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Denver International to Gainesville Regional DEN → GNV

1,257 nautical miles (1,447 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 112°, about 104° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 7 h 51 min at the quickest height in today's winds (34,000 ft, a 40-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:37 am EDT (13:37 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: 56 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

  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 38,000 ft. Over the first 90 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the first 90 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 100 to 529 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 DEN.

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 14 forecast points nearest it (DEN, GLD, GCK, ICT, TUL, FSM, LIT, MEM, JAN, BHM, MGM, CSG, TLH, JAX). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
3,500 ft240° at 16 kt−10 kt130 kt9 h 40 min11:26 am EDT (15:26 UTC)
5,500 ft250° at 20 kt−15 kt21 °C135 kt9 h 19 min11:05 am EDT (15:05 UTC)
7,500 ft260° at 20 kt−17 kt15 °C137 kt9 h 11 min10:57 am EDT (14:57 UTC)
9,500 ft270° at 19 kt−17 kt12 °C137 kt9 h 11 min10:57 am EDT (14:57 UTC)
11,500 ft270° at 16 kt−15 kt8 °C135 kt9 h 19 min11:05 am EDT (15:05 UTC)
13,500 ft260° at 17 kt−14 kt4 °C134 kt9 h 23 min11:09 am EDT (15:09 UTC)
15,500 ft260° at 18 kt−15 kt-1 °C135 kt9 h 19 min11:05 am EDT (15:05 UTC)
17,500 ft260° at 19 kt−15 kt-5 °C135 kt9 h 19 min11:05 am EDT (15:05 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180260° at 20 kt−16 kt-6 °C136 kt9 h 15 min11:01 am EDT (15:01 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240270° at 25 kt−23 kt-18 °C143 kt8 h 47 min10:33 am EDT (14:33 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300270° at 38 kt−36 kt-31 °C156 kt8 h 03 min9:49 am EDT (13:49 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340280° at 40 kt−40 kt-39 °C160 kt7 h 51 min9:37 am EDT (13:37 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390280° at 37 kt−37 kt-50 °C157 kt8 h9:46 am EDT (13:46 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
DENused from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line240/21 14°250/44 6°220/49 -8°220/49 -21°230/54 -30°240/57 -35°240/49 -45°
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°
GCKused from 200 nm out; 34 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°
ICTused from 299 nm out; 44 nm from the line200/48230/39 19°240/24 14°240/20 8°240/22 -6°250/31 -18°250/61 -29°260/58 -38°270/54 -49°
TULused from 399 nm out; 51 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 499 nm out; 50 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 599 nm out; 48 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°
MEMused from 748 nm out; 59 nm from the line230/19260/16 15°270/17 12°300/13 6°300/15 -5°300/26 -18°300/34 -32°300/41 -40°310/46 -52°
JANused from 798 nm out; 88 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°
BHMused from 848 nm out; 92 nm from the line310/19330/20 17°320/28 11°340/21 6°310/22 -7°330/33 -17°330/50 -32°330/57 -41°330/41 -50°
MGMused from 948 nm out; 24 nm from the line310/19340/24 17°340/28 11°330/16 7°300/23 -7°320/32 -16°330/46 -33°330/55 -42°330/41 -50°
CSGused from 1048 nm out; 67 nm from the line310/24340/35 17°340/37 12°330/22 8°310/30 -7°290/30 -18°340/57 -32°340/55 -41°320/33 -49°
TLHused from 1098 nm out; 34 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°
JAXused from 1197 nm out; 65 nm from the line290/14300/16 17°280/22 14°280/24 8°250/32 -6°250/37 -17°230/50 -31°220/52 -41°220/51 -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
DEN Denver, CO departure no report just now 5,433 ft
ITR Burlington, CO 120 nm out, 9 nm north of the line no report just now 4,218 ft
TQK Scott City, KS 200 nm out, 8 nm southwest of the line no report just now 2,968 ft
ICT Wichita, KS 359 nm out, 20 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 1,332 ft
TUL Tulsa, OK 469 nm out, 25 nm southwest of the line, tower no report just now 677 ft
FYV Fayetteville, AR 549 nm out, 4 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 1,252 ft
LIT Little Rock, AR 668 nm out, 16 nm southwest of the line, tower no report just now 266 ft
GTR Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS 868 nm out, 11 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 264 ft
SEM Selma, AL 968 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line, tower no report just now 166 ft
TOI Troy, AL 1028 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower no report just now 397 ft
LCQ Lake City, FL 1227 nm out, 15 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 200 ft
GNV Gainesville, FL destination no report just now 151 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 5,433 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At GNV when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:37 am EDT (13:37 UTC)

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

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 DEN 6:24 pm MDT (00:24 UTC), at GNV 7:02 pm EDT (23:02 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:26 pm EDT (23:26 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: Denver International, Gainesville Regional.