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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall to Portland International BWI → PDX

2,044 nautical miles (2,352 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 296°, about 307° magnetic at the departure end (variation 11W). At 120 knots that is 18 h 35 min at the quickest height in today's winds (8,500 ft, a 10-knot headwind), arriving about 8:38 pm PDT (03:38 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: 398 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 C14C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 35,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 5:55 am EDT (09:55 UTC). Over the route from 1137 to 1217 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS32 KKCI 120755
    MKCC WST 120755
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 14C
    VALID UNTIL 0955Z
    SD ND
    FROM 50SE DIK-50ENE DPR-40ENE RAP-50NNW RAP-50SE DIK
    AREA TS MOV FROM 22040KT. TOPS TO FL350.
  • 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 449 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the first 10 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 6,000 ft. Over the route from 20 to 120 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist). Over the route from 50 to 189 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 618 to 828 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 887 to 1765 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 1256 to 1266 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the route from 1276 to 1466 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1426 to 1855 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 18,000 ft. Over the route from 1476 to 1895 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the last 389 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 BWI.

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 19 forecast points nearest it (PSB, AGC, CLE, FWA, MKG, JOT, DBQ, LSE, MCW, FSD, ABR, PIR, RAP, MLS, BIL, DLN, LWS, YKM, PDX). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft270° at 11 kt+11 kt9 °C109 kt18 h 45 min8:48 pm PDT (03:48 UTC)
6,500 ft280° at 11 kt+11 kt10 °C109 kt18 h 45 min8:48 pm PDT (03:48 UTC)
8,500 ft270° at 10 kt+10 kt6 °C110 kt18 h 35 min8:38 pm PDT (03:38 UTC)
10,500 ft260° at 12 kt+12 kt3 °C108 kt18 h 56 min8:59 pm PDT (03:59 UTC)
12,500 ft260° at 14 kt+14 kt-1 °C106 kt19 h 17 min9:20 pm PDT (04:20 UTC)
14,500 ft270° at 13 kt+13 kt-5 °C107 kt19 h 06 min9:09 pm PDT (04:09 UTC)
16,500 ft270° at 13 kt+13 kt-9 °C107 kt19 h 06 min9:09 pm PDT (04:09 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180270° at 12 kt+13 kt-12 °C107 kt19 h 06 min9:09 pm PDT (04:09 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 20 kt+19 kt-23 °C101 kt20 h 14 min10:17 pm PDT (05:17 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300270° at 25 kt+26 kt-35 °C94 kt21 h 45 min11:48 pm PDT (06:48 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340270° at 33 kt+35 kt-40 °C85 kt24 h 03 min2:06 am PDT (09:06 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390270° at 41 kt+43 kt-47 °C77 kt26 h 33 min4:36 am PDT (11:36 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
PSBused from 0 nm out; 101 nm from the line020/21 12°360/28 7°360/29 1°350/33 -10°350/42 -22°350/49 -37°340/63 -43°350/39 -52°
AGCused from 100 nm out; 42 nm from the line340/11350/12 11°360/25 7°340/30 2°340/41 -8°340/44 -21°350/59 -36°340/68 -42°340/50 -51°
CLEused from 199 nm out; 53 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°
FWAused from 349 nm out; 63 nm from the line270/20300/16 15°290/14 10°280/17 3°290/25 -7°280/30 -19°280/34 -35°290/48 -44°300/64 -52°
MKGused from 449 nm out; 54 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°
JOTused from 548 nm out; 78 nm from the line250/25260/22 14°250/17 9°270/21 5°280/28 -8°280/36 -20°270/41 -35°280/57 -42°290/65 -50°
DBQused from 598 nm out; 68 nm from the line250/27260/23 17°240/26 10°260/30 4°280/26 -9°280/36 -21°270/41 -36°280/52 -41°290/67 -48°
LSEused from 648 nm out; 46 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 748 nm out; 45 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 848 nm out; 84 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°
ABRused from 997 nm out; 43 nm from the line080/12210/12 17°220/22 12°230/26 5°220/28 -10°230/41 -21°250/36 -36°260/47 -39°260/63 -47°
PIRused from 1047 nm out; 44 nm from the line230/15 15°220/22 14°220/24 6°200/32 -10°210/48 -22°240/45 -33°240/43 -37°250/55 -46°
RAPused from 1197 nm out; 76 nm from the line250/28 16°260/31 10°240/25 4°210/35 -10°200/45 -23°230/47 -31°230/47 -36°230/51 -46°
MLSused from 1246 nm out; 93 nm from the line290/17 -1°250/18 0°230/25 0°220/31 -11°220/32 -24°220/50 -32°220/60 -38°230/71 -46°
BILused from 1396 nm out; 35 nm from the line300/14270/19 -2°260/26 -2°220/28 -13°210/51 -25°220/56 -33°220/61 -39°220/72 -45°
DLNused from 1546 nm out; 63 nm from the line190/10 -4°220/23 -4°210/21 -18°210/43 -28°210/60 -33°210/72 -37°210/67 -44°
LWSused from 1695 nm out; 94 nm from the lineL/V340/5 -3°L/V -6°040/7 -10°100/23 -22°180/30 -31°190/11 -34°200/11 -36°220/23 -40°
YKMused from 1895 nm out; 61 nm from the line360/6360/11 -1°030/20 -7°040/21 -11°020/55 -18°010/84 -26°010/79 -40°010/45 -42°350/23 -42°
PDXused from 1994 nm out; 25 nm from the lineL/V340/8 0°360/12 -6°010/30 -7°360/62 -15°360/67 -26°360/68 -40°350/61 -48°340/26 -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
BWI Baltimore, MD departure no report just now 143 ft
AGC Pittsburgh, PA 170 nm out, 3 nm east of the line, tower no report just now 1,251 ft
TOL Toledo, OH 359 nm out, 2 nm east of the line, tower no report just now 683 ft
ENW Kenosha, WI 548 nm out, 6 nm southwest of the line, tower no report just now 742 ft
MSN Madison, WI 618 nm out, 6 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 886 ft
TKC Tracy, MN 897 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line no report just now 1,335 ft
MKA Miller, SD 1047 nm out, 18 nm south of the line no report just now 1,569 ft
BZN Bozeman, MT 1566 nm out, 3 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 4,473 ft
GIC Grangeville, ID 1775 nm out, 5 nm northeast of the line no report just now 3,313 ft
PDT Pendleton, OR 1885 nm out, 6 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 1,494 ft
PDX Portland, OR destination no report just now 30 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 4,473 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At PDX when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:38 pm PDT (03:38 UTC)

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

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

  • 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 12 nm from the route, at the departure end · security · ZDC
  • 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 6 nm from the route, at the departure end · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October · ZDC
  • 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 15 nm from the route, at the departure end · a VIP movement · today · ZDC
  • 6/8587 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local on the route, 209 nm along the route · a VIP movement · today · ZOB
  • 6/8829 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 19 nm from the route, 219 nm along the route · a VIP movement · today · ZOB

Daylight

Sunset at BWI 6:32 pm EDT (22:32 UTC), at PDX 6:28 pm PDT (01:28 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:58 pm PDT (01:58 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at PDX is after sunset there (6:30 pm PDT (01:30 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: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Portland International.