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Green Bay/Austin Straubel International to Minot International GRB → MOT

589 nautical miles (678 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 297°, about 299° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2W). At 120 knots that is 4 h 47 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 3-knot tailwind), arriving about 1:57 pm CDT (18:57 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 C20C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 37,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 10:55 am CDT (15:55 UTC). Over the route from 489 to 499 nm out.
as issued
```
WSUS32 KKCI 121355
MKCC WST 121355
CONVECTIVE SIGMET 20C
VALID UNTIL 1555Z
SD ND
FROM 80W GFK-40WNW FAR-40W ABR-50ENE DPR-30S BIS-80W GFK
AREA TS MOV FROM 21040KT. TOPS TO FL370.
```
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 379 nm of the route.
AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the last 160 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 GRB.

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 14:00–21:00 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 6 forecast points nearest it (GRB, LSE, DLH, AXN, GFK, MOT). 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	170° at 6 kt	−3 kt	2 °C	123 kt	4 h 47 min	1:57 pm CDT (18:57 UTC)
6,500 ft	220° at 13 kt	+3 kt	12 °C	117 kt	5 h 02 min	2:12 pm CDT (19:12 UTC)
8,500 ft	230° at 18 kt	+8 kt	10 °C	112 kt	5 h 16 min	2:26 pm CDT (19:26 UTC)
10,500 ft	240° at 22 kt	+12 kt	6 °C	108 kt	5 h 27 min	2:37 pm CDT (19:37 UTC)
12,500 ft	240° at 25 kt	+16 kt	2 °C	104 kt	5 h 40 min	2:50 pm CDT (19:50 UTC)
14,500 ft	240° at 29 kt	+19 kt	-3 °C	101 kt	5 h 50 min	3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC)
16,500 ft	240° at 33 kt	+22 kt	-7 °C	98 kt	6 h 01 min	3:11 pm CDT (20:11 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	250° at 36 kt	+25 kt	-10 °C	95 kt	6 h 12 min	3:22 pm CDT (20:22 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	250° at 37 kt	+26 kt	-22 °C	94 kt	6 h 16 min	3:26 pm CDT (20:26 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	250° at 39 kt	+26 kt	-36 °C	94 kt	6 h 16 min	3:26 pm CDT (20:26 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	260° at 47 kt	+38 kt	-39 °C	82 kt	7 h 11 min	4:21 pm CDT (21:21 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	270° at 60 kt	+56 kt	-47 °C	64 kt	9 h 12 min	6:22 pm CDT (23:22 UTC)

Based on data from the 12th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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
GRB	used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line	260/10	240/27 16°	260/31 10°	270/25 5°	280/31 -10°	280/35 -22°	270/46 -37°	290/43 -40°	300/64 -48°
LSE	used from 100 nm out; 94 nm from the line	240/16	230/27 20°	250/35 12°	260/28 5°	260/30 -9°	260/37 -21°	260/38 -36°	280/44 -37°	280/52 -47°
DLH	used from 150 nm out; 67 nm from the line	090/34	210/13 14°	240/14 11°	250/20 4°	250/38 -10°	260/39 -22°	250/41 -37°	270/53 -41°	280/68 -48°
AXN	used from 250 nm out; 66 nm from the line	110/18	200/12 17°	220/22 12°	230/26 4°	240/31 -10°	240/45 -21°	240/38 -36°	250/49 -38°	260/56 -47°
GFK	used from 349 nm out; 65 nm from the line	100/10	150/9 10°	200/19 7°	230/27 1°	240/51 -11°	230/43 -23°	230/40 -36°	240/56 -40°	260/67 -47°
MOT	used from 499 nm out; 65 nm from the line		L/V 2°	220/12 2°	220/27 0°	220/36 -12°	230/33 -24°	230/39 -34°	230/50 -39°	250/63 -46°

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	Elevation
GRB Green Bay, WI	departure	no report just now	695 ft
CLI Clintonville, WI	30 nm out, 6 nm south of the line	no report just now	825 ft
CWA Mosinee, WI	70 nm out, 14 nm south of the line, tower	no report just now	1,277 ft
RCX Ladysmith, WI	140 nm out, 4 nm east of the line	no report just now	1,239 ft
SSQ Shell Lake, WI	180 nm out, 4 nm south of the line	no report just now	1,233 ft
BRD Brainerd, MN	280 nm out, 4 nm south of the line	no report just now	1,232 ft
DTL Detroit Lakes, MN	349 nm out, 9 nm southwest of the line	no report just now	1,395 ft
FAR Fargo, ND	389 nm out, 16 nm southwest of the line, tower	no report just now	901 ft
DVL Devils Lake, ND	499 nm out, 22 nm northeast of the line	no report just now	1,469 ft
RUG Rugby, ND	539 nm out, 24 nm north of the line	no report just now	1,549 ft
MOT Minot, ND	destination	no report just now	1,715 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 1,715 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At MOT when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:57 pm CDT (18:57 UTC)

MOT has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.

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

6/4348 GRAND FORKS AFB, ND, Sunday, March 8, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026 Local 24 nm from the route, 439 nm along the route · security · until 1 November · ZMP

Daylight

Sunset at GRB 6:13 pm CDT (23:13 UTC), at MOT 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:31 pm CDT (00:31 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 upper Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service

Radar now, the northern Rockies · 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: Green Bay/Austin Straubel International, Minot International.