Coeur D'Alene Airport to Seattle Paine Field International COE → PAE
220 nautical miles (253 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 274°, about 255° magnetic at the departure end (variation 19E). At 120 knots that is 1 h 41 min at the quickest height in today's winds (18,000 ft, a 11-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:30 pm PDT (03:30 UTC), after sunset at the destination. Right now COE is VFR, wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 10 knots; PAE is VFR, wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 6 knots. 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: 4 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 ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 16,000 ft. Over the first 96 nm of the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the last 163 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 COE.
Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first
No pilot reports within 50 nautical miles of the line in the last three hours.
Winds aloft along the route, and the time en route the forecast for use 20:00–03:00 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 3 forecast points nearest it (GEG, YKM, SEA). 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 | 030° at 14 kt | −7 kt | -2 °C | 127 kt | 1 h 44 min | 8:33 pm PDT (03:33 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 030° at 14 kt | −7 kt | -2 °C | 127 kt | 1 h 44 min | 8:33 pm PDT (03:33 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 040° at 17 kt | −10 kt | -6 °C | 130 kt | 1 h 42 min | 8:31 pm PDT (03:31 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 040° at 15 kt | −8 kt | -9 °C | 128 kt | 1 h 43 min | 8:32 pm PDT (03:32 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 030° at 13 kt | −6 kt | -12 °C | 126 kt | 1 h 45 min | 8:34 pm PDT (03:34 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 030° at 18 kt | −8 kt | -16 °C | 128 kt | 1 h 43 min | 8:32 pm PDT (03:32 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 030° at 23 kt | −10 kt | -19 °C | 130 kt | 1 h 42 min | 8:31 pm PDT (03:31 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 030° at 26 kt | −11 kt | -21 °C | 131 kt | 1 h 41 min | 8:30 pm PDT (03:30 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 010° at 38 kt | −6 kt | -29 °C | 126 kt | 1 h 45 min | 8:34 pm PDT (03:34 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 360° at 35 kt | +1 kt | -37 °C | 119 kt | 1 h 51 min | 8:40 pm PDT (03:40 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 360° at 25 kt | 0 | -39 °C | 120 kt | 1 h 50 min | 8:39 pm PDT (03:39 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 330° at 14 kt | +6 kt | -41 °C | 114 kt | 1 h 56 min | 8:45 pm PDT (03:45 UTC) |
Based on data from the 11th at 18:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 00:00 UTC for use 20:00 to 03:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEG | used from 0 nm out; 12 nm from the line | 050/18 -2° | 060/19 -8° | L/V -11° | 160/11 -24° | 190/17 -31° | 200/19 -35° | 220/14 -37° | 250/11 -41° | |
| YKM | used from 96 nm out; 84 nm from the line | 030/16 | 020/18 0° | 030/30 -8° | 030/23 -13° | 020/40 -23° | 010/73 -29° | 010/54 -36° | 360/29 -37° | 330/16 -40° |
| SEA | used from 144 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 360/9 | 350/10 1° | 010/10 -5° | 030/20 -11° | 020/60 -17° | 010/86 -26° | 360/90 -40° | 010/68 -42° | 360/31 -43° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COE Coeur D'Alene, ID | departure | VFR Sky: overcast at 7,000 feet | from the north-northeast (030°) at 10 knots | 10+ mi | 7,000 ft | 2,320 ft | 5:56 pm PDT (00:56 UTC) |
| SFF Spokane, WA | 19 nm out, 7 nm south of the line, tower | VFR Sky: overcast at 6,500 feet | from the northeast (050°) at 12 knots, gusting to 19 | 10+ mi | 6,500 ft | 1,956 ft | 00:53 UTC |
| PAE Everett, WA | destination | VFR | from the west-northwest (300°) at 6 knots | 10+ mi | none | 606 ft | 5:53 pm PDT (00:53 UTC) |
The highest airport on this list sits at 2,320 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At PAE when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:30 pm PDT (03:30 UTC)
Wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The whole forecast for PAE
- From Sun 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
- From Sun 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
- From Mon 1:00 am PDT (08:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, patches of fog, clear skies
- From Mon 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
- From Mon 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
The forecast for COE, the departure
- From Sun 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 11 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 6,000 feet
- From Sun 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 7,000 feet
- From Mon 6:00 am PDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet
- From Mon 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 10,000 feet
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/6654 28NM W TWISP, WA, Thursday, October 1, 2026 through Thursday, October 15, 2026 UTC 24 nm from the route, 163 nm along the route · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · until 15 October · ZSE
Daylight
Sunset at COE 6:04 pm PDT (01:04 UTC), at PAE 6:26 pm PDT (01:26 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:57 pm PDT (01:57 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at PAE is after sunset there (6:28 pm PDT (01:28 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: Coeur D'Alene Airport, Seattle Paine Field International.