Joplin Regional to Quad Cities International JLN → MLI
318 nautical miles (365 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 034°, about 030° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 2 h 12 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 24-knot tailwind), arriving about 12:14 pm CDT (17:14 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 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 first 189 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 JLN.
Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first
No pilot reports within 50 nautical miles of the line in the last three hours.
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 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 3 forecast points nearest it (SGF, COU, BRL). 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 | 240° at 26 kt | −24 kt | 144 kt | 2 h 12 min | 12:14 pm CDT (17:14 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 240° at 25 kt | −23 kt | 143 kt | 2 h 13 min | 12:15 pm CDT (17:15 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 240° at 24 kt | −21 kt | 14 °C | 141 kt | 2 h 15 min | 12:17 pm CDT (17:17 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 250° at 22 kt | −18 kt | 11 °C | 138 kt | 2 h 18 min | 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 250° at 22 kt | −17 kt | 7 °C | 137 kt | 2 h 19 min | 12:21 pm CDT (17:21 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 260° at 23 kt | −17 kt | 3 °C | 137 kt | 2 h 19 min | 12:21 pm CDT (17:21 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 260° at 24 kt | −16 kt | -2 °C | 136 kt | 2 h 20 min | 12:22 pm CDT (17:22 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 270° at 25 kt | −16 kt | -6 °C | 136 kt | 2 h 20 min | 12:22 pm CDT (17:22 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 25 kt | −16 kt | -7 °C | 136 kt | 2 h 20 min | 12:22 pm CDT (17:22 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 36 kt | −24 kt | -19 °C | 144 kt | 2 h 12 min | 12:14 pm CDT (17:14 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 64 kt | −24 kt | -31 °C | 144 kt | 2 h 12 min | 12:14 pm CDT (17:14 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 65 kt | −17 kt | -37 °C | 137 kt | 2 h 19 min | 12:21 pm CDT (17:21 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 54 kt | −15 kt | -48 °C | 135 kt | 2 h 21 min | 12:23 pm CDT (17:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGF | used from 0 nm out; 42 nm from the line | 220/23 | 240/29 16° | 240/21 13° | 240/15 7° | 270/28 -7° | 260/34 -18° | 280/67 -29° | 290/59 -37° | 290/51 -49° |
| COU | used from 99 nm out; 36 nm from the line | 240/28 | 240/22 17° | 250/18 12° | 260/22 6° | 270/23 -7° | 260/39 -19° | 290/70 -30° | 290/71 -37° | 290/58 -48° |
| BRL | used from 198 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 240/28 | 240/25 18° | 250/26 12° | 260/29 5° | 260/24 -8° | 270/36 -20° | 280/57 -33° | 290/65 -37° | 290/54 -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 | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLN Joplin, MO | departure | no report just now | 977 ft | ||||
| LLU Lamar, MO | 20 nm out, 4 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 1,009 ft | ||||
| RAW Warsaw, MO | 89 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 936 ft | ||||
| DMO Sedalia, MO | 109 nm out, 4 nm north of the line | no report just now | 909 ft | ||||
| MBY Moberly, MO | 169 nm out, 1 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 866 ft | ||||
| FSW Fort Madison, IA | 258 nm out, 2 nm west of the line | no report just now | 721 ft | ||||
| MUT Muscatine, IA | 298 nm out, 20 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 547 ft | ||||
| MLI Moline, IL | destination | no report just now | 589 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,009 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MLI when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 12:14 pm CDT (17:14 UTC)
MLI has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/7634 CENTRALIA, MO, Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 22 nm from the route, 159 nm along the route · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · today · ZKC
Daylight
Sunset at JLN 6:45 pm CDT (23:45 UTC), at MLI 6:26 pm CDT (23:26 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:53 pm CDT (23:53 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: Joplin Regional, Quad Cities International.