Plan a flight · Sun 8:51 pm CDT (01:51 UTC)

Gulfport-Biloxi International to Chicago Midway International GPT → MDW

686 nautical miles (790 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 005°, about 007° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2W). At 120 knots that is 5 h 43 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, no wind along the track), arriving about 2:34 am CDT (07:34 UTC), after sunset at the destination. Right now GPT is VFR, wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 3 knots; MDW is VFR, wind from the southeast (130°) at 4 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: 14 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

No SIGMET or AIRMET covers any part of this route right now.

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 GPT.

Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first

BE40 at 29,000 ft, 20 nm east, 6:22 pm CDT (23:22 UTC): moderate chop turbulence from 26,000 ft to 29,000 ft, remarks: zme. 268 nm along the route, 20 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
TUP UA /OV TUP045041/TM 2322/FL290/TP BE40/TB OCNL MOD CHOP 290-260/RM ZME
```
Report
a routine report filed through TUP
Where
41 nm northeast (045°) of TUP
Time
23:22 UTC
Height
at 29,000 ft
Aircraft
BE40
Turbulence
occasional moderate chop from 29,000 ft to 26,000 ft
Remarks
zme
UAL1770 at 34,000 ft, 43 nm east, 5:55 pm CDT (22:55 UTC): light chop turbulence, wind 349° at 61 knots. 129 nm along the route, 43 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
ARP UAL1770 3230N 08800W 2255 F340 349/061KT TB CONT LGT CHOP CONT LGT TURB IC
```
Report
a routine report filed through ARP
B712 at 30,000 ft, 48 nm east, 6:09 pm CDT (23:09 UTC): light chop turbulence, remarks: ZME46. 149 nm along the route, 48 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
CBM UA /OV IGB135050/TM 2309/FL300/TP B712/TB CONS LGT CHOP/RM ZME46
```
Report
a routine report filed through CBM
Where
50 nm southeast (135°) of IGB
Time
23:09 UTC
Height
at 30,000 ft
Aircraft
B712
Turbulence
continuous light chop
Remarks
ZME46
A21N at 34,000 ft, 48 nm east, 6:05 pm CDT (23:05 UTC): light to moderate chop turbulence, remarks: ZME46. 149 nm along the route, 48 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
CBM UA /OV IGB135050/TM 2305/FL340/TP A21N/TB LGT-MOD CHOP/RM ZME46
```
Report
a routine report filed through CBM
Where
50 nm southeast (135°) of IGB
Time
23:05 UTC
Height
at 34,000 ft
Aircraft
A21N
Turbulence
light to moderate chop
Remarks
ZME46
BCS3 at 35,000 ft, 41 nm west, 7:13 pm CDT (00:13 UTC): no turbulence, remarks: ZME33. 338 nm along the route, 41 nm west of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
DYR UA /OV DYR/TM 0013/FL350/TP BCS3/TB NEG/RM ZME33
```
Report
a routine report filed through DYR
Where
over DYR
Time
00:13 UTC
Height
at 35,000 ft
Aircraft
BCS3
Turbulence
none
Remarks
ZME33
B38M at 25,000 ft, 3 nm east, 7:12 pm CDT (00:12 UTC): light chop turbulence, remarks: ZME26. 338 nm along the route, 3 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
MKL UA /OV MKL045035/TM 0012/FL250/TP B38M/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZME26
```
Report
a routine report filed through MKL
Where
35 nm northeast (045°) of MKL
Time
00:12 UTC
Height
at 25,000 ft
Aircraft
B38M
Turbulence
occasional light chop
Remarks
ZME26
B738 at 34,000 ft, 47 nm east, 6:41 pm CDT (23:41 UTC): light to moderate chop turbulence, remarks: zme. 378 nm along the route, 47 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
CKV UA /OV CKV/TM 2341/FL340/TP B738/TB CONS LGT OCNL MOD CHOP/RM ZME
```
Report
a routine report filed through CKV
Where
over CKV
Time
23:41 UTC
Height
at 34,000 ft
Aircraft
B738
Turbulence
continuous light occasional moderate chop
Remarks
zme
B737 at 31,000 ft, 24 nm west, 7:13 pm CDT (00:13 UTC): light chop turbulence, remarks: ZME25. 408 nm along the route, 24 nm west of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
PAH UA /OV CNG360015/TM 0013/FL310/TP B737/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZME25
```
Report
a routine report filed through PAH
Where
15 nm north (360°) of CNG
Time
00:13 UTC
Height
at 31,000 ft
Aircraft
B737
Turbulence
occasional light chop
Remarks
ZME25
B38M at 23,700 ft, 34 nm east, 6:51 pm CDT (23:51 UTC): light turbulence. 517 nm along the route, 34 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
IND UA /OV TTH190030/TM 2351/FL237/TP B38M/TB LGT
```
Report
a routine report filed through IND
Where
30 nm south (190°) of TTH
Time
23:51 UTC
Height
at 23,700 ft
Aircraft
B38M
Turbulence
light
B39M at 35,000 ft, 11 nm east, 7:29 pm CDT (00:29 UTC): no turbulence, remarks: smooth. At the destination end, 11 nm east of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
IKK UA /OV CGT/TM 0029/FL350/TP B39M/TB NEG/RM SMOOTH
```
Report
a routine report filed through IKK
Where
over CGT
Time
00:29 UTC
Height
at 35,000 ft
Aircraft
B39M
Turbulence
none
Remarks
smooth
CRJ7 at 17,000 ft, 39 nm northeast, 7:04 pm CDT (00:04 UTC): no turbulence. At the destination end, 39 nm northeast of the line.
as filed, and in English
```
BEH UA /OV ELX270040/TM 0004/FL170/TP CRJ7/TB NEG
```
Report
a routine report filed through BEH
Where
40 nm west (270°) of ELX
Time
00:04 UTC
Height
at 17,000 ft
Aircraft
CRJ7
Turbulence
none

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 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 (MOB, JAN, MEM, CGI, EVV, SPI, JOT). 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	280° at 8 kt	0		120 kt	5 h 43 min	2:34 am CDT (07:34 UTC)
5,500 ft	310° at 13 kt	+8 kt		112 kt	6 h 08 min	2:59 am CDT (07:59 UTC)
7,500 ft	310° at 16 kt	+9 kt	14 °C	111 kt	6 h 11 min	3:02 am CDT (08:02 UTC)
9,500 ft	300° at 19 kt	+9 kt	10 °C	111 kt	6 h 11 min	3:02 am CDT (08:02 UTC)
11,500 ft	310° at 22 kt	+11 kt	6 °C	109 kt	6 h 18 min	3:09 am CDT (08:09 UTC)
13,500 ft	310° at 22 kt	+13 kt	2 °C	107 kt	6 h 25 min	3:16 am CDT (08:16 UTC)
15,500 ft	310° at 22 kt	+14 kt	-2 °C	106 kt	6 h 28 min	3:19 am CDT (08:19 UTC)
17,500 ft	320° at 23 kt	+15 kt	-6 °C	105 kt	6 h 32 min	3:23 am CDT (08:23 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	320° at 23 kt	+16 kt	-7 °C	104 kt	6 h 36 min	3:27 am CDT (08:27 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	330° at 31 kt	+25 kt	-18 °C	95 kt	7 h 13 min	4:04 am CDT (09:04 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	330° at 52 kt	+40 kt	-34 °C	80 kt	8 h 34 min	5:25 am CDT (10:25 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	330° at 55 kt	+43 kt	-42 °C	77 kt	8 h 55 min	5:46 am CDT (10:46 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	320° at 48 kt	+35 kt	-50 °C	85 kt	8 h 04 min	4:55 am CDT (09:55 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

Point	From	3,000	6,000	9,000	12,000	18,000	24,000	30,000	34,000	39,000
MOB	used from 0 nm out; 41 nm from the line	310/7	350/18 18°	330/16 12°	300/18 7°	320/17 -6°	330/27 -17°	340/52 -33°	350/53 -43°	330/38 -50°
JAN	used from 99 nm out; 62 nm from the line	260/6	310/14 17°	280/13 12°	290/19 6°	310/22 -5°	310/28 -17°	320/44 -32°	330/48 -41°	320/52 -51°
MEM	used from 199 nm out; 85 nm from the line	240/9	280/14 17°	280/20 12°	290/25 5°	320/25 -6°	330/31 -18°	320/52 -32°	330/58 -41°	320/42 -50°
CGI	used from 348 nm out; 68 nm from the line	250/10	290/12 17°	290/18 11°	300/22 5°	320/25 -8°	330/30 -18°	320/53 -33°	320/66 -42°	320/56 -50°
EVV	used from 398 nm out; 53 nm from the line	310/13	340/26 16°	330/29 10°	330/32 4°	330/30 -9°	340/38 -20°	330/60 -35°	320/57 -41°	330/39 -48°
SPI	used from 547 nm out; 77 nm from the line	210/13	260/11 17°	270/18 10°	290/21 4°	310/20 -8°	330/25 -19°	320/49 -34°	320/60 -44°	320/59 -50°
JOT	used from 597 nm out; 50 nm from the line	230/11	290/12 16°	300/19 10°	320/19 4°	300/17 -9°	330/31 -20°	320/49 -37°	320/53 -45°	320/67 -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
GPT Gulfport, MS	departure	VFR	from the west-southwest (250°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	28 ft	7:53 pm CDT (00:53 UTC)
HBG Hattiesburg, MS	50 nm out, 14 nm west of the line	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	150 ft	00:53 UTC
MEI Meridian, MS	119 nm out, 7 nm southeast of the line, tower	VFR	from the south (190°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	297 ft	00:58 UTC
GTR Columbus/W Point/Starkville, MS	189 nm out, 9 nm southeast of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	264 ft	00:56 UTC
TUP Tupelo, MS	229 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	346 ft	00:53 UTC
MKL Jackson, TN	308 nm out, 20 nm west of the line, tower	VFR	from the south-southwest (210°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	434 ft	00:53 UTC
PAH Paducah, KY	398 nm out, 20 nm west of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	410 ft	00:00 UTC
CUL Carmi, IL	467 nm out, 6 nm southeast of the line	no report just now				387 ft
OLY Olney-Noble, IL	497 nm out, 4 nm north of the line	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	482 ft	01:30 UTC
CMI Champaign/Urbana, IL	577 nm out, 14 nm west of the line, tower	VFR	from the south-southwest (210°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	754 ft	00:53 UTC
IKK Kankakee, IL	646 nm out, 3 nm south of the line	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	629 ft	01:35 UTC
MDW Chicago, IL	destination	VFR	from the southeast (130°) at 4 knots	10+ mi	none	619 ft	7:53 pm CDT (00:53 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 754 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At MDW when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 2:34 am CDT (07:34 UTC)

Wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR

The whole forecast for MDW

From Sun 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
From Mon 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 13 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet
From Mon 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 12,000 feet

The forecast for GPT, the departure

From Sun 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
From Mon 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies

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 GPT 6:28 pm CDT (23:28 UTC), at MDW 6:14 pm CDT (23:14 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:42 pm CDT (23:42 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at MDW is before sunrise there (6:59 am CDT (11:59 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 lower Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service

Radar now, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service

Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service

Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service

Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

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: Gulfport-Biloxi International, Chicago Midway International.