Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AFW → MSY
404 nautical miles (465 statute miles) southeast on a straight line, true course 115°, about 111° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 2 h 33 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 38-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:33 pm CDT (03:33 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: 10 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
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers any part of this route right now.
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 AFW.
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 20:00–03:00 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 4 forecast points nearest it (DAL, SHV, LCH, MSY). 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 | 190° at 10 kt | +3 kt | 117 kt | 3 h 27 min | 11:27 pm CDT (04:27 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 210° at 11 kt | 0 | 120 kt | 3 h 22 min | 11:22 pm CDT (04:22 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 220° at 13 kt | −3 kt | 14 °C | 123 kt | 3 h 17 min | 11:17 pm CDT (04:17 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 230° at 15 kt | −6 kt | 11 °C | 126 kt | 3 h 12 min | 11:12 pm CDT (04:12 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | −8 kt | 8 °C | 128 kt | 3 h 09 min | 11:09 pm CDT (04:09 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 260° at 13 kt | −10 kt | 4 °C | 130 kt | 3 h 06 min | 11:06 pm CDT (04:06 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 270° at 13 kt | −12 kt | 1 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 04 min | 11:04 pm CDT (04:04 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 280° at 14 kt | −13 kt | -3 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 02 min | 11:02 pm CDT (04:02 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 280° at 14 kt | −13 kt | -4 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 02 min | 11:02 pm CDT (04:02 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 290° at 15 kt | −15 kt | -15 °C | 135 kt | 3 h | 11:00 pm CDT (04:00 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 310° at 32 kt | −32 kt | -30 °C | 152 kt | 2 h 39 min | 10:39 pm CDT (03:39 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 310° at 32 kt | −31 kt | -41 °C | 151 kt | 2 h 41 min | 10:41 pm CDT (03:41 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 320° at 42 kt | −38 kt | -52 °C | 158 kt | 2 h 33 min | 10:33 pm CDT (03:33 UTC) |
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; 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; 2 nm from the line | 180/21 | 190/24 15° | 230/20 12° | 220/23 8° | 240/22 -5° | 230/18 -15° | 280/33 -29° | 280/36 -39° | 300/33 -52° |
| SHV | used from 98 nm out; 69 nm from the line | 190/11 | 230/19 17° | 230/26 12° | 260/15 7° | 280/16 -4° | 300/17 -15° | 300/34 -30° | 300/31 -41° | 310/42 -52° |
| LCH | used from 246 nm out; 64 nm from the line | 190/6 | 180/8 18° | 170/13 12° | 220/12 7° | 290/10 -4° | 280/15 -14° | 320/30 -31° | 320/32 -40° | 320/39 -53° |
| MSY | used from 295 nm out; 84 nm from the line | L/V | 020/6 18° | L/V 12° | 300/11 7° | 330/15 -4° | 320/22 -16° | 330/38 -32° | 350/47 -42° | 340/56 -52° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFW Fort Worth, TX | departure | no report just now | 723 ft | ||||
| HQZ Mesquite, TX | 39 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 446 ft | ||||
| TRL Terrell, TX | 59 nm out, 8 nm north of the line | no report just now | 474 ft | ||||
| TYR Tyler, TX | 108 nm out, 8 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 543 ft | ||||
| GGG Longview, TX | 138 nm out, 24 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 365 ft | ||||
| AEX Alexandria, LA | 266 nm out, 16 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 88 ft | ||||
| OPL Opelousas, LA | 305 nm out, 15 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 74 ft | ||||
| BTR Baton Rouge, LA | 345 nm out, 8 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 69 ft | ||||
| HDC Hammond, LA | 384 nm out, 24 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 46 ft | ||||
| MSY New Orleans, LA | destination | no report just now | 3 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 723 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MSY when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:33 pm CDT (03:33 UTC)
MSY has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8646 Arlington, TX, Thursday, October 15, 2026 through Friday, October 16, 2026 UTC 8 nm from the route, 20 nm along the route · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Thursday 15 October · ZFW
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 5 nm from the route, 30 nm along the route · a VIP movement · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at AFW 6:59 pm CDT (23:59 UTC), at MSY 6:33 pm CDT (23:33 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:57 pm CDT (23:57 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at MSY is after sunset there (6:34 pm CDT (23:34 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: Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International.