Chippewa Valley Regional to Laredo International EAU → LRD
1,108 nautical miles (1,275 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 203°, about 202° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1E). At 120 knots that is 9 h 48 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 7-knot headwind), arriving about 12:57 pm CDT (17:57 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: 1 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 60 to 639 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 EAU.
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 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 10 forecast points nearest it (LSE, MCW, DSM, MKC, TUL, OKC, DAL, CLL, SAT, LRD). 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 | 220° at 27 kt | +27 kt | 93 kt | 11 h 55 min | 3:04 pm CDT (20:04 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 230° at 22 kt | +20 kt | 17 °C | 100 kt | 11 h 05 min | 2:14 pm CDT (19:14 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 230° at 16 kt | +14 kt | 14 °C | 106 kt | 10 h 27 min | 1:36 pm CDT (18:36 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 230° at 14 kt | +12 kt | 10 °C | 108 kt | 10 h 16 min | 1:25 pm CDT (18:25 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 240° at 13 kt | +11 kt | 6 °C | 109 kt | 10 h 10 min | 1:19 pm CDT (18:19 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 240° at 16 kt | +11 kt | 2 °C | 109 kt | 10 h 10 min | 1:19 pm CDT (18:19 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 250° at 18 kt | +12 kt | -3 °C | 108 kt | 10 h 16 min | 1:25 pm CDT (18:25 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 20 kt | +13 kt | -6 °C | 107 kt | 10 h 21 min | 1:30 pm CDT (18:30 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 23 kt | +15 kt | -17 °C | 105 kt | 10 h 33 min | 1:42 pm CDT (18:42 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 260° at 34 kt | +16 kt | -30 °C | 104 kt | 10 h 39 min | 1:48 pm CDT (18:48 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 270° at 37 kt | +15 kt | -40 °C | 105 kt | 10 h 33 min | 1:42 pm CDT (18:42 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 280° at 41 kt | +7 kt | -51 °C | 113 kt | 9 h 48 min | 12:57 pm CDT (17:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSE | used from 0 nm out; 41 nm from the line | 230/40 | 240/24 17° | 240/13 10° | 250/13 6° | 280/22 -9° | 250/28 -21° | 250/41 -34° | 260/42 -44° | 270/62 -53° |
| MCW | used from 100 nm out; 35 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° |
| DSM | used from 150 nm out; 48 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° |
| MKC | used from 299 nm out; 47 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° |
| TUL | used from 449 nm out; 83 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° |
| OKC | used from 599 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 200/44 | 230/32 18° | 240/13 15° | 240/10 9° | 240/20 -5° | 250/27 -16° | 260/47 -28° | 270/48 -39° | 270/45 -50° |
| DAL | used from 699 nm out; 47 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° |
| CLL | used from 849 nm out; 95 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° |
| SAT | used from 898 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 150/26 | 180/18 19° | 180/18 14° | 200/14 9° | 230/16 -6° | 210/9 -13° | 270/8 -29° | 280/6 -39° | 340/19 -51° |
| LRD | used from 1048 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 150/27 | 170/24 17° | 170/20 14° | 180/12 10° | 230/19 -4° | 160/10 -14° | 130/10 -28° | 110/7 -39° | 010/22 -51° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAU Eau Claire, WI | departure | no report just now | 913 ft | ||||
| RST Rochester, MN | 70 nm out, 18 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,317 ft | ||||
| DSM Des Moines, IA | 220 nm out, 13 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 957 ft | ||||
| EZZ Cameron, MO | 329 nm out, 3 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,040 ft | ||||
| OJC Olathe, KS | 389 nm out, 1 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,096 ft | ||||
| CFV Coffeyville, KS | 499 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 754 ft | ||||
| RVS Tulsa, OK | 569 nm out, 2 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 638 ft | ||||
| DTO Denton, TX | 749 nm out, 2 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 642 ft | ||||
| FWS Fort Worth, TX | 789 nm out, 10 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 700 ft | ||||
| SKF San Antonio, TX | 988 nm out, 9 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 690 ft | ||||
| CVB Castroville, TX | 998 nm out, 4 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 773 ft | ||||
| LRD Laredo, TX | destination | no report just now | 508 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,317 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At LRD when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 12:57 pm CDT (17:57 UTC)
LRD has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8646 Arlington, TX, Thursday, October 15, 2026 through Friday, October 16, 2026 UTC 16 nm from the route, 769 nm along the route · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Thursday 15 October · ZFW
- 6/0543 MCGREGOR, TX 24 nm from the route, 859 nm along the route · security · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at EAU 6:26 pm CDT (23:26 UTC), at LRD 7:11 pm CDT (00:11 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:34 pm CDT (00:34 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: Chippewa Valley Regional, Laredo International.