Bishop International to Scott Afb/Midamerica St. Louis Airport FNT → BLV
383 nautical miles (441 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 228°, about 234° magnetic at the departure end (variation 6W). At 120 knots that is 3 h 33 min at the quickest height in today's winds (6,500 ft, a 12-knot headwind), arriving about 11:42 am CDT (16:42 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the first 98 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 FNT.
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 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 5 forecast points nearest it (MKG, FWA, IND, SPI, STL). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,500 ft | 270° at 20 kt | +16 kt | 104 kt | 3 h 41 min | 11:50 am CDT (16:50 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 270° at 17 kt | +12 kt | 14 °C | 108 kt | 3 h 33 min | 11:42 am CDT (16:42 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 270° at 15 kt | +12 kt | 10 °C | 108 kt | 3 h 33 min | 11:42 am CDT (16:42 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 270° at 17 kt | +13 kt | 7 °C | 107 kt | 3 h 35 min | 11:44 am CDT (16:44 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 270° at 19 kt | +14 kt | 3 °C | 106 kt | 3 h 37 min | 11:46 am CDT (16:46 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 280° at 22 kt | +14 kt | 0 °C | 106 kt | 3 h 37 min | 11:46 am CDT (16:46 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 280° at 25 kt | +14 kt | -4 °C | 106 kt | 3 h 37 min | 11:46 am CDT (16:46 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 280° at 27 kt | +14 kt | -7 °C | 106 kt | 3 h 37 min | 11:46 am CDT (16:46 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 280° at 32 kt | +21 kt | -19 °C | 99 kt | 3 h 52 min | 12:01 pm CDT (17:01 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 41 kt | +26 kt | -34 °C | 94 kt | 4 h 04 min | 12:13 pm CDT (17:13 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 51 kt | +26 kt | -43 °C | 94 kt | 4 h 04 min | 12:13 pm CDT (17:13 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 300° at 61 kt | +19 kt | -51 °C | 101 kt | 3 h 48 min | 11:57 am CDT (16:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKG | used from 0 nm out; 96 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° |
| FWA | used from 49 nm out; 70 nm from the line | 270/20 | 300/16 15° | 290/14 10° | 280/17 3° | 290/25 -7° | 280/30 -19° | 280/34 -35° | 290/48 -44° | 300/64 -52° |
| IND | used from 197 nm out; 66 nm from the line | 270/22 | 290/19 15° | 270/19 8° | 270/18 4° | 290/28 -7° | 280/35 -20° | 270/37 -34° | 300/51 -42° | 300/61 -51° |
| SPI | used from 246 nm out; 72 nm from the line | 260/28 | 250/22 15° | 250/14 9° | 260/20 6° | 280/27 -7° | 280/34 -19° | 280/48 -32° | 280/59 -41° | 300/60 -49° |
| STL | used from 344 nm out; 39 nm from the line | 250/26 | 240/21 15° | 240/22 11° | 250/23 6° | 270/28 -7° | 260/30 -19° | 280/52 -31° | 280/57 -40° | 300/57 -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
| Airport | Where | Conditions | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNT Flint, MI | departure | no report just now | 782 ft | ||||
| LAN Lansing, MI | 39 nm out, 17 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 860 ft | ||||
| JXN Jackson, MI | 49 nm out, 11 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,000 ft | ||||
| AZO Kalamazoo, MI | 88 nm out, 21 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 873 ft | ||||
| EKM Elkhart, IN | 128 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 777 ft | ||||
| LAF Lafayette, IN | 206 nm out, 15 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 605 ft | ||||
| DNV Danville, IL | 236 nm out, 5 nm south of the line | no report just now | 696 ft | ||||
| CMI Champaign/Urbana, IL | 265 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 754 ft | ||||
| TAZ Taylorville, IL | 324 nm out, 25 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 622 ft | ||||
| GRE Greenville, IL | 354 nm out, 4 nm south of the line | no report just now | 540 ft | ||||
| BLV Belleville, IL | destination | no report just now | 459 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,000 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At BLV when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 11:42 am CDT (16:42 UTC)
BLV has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
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 FNT 6:57 pm EDT (22:57 UTC), at BLV 6:25 pm CDT (23:25 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:52 pm CDT (23:52 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: Bishop International, Scott Afb/Midamerica St. Louis Airport.