Bradley International to Gulfport-Biloxi International BDL → GPT
1,050 nautical miles (1,209 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 234°, about 248° magnetic at the departure end (variation 14W). At 120 knots that is 8 h 05 min at the quickest height in today's winds (8,500 ft, a 10-knot tailwind), arriving about 5:05 pm CDT (22:05 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: 8 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: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 40,000 ft. Over the first 89 nm of the route.
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Near the route, 50 nm along the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 6,000 ft. Over the route from 277 to 713 nm out.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist). Over the route from 446 to 545 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). Over the route from 495 to 555 nm out.
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 BDL.
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 westbound cruising heights for this course (VFR: even thousands plus 500 ft; above 18,000 ft the forecast levels), with the wind averaged along the line from the 14 forecast points nearest it (BDL, JFK, AVP, ACY, RIC, EKN, ROA, TRI, GSP, TYS, ATL, BHM, MGM, MOB). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,500 ft | 340° at 20 kt | −7 kt | 10 °C | 127 kt | 8 h 16 min | 5:16 pm CDT (22:16 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 340° at 20 kt | −8 kt | 13 °C | 128 kt | 8 h 12 min | 5:12 pm CDT (22:12 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 350° at 22 kt | −10 kt | 10 °C | 130 kt | 8 h 05 min | 5:05 pm CDT (22:05 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 340° at 22 kt | −8 kt | 7 °C | 128 kt | 8 h 12 min | 5:12 pm CDT (22:12 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 340° at 21 kt | −6 kt | 3 °C | 126 kt | 8 h 20 min | 5:20 pm CDT (22:20 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 330° at 23 kt | −6 kt | -1 °C | 126 kt | 8 h 20 min | 5:20 pm CDT (22:20 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 330° at 25 kt | −5 kt | -5 °C | 125 kt | 8 h 24 min | 5:24 pm CDT (22:24 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 330° at 27 kt | −5 kt | -7 °C | 125 kt | 8 h 24 min | 5:24 pm CDT (22:24 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 330° at 28 kt | −5 kt | -20 °C | 125 kt | 8 h 24 min | 5:24 pm CDT (22:24 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 320° at 37 kt | −3 kt | -34 °C | 123 kt | 8 h 32 min | 5:32 pm CDT (22:32 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 320° at 40 kt | −4 kt | -41 °C | 124 kt | 8 h 28 min | 5:28 pm CDT (22:28 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 30 kt | +6 kt | -50 °C | 114 kt | 9 h 13 min | 6:13 pm CDT (23:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 020/15 | 010/19 10° | 340/10 7° | 300/17 3° | 280/23 -10° | 250/35 -22° | 250/44 -38° | 250/55 -42° | 250/57 -51° |
| JFK | used from 50 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 020/25 | 290/9 12° | 300/12 7° | 320/14 3° | 290/17 -10° | 240/27 -21° | 240/44 -36° | 240/53 -41° | 240/51 -50° |
| AVP | used from 149 nm out; 68 nm from the line | 010/20 | 020/24 11° | 360/19 8° | 350/23 2° | 320/24 -11° | 330/25 -22° | 330/27 -37° | 310/28 -42° | 290/30 -50° |
| ACY | used from 198 nm out; 94 nm from the line | 350/12 | 340/12 11° | 340/12 6° | 340/13 2° | 270/10 -10° | 240/17 -23° | 230/46 -33° | 230/46 -40° | 240/46 -49° |
| RIC | used from 248 nm out; 100 nm from the line | 350/34 | 340/27 12° | 340/36 8° | 330/31 3° | 310/32 -9° | 320/34 -21° | 300/37 -34° | 290/37 -39° | 290/42 -46° |
| EKN | used from 297 nm out; 77 nm from the line | 330/20 10° | 350/29 7° | 340/32 2° | 340/44 -8° | 350/50 -21° | 350/63 -35° | 340/69 -40° | 330/42 -50° | |
| ROA | used from 396 nm out; 17 nm from the line | 310/32 | 340/32 14° | 350/25 9° | 340/24 3° | 340/42 -8° | 340/52 -20° | 350/62 -34° | 350/64 -39° | 310/44 -48° |
| TRI | used from 495 nm out; 48 nm from the line | 340/25 11° | 350/37 9° | 350/34 6° | 340/39 -7° | 340/43 -19° | 340/55 -32° | 330/58 -42° | 320/37 -50° | |
| GSP | used from 594 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 340/30 | 360/24 13° | 350/29 10° | 340/33 6° | 340/40 -7° | 350/44 -19° | 340/59 -31° | 350/55 -41° | 300/29 -50° |
| TYS | used from 644 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 330/16 | 350/32 14° | 350/37 9° | 340/30 5° | 330/28 -6° | 340/36 -19° | 330/40 -33° | 330/51 -41° | 330/36 -51° |
| ATL | used from 694 nm out; 39 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° |
| BHM | used from 793 nm out; 52 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° |
| MGM | used from 842 nm out; 18 nm from the line | 320/19 | 330/16 17° | 340/21 11° | 330/11 5° | 330/27 -6° | 330/21 -17° | 330/37 -32° | 340/44 -40° | 360/30 -52° |
| MOB | used from 941 nm out; 46 nm from the line | L/V | L/V 18° | 020/8 11° | L/V 6° | 330/12 -5° | 330/23 -17° | 330/30 -32° | 350/39 -41° | 340/40 -53° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL Windsor Locks, CT | departure | no report just now | 173 ft | ||||
| DXR Danbury, CT | 50 nm out, 6 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 456 ft | ||||
| LNS Lancaster, PA | 198 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 402 ft | ||||
| JYO Leesburg, VA | 277 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| CHO Charlottesville, VA | 347 nm out, 18 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 640 ft | ||||
| ROA Roanoke, VA | 436 nm out, 8 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,175 ft | ||||
| AVL Asheville, NC | 604 nm out, 11 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 2,163 ft | ||||
| RYY Atlanta, GA | 733 nm out, 6 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,040 ft | ||||
| FTY Atlanta, GA | 743 nm out, 18 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 841 ft | ||||
| SEM Selma, AL | 892 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 166 ft | ||||
| PQL Pascagoula, MS | 1030 nm out, 18 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 16 ft | ||||
| GPT Gulfport, MS | destination | no report just now | 28 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 2,163 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At GPT when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 5:05 pm CDT (22:05 UTC)
GPT has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 21 nm from the route, 89 nm along the route · security · until 20 October · ZNY
- 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 18 nm from the route, 238 nm along the route · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October · ZDC
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 11 nm from the route, 268 nm along the route · security · ZDC
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 4 nm from the route, 277 nm along the route · a VIP movement · today · ZDC
- 6/8928 Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Local 22 nm from the route, 743 nm along the route · a VIP movement · starts Wednesday 14 October · ZTL
Daylight
Sunset at BDL 6:14 pm EDT (22:14 UTC), at GPT 6:28 pm CDT (23:28 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:52 pm CDT (23:52 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: Bradley International, Gulfport-Biloxi International.