (7:15 am PDT (14:15 UTC)).

Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.

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

Radar now, the Pacific Southwest
Radar now, the Pacific Southwest · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the Pacific Northwest
Radar now, the Pacific Northwest · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft, observations and terminal forecasts), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes, and the FAA's airport file for the positions, elevations and magnetic variation. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Each leg is the straight line between its two airports; airways, terrain and airspace are not considered. The airports in detail: California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County, Crater Lake/Klamath Regional.