George Bush Intcntl/Houston Airport to Salina Regional IAH → SLN
541 nautical miles (622 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 348°, about 345° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3E). At 120 knots that is 3 h 52 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 20-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:52 am CDT (14:52 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: 656 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 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground). Over the last 236 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 IAH.
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 7 forecast points nearest it (HOU, CLL, DAL, OKC, TUL, ICT, SLN). 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 | 220° at 30 kt | −20 kt | 140 kt | 3 h 52 min | 9:52 am CDT (14:52 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 220° at 25 kt | −15 kt | 18 °C | 135 kt | 4 h | 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 220° at 18 kt | −10 kt | 15 °C | 130 kt | 4 h 10 min | 10:10 am CDT (15:10 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 230° at 14 kt | −6 kt | 11 °C | 126 kt | 4 h 18 min | 10:18 am CDT (15:18 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 240° at 13 kt | −4 kt | 7 °C | 124 kt | 4 h 22 min | 10:22 am CDT (15:22 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 240° at 17 kt | −5 kt | 2 °C | 125 kt | 4 h 20 min | 10:20 am CDT (15:20 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 240° at 20 kt | −7 kt | -3 °C | 127 kt | 4 h 16 min | 10:16 am CDT (15:16 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 240° at 23 kt | −8 kt | -6 °C | 128 kt | 4 h 14 min | 10:14 am CDT (15:14 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 27 kt | −3 kt | -16 °C | 123 kt | 4 h 24 min | 10:24 am CDT (15:24 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 50 kt | +7 kt | -29 °C | 113 kt | 4 h 47 min | 10:47 am CDT (15:47 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 44 kt | +18 kt | -38 °C | 102 kt | 5 h 18 min | 11:18 am CDT (16:18 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 41 kt | +25 kt | -50 °C | 95 kt | 5 h 42 min | 11:42 am CDT (16:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | used from 0 nm out; 45 nm from the line | 180/22 | 180/20 16° | 170/7 15° | L/V 8° | 220/11 -6° | 260/15 -13° | 310/20 -30° | 320/20 -40° | 350/32 -51° |
| CLL | used from 49 nm out; 52 nm from the line | 180/24 | 170/21 19° | 180/10 14° | 230/7 8° | 230/16 -6° | 260/20 -13° | 290/23 -29° | 320/21 -39° | 340/35 -51° |
| DAL | used from 98 nm out; 73 nm from the line | 190/30 | 200/28 18° | 220/18 13° | 250/13 8° | 240/24 -6° | 270/20 -14° | 270/35 -29° | 290/34 -39° | 310/41 -51° |
| OKC | used from 246 nm out; 83 nm from the line | 220/43 | 230/31 17° | 260/13 16° | 270/11 7° | 240/20 -6° | 250/32 -17° | 260/60 -28° | 280/50 -37° | 290/45 -50° |
| TUL | used from 344 nm out; 49 nm from the line | 230/42 | 250/23 17° | 220/16 14° | 240/10 8° | 240/20 -6° | 260/28 -17° | 270/61 -29° | 280/52 -38° | 290/46 -50° |
| ICT | used from 393 nm out; 54 nm from the line | 230/45 | 240/33 21° | 230/23 14° | 230/22 7° | 240/29 -7° | 240/36 -20° | 260/78 -29° | 270/69 -36° | 270/56 -49° |
| SLN | used from 492 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 230/49 | 240/41 22° | 230/26 15° | 220/21 7° | 240/38 -8° | 240/44 -21° | 260/77 -29° | 270/70 -36° | 270/63 -48° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH Houston, TX | departure | no report just now | 95 ft | ||||
| CXO Houston, TX | 20 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 244 ft | ||||
| PSN Palestine, TX | 108 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 422 ft | ||||
| GVT Greenville, TX | 187 nm out, 2 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 534 ft | ||||
| GYI Sherman/Denison, TX | 236 nm out, 20 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 749 ft | ||||
| ADH Ada, OK | 295 nm out, 6 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,015 ft | ||||
| SRE Seminole, OK | 325 nm out, 0 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,023 ft | ||||
| SWO Stillwater, OK | 384 nm out, 9 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,000 ft | ||||
| ICT Wichita, KS | 472 nm out, 5 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,332 ft | ||||
| HUT Hutchinson, KS | 502 nm out, 19 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,542 ft | ||||
| SLN Salina, KS | destination | no report just now | 1,288 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,542 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At SLN when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:52 am CDT (14:52 UTC)
SLN has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8926 Tyler, TX, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 21 nm from the route, 138 nm along the route · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at IAH 6:54 pm CDT (23:54 UTC), at SLN 6:56 pm CDT (23:56 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:23 pm CDT (00:23 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: George Bush Intcntl/Houston Airport, Salina Regional.