Corpus Christi International to Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport CRP → MSP
1,048 nautical miles (1,205 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 010°, about 006° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 7 h 05 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 28-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:07 am CDT (15:07 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 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 449 to 978 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 CRP.
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 10 forecast points nearest it (CRP, PSX, CLL, DAL, FSM, TUL, MKC, DSM, MCW, MSP). 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 | 210° at 30 kt | −28 kt | 148 kt | 7 h 05 min | 10:07 am CDT (15:07 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 220° at 24 kt | −20 kt | 140 kt | 7 h 29 min | 10:31 am CDT (15:31 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 230° at 19 kt | −15 kt | 15 °C | 135 kt | 7 h 46 min | 10:48 am CDT (15:48 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 230° at 15 kt | −11 kt | 12 °C | 131 kt | 8 h | 11:02 am CDT (16:02 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | −9 kt | 8 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 250° at 15 kt | −9 kt | 4 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 250° at 17 kt | −9 kt | -1 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 250° at 19 kt | −9 kt | -5 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 19 kt | −9 kt | -6 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 25 kt | −12 kt | -16 °C | 132 kt | 7 h 56 min | 10:58 am CDT (15:58 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 35 kt | −8 kt | -30 °C | 128 kt | 8 h 11 min | 11:13 am CDT (16:13 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 270° at 39 kt | −9 kt | -40 °C | 129 kt | 8 h 07 min | 11:09 am CDT (16:09 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 280° at 41 kt | −1 kt | -51 °C | 121 kt | 8 h 40 min | 11:42 am CDT (16:42 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
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRP | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 150/24 | 180/19 19° | 190/13 14° | 200/14 9° | 230/5 -4° | 170/6 -14° | 360/6 -29° | L/V -40° | 350/18 -52° |
| PSX | used from 50 nm out; 55 nm from the line | 160/24 | 160/23 19° | 180/14 15° | 210/11 9° | 240/8 -4° | 250/8 -13° | 320/14 -29° | 300/16 -40° | 340/17 -51° |
| CLL | used from 100 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 170/22 | 170/26 18° | 200/15 14° | 240/13 8° | 240/15 -5° | 260/17 -13° | 290/27 -29° | 290/22 -40° | 320/30 -51° |
| DAL | used from 249 nm out; 38 nm from the line | 190/29 | 220/23 17° | 220/17 13° | 250/18 8° | 230/18 -5° | 240/18 -15° | 270/34 -29° | 280/33 -39° | 300/36 -51° |
| FSM | used from 399 nm out; 88 nm from the line | 210/27 | 250/23 16° | 250/20 13° | 240/17 8° | 250/18 -6° | 260/31 -16° | 280/42 -30° | 280/44 -40° | 290/38 -51° |
| TUL | used from 449 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 210/37 | 240/29 17° | 260/15 14° | 260/11 7° | 240/22 -6° | 250/29 -16° | 270/45 -29° | 270/47 -40° | 280/44 -50° |
| MKC | used from 599 nm out; 74 nm from the line | 220/44 | 250/28 18° | 250/18 13° | 240/12 6° | 280/24 -6° | 240/34 -18° | 260/47 -30° | 260/51 -40° | 270/58 -50° |
| DSM | used from 798 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 230/40 | 250/33 17° | 250/18 12° | 240/17 5° | 260/28 -8° | 270/34 -19° | 260/41 -33° | 260/55 -41° | 270/62 -51° |
| MCW | used from 898 nm out; 29 nm from the line | 220/44 | 250/30 17° | 230/14 12° | 240/17 6° | 250/22 -8° | 270/29 -20° | 250/34 -34° | 260/52 -43° | 260/59 -51° |
| MSP | used from 998 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 230/26 | 240/30 17° | 240/24 12° | 250/22 5° | 250/35 -10° | 260/36 -21° | 250/41 -36° | 250/49 -45° | 260/58 -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
| Airport | Where | Conditions | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRP Corpus Christi, TX | departure | no report just now | 46 ft | ||||
| VCT Victoria, TX | 70 nm out, 19 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 115 ft | ||||
| GYB Giddings, TX | 150 nm out, 3 nm south of the line | no report just now | 484 ft | ||||
| HQZ Mesquite, TX | 299 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 446 ft | ||||
| TKI Dallas, TX | 329 nm out, 12 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 588 ft | ||||
| TUL Tulsa, OK | 509 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 677 ft | ||||
| CFV Coffeyville, KS | 569 nm out, 7 nm west of the line | no report just now | 754 ft | ||||
| IXD Olathe, KS | 678 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,087 ft | ||||
| CSQ Creston, IA | 808 nm out, 2 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 1,299 ft | ||||
| DSM Des Moines, IA | 848 nm out, 25 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 957 ft | ||||
| ACQ Waseca, MN | 998 nm out, 3 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,126 ft | ||||
| MSP Minneapolis, MN | destination | no report just now | 841 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,299 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MSP when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:07 am CDT (15:07 UTC)
MSP has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 19 nm from the route, 309 nm along the route · a VIP movement · ZFW
- 6/6656 ANOKA, MN, Monday, October 5, 2026 through Monday, October 19, 2026 Local 19 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · until 19 October · ZMP
Daylight
Sunset at CRP 7:03 pm CDT (00:03 UTC), at MSP 6:33 pm CDT (23:33 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:03 pm CDT (00:03 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: Corpus Christi International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport.