Robert Gray Army Airfield to Wilmington International GRK → ILM
1,024 nautical miles (1,178 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 074°, about 070° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 6 h 58 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 27-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:43 am EDT (14:43 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 TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 10,000 ft, from 1:00 am CDT (06:00 UTC). Over the route from 715 to 785 nm out.
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 GRK.
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 8 forecast points nearest it (CLL, SHV, JAN, BHM, ATL, CAE, FLO, ILM). 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 | 270° at 10 kt | −10 kt | 130 kt | 7 h 53 min | 11:38 am EDT (15:38 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 280° at 11 kt | −11 kt | 131 kt | 7 h 49 min | 11:34 am EDT (15:34 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 290° at 13 kt | −12 kt | 14 °C | 132 kt | 7 h 45 min | 11:30 am EDT (15:30 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 300° at 16 kt | −13 kt | 10 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 42 min | 11:27 am EDT (15:27 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 300° at 16 kt | −13 kt | 7 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 42 min | 11:27 am EDT (15:27 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 290° at 17 kt | −14 kt | 4 °C | 134 kt | 7 h 39 min | 11:24 am EDT (15:24 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 290° at 19 kt | −17 kt | -1 °C | 137 kt | 7 h 28 min | 11:13 am EDT (15:13 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 280° at 20 kt | −19 kt | -4 °C | 139 kt | 7 h 22 min | 11:07 am EDT (15:07 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 280° at 21 kt | −19 kt | -5 °C | 139 kt | 7 h 22 min | 11:07 am EDT (15:07 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 280° at 25 kt | −23 kt | -16 °C | 143 kt | 7 h 10 min | 10:55 am EDT (14:55 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 300° at 34 kt | −27 kt | -31 °C | 147 kt | 6 h 58 min | 10:43 am EDT (14:43 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 33 kt | −27 kt | -40 °C | 147 kt | 6 h 58 min | 10:43 am EDT (14:43 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 300° at 32 kt | −23 kt | -51 °C | 143 kt | 7 h 10 min | 10:55 am EDT (14:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLL | used from 0 nm out; 63 nm from the line | 170/22 | 170/26 18° | 200/15 14° | 240/13 8° | 240/15 -5° | 260/17 -13° | 290/27 -29° | 290/22 -40° | 320/30 -51° |
| SHV | used from 149 nm out; 52 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 298 nm out; 83 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 497 nm out; 62 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° |
| ATL | used from 646 nm out; 26 nm from the line | 320/30 | 330/37 16° | 340/44 11° | 330/35 7° | 310/33 -6° | 300/38 -18° | 330/58 -33° | 330/48 -40° | 320/34 -49° |
| CAE | used from 795 nm out; 43 nm from the line | 330/15 | 330/13 12° | 330/22 9° | 300/26 6° | 280/33 -7° | 270/38 -18° | 250/45 -33° | 240/46 -40° | 270/38 -49° |
| FLO | used from 894 nm out; 14 nm from the line | 300/16 | 320/14 12° | 320/19 7° | 290/26 5° | 260/39 -6° | 250/45 -18° | 230/62 -32° | 230/83 -40° | 230/64 -51° |
| ILM | used from 994 nm out; 15 nm from the line | 270/22 | 270/23 11° | 260/35 10° | 240/41 6° | 240/49 -5° | 240/61 -16° | 230/74 -30° | 220/79 -40° | 230/71 -51° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRK Fort Hood (Killeen), TX | departure | no report just now | 1,015 ft | ||||
| ACT Waco, TX | 40 nm out, 23 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 516 ft | ||||
| JSO Jacksonville, TX | 139 nm out, 11 nm north of the line | no report just now | 677 ft | ||||
| RSN Ruston, LA | 278 nm out, 16 nm north of the line | no report just now | 316 ft | ||||
| MLU Monroe, LA | 308 nm out, 9 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 78 ft | ||||
| AIV Aliceville, AL | 507 nm out, 4 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 150 ft | ||||
| TCL Tuscaloosa, AL | 537 nm out, 5 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 169 ft | ||||
| ATL Atlanta, GA | 696 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,026 ft | ||||
| AHN Athens, GA | 755 nm out, 13 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 812 ft | ||||
| CAE Columbia, SC | 865 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 235 ft | ||||
| FLO Florence, SC | 934 nm out, 4 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 146 ft | ||||
| ILM Wilmington, NC | destination | no report just now | 31 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,026 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At ILM when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:43 am EDT (14:43 UTC)
ILM has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/0543 MCGREGOR, TX 14 nm from the route, at the departure end · security · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at GRK 7:02 pm CDT (00:02 UTC), at ILM 6:41 pm EDT (22:41 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:06 pm EDT (23:06 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
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: Robert Gray Army Airfield, Wilmington International.