EL Paso International to Gerald R Ford International ELP → GRR
1,192 nautical miles (1,371 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 050°, about 042° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 6 h 44 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 57-knot tailwind), arriving about 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 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 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 506 to 834 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 ELP.
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 08:00–15:00 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 11 forecast points nearest it (ELP, ROW, LBB, AMA, GAG, ICT, MKC, COU, BRL, JOT, MKG). 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 | 240° at 34 kt | −34 kt | 154 kt | 7 h 44 min | 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 240° at 24 kt | −24 kt | 22 °C | 144 kt | 8 h 17 min | 6:26 pm EDT (22:26 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 240° at 21 kt | −21 kt | 15 °C | 141 kt | 8 h 27 min | 6:36 pm EDT (22:36 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 240° at 19 kt | −19 kt | 11 °C | 139 kt | 8 h 35 min | 6:44 pm EDT (22:44 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 240° at 21 kt | −21 kt | 7 °C | 141 kt | 8 h 27 min | 6:36 pm EDT (22:36 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 240° at 23 kt | −24 kt | 3 °C | 144 kt | 8 h 17 min | 6:26 pm EDT (22:26 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 240° at 26 kt | −26 kt | -2 °C | 146 kt | 8 h 10 min | 6:19 pm EDT (22:19 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 250° at 29 kt | −29 kt | -6 °C | 149 kt | 8 h | 6:09 pm EDT (22:09 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 30 kt | −30 kt | -7 °C | 150 kt | 7 h 57 min | 6:06 pm EDT (22:06 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 41 kt | −41 kt | -19 °C | 161 kt | 7 h 24 min | 5:33 pm EDT (21:33 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 260° at 60 kt | −57 kt | -30 °C | 177 kt | 6 h 44 min | 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 270° at 60 kt | −52 kt | -39 °C | 172 kt | 6 h 56 min | 5:05 pm EDT (21:05 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 270° at 57 kt | −46 kt | -49 °C | 166 kt | 7 h 11 min | 5:20 pm EDT (21:20 UTC) |
Based on data from the 12th at 06:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 12:00 UTC for use 08:00 to 15:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 300/8 | 210/14 12° | 210/28 6° | 230/47 -6° | 230/56 -14° | 220/58 -27° | 230/60 -38° | 230/56 -50° | |
| ROW | used from 50 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 230/12 | 230/17 13° | 220/30 7° | 230/41 -5° | 240/52 -17° | 230/66 -28° | 240/63 -38° | 240/60 -50° | |
| LBB | used from 199 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 220/25 21° | 230/20 15° | 220/20 7° | 230/36 -6° | 240/50 -15° | 240/59 -28° | 260/52 -37° | 260/45 -50° | |
| AMA | used from 248 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 230/32 | 230/28 14° | 230/27 7° | 230/38 -6° | 230/50 -17° | 250/69 -28° | 260/62 -37° | 270/65 -49° | |
| GAG | used from 348 nm out; 53 nm from the line | 240/35 22° | 240/27 14° | 230/25 6° | 240/38 -7° | 230/44 -19° | 250/73 -28° | 270/66 -37° | 270/58 -49° | |
| ICT | used from 497 nm out; 43 nm from the line | 230/45 | 240/33 21° | 230/23 14° | 230/22 7° | 240/29 -7° | 240/36 -20° | 260/78 -29° | 270/69 -36° | 270/56 -49° |
| MKC | used from 646 nm out; 54 nm from the line | 240/49 | 240/21 20° | 220/19 13° | 230/21 6° | 260/26 -7° | 250/37 -19° | 270/66 -31° | 270/65 -38° | 280/60 -48° |
| COU | used from 795 nm out; 65 nm from the line | 250/36 | 260/14 16° | 250/5 12° | 260/12 6° | 260/24 -7° | 260/35 -19° | 280/58 -31° | 280/62 -40° | 290/60 -49° |
| BRL | used from 844 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/19 17° | 260/15 11° | 270/16 3° | 290/23 -7° | 260/42 -20° | 270/52 -34° | 280/63 -39° | 290/64 -48° |
| JOT | used from 993 nm out; 36 nm from the line | 250/25 | 260/22 14° | 250/17 9° | 270/21 5° | 280/28 -8° | 280/36 -20° | 270/41 -35° | 280/57 -42° | 290/65 -50° |
| MKG | used from 1092 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 260/28 | 260/18 15° | 250/16 9° | 260/22 4° | 280/31 -9° | 270/35 -21° | 270/44 -35° | 270/42 -45° | 290/61 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP El Paso, TX | departure | no report just now | 3,961 ft | ||||
| ATS Artesia, NM | 119 nm out, 14 nm south of the line | no report just now | 3,544 ft | ||||
| ROW Roswell, NM | 129 nm out, 10 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 3,671 ft | ||||
| AMA Amarillo, TX | 308 nm out, 15 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 3,606 ft | ||||
| MDF Mooreland, OK | 457 nm out, 4 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,970 ft | ||||
| BEC Wichita, KS | 576 nm out, 8 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,408 ft | ||||
| IXD Olathe, KS | 705 nm out, 4 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,087 ft | ||||
| MKC Kansas City, MO | 725 nm out, 11 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 756 ft | ||||
| GBG Galesburg, IL | 943 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 764 ft | ||||
| ARR Chicago/Aurora, IL | 1043 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 712 ft | ||||
| ORD Chicago, IL | 1073 nm out, 1 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 680 ft | ||||
| GRR Grand Rapids, MI | destination | no report just now | 793 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 3,961 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At GRR when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC)
GRR has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8722 ALAMOGORDO, NM, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 22 nm from the route, 79 nm along the route · security · starts tomorrow · ZAB
Daylight
Sunset at ELP 6:35 pm MDT (00:35 UTC), at GRR 7:04 pm EDT (23:04 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:33 pm EDT (23:33 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: EL Paso International, Gerald R Ford International.