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Lakeland Linder International to Phoenix Sky Harbor International LAL → PHX

1,577 nautical miles (1,814 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 289°, about 295° magnetic at the departure end (variation 6W). At 120 knots that is 13 h 29 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 3-knot headwind), arriving about 2:13 pm MST (21:13 UTC). Right now LAL is VFR, wind calm; PHX is VFR, wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 4 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: 3 flights in the DOT's last twelve reported months, the route's page.

The return flight

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 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft, from 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC). Near the route, 1417 nm along the route.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist), from 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC). Over the route from 1457 to 1537 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 35,000 ft to 45,000 ft, from 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC). Over the last 20 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 LAL.

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

  • B737 at 14,000 ft, 30 nm north, 1:15 am EDT (05:15 UTC): moderate turbulence, remarks: during the descent through clouds. At the destination end, 30 nm north of the line.
    as filed, and in English
    PHX UA /OV PXR339030/TM 0515/FL140/TP B737/TB OCNL MOD/RM DURD THROUGH CLOUDS
    Report
    a routine report filed through PHX
    Where
    30 nm north (339°) of PXR
    Time
    05:15 UTC
    Height
    at 14,000 ft
    Aircraft
    B737
    Turbulence
    occasional moderate
    Remarks
    during the descent through clouds

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 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 14 forecast points nearest it (PIE, TLH, MOB, MSY, LCH, SHV, CLL, DAL, ABI, INK, ROW, ELP, TUS, PHX). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft200° at 11 kt+3 kt17 °C117 kt13 h 29 min2:13 pm MST (21:13 UTC)
6,500 ft210° at 11 kt+4 kt17 °C116 kt13 h 36 min2:20 pm MST (21:20 UTC)
8,500 ft210° at 12 kt+5 kt13 °C115 kt13 h 43 min2:27 pm MST (21:27 UTC)
10,500 ft230° at 12 kt+8 kt10 °C112 kt14 h 05 min2:49 pm MST (21:49 UTC)
12,500 ft240° at 14 kt+10 kt6 °C110 kt14 h 20 min3:04 pm MST (22:04 UTC)
14,500 ft240° at 16 kt+13 kt2 °C107 kt14 h 44 min3:28 pm MST (22:28 UTC)
16,500 ft240° at 19 kt+15 kt-2 °C105 kt15 h 01 min3:45 pm MST (22:45 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180240° at 21 kt+17 kt-5 °C103 kt15 h 19 min4:03 pm MST (23:03 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240240° at 29 kt+25 kt-15 °C95 kt16 h 36 min5:20 pm MST (00:20 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300260° at 33 kt+32 kt-29 °C88 kt17 h 55 min6:39 pm MST (01:39 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340270° at 33 kt+34 kt-39 °C86 kt18 h 20 min7:04 pm MST (02:04 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390280° at 30 kt+32 kt-50 °C88 kt17 h 55 min6:39 pm MST (01:39 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
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
PIEused from 0 nm out; 18 nm from the line350/6L/V 18°290/6 14°280/9 9°250/18 -6°250/23 -17°240/30 -31°220/31 -41°220/30 -52°
TLHused from 150 nm out; 98 nm from the line320/18350/31 18°340/24 13°310/17 8°280/22 -7°300/25 -17°320/28 -33°320/24 -41°320/25 -50°
MOBused from 249 nm out; 101 nm from the line330/5330/6 19°340/6 11°330/10 7°320/16 -5°310/26 -16°340/40 -32°340/47 -42°350/51 -52°
MSYused from 399 nm out; 29 nm from the line110/5150/6 19°L/V 12°310/5 7°310/13 -4°290/20 -16°330/36 -31°330/37 -41°350/43 -52°
LCHused from 549 nm out; 53 nm from the line160/21160/18 18°180/13 12°230/6 8°280/10 -4°260/13 -14°310/29 -30°320/32 -40°330/33 -53°
SHVused from 649 nm out; 82 nm from the line200/18230/24 18°230/24 12°240/14 8°260/12 -4°240/11 -15°300/31 -29°300/32 -40°300/36 -52°
CLLused from 698 nm out; 70 nm from the line170/22170/26 18°200/15 14°240/13 8°240/15 -5°260/17 -13°290/27 -29°290/22 -40°320/30 -51°
DALused from 798 nm out; 71 nm from the line190/29220/23 17°220/17 13°250/18 8°230/18 -5°240/18 -15°270/34 -29°280/33 -39°300/36 -51°
ABIused from 848 nm out; 82 nm from the line200/31 17°210/21 15°240/15 9°250/14 -4°250/24 -14°250/36 -28°270/35 -38°290/41 -50°
INKused from 1048 nm out; 71 nm from the line190/23 20°200/18 15°230/18 8°240/23 -4°240/37 -14°240/46 -27°250/42 -38°260/36 -50°
ROWused from 1148 nm out; 43 nm from the line190/33210/27 14°220/28 6°230/36 -6°230/56 -15°230/63 -27°250/59 -37°260/57 -49°
ELPused from 1247 nm out; 71 nm from the line290/17210/11 13°200/18 5°220/46 -6°230/64 -14°230/63 -27°240/55 -37°240/44 -48°
TUSused from 1397 nm out; 121 nm from the line210/13 13°200/35 9°210/40 5°220/50 -7°220/59 -18°230/79 -26°230/84 -35°230/84 -48°
PHXused from 1497 nm out; 55 nm from the line150/5200/21 12°200/27 6°200/35 3°220/58 -8°220/69 -19°220/87 -26°230/93 -35°230/79 -47°

