EL Paso International to Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport ELP → TCL
953 nautical miles (1,096 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 080°, about 072° magnetic at the departure end (variation 8E). At 120 knots that is 6 h 11 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 34-knot tailwind), arriving about 6:53 am CDT (11:53 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
- SIGMET 9C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 30,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 30 knots, until 12:55 am MDT (06:55 UTC). Over the first 60 nm of the route.
as issued
WSUS32 KKCI 120455 MKCC WST 120455 CONVECTIVE SIGMET 9C VALID UNTIL 0655Z TX NM FROM 50NNW CME-40ENE CME-50SE ELP-20WSW ELP-30E TCS-50NNW CME AREA TS MOV FROM 22030KT. TOPS TO FL300.
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 7 forecast points nearest it (ELP, INK, ABI, DAL, SHV, JAN, BHM). 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 | 210° at 16 kt | −10 kt | 130 kt | 7 h 20 min | 8:02 am CDT (13:02 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 220° at 18 kt | −13 kt | 18 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 10 min | 7:52 am CDT (12:52 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 230° at 17 kt | −13 kt | 16 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 10 min | 7:52 am CDT (12:52 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 230° at 15 kt | −13 kt | 12 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 10 min | 7:52 am CDT (12:52 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 240° at 13 kt | −13 kt | 8 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 10 min | 7:52 am CDT (12:52 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 250° at 14 kt | −14 kt | 5 °C | 134 kt | 7 h 07 min | 7:49 am CDT (12:49 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 250° at 15 kt | −15 kt | 0 °C | 135 kt | 7 h 04 min | 7:46 am CDT (12:46 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 250° at 17 kt | −17 kt | -4 °C | 137 kt | 6 h 57 min | 7:39 am CDT (12:39 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 17 kt | −17 kt | -5 °C | 137 kt | 6 h 57 min | 7:39 am CDT (12:39 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 23 kt | −23 kt | -15 °C | 143 kt | 6 h 40 min | 7:22 am CDT (12:22 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 33 kt | −34 kt | -29 °C | 154 kt | 6 h 11 min | 6:53 am CDT (11:53 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 34 kt | −33 kt | -39 °C | 153 kt | 6 h 14 min | 6:56 am CDT (11:56 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 34 kt | −31 kt | -51 °C | 151 kt | 6 h 19 min | 7:01 am CDT (12:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELP | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 290/17 | 210/11 13° | 200/18 5° | 220/46 -6° | 230/64 -14° | 230/63 -27° | 240/55 -37° | 240/44 -48° | |
| INK | used from 99 nm out; 45 nm from the line | 190/23 20° | 200/18 15° | 230/18 8° | 240/23 -4° | 240/37 -14° | 240/46 -27° | 250/42 -38° | 260/36 -50° | |
| ABI | used from 248 nm out; 70 nm from the line | 200/31 17° | 210/21 15° | 240/15 9° | 250/14 -4° | 250/24 -14° | 250/36 -28° | 270/35 -38° | 290/41 -50° | |
| DAL | used from 397 nm out; 65 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° |
| SHV | used from 546 nm out; 77 nm from the line | 200/18 | 230/24 18° | 230/24 12° | 240/14 8° | 260/12 -4° | 240/11 -15° | 300/31 -29° | 300/32 -40° | 300/36 -52° |
| JAN | used from 744 nm out; 79 nm from the line | 230/10 | 270/13 18° | 270/11 12° | 310/11 6° | 300/15 -4° | 300/22 -16° | 310/33 -31° | 320/37 -41° | 330/41 -52° |
| BHM | used from 893 nm out; 80 nm from the line | 310/19 | 330/20 17° | 320/28 11° | 340/21 6° | 310/22 -7° | 330/33 -17° | 330/50 -32° | 330/57 -41° | 330/41 -50° |
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 | ||||
| CNM Carlsbad, NM | 109 nm out, 14 nm north of the line | no report just now | 3,294 ft | ||||
| SNK Snyder, TX | 278 nm out, 11 nm north of the line | no report just now | 2,430 ft | ||||
| ABI Abilene, TX | 337 nm out, 14 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,790 ft | ||||
| DFW Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | 476 nm out, 2 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 606 ft | ||||
| DAL Dallas, TX | 486 nm out, 2 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 486 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 635 nm out, 24 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| CRT Crossett, AR | 734 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 183 ft | ||||
| GWO Greenwood, MS | 833 nm out, 18 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 162 ft | ||||
| GTR Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS | 903 nm out, 14 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 264 ft | ||||
| TCL Tuscaloosa, AL | destination | no report just now | 169 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 TCL when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 6:53 am CDT (11:53 UTC)
TCL 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 6 nm from the route, 476 nm along the route · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Thursday 15 October · ZFW
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 2 nm from the route, 486 nm along the route · a VIP movement · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at ELP 6:36 pm MDT (00:36 UTC), at TCL 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:45 pm CDT (23:45 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, Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport.