Detroit Metro Wayne County to Okc Will Rogers International DTW → OKC
781 nautical miles (898 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 243°, about 250° magnetic at the departure end (variation 7W). At 120 knots that is 7 h 39 min at the quickest height in today's winds (10,500 ft, a 18-knot headwind), arriving about 4:49 pm CDT (21:49 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: 33 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 2W: 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 435 to 623 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 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 14:00–21:00 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 8 forecast points nearest it (FWA, JOT, SPI, STL, COU, SGF, TUL, OKC). 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 | 230° at 23 kt | +23 kt | 97 kt | 8 h 03 min | 5:13 pm CDT (22:13 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 240° at 23 kt | +23 kt | 15 °C | 97 kt | 8 h 03 min | 5:13 pm CDT (22:13 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 250° at 20 kt | +20 kt | 12 °C | 100 kt | 7 h 49 min | 4:59 pm CDT (21:59 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 260° at 19 kt | +18 kt | 9 °C | 102 kt | 7 h 39 min | 4:49 pm CDT (21:49 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 270° at 20 kt | +18 kt | 6 °C | 102 kt | 7 h 39 min | 4:49 pm CDT (21:49 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 270° at 23 kt | +19 kt | 1 °C | 101 kt | 7 h 44 min | 4:54 pm CDT (21:54 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 270° at 25 kt | +21 kt | -4 °C | 99 kt | 7 h 53 min | 5:03 pm CDT (22:03 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 27 kt | +22 kt | -7 °C | 98 kt | 7 h 58 min | 5:08 pm CDT (22:08 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 270° at 36 kt | +31 kt | -19 °C | 89 kt | 8 h 47 min | 5:57 pm CDT (22:57 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 54 kt | +40 kt | -32 °C | 80 kt | 9 h 46 min | 6:56 pm CDT (23:56 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 58 kt | +38 kt | -38 °C | 82 kt | 9 h 31 min | 6:41 pm CDT (23:41 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 53 kt | +30 kt | -48 °C | 90 kt | 8 h 41 min | 5:51 pm CDT (22:51 UTC) |
Based on data from the 12th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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; 87 nm from the line | 250/18 | 260/22 15° | 260/27 7° | 290/26 6° | 290/28 -8° | 290/39 -20° | 280/36 -37° | 290/54 -39° | 310/60 -48° |
| JOT | used from 198 nm out; 68 nm from the line | 230/30 | 250/26 16° | 270/27 11° | 280/34 5° | 290/32 -8° | 280/37 -21° | 280/40 -36° | 290/46 -37° | 290/56 -47° |
| SPI | used from 247 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 230/24 | 240/21 15° | 260/11 12° | 280/19 6° | 270/23 -8° | 280/34 -20° | 290/55 -33° | 290/62 -37° | 290/55 -47° |
| STL | used from 346 nm out; 27 nm from the line | 240/25 | 240/21 15° | 260/21 12° | 270/21 7° | 280/25 -7° | 280/39 -19° | 290/65 -31° | 290/70 -38° | 290/59 -48° |
| COU | used from 395 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 240/28 | 240/22 17° | 250/18 12° | 260/22 6° | 270/23 -7° | 260/39 -19° | 290/70 -30° | 290/71 -37° | 290/58 -48° |
| SGF | used from 494 nm out; 39 nm from the line | 220/23 | 240/29 16° | 240/21 13° | 240/15 7° | 270/28 -7° | 260/34 -18° | 280/67 -29° | 290/59 -37° | 290/51 -49° |
| TUL | used from 593 nm out; 68 nm from the line | 210/24 | 220/29 18° | 240/17 14° | 250/16 8° | 260/28 -6° | 260/36 -18° | 270/63 -28° | 280/54 -37° | 290/46 -49° |
| OKC | used from 741 nm out; 20 nm from the line | 200/23 | 220/26 19° | 210/12 16° | 230/16 8° | 250/36 -6° | 250/45 -17° | 260/61 -28° | 270/51 -37° | 270/42 -49° |
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 | ||||
| ARB Ann Arbor, MI | 20 nm out, 10 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 839 ft | ||||
| RCR Rochester, IN | 148 nm out, 4 nm east of the line | no report just now | 789 ft | ||||
| LAF Lafayette, IN | 198 nm out, 20 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 605 ft | ||||
| DEC Decatur, IL | 287 nm out, 5 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 681 ft | ||||
| SPI Springfield, IL | 316 nm out, 15 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 597 ft | ||||
| JEF Jefferson City, MO | 455 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 549 ft | ||||
| AIZ Kaiser/Lake Ozark, MO | 484 nm out, 6 nm south of the line | no report just now | 869 ft | ||||
| JLN Joplin, MO | 593 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 977 ft | ||||
| TUL Tulsa, OK | 682 nm out, 9 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 677 ft | ||||
| SWO Stillwater, OK | 731 nm out, 23 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,000 ft | ||||
| OKC Oklahoma City, OK | destination | no report just now | 1,295 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,295 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At OKC when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 4:49 pm CDT (21:49 UTC)
OKC has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8992 Monroe, MI, Thursday, October 15, 2026 Local 9 nm from the route, at the departure end · a VIP movement · starts Thursday 15 October · ZOB
Daylight
Sunset at DTW 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC), at OKC 6:59 pm CDT (23:59 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:24 pm CDT (00:24 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, Okc Will Rogers International.