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General Edward Lawrence Logan International to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport BOS → OAK

2,335 nautical miles (2,687 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 281°, about 296° magnetic at the departure end (variation 15W). At 120 knots that is 22 h 14 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 15-knot headwind), arriving about 1:20 am PDT (08:20 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: 3 flights in the DOT's last twelve reported months, the route's page.

The return flight

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

  • SIGMET W19W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 29,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 20 knots, until 7:55 am EDT (11:55 UTC). Near the route, 1886 nm along the route.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120955
    MKCW WST 120955
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 19W
    VALID UNTIL 1155Z
    UT ID NV
    FROM 30ESE TWF-10W MLD-20E BVL-40W BVL-30ESE TWF
    AREA TS MOV FROM 24020KT. TOPS TO FL290.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist, fog). Over the first 599 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the first 239 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing from 12,000 ft to 24,000 ft. Near the route, at the departure end.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist). Over the route from 80 to 249 nm out.
  • 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 788 to 1337 nm out.
  • 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 1207 to 1457 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: 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 1447 to 1696 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) from 34,000 ft to 43,000 ft. Over the route from 1477 to 1786 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 22,000 ft. Over the route from 1507 to 1646 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1557 to 2095 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 5W: strong surface winds (30 knots or more) (due to sustained surface winds greater than 30 knots). Over the route from 1577 to 1616 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the route from 1606 to 2115 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 12,000 ft. Over the route from 1686 to 1996 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the last 170 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 BOS.

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 20 forecast points nearest it (BOS, BDL, ALB, SYR, BUF, CLE, MKG, GRB, LSE, MCW, FSD, ONL, BFF, RKS, SLC, ELY, BAM, RNO, SAC, SFO). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft270° at 14 kt+15 kt22 °C105 kt22 h 14 min1:20 am PDT (08:20 UTC)
6,500 ft270° at 14 kt+15 kt14 °C105 kt22 h 14 min1:20 am PDT (08:20 UTC)
8,500 ft260° at 15 kt+16 kt9 °C104 kt22 h 27 min1:33 am PDT (08:33 UTC)
10,500 ft250° at 18 kt+19 kt4 °C101 kt23 h 07 min2:13 am PDT (09:13 UTC)
12,500 ft250° at 20 kt+21 kt0 °C99 kt23 h 35 min2:41 am PDT (09:41 UTC)
14,500 ft250° at 20 kt+21 kt-4 °C99 kt23 h 35 min2:41 am PDT (09:41 UTC)
16,500 ft260° at 20 kt+21 kt-9 °C99 kt23 h 35 min2:41 am PDT (09:41 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180260° at 20 kt+21 kt-12 °C99 kt23 h 35 min2:41 am PDT (09:41 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 25 kt+26 kt-22 °C94 kt24 h 50 min3:56 am PDT (10:56 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300260° at 33 kt+35 kt-34 °C85 kt27 h 28 min6:34 am PDT (13:34 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340260° at 39 kt+41 kt-40 °C79 kt29 h 33 min8:39 am PDT (15:39 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390270° at 42 kt+45 kt-47 °C75 kt31 h 08 min10:14 am PDT (17:14 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
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
BOSused from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line020/10360/20 10°340/19 7°290/21 2°270/35 -9°260/42 -22°250/55 -38°240/75 -43°250/72 -51°
BDLused from 50 nm out; 39 nm from the line020/15010/19 10°340/10 7°300/17 3°280/23 -10°250/35 -22°250/44 -38°250/55 -42°250/57 -51°
ALBused from 100 nm out; 2 nm from the line340/22340/19 9°320/16 7°330/16 2°330/19 -11°320/21 -23°320/25 -39°280/30 -44°270/41 -51°
SYRused from 200 nm out; 10 nm from the line330/17320/14 9°350/18 8°350/26 2°340/25 -11°360/34 -22°350/43 -39°330/50 -46°350/50 -54°
BUFused from 299 nm out; 23 nm from the line300/11330/15 11°340/26 8°330/28 2°340/31 -10°340/32 -21°340/52 -37°340/59 -46°330/66 -53°
CLEused from 449 nm out; 117 nm from the line310/7350/20 14°340/16 9°320/21 2°320/32 -8°330/34 -20°330/45 -36°320/60 -45°320/64 -51°
MKGused from 549 nm out; 100 nm from the line260/28260/18 15°250/16 9°260/22 4°280/31 -9°270/35 -21°270/44 -35°270/42 -45°290/61 -51°
GRBused from 748 nm out; 64 nm from the line250/32250/22 17°240/18 8°280/21 6°280/34 -11°280/35 -21°280/39 -37°270/52 -45°290/60 -49°
LSEused from 798 nm out; 72 nm from the line250/25240/21 17°240/28 11°250/28 5°280/24 -10°280/31 -21°260/35 -37°270/45 -43°280/59 -47°
MCWused from 948 nm out; 12 nm from the line250/36250/24 19°240/26 11°250/30 5°270/22 -9°260/30 -21°260/31 -36°280/53 -38°280/66 -48°
FSDused from 1048 nm out; 64 nm from the line210/20230/23 21°220/25 14°230/30 5°230/26 -9°240/30 -21°270/33 -36°260/47 -37°270/58 -47°
ONLused from 1147 nm out; 54 nm from the line250/31 22°230/27 16°220/25 8°230/25 -9°220/29 -22°250/42 -33°250/48 -36°250/52 -46°
BFFused from 1347 nm out; 74 nm from the line280/28260/39 11°240/34 5°210/38 -11°210/52 -22°230/61 -31°230/61 -36°240/56 -45°
RKSused from 1547 nm out; 115 nm from the line250/9230/21 -1°210/43 -14°220/59 -23°220/55 -32°220/53 -35°220/48 -44°
SLCused from 1746 nm out; 54 nm from the line200/16210/23 4°220/34 -3°210/40 -16°220/66 -23°220/64 -31°220/57 -36°220/50 -43°
ELYused from 1896 nm out; 68 nm from the line210/34 1°220/40 -4°220/39 -17°210/51 -24°220/65 -30°220/60 -37°220/56 -44°
BAMused from 2046 nm out; 75 nm from the line280/9 -2°260/18 -8°190/47 -19°200/50 -29°210/56 -29°220/54 -34°220/45 -42°
RNOused from 2095 nm out; 86 nm from the line010/6270/12 -3°220/26 -10°280/13 -19°350/44 -24°320/30 -32°260/22 -36°240/24 -42°
SACused from 2245 nm out; 34 nm from the lineL/VL/V 4°340/9 -4°340/22 -8°360/71 -12°360/82 -23°350/58 -37°310/30 -40°270/25 -44°
SFOused from 2295 nm out; 29 nm from the line090/9050/12 4°010/17 -2°350/34 -3°360/70 -11°360/75 -22°350/57 -38°330/37 -42°280/25 -44°

