Detroit Metro Wayne County to Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field DTW → LIT
612 nautical miles (705 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 226°, about 233° magnetic at the departure end (variation 7W). At 120 knots that is 4 h 36 min at the quickest height in today's winds (24,000 ft, a 13-knot tailwind), arriving about 12:03 am CDT (05:03 UTC), after sunset at the destination. 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: 3 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the first 30 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 DTW.
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 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 6 forecast points nearest it (FWA, IND, EVV, CGI, MEM, LIT). 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 | 320° at 12 kt | −1 kt | 121 kt | 5 h 03 min | 12:30 am CDT (05:30 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 330° at 18 kt | −5 kt | 15 °C | 125 kt | 4 h 54 min | 12:21 am CDT (05:21 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 330° at 19 kt | −5 kt | 11 °C | 125 kt | 4 h 54 min | 12:21 am CDT (05:21 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 330° at 21 kt | −5 kt | 7 °C | 125 kt | 4 h 54 min | 12:21 am CDT (05:21 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 330° at 23 kt | −6 kt | 4 °C | 126 kt | 4 h 51 min | 12:18 am CDT (05:18 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 330° at 24 kt | −7 kt | -1 °C | 127 kt | 4 h 49 min | 12:16 am CDT (05:16 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 330° at 25 kt | −8 kt | -5 °C | 128 kt | 4 h 47 min | 12:14 am CDT (05:14 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 330° at 26 kt | −9 kt | -8 °C | 129 kt | 4 h 45 min | 12:12 am CDT (05:12 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 330° at 35 kt | −13 kt | -20 °C | 133 kt | 4 h 36 min | 12:03 am CDT (05:03 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 330° at 48 kt | −11 kt | -35 °C | 131 kt | 4 h 40 min | 12:07 am CDT (05:07 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 320° at 51 kt | −6 kt | -42 °C | 126 kt | 4 h 51 min | 12:18 am CDT (05:18 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 320° at 47 kt | −6 kt | -49 °C | 126 kt | 4 h 51 min | 12:18 am CDT (05:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FWA | used from 0 nm out; 86 nm from the line | 350/9 | 350/24 15° | 360/25 9° | 360/29 4° | 350/31 -10° | 340/39 -22° | 330/40 -37° | 320/38 -43° | 320/48 -48° |
| IND | used from 148 nm out; 29 nm from the line | 320/10 | 350/30 16° | 350/32 10° | 350/30 4° | 340/31 -10° | 340/42 -21° | 340/49 -37° | 320/46 -41° | 320/47 -47° |
| EVV | used from 247 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 310/13 | 340/26 16° | 330/29 10° | 330/32 4° | 330/30 -9° | 340/38 -20° | 330/60 -35° | 320/57 -41° | 330/39 -48° |
| CGI | used from 346 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 250/10 | 290/12 17° | 290/18 11° | 300/22 5° | 320/25 -8° | 330/30 -18° | 320/53 -33° | 320/66 -42° | 320/56 -50° |
| MEM | used from 494 nm out; 72 nm from the line | 240/9 | 280/14 17° | 280/20 12° | 290/25 5° | 320/25 -6° | 330/31 -18° | 320/52 -32° | 330/58 -41° | 320/42 -50° |
| LIT | used from 543 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 220/12 | 250/12 17° | 250/18 12° | 260/22 6° | 310/14 -5° | 310/25 -17° | 310/40 -31° | 310/38 -41° | 310/46 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW Detroit, MI | departure | no report just now | 645 ft | ||||
| TOL Toledo, OH | 40 nm out, 13 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 683 ft | ||||
| FWA Fort Wayne, IN | 109 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 814 ft | ||||
| AID Anderson, IN | 158 nm out, 17 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 919 ft | ||||
| IND Indianapolis, IN | 198 nm out, 11 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 796 ft | ||||
| HUF Terre Haute, IN | 247 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 589 ft | ||||
| FWC Fairfield, IL | 326 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 434 ft | ||||
| CGI Cape Girardeau, MO | 415 nm out, 1 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 341 ft | ||||
| DXE Dexter, MO | 444 nm out, 4 nm south of the line | no report just now | 304 ft | ||||
| ARG Walnut Ridge, AR | 504 nm out, 7 nm west of the line | no report just now | 279 ft | ||||
| SRC Searcy, AR | 573 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 264 ft | ||||
| LIT Little Rock, AR | destination | no report just now | 266 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 919 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At LIT when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 12:03 am CDT (05:03 UTC)
LIT 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 DTW 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC), at LIT 6:39 pm CDT (23:39 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:04 pm CDT (00:04 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at LIT is before sunrise there (7:11 am CDT (12:11 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: Detroit Metro Wayne County, Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/Adams Field.