Angaur Airstrip Airport to Gerald R Ford International ANG → GRR
7,119 nautical miles (8,192 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 032°, about 031° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1E). At 120 knots that is 58 h 50 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 1-knot tailwind), arriving about 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 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: 2 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 4E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 6549 to 6789 nm out.
- AIRMET ZULU 3C: moderate icing from 13,000 ft to 24,000 ft. Near the route, 6779 nm along the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground). Over the route from 6829 to 7019 nm out.
- 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, at the destination 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 ANG.
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 12 forecast points nearest it (AST, CAR, AST, SEA, GPI, GGW, MOT, GFK, INL, DLH, GRB, MKG). 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 | 350° at 1 kt | +1 kt | 119 kt | 59 h 49 min | 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 350° at 3 kt | +2 kt | -1 °C | 118 kt | 60 h 20 min | 5:26 pm EDT (21:26 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 340° at 7 kt | +4 kt | 0 °C | 116 kt | 61 h 22 min | 6:28 pm EDT (22:28 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 350° at 13 kt | +7 kt | -1 °C | 113 kt | 63 h | 8:06 pm EDT (00:06 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 350° at 20 kt | +11 kt | -3 °C | 109 kt | 65 h 19 min | 10:25 pm EDT (02:25 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 350° at 26 kt | +14 kt | -6 °C | 106 kt | 67 h 10 min | 12:16 am EDT (04:16 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 350° at 31 kt | +16 kt | -9 °C | 104 kt | 68 h 27 min | 1:33 am EDT (05:33 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 350° at 36 kt | +18 kt | -13 °C | 102 kt | 69 h 48 min | 2:54 am EDT (06:54 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 350° at 37 kt | +19 kt | -14 °C | 101 kt | 70 h 29 min | 3:35 am EDT (07:35 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 340° at 42 kt | +14 kt | -26 °C | 106 kt | 67 h 10 min | 12:16 am EDT (04:16 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 340° at 44 kt | +16 kt | -40 °C | 104 kt | 68 h 27 min | 1:33 am EDT (05:33 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 340° at 46 kt | +13 kt | -47 °C | 107 kt | 66 h 32 min | 11:38 pm EDT (03:38 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 320° at 33 kt | −1 kt | -47 °C | 121 kt | 58 h 50 min | 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AST | used from 0 nm out; 5572 nm from the line | L/V | 340/6 1° | 350/17 -2° | 360/32 -3° | 360/50 -14° | 350/55 -26° | 350/58 -40° | 350/62 -49° | 340/40 -47° |
| CAR | used from 3449 nm out; 2592 nm from the line | 300/29 | 280/23 8° | 280/33 4° | 280/40 -1° | 280/40 -14° | 300/46 -24° | 290/44 -41° | 270/57 -50° | 260/73 -54° |
| AST | used from 3499 nm out; 2158 nm from the line | L/V | 340/6 1° | 350/17 -2° | 360/32 -3° | 360/50 -14° | 350/55 -26° | 350/58 -40° | 350/62 -49° | 340/40 -47° |
| SEA | used from 4399 nm out; 1329 nm from the line | 350/5 | 010/6 0° | 010/9 -4° | 010/27 -6° | 010/51 -15° | 360/58 -26° | 360/60 -41° | 350/55 -48° | 340/30 -45° |
| GPI | used from 5549 nm out; 531 nm from the line | 090/8 -4° | 140/7 -7° | 090/10 -8° | 110/10 -19° | 210/25 -30° | 200/24 -40° | 210/31 -39° | 210/35 -42° | |
| GGW | used from 5949 nm out; 359 nm from the line | 100/7 -1° | 070/10 -3° | 190/6 -4° | 210/34 -10° | 230/33 -24° | 210/48 -37° | 230/65 -40° | 230/71 -46° | |
| MOT | used from 6199 nm out; 235 nm from the line | 120/14 4° | 190/25 5° | 220/41 1° | 240/43 -11° | 230/39 -22° | 220/44 -38° | 240/62 -42° | 250/73 -48° | |
| GFK | used from 6399 nm out; 147 nm from the line | 080/18 | L/V 11° | 260/22 7° | 250/48 3° | 260/51 -11° | 250/44 -22° | 260/34 -38° | 260/53 -44° | 270/66 -49° |
| INL | used from 6549 nm out; 83 nm from the line | 090/25 | L/V 8° | 250/20 6° | 270/32 1° | 270/44 -11° | 280/48 -22° | 280/56 -38° | 270/50 -47° | 280/83 -50° |
| DLH | used from 6699 nm out; 27 nm from the line | 090/31 | 250/7 14° | 250/26 11° | 250/36 4° | 280/36 -11° | 290/35 -22° | 300/39 -38° | 280/41 -44° | 280/66 -49° |
| GRB | used from 6849 nm out; 97 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/22 17° | 240/18 8° | 280/21 6° | 280/34 -11° | 280/35 -21° | 280/39 -37° | 270/52 -45° | 290/60 -49° |
| MKG | used from 7049 nm out; 14 nm from the line | 260/28 | 260/18 15° | 250/16 9° | 260/22 4° | 280/31 -9° | 270/35 -21° | 270/44 -35° | 270/42 -45° | 290/61 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANG Angaur Island, | departure | no report just now | 20 ft | ||||
| ROR Babelthuap Island, | 40 nm out, 6 nm south of the line | no report just now | 176 ft | ||||
| OUL Nelson Lagoon, AK | 4219 nm out, 16 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 14 ft | ||||
| ADQ Kodiak, AK | 4519 nm out, 17 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 78 ft | ||||
| JNU Juneau, AK | 5089 nm out, 24 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 25 ft | ||||
| GRB Green Bay, WI | 6969 nm out, 7 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 695 ft | ||||
| GRR Grand Rapids, MI | destination | no report just now | 793 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 793 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At GRR when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC)
GRR 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 ANG 5:49 pm +09 (08:49 UTC), at GRR 7:04 pm EDT (23:04 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.
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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: Angaur Airstrip Airport, Gerald R Ford International.