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EL Paso International to Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field ELP → RDG

1,553 nautical miles (1,788 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 062°, about 054° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 9 h 54 min at the quickest height in today's winds (34,000 ft, a 37-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC). Right now ELP is VFR, wind from the west (280°) at 6 knots; RDG is IFR, wind from the northeast (040°) at 7 knots. 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 return flight

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

  • SIGMET 6W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 34,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 9:55 pm MDT (03:55 UTC). Near the route, 80 nm along the route.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120155
    MKCW WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 6W
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    CO NM
    FROM 50SSW DEN-30NNE TBE-50SSW CME-50E SJN-20NE DVC-50SSW DEN
    AREA TS MOV FROM 23040KT. TOPS TO FL340.
  • SIGMET 7E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 33,000 ft, moving from the west at 15 knots, until 9:55 pm MDT (03:55 UTC). Over the route from 1265 to 1444 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS31 KKCI 120155
    MKCE WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 7E
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    PA MD VA DC WV OH
    FROM 10NNE JST-30WNW SBY-40ENE RIC-50SW BKW-20SE APE-10NNE JST
    AREA TS MOV FROM 28015KT. TOPS TO FL330.
  • SIGMET 6E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 30,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 20 knots, until 9:55 pm MDT (03:55 UTC). Over the last 50 nm of the route.
    as issued
    WSUS31 KKCI 120155
    MKCE WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 6E
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    NY NJ PA DE MD AND DE NJ NY MD CSTL WTRS
    FROM 20WNW SAX-70S HTO-50ESE SBY-30WSW HAR-20WNW SAX
    AREA EMBD TS MOV FROM 22020KT. TOPS TO FL300.
  • 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 last 378 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1314 to 1504 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 21,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the last 179 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 13,000 ft. Near the route, at the destination end.

