EL Paso International to Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field ELP → MKC
723 nautical miles (833 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 049°, about 041° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 3 h 54 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 65-knot tailwind), arriving about 1:03 pm CDT (18:03 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 last 228 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 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 7 forecast points nearest it (ELP, ROW, LBB, AMA, GAG, ICT, MKC). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,500 ft | 240° at 26 kt | −26 kt | 22 °C | 146 kt | 4 h 57 min | 2:06 pm CDT (19:06 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 230° at 23 kt | −23 kt | 18 °C | 143 kt | 5 h 03 min | 2:12 pm CDT (19:12 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 230° at 22 kt | −22 kt | 13 °C | 142 kt | 5 h 05 min | 2:14 pm CDT (19:14 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 230° at 24 kt | −24 kt | 8 °C | 144 kt | 5 h 01 min | 2:10 pm CDT (19:10 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 230° at 27 kt | −28 kt | 4 °C | 148 kt | 4 h 53 min | 2:02 pm CDT (19:02 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 230° at 31 kt | −31 kt | -1 °C | 151 kt | 4 h 47 min | 1:56 pm CDT (18:56 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 240° at 35 kt | −35 kt | -5 °C | 155 kt | 4 h 40 min | 1:49 pm CDT (18:49 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 240° at 36 kt | −36 kt | -6 °C | 156 kt | 4 h 38 min | 1:47 pm CDT (18:47 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 240° at 45 kt | −45 kt | -18 °C | 165 kt | 4 h 23 min | 1:32 pm CDT (18:32 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 250° at 67 kt | −65 kt | -28 °C | 185 kt | 3 h 54 min | 1:03 pm CDT (18:03 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 260° at 62 kt | −56 kt | -37 °C | 176 kt | 4 h 06 min | 1:15 pm CDT (18:15 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 260° at 56 kt | −49 kt | -49 °C | 169 kt | 4 h 17 min | 1:26 pm CDT (18:26 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; 55 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 198 nm out; 65 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; 39 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 347 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 496 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 644 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° |
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 | ||||
| ROW Roswell, NM | 129 nm out, 8 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 3,671 ft | ||||
| PRZ Portales, NM | 208 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 4,077 ft | ||||
| HRX Hereford, TX | 278 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 3,787 ft | ||||
| AMA Amarillo, TX | 307 nm out, 11 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 3,606 ft | ||||
| HHF Canadian, TX | 387 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 2,396 ft | ||||
| MDF Mooreland, OK | 456 nm out, 4 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,970 ft | ||||
| BEC Wichita, KS | 575 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,408 ft | ||||
| EMP Emporia, KS | 634 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 1,207 ft | ||||
| IXD Olathe, KS | 704 nm out, 7 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,087 ft | ||||
| MKC Kansas City, MO | destination | no report just now | 756 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 4,077 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MKC when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:03 pm CDT (18:03 UTC)
MKC 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 21 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 MKC 6:44 pm CDT (23:44 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:11 pm CDT (00:11 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: EL Paso International, Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field.