Blue Grass Airport to Naples Municipal LEX → APF
728 nautical miles (838 statute miles) south on a straight line, true course 168°, about 172° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4W). At 120 knots that is 5 h 05 min at the quickest height in today's winds (34,000 ft, a 23-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:04 am EDT (14:04 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 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 189 nm of the route.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 70 to 199 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) from 29,000 ft to 40,000 ft. Over the route from 169 to 249 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 10,000 ft. Over the route from 179 to 259 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 LEX.
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 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 7 forecast points nearest it (LOU, TYS, ATL, SAV, JAX, PIE, MIA). 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 | 330° at 19 kt | −17 kt | 137 kt | 5 h 19 min | 10:18 am EDT (14:18 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 330° at 21 kt | −20 kt | 140 kt | 5 h 12 min | 10:11 am EDT (14:11 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 340° at 22 kt | −21 kt | 14 °C | 141 kt | 5 h 10 min | 10:09 am EDT (14:09 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 330° at 22 kt | −21 kt | 10 °C | 141 kt | 5 h 10 min | 10:09 am EDT (14:09 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 320° at 20 kt | −18 kt | 8 °C | 138 kt | 5 h 17 min | 10:16 am EDT (14:16 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 320° at 21 kt | −17 kt | 3 °C | 137 kt | 5 h 19 min | 10:18 am EDT (14:18 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 310° at 21 kt | −17 kt | -1 °C | 137 kt | 5 h 19 min | 10:18 am EDT (14:18 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 310° at 22 kt | −17 kt | -5 °C | 137 kt | 5 h 19 min | 10:18 am EDT (14:18 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 310° at 22 kt | −17 kt | -6 °C | 137 kt | 5 h 19 min | 10:18 am EDT (14:18 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 320° at 24 kt | −21 kt | -18 °C | 141 kt | 5 h 10 min | 10:09 am EDT (14:09 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 310° at 26 kt | −19 kt | -33 °C | 139 kt | 5 h 14 min | 10:13 am EDT (14:13 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 310° at 30 kt | −23 kt | -41 °C | 143 kt | 5 h 05 min | 10:04 am EDT (14:04 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 24 kt | −19 kt | -51 °C | 139 kt | 5 h 14 min | 10:13 am EDT (14:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOU | used from 0 nm out; 66 nm from the line | 300/16 | 310/19 15° | 310/17 9° | 300/15 4° | 300/26 -6° | 280/34 -19° | 290/30 -34° | 310/49 -42° | 310/58 -51° |
| TYS | used from 50 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 330/16 | 350/32 14° | 350/37 9° | 340/30 5° | 330/28 -6° | 340/36 -19° | 330/40 -33° | 330/51 -41° | 330/36 -51° |
| ATL | used from 199 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 330/32 | 340/36 17° | 350/34 10° | 340/25 6° | 330/27 -6° | 350/35 -18° | 330/49 -32° | 340/47 -41° | 340/27 -51° |
| SAV | used from 349 nm out; 95 nm from the line | 330/16 | 310/15 14° | 320/23 10° | 310/30 7° | 310/30 -6° | 300/28 -19° | 270/25 -32° | 300/25 -39° | 320/26 -50° |
| JAX | used from 399 nm out; 72 nm from the line | 310/22 | 310/19 16° | 300/22 14° | 290/25 8° | 300/25 -7° | 300/24 -18° | 270/20 -33° | 260/25 -41° | 290/17 -51° |
| PIE | used from 548 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 360/10 | 340/12 18° | 330/9 13° | 290/12 8° | 260/21 -7° | 280/18 -18° | 250/20 -33° | 250/26 -41° | 250/20 -51° |
| MIA | used from 698 nm out; 90 nm from the line | L/V | L/V 17° | L/V 13° | L/V 8° | 270/6 -6° | 250/9 -17° | 290/17 -32° | 280/25 -41° | 280/21 -52° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX Lexington, KY | departure | no report just now | 979 ft | ||||
| RGA Richmond, KY | 30 nm out, 8 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 1,002 ft | ||||
| TYS Knoxville, TN | 140 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 986 ft | ||||
| RHP Andrews, NC | 169 nm out, 5 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,698 ft | ||||
| AHN Athens, GA | 249 nm out, 11 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 812 ft | ||||
| EZM Eastman, GA | 359 nm out, 2 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 303 ft | ||||
| HOE Homerville, GA | 429 nm out, 4 nm east of the line | no report just now | 186 ft | ||||
| LCQ Lake City, FL | 479 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 200 ft | ||||
| OCF Ocala, FL | 548 nm out, 11 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 90 ft | ||||
| LAL Lakeland, FL | 618 nm out, 8 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 141 ft | ||||
| FMY Fort Myers, FL | 698 nm out, 3 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 17 ft | ||||
| APF Naples, FL | destination | no report just now | 8 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,698 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At APF when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:04 am EDT (14:04 UTC)
APF has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
No temporary flight restriction on or near this route right now.
Daylight
Sunset at LEX 7:05 pm EDT (23:05 UTC), at APF 7:02 pm EDT (23:02 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:25 pm EDT (23:25 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: Blue Grass Airport, Naples Municipal.