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 02:00–09:00 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 15 forecast points nearest it (ELP, ROW, LBB, SPS, OKC, TUL, SGF, CGI, EVV, LOU, CVG, CMH, AGC, PSB, AVP). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
3,500 ft240° at 16 kt−17 kt137 kt11 h 20 min9:56 am EDT (13:56 UTC)
5,500 ft250° at 14 kt−15 kt16 °C135 kt11 h 30 min10:06 am EDT (14:06 UTC)
7,500 ft260° at 13 kt−14 kt13 °C134 kt11 h 35 min10:11 am EDT (14:11 UTC)
9,500 ft280° at 12 kt−12 kt11 °C132 kt11 h 46 min10:22 am EDT (14:22 UTC)
11,500 ft280° at 12 kt−11 kt7 °C131 kt11 h 51 min10:27 am EDT (14:27 UTC)
13,500 ft280° at 13 kt−12 kt3 °C132 kt11 h 46 min10:22 am EDT (14:22 UTC)
15,500 ft280° at 15 kt−14 kt-2 °C134 kt11 h 35 min10:11 am EDT (14:11 UTC)
17,500 ft270° at 17 kt−16 kt-6 °C136 kt11 h 25 min10:01 am EDT (14:01 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180270° at 17 kt−17 kt-7 °C137 kt11 h 20 min9:56 am EDT (13:56 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240270° at 24 kt−23 kt-18 °C143 kt10 h 52 min9:28 am EDT (13:28 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300280° at 36 kt−32 kt-31 °C152 kt10 h 13 min8:49 am EDT (12:49 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340280° at 44 kt−37 kt-40 °C157 kt9 h 54 min8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390290° at 41 kt−33 kt-49 °C153 kt10 h 09 min8:45 am EDT (12:45 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
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
ELPused from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line290/17210/11 13°200/18 5°220/46 -6°230/64 -14°230/63 -27°240/55 -37°240/44 -48°
ROWused from 50 nm out; 62 nm from the line190/33210/27 14°220/28 6°230/36 -6°230/56 -15°230/63 -27°250/59 -37°260/57 -49°
LBBused from 199 nm out; 32 nm from the line200/36 18°220/19 15°240/20 8°230/24 -4°240/37 -16°250/57 -28°250/51 -38°270/47 -50°
SPSused from 349 nm out; 69 nm from the line200/39220/28 17°230/27 12°240/15 9°250/15 -4°250/24 -15°260/45 -28°270/43 -39°280/45 -51°
OKCused from 448 nm out; 16 nm from the line200/44230/32 18°240/13 15°240/10 9°240/20 -5°250/27 -16°260/47 -28°270/48 -39°270/45 -50°
TULused from 548 nm out; 21 nm from the line210/37240/29 17°260/15 14°260/11 7°240/22 -6°250/29 -16°270/45 -29°270/47 -40°280/44 -50°
SGFused from 647 nm out; 57 nm from the line230/33230/28 15°250/20 13°240/18 7°250/20 -6°250/24 -17°280/42 -31°280/49 -40°290/46 -51°
CGIused from 797 nm out; 75 nm from the line240/20270/15 15°280/15 11°300/13 6°290/20 -6°280/24 -18°300/34 -32°300/47 -41°310/49 -51°
EVVused from 946 nm out; 30 nm from the line280/15290/12 17°310/16 10°320/13 5°310/22 -6°320/26 -18°320/38 -33°310/56 -41°320/55 -51°
LOUused from 1046 nm out; 30 nm from the line310/18340/28 16°340/29 10°350/27 3°330/27 -7°340/39 -19°330/58 -33°330/67 -41°330/40 -49°
CVGused from 1095 nm out; 25 nm from the line320/18350/32 16°350/35 10°350/30 3°330/30 -7°340/44 -20°340/58 -35°330/72 -41°320/36 -49°
CMHused from 1195 nm out; 47 nm from the line330/15340/22 14°340/24 9°340/23 4°340/35 -9°340/49 -20°340/58 -37°330/70 -42°340/55 -47°
AGCused from 1295 nm out; 65 nm from the line350/14330/20 11°340/18 8°330/17 3°340/22 -11°340/31 -22°330/33 -36°300/34 -41°300/35 -47°
PSBused from 1444 nm out; 48 nm from the line360/13 13°330/14 7°300/11 3°290/12 -11°240/23 -23°270/25 -36°250/34 -40°250/45 -48°
AVPused from 1543 nm out; 61 nm from the line150/5350/13 12°270/20 8°260/17 4°260/25 -11°240/31 -22°240/54 -35°230/61 -41°240/55 -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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
ELP El Paso, TX departure VFR Sky: a few clouds at 8,000 feet, a broken layer at 12,000 feet, a broken layer at 21,000 feet from the west (280°) at 6 knots 10+ mi 12,000 ft 3,961 ft 7:51 pm MDT (01:51 UTC)
ATS Artesia, NM 119 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line VFR from the south-southeast (150°) at 14 knots 10+ mi none 3,544 ft 02:15 UTC
LBB Lubbock, TX 259 nm out, 5 nm south of the line, tower VFR Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet from the south (170°) at 15 knots 10+ mi none 3,282 ft 01:53 UTC
LAW Lawton, OK 428 nm out, 25 nm southeast of the line, tower VFR from the south-southeast (160°) at 9 knots 10+ mi none 1,110 ft 01:53 UTC
OKC Oklahoma City, OK 488 nm out, 5 nm north of the line, tower VFR from the south (170°) at 12 knots 10+ mi none 1,295 ft 01:52 UTC
ROG Rogers, AR 667 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line, tower VFR from the south (190°) at 8 knots 10+ mi none 1,358 ft 01:58 UTC
MDH Carbondale/Murphysboro, IL 916 nm out, 3 nm south of the line, tower VFR from the south-southeast (160°) at 3 knots 10+ mi none 411 ft 01:52 UTC
EVV Evansville, IN 996 nm out, 12 nm southeast of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 421 ft 01:54 UTC
CVG Covington, KY 1145 nm out, 9 nm northwest of the line, tower VFR Sky: a few clouds at 1,800 feet calm 10+ mi none 896 ft 01:52 UTC
MGW Morgantown, WV 1364 nm out, 9 nm southeast of the line, tower VFR Sky: a few clouds at 1,700 feet, a broken layer at 4,100 feet, overcast at 7,500 feet Weather: light rain calm 10+ mi 4,100 ft 1,243 ft 02:34 UTC
CXY Harrisburg, PA 1514 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line, tower IFR Sky: overcast at 700 feet Weather: mist from the northeast (050°) at 7 knots 4 mi 700 ft 346 ft 01:56 UTC
RDG Reading, PA destination IFR Sky: overcast at 800 feet from the northeast (040°) at 7 knots 10+ mi 800 ft 343 ft 9:54 pm EDT (01:54 UTC)

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 RDG when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC)

Wind from the north at 8 knots, visibility 5 miles, light rain, mist, overcast at 500 feet IFR

The whole forecast for RDG
  • From Sun 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, overcast at 1,000 feet
  • From Mon 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the north at 8 knots, visibility 5 miles, light rain, mist, overcast at 500 feet
  • From Mon 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, visibility 5 miles, mist, overcast at 1,500 feet
  • From Mon 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 2,500 feet
  • From Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 5,000 feet
  • From Mon 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
The forecast for ELP, the departure
  • From Sun 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet, a broken layer at 15,000 feet
  • At times between Sun 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC) and 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 20 knots, gusting to 30
  • From Sun 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet

Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it

  • 6/8029 Cincinnati, OH, Friday, October 9, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 4 nm from the route, 1145 nm along the route · a VIP movement · until 12 October · ZID

Daylight

Sunset at ELP 6:36 pm MDT (00:36 UTC), at RDG 6:28 pm EDT (22:28 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 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

Radar now, the southern Plains
Radar now, the southern Plains · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the southern Rockies
Radar now, the southern Rockies · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

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, Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field.