Plan a flight · Mon 1:36 am EDT (05:36 UTC)

Indianapolis International to Wilmington Air Park Airport IND → ILN

117 nautical miles (135 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 098°, about 103° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5W). At 120 knots that is 43 min at the quickest height in today's winds (34,000 ft, a 45-knot tailwind), arriving about 2:19 am EDT (06:19 UTC), after sunset at the destination. Right now IND is VFR, wind from the southeast (130°) at 4 knots; ILN is IFR, wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 7 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: 2 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the whole 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 IND.

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

MD83 climbing, 46 nm northeast, 1:04 am EDT (05:04 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on. At the destination end, 46 nm northeast of the line.
as filed, and in English
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CMH UA /OV LCK/TM 0504/FLDURC/TP MD83/SK B010 T037
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Report
a routine report filed through CMH
Where
over LCK
Time
05:04 UTC
Height
during the climb
Aircraft
MD83
Sky
B010 T037

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 2 forecast points nearest it (IND, CVG). 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	320° at 18 kt	−14 kt		134 kt	52 min	2:28 am EDT (06:28 UTC)
5,500 ft	330° at 24 kt	−13 kt		133 kt	53 min	2:29 am EDT (06:29 UTC)
7,500 ft	340° at 27 kt	−13 kt	13 °C	133 kt	53 min	2:29 am EDT (06:29 UTC)
9,500 ft	340° at 27 kt	−12 kt	9 °C	132 kt	53 min	2:29 am EDT (06:29 UTC)
11,500 ft	340° at 24 kt	−10 kt	4 °C	130 kt	54 min	2:30 am EDT (06:30 UTC)
13,500 ft	340° at 23 kt	−12 kt	0 °C	132 kt	53 min	2:29 am EDT (06:29 UTC)
15,500 ft	330° at 25 kt	−16 kt	-3 °C	136 kt	52 min	2:28 am EDT (06:28 UTC)
17,500 ft	320° at 26 kt	−20 kt	-6 °C	140 kt	50 min	2:26 am EDT (06:26 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	320° at 27 kt	−21 kt	-7 °C	141 kt	50 min	2:26 am EDT (06:26 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	330° at 38 kt	−22 kt	-20 °C	142 kt	49 min	2:25 am EDT (06:25 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	340° at 53 kt	−28 kt	-35 °C	148 kt	47 min	2:23 am EDT (06:23 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	330° at 67 kt	−45 kt	-42 °C	165 kt	43 min	2:19 am EDT (06:19 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	320° at 47 kt	−35 kt	-49 °C	155 kt	45 min	2:21 am EDT (06:21 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
IND	used from 0 nm out; 24 nm from the line	290/16	310/20 16°	320/21 10°	330/13 3°	300/25 -7°	320/32 -19°	330/46 -34°	320/61 -43°	320/63 -50°
CVG	used from 49 nm out; 30 nm from the line	320/18	350/32 16°	350/35 10°	350/30 3°	330/30 -7°	340/44 -20°	340/58 -35°	330/72 -41°	320/36 -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
IND Indianapolis, IN	departure	VFR	from the southeast (130°) at 4 knots	10+ mi	none	796 ft	12:54 am EDT (04:54 UTC)
BAK Columbus, IN	20 nm out, 25 nm south of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	656 ft	01:45 UTC
LUK Cincinnati, OH	88 nm out, 24 nm south of the line, tower	low IFR Sky: sky obscured at 200 feet Weather: fog	calm	0.25 mi	200 ft	481 ft	05:08 UTC
ILN Wilmington, OH	destination	IFR Sky: overcast at 900 feet	from the west-northwest (300°) at 7 knots	9 mi	900 ft	1,076 ft	12:54 am EDT (04:54 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 1,076 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At ILN when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 2:19 am EDT (06:19 UTC)

Wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility 4 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 400 feet marginal VFR

The whole forecast for ILN

From Sun 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility 4 miles, mist, overcast at 600 feet
From Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility 4 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 400 feet
From Mon 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility 1 mile, mist, scattered clouds at 200 feet
At times between Mon 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC) and 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): visibility ¼ mile, fog, sky obscured at 200 feet
From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet

The forecast for IND, the departure

From Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
At times between Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC) and 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): visibility 1 mile, mist, shallow fog, overcast at 200 feet
From Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, shallow fog, a few clouds at 200 feet
From Mon 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet

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

6/8029 Cincinnati, OH, Friday, October 9, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 24 nm from the route, 78 nm along the route · a VIP movement · until 12 October · ZID

Daylight

Sunset at IND 7:10 pm EDT (23:10 UTC), at ILN 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:27 pm EDT (23:27 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at ILN is before sunrise there (7:41 am EDT (11:41 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 central Great Lakes · 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: Indianapolis International, Wilmington Air Park Airport.