Capital Region International to Ted Stevens Anchorage International LAN → ANC
2,526 nautical miles (2,907 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 319°, about 324° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5W). At 120 knots that is 20 h 32 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 3-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:35 pm AKDT (05:35 UTC), after sunset at the destination. 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, fog). Over the first 20 nm of the route.
- 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 route from 100 to 310 nm out.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 330 to 459 nm out.
- AIRMET ZULU 3C: moderate icing from 13,000 ft to 24,000 ft. Over the route from 349 to 469 nm out.
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 LAN.
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 10 forecast points nearest it (MKG, TVC, GRB, DLH, INL, GFK, MOT, GGW, GPI, SEA). 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 | 080° at 3 kt | −3 kt | -1 °C | 123 kt | 20 h 32 min | 9:35 pm AKDT (05:35 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | light and variable | −2 kt | 3 °C | 122 kt | 20 h 42 min | 9:45 pm AKDT (05:45 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 240° at 4 kt | 0 | 1 °C | 120 kt | 21 h 03 min | 10:06 pm AKDT (06:06 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 280° at 7 kt | +2 kt | -1 °C | 118 kt | 21 h 24 min | 10:27 pm AKDT (06:27 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 290° at 10 kt | +5 kt | -3 °C | 115 kt | 21 h 58 min | 11:01 pm AKDT (07:01 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 300° at 13 kt | +6 kt | -7 °C | 114 kt | 22 h 09 min | 11:12 pm AKDT (07:12 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 310° at 15 kt | +8 kt | -11 °C | 112 kt | 22 h 33 min | 11:36 pm AKDT (07:36 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 310° at 18 kt | +9 kt | -13 °C | 111 kt | 22 h 45 min | 11:48 pm AKDT (07:48 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 300° at 24 kt | +15 kt | -25 °C | 105 kt | 24 h 03 min | 1:06 am AKDT (09:06 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 300° at 23 kt | +14 kt | -39 °C | 106 kt | 23 h 50 min | 12:53 am AKDT (08:53 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 32 kt | +21 kt | -44 °C | 99 kt | 25 h 31 min | 2:34 am AKDT (10:34 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 270° at 40 kt | +30 kt | -46 °C | 90 kt | 28 h 04 min | 5:07 am AKDT (13:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKG | used from 0 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 260/28 | 260/18 15° | 250/16 9° | 260/22 4° | 280/31 -9° | 270/35 -21° | 270/44 -35° | 270/42 -45° | 290/61 -51° |
| TVC | used from 100 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 270/31 | 280/23 15° | 260/22 8° | 260/29 4° | 280/29 -11° | 280/42 -21° | 270/42 -36° | 270/54 -47° | 290/67 -51° |
| GRB | used from 150 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/22 17° | 240/18 8° | 280/21 6° | 280/34 -11° | 280/35 -21° | 280/39 -37° | 270/52 -45° | 290/60 -49° |
| DLH | used from 300 nm out; 101 nm from the line | 090/31 | 250/7 14° | 250/26 11° | 250/36 4° | 280/36 -11° | 290/35 -22° | 300/39 -38° | 280/41 -44° | 280/66 -49° |
| INL | used from 449 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 090/25 | L/V 8° | 250/20 6° | 270/32 1° | 270/44 -11° | 280/48 -22° | 280/56 -38° | 270/50 -47° | 280/83 -50° |
| GFK | used from 699 nm out; 200 nm from the line | 080/18 | L/V 11° | 260/22 7° | 250/48 3° | 260/51 -11° | 250/44 -22° | 260/34 -38° | 260/53 -44° | 270/66 -49° |
| MOT | used from 799 nm out; 255 nm from the line | 120/14 4° | 190/25 5° | 220/41 1° | 240/43 -11° | 230/39 -22° | 220/44 -38° | 240/62 -42° | 250/73 -48° | |
| GGW | used from 1048 nm out; 398 nm from the line | 100/7 -1° | 070/10 -3° | 190/6 -4° | 210/34 -10° | 230/33 -24° | 210/48 -37° | 230/65 -40° | 230/71 -46° | |
| GPI | used from 1298 nm out; 527 nm from the line | 090/8 -4° | 140/7 -7° | 090/10 -8° | 110/10 -19° | 210/25 -30° | 200/24 -40° | 210/31 -39° | 210/35 -42° | |
| SEA | used from 1697 nm out; 728 nm from the line | 350/5 | 010/6 0° | 010/9 -4° | 010/27 -6° | 010/51 -15° | 360/58 -26° | 360/60 -41° | 350/55 -48° | 340/30 -45° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN Lansing, MI | departure | no report just now | 860 ft | ||||
| MNM Menominee, MI | 190 nm out, 5 nm west of the line | no report just now | 624 ft | ||||
| LNL Land O' Lakes, WI | 280 nm out, 10 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 1,705 ft | ||||
| CYQH Watson Lake, | 1907 nm out, 18 nm south of the line | no report just now | 2,225 ft | ||||
| CYXY Whitehorse, | 2087 nm out, 18 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 2,317 ft | ||||
| VDZ Valdez, AK | 2416 nm out, 9 nm south of the line | no report just now | 128 ft | ||||
| ANC Anchorage, AK | destination | no report just now | 151 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 2,317 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At ANC when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:35 pm AKDT (05:35 UTC)
ANC has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8889 Anchorage, AK, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 through Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local on the route, at the destination end · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow · ZAN
- 6/8772 Anchorage, AK, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 through Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 4 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · starts tomorrow · ZAN
Daylight
Sunset at LAN 7:01 pm EDT (23:01 UTC), at ANC 6:54 pm AKDT (02:54 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:37 pm AKDT (03:37 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at ANC is after sunset there (6:57 pm AKDT (02:57 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: Capital Region International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International.