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Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International to Yellowstone Regional FLL → COD

1,781 nautical miles (2,049 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 316°, about 322° magnetic at the departure end (variation 6W). At 120 knots that is 14 h 58 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 1-knot headwind), arriving about 11:09 am MDT (17:09 UTC). Right now FLL is VFR, wind calm; COD is IFR, wind from the north (010°) at 11 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 8W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 35,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 11:55 pm EDT (03:55 UTC). Over the route from 1552 to 1731 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120155
    MKCW WST 120155
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 8W
    VALID UNTIL 0355Z
    CO MT WY
    FROM 40N SHR-60WNW RAP-20ENE CYS-30SW CYS-10NW BOY-40N SHR
    AREA TS MOV FROM 22040KT. TOPS TO FL350.
  • AIRMET TANGO 6W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 28,000 ft to 40,000 ft. Over the route from 298 to 468 nm out.
  • 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 1064 to 1323 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 36,000 ft. Over the last 318 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the last 239 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: 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 1612 to 1751 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the last 119 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the last 119 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET ZULU 3C: moderate icing up to 22,000 ft. Over the last 99 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 FLL.

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 20:00–03:00 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 17 forecast points nearest it (MIA, MLB, PIE, TLH, MGM, BHM, JAN, MEM, LIT, SGF, ICT, SLN, GRI, GLD, BFF, LND, BIL). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft220° at 9 kt+1 kt19 °C119 kt14 h 58 min11:09 am MDT (17:09 UTC)
6,500 ft250° at 9 kt+5 kt16 °C115 kt15 h 29 min11:40 am MDT (17:40 UTC)
8,500 ft250° at 14 kt+7 kt13 °C113 kt15 h 46 min11:57 am MDT (17:57 UTC)
10,500 ft250° at 17 kt+10 kt9 °C110 kt16 h 11 min12:22 pm MDT (18:22 UTC)
12,500 ft260° at 18 kt+12 kt6 °C108 kt16 h 29 min12:40 pm MDT (18:40 UTC)
14,500 ft260° at 19 kt+13 kt1 °C107 kt16 h 39 min12:50 pm MDT (18:50 UTC)
16,500 ft260° at 20 kt+14 kt-3 °C106 kt16 h 48 min12:59 pm MDT (18:59 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180260° at 21 kt+15 kt-7 °C105 kt16 h 58 min1:09 pm MDT (19:09 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 25 kt+16 kt-18 °C104 kt17 h 08 min1:19 pm MDT (19:19 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300250° at 31 kt+19 kt-33 °C101 kt17 h 38 min1:49 pm MDT (19:49 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340260° at 35 kt+24 kt-41 °C96 kt18 h 33 min2:44 pm MDT (20:44 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390270° at 36 kt+27 kt-50 °C93 kt19 h 09 min3:20 pm MDT (21:20 UTC)

Based on data from the 11th at 18:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 00:00 UTC for use 20:00 to 03:00 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
MIAused from 0 nm out; 36 nm from the line190/8L/V 18°180/5 14°L/V 9°190/10 -5°160/10 -16°150/13 -30°160/26 -40°150/23 -52°
MLBused from 50 nm out; 73 nm from the line240/7240/11 17°240/13 13°250/15 8°230/25 -5°210/25 -16°210/24 -31°190/29 -41°190/27 -53°
PIEused from 99 nm out; 53 nm from the line310/7270/12 17°270/14 13°260/14 8°240/22 -5°230/24 -16°220/26 -31°200/31 -41°180/33 -53°
TLHused from 249 nm out; 72 nm from the line300/17340/32 17°320/27 13°300/27 8°280/23 -7°250/37 -17°230/44 -33°220/53 -41°220/48 -51°
MGMused from 398 nm out; 82 nm from the line300/16330/30 16°330/34 11°320/31 7°310/28 -7°320/29 -17°290/25 -34°300/28 -41°320/28 -50°
BHMused from 547 nm out; 82 nm from the line300/16330/32 16°320/37 11°330/37 6°310/33 -7°310/30 -18°320/40 -34°330/43 -41°330/30 -49°
JANused from 597 nm out; 87 nm from the line260/6310/14 17°280/13 12°290/19 6°310/22 -5°310/28 -17°320/44 -32°330/48 -41°320/52 -51°
MEMused from 647 nm out; 78 nm from the line240/9280/14 17°280/20 12°290/25 5°320/25 -6°330/31 -18°320/52 -32°330/58 -41°320/42 -50°
LITused from 796 nm out; 46 nm from the line220/12250/12 17°250/18 12°260/22 6°310/14 -5°310/25 -17°310/40 -31°310/38 -41°310/46 -52°
SGFused from 895 nm out; 47 nm from the line210/21210/21 16°240/28 12°260/24 7°280/21 -6°280/26 -18°290/38 -31°290/37 -41°300/49 -52°
ICTused from 1045 nm out; 79 nm from the line190/34210/34 18°240/28 13°260/23 7°250/23 -6°240/29 -17°260/40 -30°260/47 -40°270/42 -51°
SLNused from 1094 nm out; 49 nm from the line190/37220/39 20°240/31 14°250/24 7°260/25 -7°250/26 -17°250/44 -31°260/47 -40°260/47 -50°
GRIused from 1244 nm out; 73 nm from the line210/31 19°240/21 14°240/17 6°260/27 -7°260/34 -18°240/45 -32°250/56 -40°260/62 -51°
GLDused from 1343 nm out; 98 nm from the line190/29200/30 15°240/23 8°250/39 -7°230/39 -19°230/57 -31°240/67 -39°250/62 -49°
BFFused from 1393 nm out; 79 nm from the line120/24180/31 13°210/26 7°230/25 -7°240/41 -20°230/52 -36°250/56 -41°260/57 -45°
LNDused from 1641 nm out; 99 nm from the line180/33 10°190/50 3°210/59 -9°200/50 -21°190/41 -34°230/55 -39°240/65 -47°
BILused from 1741 nm out; 87 nm from the line080/24130/14 -1°180/33 0°210/43 -10°220/58 -21°200/55 -36°220/75 -44°240/83 -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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL departure VFR Sky: a few clouds at 2,500 feet calm 10+ mi none 65 ft 9:53 pm EDT (01:53 UTC)
LAL Lakeland, FL 149 nm out, 10 nm northeast of the line, tower VFR from the west-northwest (300°) at 5 knots 10+ mi none 141 ft 01:50 UTC
BKV Brooksville, FL 189 nm out, 14 nm northeast of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 76 ft 01:53 UTC
SEM Selma, AL 517 nm out, 19 nm northeast of the line, tower reported, no category from the east (080°) at 27 knots, gusting to 37 3,300 ft 166 ft 01:30 UTC
GTR Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS 627 nm out, 15 nm northeast of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 264 ft 01:56 UTC
HEE Helena/West Helena, AR 746 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line no report just now 241 ft
JLN Joplin, MO 985 nm out, 4 nm west of the line, tower VFR from the south (180°) at 8 knots 10+ mi none 977 ft 01:53 UTC
SLN Salina, KS 1164 nm out, 14 nm southwest of the line, tower VFR from the south (170°) at 13 knots 10+ mi none 1,288 ft 01:53 UTC
CSB Cambridge, NE 1313 nm out, 8 nm southwest of the line VFR from the south-southeast (150°) at 9 knots 10+ mi none 2,414 ft 01:55 UTC
GUR Guernsey, WY 1552 nm out, 23 nm southwest of the line, tower VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 13,000 feet, scattered clouds at 15,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet from the east-northeast (070°) at 14 knots 10+ mi none 4,401 ft 01:56 UTC
WRL Worland, WY 1721 nm out, 7 nm southwest of the line IFR Sky: a broken layer at 700 feet, overcast at 1,400 feet from the north-northeast (020°) at 6 knots 10+ mi 700 ft 4,251 ft 02:04 UTC
COD Cody, WY destination IFR Sky: overcast at 800 feet Weather: unknown precipitation from the north (010°) at 11 knots 9 mi 800 ft 5,102 ft 7:56 pm MDT (01:56 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 5,102 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At COD when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 11:09 am MDT (17:09 UTC)

Wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, a broken layer at 1,000 feet, overcast at 1,800 feet marginal VFR

The whole forecast for COD
  • From Sun 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light showers rain snow, overcast at 1,000 feet
  • From Mon 3:00 am MDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, a broken layer at 1,000 feet, overcast at 1,800 feet
  • From Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, overcast at 3,000 feet
  • 30% chance between Mon 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): visibility 6 miles, light rain showers
The forecast for FLL, the departure
  • From Sun 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet
  • From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
  • From Mon 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet

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

No temporary flight restriction on or near this route right now.

Daylight

Sunset at FLL 6:55 pm EDT (22:55 UTC), at COD 6:37 pm MDT (00:37 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:06 pm MDT (01:06 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 Southeast
Radar now, the Southeast · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley
Radar now, the upper 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: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, Yellowstone Regional.