Laredo International to Willow Run Airport LRD → YIP
1,177 nautical miles (1,354 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 037°, about 032° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5E). At 120 knots that is 9 h 20 min at the quickest height in today's winds (9,500 ft, a 6-knot tailwind), arriving about 6:27 am EDT (10:27 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: 490 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). 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 LRD.
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 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 10 forecast points nearest it (LRD, SAT, CLL, SHV, LIT, MEM, CGI, EVV, IND, FWA). 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 | 200° at 5 kt | −5 kt | 125 kt | 9 h 25 min | 6:32 am EDT (10:32 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 270° at 4 kt | −4 kt | 124 kt | 9 h 30 min | 6:37 am EDT (10:37 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 270° at 7 kt | −5 kt | 14 °C | 125 kt | 9 h 25 min | 6:32 am EDT (10:32 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 280° at 10 kt | −6 kt | 10 °C | 126 kt | 9 h 20 min | 6:27 am EDT (10:27 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 290° at 11 kt | −4 kt | 7 °C | 124 kt | 9 h 30 min | 6:37 am EDT (10:37 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 300° at 13 kt | −3 kt | 2 °C | 123 kt | 9 h 34 min | 6:41 am EDT (10:41 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 310° at 15 kt | −2 kt | -1 °C | 122 kt | 9 h 39 min | 6:46 am EDT (10:46 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 310° at 17 kt | −1 kt | -5 °C | 121 kt | 9 h 44 min | 6:51 am EDT (10:51 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 310° at 17 kt | −1 kt | -6 °C | 121 kt | 9 h 44 min | 6:51 am EDT (10:51 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 320° at 21 kt | +1 kt | -17 °C | 119 kt | 9 h 53 min | 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 320° at 35 kt | +3 kt | -32 °C | 117 kt | 10 h 04 min | 7:11 am EDT (11:11 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 310° at 36 kt | +1 kt | -41 °C | 119 kt | 9 h 53 min | 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 320° at 38 kt | +3 kt | -50 °C | 117 kt | 10 h 04 min | 7:11 am EDT (11:11 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
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRD | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 130/21 | 150/19 16° | 170/21 12° | 170/12 8° | 230/20 -4° | 200/16 -13° | L/V -28° | L/V -39° | 330/16 -51° |
| SAT | used from 50 nm out; 61 nm from the line | 130/22 | 140/24 18° | 170/19 13° | 190/13 7° | 240/15 -4° | 220/14 -13° | 270/11 -28° | 280/10 -40° | 310/18 -51° |
| CLL | used from 199 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 160/18 | 190/18 16° | 200/19 12° | 220/14 7° | 260/18 -5° | 250/20 -13° | 290/29 -29° | 290/31 -40° | 300/22 -53° |
| SHV | used from 349 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 190/11 | 230/19 17° | 230/26 12° | 260/15 7° | 280/16 -4° | 300/17 -15° | 300/34 -30° | 300/31 -41° | 310/42 -52° |
| LIT | used from 499 nm out; 48 nm from the line | 220/12 | 250/12 17° | 250/18 12° | 260/22 6° | 310/14 -5° | 310/25 -17° | 310/40 -31° | 310/38 -41° | 310/46 -52° |
| MEM | used from 648 nm out; 88 nm from the line | 240/9 | 280/14 17° | 280/20 12° | 290/25 5° | 320/25 -6° | 330/31 -18° | 320/52 -32° | 330/58 -41° | 320/42 -50° |
| CGI | used from 698 nm out; 45 nm from the line | 250/10 | 290/12 17° | 290/18 11° | 300/22 5° | 320/25 -8° | 330/30 -18° | 320/53 -33° | 320/66 -42° | 320/56 -50° |
| EVV | used from 848 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 310/13 | 340/26 16° | 330/29 10° | 330/32 4° | 330/30 -9° | 340/38 -20° | 330/60 -35° | 320/57 -41° | 330/39 -48° |
| IND | used from 897 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 320/10 | 350/30 16° | 350/32 10° | 350/30 4° | 340/31 -10° | 340/42 -21° | 340/49 -37° | 320/46 -41° | 320/47 -47° |
| FWA | used from 1047 nm out; 3 nm from the line | 350/9 | 350/24 15° | 360/25 9° | 360/29 4° | 350/31 -10° | 340/39 -22° | 330/40 -37° | 320/38 -43° | 320/48 -48° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRD Laredo, TX | departure | no report just now | 508 ft | ||||
| PEZ Pleasanton, TX | 100 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 430 ft | ||||
| BAZ New Braunfels, TX | 150 nm out, 20 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 658 ft | ||||
| CLL College Station, TX | 239 nm out, 16 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 320 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 449 nm out, 5 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| LIT Little Rock, AR | 568 nm out, 16 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 266 ft | ||||
| BVX Batesville, AR | 628 nm out, 5 nm north of the line | no report just now | 465 ft | ||||
| MDH Carbondale/Murphysboro, IL | 798 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 411 ft | ||||
| HUF Terre Haute, IN | 937 nm out, 2 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 589 ft | ||||
| GUS Peru, IN | 1027 nm out, 14 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 810 ft | ||||
| FWA Fort Wayne, IN | 1067 nm out, 4 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 814 ft | ||||
| YIP Detroit, MI | destination | no report just now | 715 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 814 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At YIP when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 6:27 am EDT (10:27 UTC)
YIP 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 LRD 7:12 pm CDT (00:12 UTC), at YIP 6:57 pm EDT (22:57 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:25 pm EDT (23:25 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at YIP is before sunrise there (7:43 am EDT (11:43 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: Laredo International, Willow Run Airport.