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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
LAL Lakeland, FL departure VFR calm 10+ mi none 141 ft 2:50 am EDT (06:50 UTC)
TPA Tampa, FL 30 nm out, 11 nm south of the line, tower VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 18,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet from the north (360°) at 3 knots 10+ mi 25,000 ft 26 ft 06:53 UTC
NEW New Orleans, LA 439 nm out, 9 nm south of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 7 ft 06:53 UTC
BTR Baton Rouge, LA 499 nm out, 5 nm north of the line, tower VFR calm 10+ mi none 69 ft 06:53 UTC
LFK Lufkin, TX 689 nm out, 4 nm west of the line VFR from the east-southeast (120°) at 4 knots 10+ mi none 295 ft 06:53 UTC
CNW Waco, TX 818 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line, tower VFR from the south-southeast (160°) at 6 knots 10+ mi none 470 ft 07:35 UTC
ABI Abilene, TX 948 nm out, 18 nm north of the line, tower VFR from the south (170°) at 12 knots 10+ mi none 1,790 ft 06:52 UTC
HOB Hobbs, NM 1128 nm out, 6 nm northwest of the line, tower VFR from the south (170°) at 10 knots 10+ mi none 3,660 ft 07:35 UTC
ALM Alamogordo, NM 1267 nm out, 8 nm southwest of the line VFR Sky: overcast at 8,500 feet from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 knots 10+ mi 8,500 ft 4,199 ft 07:35 UTC
IWA Phoenix, AZ 1557 nm out, 7 nm south of the line, tower VFR Sky: a broken layer at 8,000 feet from the southeast (130°) at 3 knots 10+ mi 8,000 ft 1,384 ft 07:35 UTC
PHX Phoenix, AZ destination VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 4,800 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet, a broken layer at 9,500 feet from the east-southeast (110°) at 4 knots 10+ mi 9,500 ft 1,134 ft 11:51 pm MST (06:51 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 4,199 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At PHX when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 2:13 pm MST (21:13 UTC)

Wind from the southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet VFR

The whole forecast for PHX
  • From Sun 11:00 pm MST (06:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet
  • From Mon 9:00 am MST (16:00 UTC): wind from the south at 11 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet
  • From Mon 1:00 pm MST (20:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet
  • From Mon 6:00 pm MST (01:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet
  • From Mon 10:00 pm MST (05:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet
The forecast for LAL, the departure
  • From Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
  • From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies
  • From Mon 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies

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

  • 6/0543 MCGREGOR, TX 19 nm from the route, 828 nm along the route · security · ZFW
  • 6/8722 ALAMOGORDO, NM, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local on the route, 1267 nm along the route · security · starts tomorrow · ZAB

Daylight

Sunset at LAL 7:02 pm EDT (23:02 UTC), at PHX 5:57 pm MST (00:57 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:22 pm MST (01:22 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 Southeast
Radar now, the Southeast · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the southern Plains
Radar now, the southern Plains · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
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: Lakeland Linder International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International.