Addison Airport to Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field ADS → FTY
619 nautical miles (712 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 082°, about 079° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3E). At 120 knots that is 4 h 13 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 27-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:55 am EDT (12:55 UTC). 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 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist, fog). Near the route, 559 nm along the route.
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 ADS.
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 08:00–15:00 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 6 forecast points nearest it (DAL, SHV, LIT, JAN, BHM, ATL). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,500 ft | 260° at 13 kt | −14 kt | 134 kt | 4 h 37 min | 9:19 am EDT (13:19 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 260° at 14 kt | −14 kt | 134 kt | 4 h 37 min | 9:19 am EDT (13:19 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 270° at 13 kt | −14 kt | 14 °C | 134 kt | 4 h 37 min | 9:19 am EDT (13:19 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 280° at 13 kt | −13 kt | 10 °C | 133 kt | 4 h 39 min | 9:21 am EDT (13:21 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 280° at 11 kt | −11 kt | 7 °C | 131 kt | 4 h 44 min | 9:26 am EDT (13:26 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 290° at 12 kt | −12 kt | 3 °C | 132 kt | 4 h 41 min | 9:23 am EDT (13:23 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 290° at 14 kt | −13 kt | -1 °C | 133 kt | 4 h 39 min | 9:21 am EDT (13:21 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 290° at 16 kt | −15 kt | -5 °C | 135 kt | 4 h 35 min | 9:17 am EDT (13:17 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 290° at 16 kt | −15 kt | -6 °C | 135 kt | 4 h 35 min | 9:17 am EDT (13:17 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 290° at 15 kt | −14 kt | -17 °C | 134 kt | 4 h 37 min | 9:19 am EDT (13:19 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 310° at 36 kt | −27 kt | -30 °C | 147 kt | 4 h 13 min | 8:55 am EDT (12:55 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 320° at 39 kt | −24 kt | -40 °C | 144 kt | 4 h 18 min | 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 320° at 36 kt | −19 kt | -51 °C | 139 kt | 4 h 27 min | 9:09 am EDT (13:09 UTC) |
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; 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
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | used from 0 nm out; 28 nm from the line | 190/30 | 200/28 18° | 220/18 13° | 250/13 8° | 240/24 -6° | 270/20 -14° | 270/35 -29° | 290/34 -39° | 310/41 -51° |
| SHV | used from 100 nm out; 55 nm from the line | 210/20 | 210/20 18° | 230/20 11° | 240/16 7° | 270/17 -7° | 250/11 -15° | 300/34 -30° | 310/34 -40° | 320/36 -51° |
| LIT | used from 200 nm out; 80 nm from the line | 250/22 | 250/25 18° | 240/23 12° | 240/20 7° | 250/17 -6° | 260/25 -17° | 300/45 -29° | 300/49 -40° | 310/43 -51° |
| JAN | used from 300 nm out; 76 nm from the line | 240/10 | 260/15 18° | 280/10 11° | 290/6 6° | 290/15 -5° | 300/15 -17° | 320/35 -30° | 330/38 -40° | 330/39 -51° |
| BHM | used from 399 nm out; 83 nm from the line | 310/19 | 310/15 16° | 320/19 11° | 330/15 5° | 330/23 -5° | 320/14 -18° | 320/36 -32° | 330/44 -40° | 340/36 -51° |
| ATL | used from 549 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 330/32 | 340/36 17° | 350/34 10° | 340/25 6° | 330/27 -6° | 350/35 -18° | 330/49 -32° | 340/47 -41° | 340/27 -51° |
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
| Airport | Where | Conditions | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADS Dallas, TX | departure | no report just now | 644 ft | ||||
| GVT Greenville, TX | 40 nm out, 1 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 534 ft | ||||
| OSA Mount Pleasant, TX | 90 nm out, 6 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 364 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 150 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| ELD El Dorado, AR | 200 nm out, 9 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 277 ft | ||||
| GLH Greenville, MS | 300 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 130 ft | ||||
| GWO Greenwood, MS | 339 nm out, 4 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 162 ft | ||||
| GTR Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS | 419 nm out, 13 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 264 ft | ||||
| JFX Jasper, AL | 479 nm out, 12 nm north of the line | no report just now | 482 ft | ||||
| BHM Birmingham, AL | 509 nm out, 10 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 650 ft | ||||
| CTJ Carrollton, GA | 589 nm out, 8 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,164 ft | ||||
| FTY Atlanta, GA | destination | no report just now | 841 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,164 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At FTY when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:55 am EDT (12:55 UTC)
FTY has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 4 nm from the route, at the departure end · a VIP movement · ZFW
- 6/8646 Arlington, TX, Thursday, October 15, 2026 through Friday, October 16, 2026 UTC 18 nm from the route, at the departure end · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Thursday 15 October · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at ADS 6:58 pm CDT (23:58 UTC), at FTY 7:08 pm EDT (23:08 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:33 pm EDT (23:33 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
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: Addison Airport, Fulton County Exec/Charlie Brown Field.