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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
BOS Boston, MA departure no report just now 19 ft
ALB Albany, NY 130 nm out, 4 nm east of the line, tower no report just now 284 ft
ROC Rochester, NY 299 nm out, 2 nm east of the line, tower no report just now 558 ft
MBS Saginaw, MI 579 nm out, 6 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 668 ft
MSN Madison, WI 808 nm out, 19 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 886 ft
SPW Spencer, IA 1068 nm out, 4 nm east of the line no report just now 1,338 ft
ANW Ainsworth, NE 1277 nm out, 8 nm south of the line no report just now 2,588 ft
GUR Guernsey, WY 1487 nm out, 11 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 4,401 ft
SLC Salt Lake City, UT 1826 nm out, 8 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 4,230 ft
TMT Austin, NV 2075 nm out, 10 nm northwest of the line no report just now 5,735 ft
SCK Stockton, CA 2285 nm out, 9 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 32 ft
OAK Oakland, CA destination no report just now 9 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 5,735 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At OAK when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:20 am PDT (08:20 UTC)

OAK has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.

Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it

  • 6/8802 Foxborough, MA, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 17 nm from the route, at the departure end · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October · ZBW

Daylight

Sunset at BOS 6:07 pm EDT (22:07 UTC), at OAK 6:34 pm PDT (01:34 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at OAK is before sunrise there (7:15 am PDT (14:15 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

Radar now, the Northeast
Radar now, the Northeast · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the central Great Lakes
Radar now, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

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: General Edward Lawrence Logan International, Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport.