William P Hobby Airport to General Mitchell International HOU → MKE
874 nautical miles (1,006 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 022°, about 019° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3E). At 120 knots that is 6 h 20 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 18-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:07 am CDT (13:07 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: 7 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 HOU.
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 7 forecast points nearest it (HOU, SHV, LIT, SGF, STL, 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 | 220° at 19 kt | −18 kt | 138 kt | 6 h 20 min | 8:07 am CDT (13:07 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 230° at 19 kt | −17 kt | 137 kt | 6 h 23 min | 8:10 am CDT (13:10 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 240° at 20 kt | −16 kt | 14 °C | 136 kt | 6 h 26 min | 8:13 am CDT (13:13 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 250° at 19 kt | −14 kt | 10 °C | 134 kt | 6 h 31 min | 8:18 am CDT (13:18 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 250° at 14 kt | −9 kt | 7 °C | 129 kt | 6 h 47 min | 8:34 am CDT (13:34 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 260° at 14 kt | −8 kt | 4 °C | 128 kt | 6 h 50 min | 8:37 am CDT (13:37 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 260° at 15 kt | −8 kt | 0 °C | 128 kt | 6 h 50 min | 8:37 am CDT (13:37 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 260° at 17 kt | −8 kt | -5 °C | 128 kt | 6 h 50 min | 8:37 am CDT (13:37 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 17 kt | −8 kt | -6 °C | 128 kt | 6 h 50 min | 8:37 am CDT (13:37 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 270° at 23 kt | −9 kt | -17 °C | 129 kt | 6 h 47 min | 8:34 am CDT (13:34 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 290° at 31 kt | −1 kt | -31 °C | 121 kt | 7 h 13 min | 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 41 kt | 0 | -41 °C | 120 kt | 7 h 17 min | 9:04 am CDT (14:04 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 300° at 45 kt | +4 kt | -52 °C | 116 kt | 7 h 32 min | 9:19 am CDT (14:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 160/22 | 150/27 19° | 180/16 14° | 250/7 9° | 270/10 -5° | 270/16 -13° | 310/23 -29° | 310/26 -40° | 330/20 -52° |
| SHV | used from 99 nm out; 60 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° |
| LIT | used from 248 nm out; 73 nm from the line | 220/21 | 230/17 16° | 250/24 12° | 260/15 7° | 260/13 -5° | 280/25 -16° | 290/35 -30° | 300/42 -40° | 300/40 -52° |
| SGF | used from 447 nm out; 88 nm from the line | 230/33 | 230/28 15° | 250/20 13° | 240/18 7° | 250/20 -6° | 250/24 -17° | 280/42 -31° | 280/49 -40° | 290/46 -51° |
| STL | used from 497 nm out; 77 nm from the line | 250/24 | 250/24 16° | 260/23 9° | 270/16 6° | 260/25 -6° | 270/29 -19° | 290/34 -33° | 290/48 -41° | 290/54 -51° |
| SPI | used from 646 nm out; 9 nm from the line | 220/21 | 250/23 16° | 260/27 9° | 270/14 6° | 270/23 -7° | 270/31 -19° | 270/28 -33° | 290/48 -42° | 300/55 -52° |
| JOT | used from 745 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 250/23 | 270/22 15° | 250/16 10° | 240/9 4° | 280/22 -7° | 280/29 -19° | 300/29 -34° | 290/50 -43° | 300/64 -52° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU Houston, TX | departure | no report just now | 46 ft | ||||
| IAH Houston, TX | 20 nm out, 11 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 95 ft | ||||
| LFK Lufkin, TX | 99 nm out, 11 nm west of the line | no report just now | 295 ft | ||||
| SHV Shreveport, LA | 189 nm out, 7 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 257 ft | ||||
| ADF Arkadelphia, AR | 288 nm out, 3 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 181 ft | ||||
| CCA Clinton, AR | 387 nm out, 7 nm west of the line | no report just now | 513 ft | ||||
| MNF Mountain View, MO | 477 nm out, 7 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,182 ft | ||||
| SUS St Louis, MO | 586 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 463 ft | ||||
| SPI Springfield, IL | 675 nm out, 10 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 597 ft | ||||
| PIA Peoria, IL | 715 nm out, 13 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 660 ft | ||||
| ENW Kenosha, WI | 854 nm out, 8 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 742 ft | ||||
| MKE Milwaukee, WI | destination | no report just now | 728 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,182 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MKE when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:07 am CDT (13:07 UTC)
MKE 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 HOU 6:54 pm CDT (23:54 UTC), at MKE 6:14 pm CDT (23:14 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:42 pm CDT (23:42 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: William P Hobby Airport, General Mitchell International.