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City Of Colorado Springs Municipal to John F Kennedy International COS → JFK

1,425 nautical miles (1,640 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 076°, about 068° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 8 h 29 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 48-knot tailwind), arriving about 7:08 am EDT (11:08 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: 1 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 6W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 34,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 9:55 pm MDT (03:55 UTC). Near the route, at the departure end.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120155
    MKCW WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 6W
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    CO NM
    FROM 50SSW DEN-30NNE TBE-50SSW CME-50E SJN-20NE DVC-50SSW DEN
    AREA TS MOV FROM 23040KT. TOPS TO FL340.
  • SIGMET 6E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 30,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 20 knots, until 9:55 pm MDT (03:55 UTC). Over the route from 1335 to 1415 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS31 KKCI 120155
    MKCE WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 6E
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    NY NJ PA DE MD AND DE NJ NY MD CSTL WTRS
    FROM 20WNW SAX-70S HTO-50ESE SBY-30WSW HAR-20WNW SAX
    AREA EMBD TS MOV FROM 22020KT. TOPS TO FL300.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 36,000 ft. Over the first 50 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the first 70 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: 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 120 to 528 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 last 468 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 21,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the route from 1126 to 1375 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1146 to 1315 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 13,000 ft. Over the last 90 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 COS.

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 02:00–09:00 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 15 forecast points nearest it (PUB, GLD, GRI, OMA, MKC, DSM, BRL, SPI, JOT, FWA, CLE, AGC, PSB, AVP, JFK). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
3,500 ft250° at 16 kt−16 kt136 kt10 h 29 min9:08 am EDT (13:08 UTC)
5,500 ft250° at 20 kt−21 kt17 °C141 kt10 h 06 min8:45 am EDT (12:45 UTC)
7,500 ft260° at 18 kt−19 kt12 °C139 kt10 h 15 min8:54 am EDT (12:54 UTC)
9,500 ft260° at 16 kt−17 kt10 °C137 kt10 h 24 min9:03 am EDT (13:03 UTC)
11,500 ft260° at 13 kt−14 kt6 °C134 kt10 h 38 min9:17 am EDT (13:17 UTC)
13,500 ft260° at 14 kt−15 kt1 °C135 kt10 h 33 min9:12 am EDT (13:12 UTC)
15,500 ft270° at 17 kt−17 kt-3 °C137 kt10 h 24 min9:03 am EDT (13:03 UTC)
17,500 ft270° at 19 kt−20 kt-7 °C140 kt10 h 11 min8:50 am EDT (12:50 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180270° at 20 kt−20 kt-8 °C140 kt10 h 11 min8:50 am EDT (12:50 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240270° at 26 kt−26 kt-20 °C146 kt9 h 46 min8:25 am EDT (12:25 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300270° at 37 kt−38 kt-34 °C158 kt9 h 01 min7:40 am EDT (11:40 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340270° at 46 kt−46 kt-40 °C166 kt8 h 35 min7:14 am EDT (11:14 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390280° at 48 kt−48 kt-49 °C168 kt8 h 29 min7:08 am EDT (11:08 UTC)

Based on data from the 12th at 00:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 06:00 UTC for use 02:00 to 09:00 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
PUBused from 0 nm out; 40 nm from the line230/25 13°230/32 6°220/44 -8°230/49 -21°240/70 -28°240/67 -34°240/58 -46°
GLDused from 50 nm out; 69 nm from the line230/49230/42 15°220/26 8°240/18 -7°230/27 -21°240/62 -30°240/61 -35°250/57 -47°
GRIused from 249 nm out; 76 nm from the line230/35 21°230/23 13°220/20 7°240/25 -8°240/37 -20°250/49 -33°260/57 -38°260/58 -47°
OMAused from 349 nm out; 84 nm from the line220/47240/33 19°250/18 11°230/17 6°260/29 -8°250/33 -19°250/51 -33°260/61 -40°270/62 -49°
MKCused from 448 nm out; 73 nm from the line220/44250/28 18°250/18 13°240/12 6°280/24 -6°240/34 -18°260/47 -30°260/51 -40°270/58 -50°
DSMused from 498 nm out; 66 nm from the line230/40250/33 17°250/18 12°240/17 5°260/28 -8°270/34 -19°260/41 -33°260/55 -41°270/62 -51°
BRLused from 548 nm out; 64 nm from the line230/24240/29 15°290/16 10°280/15 4°260/23 -7°260/32 -19°260/36 -33°280/48 -41°280/59 -52°
SPIused from 697 nm out; 60 nm from the line220/21250/23 16°260/27 9°270/14 6°270/23 -7°270/31 -19°270/28 -33°290/48 -42°300/55 -52°
JOTused from 747 nm out; 41 nm from the line250/23270/22 15°250/16 10°240/9 4°280/22 -7°280/29 -19°300/29 -34°290/50 -43°300/64 -52°
FWAused from 847 nm out; 34 nm from the line300/17320/20 16°330/20 10°340/15 3°310/27 -8°320/37 -20°330/52 -36°330/65 -43°330/60 -50°
CLEused from 996 nm out; 45 nm from the line340/7010/16 13°350/18 8°350/20 3°340/31 -10°340/46 -21°340/54 -37°330/62 -44°340/65 -49°
AGCused from 1096 nm out; 43 nm from the line350/14330/20 11°340/18 8°330/17 3°340/22 -11°340/31 -22°330/33 -36°300/34 -41°300/35 -47°
PSBused from 1196 nm out; 8 nm from the line360/13 13°330/14 7°300/11 3°290/12 -11°240/23 -23°270/25 -36°250/34 -40°250/45 -48°
AVPused from 1295 nm out; 36 nm from the line150/5350/13 12°270/20 8°260/17 4°260/25 -11°240/31 -22°240/54 -35°230/61 -41°240/55 -49°
JFKused from 1395 nm out; 15 nm from the line250/18250/23 14°240/33 9°240/33 4°240/38 -10°240/45 -21°230/86 -32°230/102 -40°230/84 -51°

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
COS Colorado Springs, CO departure no report just now 6,187 ft
ITR Burlington, CO 120 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line no report just now 4,218 ft
PHG Phillipsburg, KS 259 nm out, 3 nm west of the line no report just now 1,910 ft
TKO Mankato, KS 309 nm out, 6 nm south of the line no report just now 1,859 ft
EVU Maryville, MO 458 nm out, 5 nm northeast of the line no report just now 1,145 ft
PIA Peoria, IL 697 nm out, 6 nm southeast of the line, tower no report just now 660 ft
BMI Bloomington/Normal, IL 737 nm out, 19 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 871 ft
FWA Fort Wayne, IN 907 nm out, 2 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 814 ft
CAK Akron, OH 1076 nm out, 3 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 1,225 ft
UNV State College, PA 1236 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line, tower no report just now 1,231 ft
EWR Newark, NJ 1405 nm out, 2 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 17 ft
JFK New York, NY destination no report just now 13 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 6,187 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At JFK when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 7:08 am EDT (11:08 UTC)

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

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

  • 6/8770 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, Saturday, October 10, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 15 nm from the route, at the departure end · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · until 12 October · ZDV
  • 6/8587 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local on the route, 1086 nm along the route · a VIP movement · today · ZOB
  • 6/8888 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 17 nm from the route, 1106 nm along the route · security · today · ZOB
  • 6/8829 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 1 nm from the route, 1106 nm along the route · a VIP movement · today · ZOB
  • 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 5 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · until 20 October · ZNY

Daylight

Sunset at COS 6:25 pm MDT (00:25 UTC), at JFK 6:19 pm EDT (22:19 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:47 pm EDT (22:47 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 southern Rockies
Radar now, the southern Rockies · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the southern Plains
Radar now, the southern Plains · 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: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal, John F Kennedy International.