Austin-Bergstrom International to The Eastern Iowa Airport AUS → CID
759 nautical miles (873 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 021°, about 017° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 5 h 10 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 27-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:14 am CDT (13:14 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 TANGO 3W: 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 last 429 nm of 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 AUS.
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 9 forecast points nearest it (CLL, DAL, FSM, TUL, SGF, MKC, COU, BRL, DBQ). 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 | 210° at 27 kt | −27 kt | 147 kt | 5 h 10 min | 8:14 am CDT (13:14 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 220° at 25 kt | −23 kt | 143 kt | 5 h 18 min | 8:22 am CDT (13:22 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 230° at 20 kt | −17 kt | 14 °C | 137 kt | 5 h 32 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 250° at 15 kt | −11 kt | 11 °C | 131 kt | 5 h 48 min | 8:52 am CDT (13:52 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 250° at 15 kt | −10 kt | 8 °C | 130 kt | 5 h 50 min | 8:54 am CDT (13:54 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 250° at 16 kt | −10 kt | 4 °C | 130 kt | 5 h 50 min | 8:54 am CDT (13:54 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 250° at 18 kt | −12 kt | -1 °C | 132 kt | 5 h 45 min | 8:49 am CDT (13:49 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 250° at 19 kt | −13 kt | -5 °C | 133 kt | 5 h 42 min | 8:46 am CDT (13:46 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 19 kt | −13 kt | -6 °C | 133 kt | 5 h 42 min | 8:46 am CDT (13:46 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 25 kt | −15 kt | -16 °C | 135 kt | 5 h 37 min | 8:41 am CDT (13:41 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 37 kt | −12 kt | -30 °C | 132 kt | 5 h 45 min | 8:49 am CDT (13:49 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 41 kt | −10 kt | -40 °C | 130 kt | 5 h 50 min | 8:54 am CDT (13:54 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 44 kt | −2 kt | -51 °C | 122 kt | 6 h 13 min | 9:17 am CDT (14:17 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
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLL | used from 0 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 170/22 | 170/26 18° | 200/15 14° | 240/13 8° | 240/15 -5° | 260/17 -13° | 290/27 -29° | 290/22 -40° | 320/30 -51° |
| DAL | used from 100 nm out; 43 nm from the line | 190/29 | 220/23 17° | 220/17 13° | 250/18 8° | 230/18 -5° | 240/18 -15° | 270/34 -29° | 280/33 -39° | 300/36 -51° |
| FSM | used from 250 nm out; 85 nm from the line | 210/27 | 250/23 16° | 250/20 13° | 240/17 8° | 250/18 -6° | 260/31 -16° | 280/42 -30° | 280/44 -40° | 290/38 -51° |
| TUL | used from 349 nm out; 47 nm from the line | 210/37 | 240/29 17° | 260/15 14° | 260/11 7° | 240/22 -6° | 250/29 -16° | 270/45 -29° | 270/47 -40° | 280/44 -50° |
| SGF | used from 399 nm out; 63 nm from the line | 230/33 | 230/28 15° | 250/20 13° | 240/18 7° | 250/20 -6° | 250/24 -17° | 280/42 -31° | 280/49 -40° | 290/46 -51° |
| MKC | used from 499 nm out; 63 nm from the line | 220/44 | 250/28 18° | 250/18 13° | 240/12 6° | 280/24 -6° | 240/34 -18° | 260/47 -30° | 260/51 -40° | 270/58 -50° |
| COU | used from 549 nm out; 54 nm from the line | 230/31 | 230/30 15° | 260/16 11° | 270/14 6° | 260/24 -6° | 270/27 -18° | 270/37 -32° | 280/49 -41° | 290/56 -51° |
| BRL | used from 649 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 230/24 | 240/29 15° | 290/16 10° | 280/15 4° | 260/23 -7° | 260/32 -19° | 260/36 -33° | 280/48 -41° | 280/59 -52° |
| DBQ | used from 749 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 230/33 | 250/30 16° | 280/15 9° | 260/15 5° | 260/21 -7° | 260/24 -20° | 250/37 -33° | 270/42 -43° | 280/63 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS Austin, TX | departure | no report just now | 541 ft | ||||
| GTU Georgetown, TX | 30 nm out, 11 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 789 ft | ||||
| CNW Waco, TX | 90 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 470 ft | ||||
| HQZ Mesquite, TX | 160 nm out, 4 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 446 ft | ||||
| MLC Mc Alester, OK | 299 nm out, 13 nm west of the line | no report just now | 770 ft | ||||
| TQH Tahlequah, OK | 369 nm out, 1 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 874 ft | ||||
| JLN Joplin, MO | 449 nm out, 7 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 977 ft | ||||
| GLY Clinton, MO | 529 nm out, 2 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 822 ft | ||||
| MHL Marshall, MO | 579 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 778 ft | ||||
| IRK Kirksville, MO | 649 nm out, 10 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 966 ft | ||||
| FFL Fairfield, IA | 709 nm out, 9 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 800 ft | ||||
| CID Cedar Rapids, IA | destination | no report just now | 869 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 977 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At CID when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:14 am CDT (13:14 UTC)
CID has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/0543 MCGREGOR, TX 14 nm from the route, 70 nm along the route · security · ZFW
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 16 nm from the route, 170 nm along the route · a VIP movement · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at AUS 7:02 pm CDT (00:02 UTC), at CID 6:30 pm CDT (23:30 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:58 pm CDT (23:58 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: Austin-Bergstrom International, The Eastern Iowa Airport.