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Laguardia Airport to Green Bay/Austin Straubel International LGA → GRB

667 nautical miles (767 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 294°, about 306° magnetic at the departure end (variation 12W). At 120 knots that is 5 h 31 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 1-knot tailwind), arriving about 1:38 am CDT (06:38 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 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the first 229 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the first 229 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 20 to 199 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 21,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the route from 50 to 269 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 70 to 239 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 24,000 ft. Near the route, 159 nm along the route.
  • 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 route from 408 to 438 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 LGA.

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 20:00–03:00 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 7 forecast points nearest it (JFK, AVP, PSB, BUF, CLE, TVC, GRB). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft200° at 9 kt−1 kt13 °C121 kt5 h 31 min1:38 am CDT (06:38 UTC)
6,500 ft240° at 9 kt+5 kt12 °C115 kt5 h 48 min1:55 am CDT (06:55 UTC)
8,500 ft280° at 9 kt+8 kt9 °C112 kt5 h 57 min2:04 am CDT (07:04 UTC)
10,500 ft280° at 10 kt+9 kt6 °C111 kt6 h 01 min2:08 am CDT (07:08 UTC)
12,500 ft270° at 11 kt+10 kt2 °C110 kt6 h 04 min2:11 am CDT (07:11 UTC)
14,500 ft270° at 14 kt+12 kt-2 °C108 kt6 h 11 min2:18 am CDT (07:18 UTC)
16,500 ft260° at 16 kt+14 kt-7 °C106 kt6 h 18 min2:25 am CDT (07:25 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180260° at 18 kt+15 kt-10 °C105 kt6 h 21 min2:28 am CDT (07:28 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 22 kt+17 kt-21 °C103 kt6 h 29 min2:36 am CDT (07:36 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300260° at 38 kt+31 kt-35 °C89 kt7 h 30 min3:37 am CDT (08:37 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340250° at 48 kt+35 kt-43 °C85 kt7 h 51 min3:58 am CDT (08:58 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390250° at 55 kt+41 kt-50 °C79 kt8 h 27 min4:34 am CDT (09:34 UTC)

Based on data from the 11th at 18:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 00:00 UTC for use 20:00 to 03:00 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
JFKused from 0 nm out; 33 nm from the line140/43170/35 13°230/18 9°250/25 5°240/40 -7°230/50 -17°230/75 -31°230/78 -41°230/88 -53°
AVPused from 50 nm out; 16 nm from the line110/36190/34 13°230/11 8°230/16 4°230/26 -8°220/40 -19°230/73 -33°230/98 -41°230/87 -51°
PSBused from 149 nm out; 68 nm from the line260/13 13°220/12 8°220/11 4°230/27 -11°210/31 -21°220/73 -32°220/75 -40°230/66 -50°
BUFused from 199 nm out; 45 nm from the line170/19L/V 10°040/9 6°220/8 2°230/15 -11°220/33 -22°220/47 -35°230/55 -41°230/56 -50°
CLEused from 348 nm out; 100 nm from the line340/5320/13 14°300/12 8°310/10 2°310/14 -10°340/14 -23°320/27 -35°260/28 -40°250/36 -48°
TVCused from 448 nm out; 103 nm from the line210/17290/14 15°310/20 9°310/18 2°310/24 -11°320/35 -22°320/53 -39°310/45 -49°290/58 -51°
GRBused from 597 nm out; 45 nm from the line240/24260/18 16°270/20 11°290/14 4°280/24 -9°300/34 -21°310/51 -38°310/54 -48°300/71 -51°

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
LGA New York, NY departure no report just now 20 ft
CDW Caldwell, NJ 20 nm out, 2 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 172 ft
AVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA 90 nm out, 3 nm southwest of the line, tower no report just now 961 ft
ELM Elmira/Corning, NY 159 nm out, 23 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 955 ft
OLE Olean, NY 219 nm out, 3 nm north of the line no report just now 2,135 ft
CYQS St Thomas, 348 nm out, 10 nm south of the line no report just now 776 ft
CFS Caro, MI 458 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line no report just now 704 ft
MBS Saginaw, MI 488 nm out, 8 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 668 ft
MBL Manistee, MI 587 nm out, 9 nm northeast of the line no report just now 621 ft
MTW Manitowoc, WI 647 nm out, 16 nm south of the line no report just now 650 ft
GRB Green Bay, WI destination no report just now 695 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 2,135 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At GRB when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:38 am CDT (06:38 UTC)

GRB has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.

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

  • 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 4 nm from the route, at the departure end · security · until 20 October · ZNY

Daylight

Sunset at LGA 6:20 pm EDT (22:20 UTC), at GRB 6:13 pm CDT (23:13 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:42 pm CDT (23:42 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at GRB is before sunrise there (7:03 am CDT (12:03 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 Northeast
Radar now, the Northeast · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the central Great Lakes
Radar now, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley · 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: Laguardia Airport, Green Bay/Austin Straubel International.