Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall to Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional BWI → SBY
74 nautical miles (85 statute miles) southeast on a straight line, true course 132°, about 143° magnetic at the departure end (variation 11W). At 120 knots that is 26 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 50-knot tailwind), arriving about 11:25 am EDT (15:25 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 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the last 0 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 14:00–21:00 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 1 forecast point nearest it (ACY). 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 | 010° at 26 kt | −14 kt | 134 kt | 33 min | 11:32 am EDT (15:32 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 360° at 24 kt | −16 kt | 136 kt | 33 min | 11:32 am EDT (15:32 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 350° at 26 kt | −19 kt | 10 °C | 139 kt | 32 min | 11:31 am EDT (15:31 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 350° at 28 kt | −22 kt | 7 °C | 142 kt | 31 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 350° at 26 kt | −21 kt | 5 °C | 141 kt | 31 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 350° at 27 kt | −22 kt | 1 °C | 142 kt | 31 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 340° at 28 kt | −24 kt | -3 °C | 144 kt | 31 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 340° at 29 kt | −25 kt | -7 °C | 145 kt | 31 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 340° at 29 kt | −26 kt | -8 °C | 146 kt | 30 min | 11:29 am EDT (15:29 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 350° at 39 kt | −31 kt | -21 °C | 151 kt | 29 min | 11:28 am EDT (15:28 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 350° at 57 kt | −45 kt | -35 °C | 165 kt | 27 min | 11:26 am EDT (15:26 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 350° at 52 kt | −41 kt | -43 °C | 161 kt | 28 min | 11:27 am EDT (15:27 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 50 kt | −50 kt | -50 °C | 170 kt | 26 min | 11:25 am EDT (15:25 UTC) |
Based on data from the 12th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACY | used from 0 nm out; 87 nm from the line | 010/26 | 360/24 11° | 350/28 8° | 350/26 4° | 340/29 -8° | 350/39 -21° | 350/57 -35° | 350/52 -43° | 310/50 -50° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWI Baltimore, MD | departure | no report just now | 143 ft | ||||
| ESN Easton, MD | 37 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 72 ft | ||||
| SBY Salisbury, MD | destination | no report just now | 52 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 143 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At SBY when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 11:25 am EDT (15:25 UTC)
SBY 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
- 6/8719 Greenwood, DE, Friday, October 16, 2026 through Saturday, October 17, 2026 UTC 14 nm from the route, 46 nm along the route · air shows/sports · starts Friday 16 October · ZDC
- 6/8886 Greenwood, DE, Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 14 nm from the route, 46 nm along the route · air shows/sports · starts Sunday 18 October · ZDC
Daylight
Sunset at BWI 6:32 pm EDT (22:32 UTC), at SBY 6:28 pm EDT (22:28 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:55 pm EDT (22:55 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: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional.