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City Of Colorado Springs Municipal to Tampa International COS → TPA

1,282 nautical miles (1,476 statute miles) southeast on a straight line, true course 114°, about 106° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 8 h 13 min at the quickest height in today's winds (34,000 ft, a 36-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:49 am EDT (13:49 UTC). Right now COS is VFR, wind from the south (180°) at 11 knots; TPA is VFR, wind calm. 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 7C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 34,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 12:55 am MDT (06:55 UTC). Over the first 0 nm of the route.
    as issued
    WSUS32 KKCI 120455
    MKCC WST 120455
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 7C
    VALID UNTIL 0655Z
    TX OK CO NM
    FROM 40NNW PUB-70WSW LBL-40NE CME-40ESE RSK-30ENE HBU-40NNW PUB
    AREA TS MOV FROM 22040KT. TOPS TO FL340.
  • 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 first 0 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 38,000 ft. Over the first 60 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the first 89 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 35,000 ft to 45,000 ft. Near the route, 70 nm along 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 80 to 477 nm out.

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

  • E170 at 22,500 ft, 42 nm northwest, 11:06 pm MDT (05:06 UTC): light to moderate turbulence up to 23,000 ft, remarks: during the descent tbarr star ZDVWC-13. At the departure end, 42 nm northwest of the line.
    as filed, and in English
    DEN UA /OV DEN216057/TM 0506/FL225/TP E170/TB CONS LGT OCNL MOD BLO 230/RM DURD TBARR STAR. ZDVWC-13
    Report
    a routine report filed through DEN
    Where
    57 nm southwest (216°) of DEN
    Time
    05:06 UTC
    Height
    at 22,500 ft
    Aircraft
    E170
    Turbulence
    continuous light occasional moderate below 23,000 ft
    Remarks
    during the descent tbarr star ZDVWC-13

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 11 forecast points nearest it (PUB, GCK, GAG, OKC, TUL, FSM, LIT, JAN, MOB, TLH, PIE). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
3,500 ft240° at 12 kt−5 kt125 kt10 h 15 min11:51 am EDT (15:51 UTC)
5,500 ft240° at 17 kt−10 kt20 °C130 kt9 h 52 min11:28 am EDT (15:28 UTC)
7,500 ft250° at 16 kt−11 kt15 °C131 kt9 h 47 min11:23 am EDT (15:23 UTC)
9,500 ft260° at 15 kt−11 kt12 °C131 kt9 h 47 min11:23 am EDT (15:23 UTC)
11,500 ft260° at 14 kt−12 kt8 °C132 kt9 h 43 min11:19 am EDT (15:19 UTC)
13,500 ft260° at 15 kt−12 kt4 °C132 kt9 h 43 min11:19 am EDT (15:19 UTC)
15,500 ft260° at 17 kt−13 kt0 °C133 kt9 h 38 min11:14 am EDT (15:14 UTC)
17,500 ft250° at 18 kt−13 kt-5 °C133 kt9 h 38 min11:14 am EDT (15:14 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180250° at 19 kt−13 kt-6 °C133 kt9 h 38 min11:14 am EDT (15:14 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 25 kt−21 kt-17 °C141 kt9 h 06 min10:42 am EDT (14:42 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300270° at 37 kt−34 kt-30 °C154 kt8 h 19 min9:55 am EDT (13:55 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340280° at 37 kt−36 kt-40 °C156 kt8 h 13 min9:49 am EDT (13:49 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390290° at 34 kt−34 kt-50 °C154 kt8 h 19 min9:55 am EDT (13:55 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; 25 nm from the line230/25 13°230/32 6°220/44 -8°230/49 -21°240/70 -28°240/67 -34°240/58 -46°
GCKused from 99 nm out; 75 nm from the line220/48 21°230/37 14°250/30 8°230/37 -6°240/37 -20°240/69 -28°250/67 -37°260/58 -48°
GAGused from 249 nm out; 36 nm from the line220/40 19°230/28 14°240/23 8°230/21 -6°240/31 -19°250/66 -29°260/58 -38°260/47 -49°
OKCused from 348 nm out; 42 nm from the line200/44230/32 18°240/13 15°240/10 9°240/20 -5°250/27 -16°260/47 -28°270/48 -39°270/45 -50°
TULused from 447 nm out; 54 nm from the line210/37240/29 17°260/15 14°260/11 7°240/22 -6°250/29 -16°270/45 -29°270/47 -40°280/44 -50°
FSMused from 497 nm out; 41 nm from the line210/27250/23 16°250/20 13°240/17 8°250/18 -6°260/31 -16°280/42 -30°280/44 -40°290/38 -51°
LITused from 596 nm out; 65 nm from the line220/21230/17 16°250/24 12°260/15 7°260/13 -5°280/25 -16°290/35 -30°300/42 -40°300/40 -52°
JANused from 696 nm out; 92 nm from the line230/10270/13 18°270/11 12°310/11 6°300/15 -4°300/22 -16°310/33 -31°320/37 -41°330/41 -52°
MOBused from 895 nm out; 44 nm from the line330/5330/6 19°340/6 11°330/10 7°320/16 -5°310/26 -16°340/40 -32°340/47 -42°350/51 -52°
TLHused from 1044 nm out; 81 nm from the line320/18350/31 18°340/24 13°310/17 8°280/22 -7°300/25 -17°320/28 -33°320/24 -41°320/25 -50°
PIEused from 1193 nm out; 61 nm from the line350/6L/V 18°290/6 14°280/9 9°250/18 -6°250/23 -17°240/30 -31°220/31 -41°220/30 -52°

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 VFR Sky: a broken layer at 18,000 feet from the south (180°) at 11 knots 10+ mi 18,000 ft 6,187 ft 10:54 pm MDT (04:54 UTC)
PUB Pueblo, CO 20 nm out, 25 nm south of the line, tower VFR from the south-southwest (200°) at 9 knots 10+ mi none 4,729 ft 04:53 UTC
ULS Ulysses, KS 169 nm out, 4 nm east of the line VFR from the south (190°) at 20 knots, gusting to 26 10+ mi none 3,071 ft 05:15 UTC
WDG Enid, OK 358 nm out, 13 nm northeast of the line, tower VFR from the south (190°) at 10 knots 10+ mi none 1,167 ft 05:15 UTC
SWO Stillwater, OK 398 nm out, 18 nm north of the line, tower VFR from the south (170°) at 10 knots 10+ mi none 1,000 ft 04:53 UTC
MEZ Mena, AR 567 nm out, 2 nm north of the line VFR variable at 3 knots 10+ mi none 1,079 ft 05:15 UTC
CRT Crossett, AR 706 nm out, 10 nm south of the line no report just now 183 ft
JAN Jackson, MS 815 nm out, 6 nm southwest of the line, tower VFR from the south-southeast (150°) at 5 knots 10+ mi none 346 ft 04:54 UTC
VPS Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL 1024 nm out, 3 nm northeast of the line, tower VFR from the west-northwest (290°) at 7 knots 10+ mi none 84 ft 04:55 UTC
DTS Destin, FL 1034 nm out, 4 nm northwest of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 22 ft 04:53 UTC
TPA Tampa, FL destination VFR Sky: a few clouds at 18,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet calm 10+ mi none 26 ft 12:53 am EDT (04:53 UTC)

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 TPA when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:49 am EDT (13:49 UTC)

Wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR

The whole forecast for TPA
  • From Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
  • From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
  • From Mon 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
The forecast for COS, the departure
  • From Mon 12:00 am MDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the south at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, a broken layer at 20,000 feet
  • From Mon 6:00 am MDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
  • From Mon 11:00 am MDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
  • From Mon 1:00 pm MDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 20 knots, gusting to 30, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
  • From Mon 7:00 pm MDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies

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

No temporary flight restriction on or near this route right now.

Daylight

Sunset at COS 6:25 pm MDT (00:25 UTC), at TPA 7:04 pm EDT (23:04 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:27 pm EDT (23:27 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 lower Mississippi valley
Radar now, the lower 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, Tampa International.